Name: Adam Gordon
Birth date: unknown
Birth place: unknown
Death: 22nd of August, 1138 Northallerton, Yorkshire, England
Burial Place: unknown
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unknown
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Richard Gordon, 3rd of that Ilk | Adam Gordon of Huntly & Faunes | Robert de Gordon | Bertram de Gordon
History[]
This is another instance of "Official" Gordon histories/historians having issues with simple math. The official histories conclude that this Adam is the son of the first Adam... the same one they claim that died at Alnwick. As I have shown, he would have been too old. Such is the case here. If this Adam's father had died at Alnwick (assuming his mother gave birth to him the same year his father died), this Adam would have been 45 years old at the youngest at the Battle of the Standard. Again, not a likely scenario. That this Adam died at the Battle of the Standard is not in doubt. Who his father is, is the real question. Official histories also confusingly place him as the same generation as Adam of Kelso, making him his brother. The only reason an Adam would have another Adam as his brother would be if one died in infancy, and by the records we can see that this isn't the case.
The most likely scenario is that Adam of Kelso is his father.
The other possible scenario is that he is the son of Adam de Gordon II, the Adam that I introduced into the line and that this Adam is also Adam of Kelso, Having granted charters to Kelso in 1130 and then dying in battle in 1138.
Either way, it is highly unlikely that the first Adam is his father. This is why you should give your kids a unique name and not name them after their father... make genealogy very confusing and prone to errors.
The Gordon line splits between the brothers Richard and Adam, but reunites in marriage in 4 generations.