Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameRuth Emerson ANDREWS 
, 331
, 331Birth Date7 Sep 1716
Birth PlaceBoston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Death Date7 Aug 1779 Age: 62
Death PlaceBerkeley, Newberry County, South Carolina
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Burial PlaceMaybington, Newberry County, South Carolina, Gordon Cemetery
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FatherSamuel ANDREWS , 662 (1695-1756)
MotherElizabeth EMERSON , 663 (1696-1724)
Spouses
1John Joseph GORDON Sr. , 330
, 330Birth Date7 Feb 1710
Birth PlacePrince William County, Virginia
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Death Date7 May 1756 Age: 46
Death PlaceBerkeley, Newberry County, South Carolina
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Burial PlaceMaybington, Newberry County, South Carolina, Gordon Cemetery
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FatherThomas GORDON , 660 (1678-1761)
MotherElizabeth HAMMAN , 661 (1674-1761)
Family ID8203
Marr Date14 Jul 1735
Marr PlaceBoston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Marr MemoBoston, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriages, 1700-1809
2Abraham ANDERSON , 662
, 662Birth Dateabt 1690
Birth PlaceMaidenhead, Burlington County, New Jersey
Death Date5 Jan 1765 Age: 75
Death PlaceNewberry, Newberry County, South Carolina
Family ID8775
Marr Date5 Jan 1763
Marr PlaceSouth Carolina
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Notes for Ruth Emerson ANDREWS
Birth: unknown
Virginia, USA
Death: 1778
Ruth Gordon married neighbor Abraham Anderson in 1763 after the death of 1st husband, John Gordon.
Family links:
Spouse:
John Gordon (1710 - 1756)
Children:
Thomas Gordon (1733 - 1808)*
John Gordon (1736 - 1772)*
Benjamin Gordon (1738 - ____)*
Ruth Gordon Brown (1740 - 1810)*
William Gordon (1742 - 1782)*
Govin Gordon (1747 - 1814)*
George Gordon (1752 - 1832)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Gordon
Maybinton
Newberry County
South Carolina, USA
Created by: Robert Abney
Record added: Sep 22, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 136249028
On Ancestry from kkeeshan.
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John & Ruth Gordon move to SC from VA in 1749, receiving a Royal Land Grant from King
George Il of 460 ac. on the Collins/Enoree River at Avery's Ford in Newberry & Union Counties.
They brought a family of six sons and one daughter:
1)Thomas, 2)John, 3) Benjamin, 4) Ruth, 5) William, 6) Govin, 7) George. All six sons were in the
Rev. War. Thomas a Major. Three were in the Cherokee War under Col. John Chevillette.
Builders of the Gordon Fort on the Union Co. side of the Enoree River at the current day
county line @old Avery's Ford. this was adjacent to the Gordon Cemetery location.
http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/sc-north.html#new
Also builders of the bridge over the Tyger River that is still named Gordon's Bridge, CR
36/Tuckertown Rd.
Almost all of the descendants of John & Ruth Gordon connected via Find-a-Grave were taken
from "Gordon's of the Deep South" book by Ermimie Northcutt Marshall and her many
contacts. Robert
From Find A Grave on Ancestry by scuppy1.
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Virginia, USA
Death: 1778
Ruth Gordon married neighbor Abraham Anderson in 1763 after the death of 1st husband, John Gordon.
Family links:
Spouse:
John Gordon (1710 - 1756)
Children:
Thomas Gordon (1733 - 1808)*
John Gordon (1736 - 1772)*
Benjamin Gordon (1738 - ____)*
Ruth Gordon Brown (1740 - 1810)*
William Gordon (1742 - 1782)*
Govin Gordon (1747 - 1814)*
George Gordon (1752 - 1832)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Gordon
Maybinton
Newberry County
South Carolina, USA
Created by: Robert Abney
Record added: Sep 22, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 136249028
On Ancestry from kkeeshan.
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John & Ruth Gordon move to SC from VA in 1749, receiving a Royal Land Grant from King
George Il of 460 ac. on the Collins/Enoree River at Avery's Ford in Newberry & Union Counties.
They brought a family of six sons and one daughter:
1)Thomas, 2)John, 3) Benjamin, 4) Ruth, 5) William, 6) Govin, 7) George. All six sons were in the
Rev. War. Thomas a Major. Three were in the Cherokee War under Col. John Chevillette.
Builders of the Gordon Fort on the Union Co. side of the Enoree River at the current day
county line @old Avery's Ford. this was adjacent to the Gordon Cemetery location.
http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/sc-north.html#new
Also builders of the bridge over the Tyger River that is still named Gordon's Bridge, CR
36/Tuckertown Rd.
Almost all of the descendants of John & Ruth Gordon connected via Find-a-Grave were taken
from "Gordon's of the Deep South" book by Ermimie Northcutt Marshall and her many
contacts. Robert
From Find A Grave on Ancestry by scuppy1.
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Notes for John Joseph (Spouse 1)
John & Ruth Gordon move to SC from VA in 1749, receiving a Royal Land Grant from King George Il of 460 ac. on the Collins/Enoree River at Avery's Ford in Newberry & Union Counties.
They brought a family of six sons and one daughter:
1)Thomas, 2)John, 3) Benjamin, 4) Ruth, 5) William, 6) Govin, 7) George. All six sons were in the Rev. War. Thomas a Major. Three were in the Cherokee War under Col. John Chevillette.
Builders of the Gordon Fort on the Union Co. side of the Enoree River at the current day county line @old Avery's Ford. this was adjacent to the Gordon Cemetery location.
http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/sc-north.html#new
Also builders of the bridge over the Tyger River that is still named Gordon's Bridge, CR 36/Tuckertown Rd.
Almost all of the descendants of John & Ruth Gordon connected via Find-a-Grave were taken from "Gordon's of the Deep South" book by Ermimie Northcutt Marshall and her many contacts. Robert
From Find A Grave on Ancestry by scuppy1.
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They brought a family of six sons and one daughter:
1)Thomas, 2)John, 3) Benjamin, 4) Ruth, 5) William, 6) Govin, 7) George. All six sons were in the Rev. War. Thomas a Major. Three were in the Cherokee War under Col. John Chevillette.
Builders of the Gordon Fort on the Union Co. side of the Enoree River at the current day county line @old Avery's Ford. this was adjacent to the Gordon Cemetery location.
http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/sc-north.html#new
Also builders of the bridge over the Tyger River that is still named Gordon's Bridge, CR 36/Tuckertown Rd.
Almost all of the descendants of John & Ruth Gordon connected via Find-a-Grave were taken from "Gordon's of the Deep South" book by Ermimie Northcutt Marshall and her many contacts. Robert
From Find A Grave on Ancestry by scuppy1.
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Notes for Abraham (Spouse 2)
Home called “Stead Place” in his will.
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