GORDON, WILLIAM [SSNE 8540]
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William Gordon was a Scottish factor at Veere and a burgess of Aberdeen. He was married to Anna Margaretta Engelgraaf, daughter of Amsterdam merchant Peter Engelgraaf, in Amsterdam on 1 August 1690, when he was 29 years old and she was 21. They divorced in 1699 after he returned to Aberdeen.
Sources:
NRS, CC8/6/81, Process of Divorce: William Gordon v Anna Margaretta Engelegraeff, 1699.
SA, Ondertrouwregister, 5001, inv.nr. 519, f. 9.
This entry created by Dr Jack Abernethy.
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- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, VEERE, AMSTERDAM
- Arrived 1690-01-01, as FACTOR
- Departed 1699-12-31, as FACTOR
- Capacity COMMERCIAL FACTOR, MERCHANT, purpose MERCANTILE, TRADE