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     William Gordon of Earlston was born in 1614.¹ He was the son of Alexander Gordon of Earlston and Elizabeth Gordon.² He married Mary Hope, daughter of Sir John Hope of Craighall, 2nd Bt., on 26 November 1648.¹ He died on 22 June 1679, killed in action.¹
     He fought in the Battle of Bothwell Bridge on 22 June 1679.¹

     Margaret Gordon is the daughter of Alexander Gordon of Earlston and Elizabeth Gordon.² She married Thomas Hay of Arieland in 1638.¹
     From 1638, her married name became Hay.¹

     Thomas Hay of Arieland married Margaret Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon of Earlston and Elizabeth Gordon, in 1638.¹

     Henry Hope was born before 1573.¹ He was the son of Henry Hope and Jaqueline de Tott.¹

     Mary Hope was the daughter of Sir John Hope of Craighall, 2nd Bt.² She married William Gordon of Earlston, son of Alexander Gordon of Earlston and Elizabeth Gordon, on 26 November 1648.¹ She died in 1696.¹
     From 26 November 1648, her married name became Gordon.

     Sir Alexander Gordon of Earlston and Afton, 2nd Bt. was born in 1650.¹ He is the son of William Gordon of Earlston and Mary Hope.² He married, firstly, Janet Hamilton, daughter of Sir Thomas Hamilton of Preston, on 16 November 1676.¹ He married, secondly, Hon. Marion Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 5th Viscount Kenmure, on 8 March 1698.¹
     He fought in the Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679, after which he escaped to Holland.¹ On 19 February 1681 he was declared guilty of treason in absentia and sentenced to death and forfeiture of his estates.¹ On 21 August 1683 he was captured at sea and ordered beheaded but pardoned and after 6 years' imprisonment in Edinburgh Castle, on the Bass Rock and in Blackness Castle, was released on 5 Jan 1689.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Gordon, of Earlston and Afton, co. Kirkcudbright [N.S., 1706] in December 1718.¹

     Eliza Frampton was born circa 1831.¹ She was the daughter of Edmund Frampton and Hannah England.¹ She married Charles Allen on 25 October 1852 at Claines, Worcestershire, England^G.¹ She died between 1891 and 1901.¹
     From 25 October 1852, her married name became Allen.¹

     Mary Campbell was the daughter of Sir George Campbell of Cessnock.² She married Sir William Gordon of Afton, 1st Bt., son of William Gordon of Earlston and Mary Hope, on 26 February 1692.¹ She died in 1733, without issue.¹
     From 26 February 1592, her married name became Gordon.

     John Gordon, 3rd of Earlston is the son of William Gordon of Earlston and Mary Hope.²