Robert Gordon (c. 1676-1753)
MSA SC 3520-517

Sources:

Books -

Barnes, Robert, compl.  Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839.  Baltimore:  Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1973.

Breslaw, Elaine G., ed.  Records of the Tuesday Club of Annapolis 1745-56.  Urbana and Chicago:  University of Illinois Press, 1988.

Hamilton, Alexander.  History of the Ancient and Honorable Tuesday Club.  3 vols.  Chapel Hill:  University of North Carolina Press, 1990.

Lemay, J. A. Leo.  Men of Letters in Colonial Maryland.  Knoxville:  The University of Tennessee Press, 1972.

Owings, Donnell MacClure.  His Lordship's Patronage:  Offices of Profit in Colonial Maryland.  Baltimore:  Maryland Historical Society, 1953.

Papenfuse, Edward C. et al.  A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789. 2 vols. Baltimore:  The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979.

Warfield, J.D.  The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland.  1905.  Reprint, Westminster, MD:  Family Line Publications, 1990.

Newspaper articles -

The Maryland Gazette, 26 April 1745.

The Maryland Gazette, 11 October 1745.

The Maryland Gazette, 31 December 1745.

Obituary.  The Maryland Gazette, 13 September 1753.

Archival sources -

Maryland State Archives ANNAPOLIS MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COUNCILMEN (Proceedings) 1720-1722, MSA M47-1, liber B, folio 144, 1/22/1/49.

Maryland State Archives ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1758, MSA C97-24, liber BB, no. 2, folio 162, 1/1/6/24.

Maryland State Archives ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1724-1728, MSA C97-13,  liber SY, no. 1, folios 356, 428, 1/1/6/13.

Maryland State Archives GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL (Commission Record, Index) 1726-1786, MSA S1079-1, 2/26/3/9.

Maryland State Archives LAND OFFICE (Debt Book), 1753-55, MSA S12-1, liber 1, AA, folio 45, 1/24/1/45.

Maryland State Archives PREROGATIVE COURT (Wills, Original) 1759, MSA S540-9, will of daughter Agnes Gordon, box G, folder 53, 1/12/3/14.

Maryland State Archives PREROGATIVE COURT (Testamentary Proceedings) 1724-26, MSA S 529-44, liber 27, folio 115, 1/12/3/39.

Maryland State Archives PREROGATIVE COURT (Testamentary Proceedings) 1728-9, MSA S 529-45, liber 28, folios 185 and 287, 1/12/3/40..

Maryland State Archives PREROGATIVE COURT (Testamentary Papers) 1754, MSA S541-64, MSA S 541-64, box 56, folder 45, 1/13/1/31.

Maryland State Archives PROVINCIAL COURT (Land Records) 1719-1723, MSA S552-12, liber PL, no. 5, folios 124 and 262, 1/16/2/12.

Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (St. Anne's Church Records Collection), 1713-1767, MSA SC 15-1-5, Vestry Minutes, M 1156.

Web sources -

Archives of Maryland Online.  Vol. 28.  Proceedings of the Council of Maryland April 15, 1732 - July 26, 1753.

Archives of Maryland Online. Vol. 34.  Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland October 11, 1720 - October 26, 1723.

Archives of Maryland Online. Vol. 35.  Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland October 6, 1724 - July 25, 1726.

Archives of Maryland Online. Vol. 36.  Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland October 10, 1727 - August 8, 1729; Appendix of Statutes, 1714-1726.

Archives of Maryland Online. Vol. 37.  Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland May 21, 1730 - August 8, 1732.

Archives of Maryland Online. Vol. 38.  Acts of the General Assembly Hitherto Unprinted, 1694-1698, 1711-1729.

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