Here I am. Somehow missed this thread. I'm 1/16th Gordon by way of a great great grandmother on my father's side. She's descended from James Gordon who came to America from Scotland to fight with Burgoyne at Saratoga. Family lore is he wanted to wangle a way to America so enlisted. Once here he was selected to reconnoiter American forces, was sent through the British lines and never came back. He signed up and fought with the American forces for the duration. The family eventually settled in Allegheny County New York in Rushford. Strong stock from the stories about the family, well documented in a family book published in the 1860s that I found in the Library of Congress.

James is supposed to have come from a town called Leeds Scotland around Perth that no one can find. His brother John stayed in Scotland and inherited a vast estate but never married or had kids so when he died the estate went to the Crown according to family lore.

My great great grandmother Ellen Louise Gordon crossed the Bozeman Trail through hostile Indian country in 1866 headed for the mines in Virginia City, Montana. She left a diary and letters home that are now part of libraries and museums in Montana and have been published and referenced in may books of the times. She was one of the few women to document her adventures during those times.

Aye, House of Gordon here for sure.

Ron