William Gordon Mack

1780 - 1835  (55 years)

• Name	William Gordon Mack
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Male
  Birth	14 Jun 1780	New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain   [1]
  Baptism	4 Jul 1780	New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain   [1]
  Occupation	Glasgow, Scotland
  	Lawyer
  Death	8 Nov 1835	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom   [2]
  Probate	26 Mar 1836  [3]
  Will	26 Mar 1836  [3]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 2 sisters
  > 1. William Gordon Mack           b. 14 Jun 1780, New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain           d. 8 Nov 1835, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom  (Age 55 years) ▻ Christina Kelly,  m. 5 Oct 1807   2. James Douglas Mack           b. 11 Jul 1782 > 3. John Hamilton Mack           b. 27 Jul 1785 ▻ Christian Steele,  m. Sep 1831   4. Gillies Mack           b. 7 Aug 1788   5. Jean Mack           b. 16 Jun 1791, New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain   6. Robert Mack           b. 11 Jan 1795, New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain   7. Elisabeth Mack           b. 12 Nov 1797, New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain           d. Abt 1875  (Age 77 years)   8. Aitcheson Alexander Mack           b. 16 Feb 1802, New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom           d. Bef 1912  (Age < 109 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	William Mack, of Fruitfield           b. 1755             d. 4 Jun 1826, Fruitfield, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Jean Gillies           b. Between 1755 and 1760             d. 27 Feb 1836, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age ~ 81 years)
  Marriage	Between 1776 and 1779
  	Given William's birth in 1755 and the birth of the first child in 1780

  
  

  Wife	Christina Kelly           b. 14 Jan 1787, Barony, Glasgow, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain           d. 9 Jul 1857, 23 Stafford Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 70 years)  [4]
  Marriage	5 Oct 1807	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom   [4, 5]
  Age at Marriage	William was 27 years old - Christina was 20 years old.
  Children	1. Elizabeth Mack           b. 28 Jul 1808, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom           d. 3 Sep 1880, Logie, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 72 years)   2. Christina Mack           b. 30 Jun 1822, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom   3. Jessie Cecilia Mack           b. 1830, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom           d. 9 May 1891, 18 Merchiston Park, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life William Gordon Mack was born the 14th of June 1780 in New Monkland, Scotland, to William Mack and Jean Gillies. He was baptised a few weeks later on the 4th of July 1780. Career William was a laywer, or Writer of the Signet (the Scottish term) and practiced in Glasgow. Family Life William married Christina Kelly on the 5th of October 1807 in Glasgow. Together, they had seven children: Elizabeth, born 1808 and who married Thomas Henderson William, born 1809 David, born 1812 James Cunningham, born 1816 and who married Charlotte Smith Jane, born 1821 and who may have died young (no mention in father's will) Christina, born 1822 and who married Eagle Henderson Jessie Cecilia, born 1830 and who married William Burn-Murdoch Jessie Cecilia is the only child for whom I cannot find a birth record. Death William died relatively young, aged 55, on the 8th of November 1835, in Glasgow. His will was proved on the 26th of March 1836; in it, he mentions a number of children: Elizabeth (his firstborn, who married Thomas Henderson) William, David and James Cunningham, his sons Christina and Jessie Cecelia, his other daughters Residences Virginia Mansion, Glasgow. From Glasgow in the Olden Times1. The Virginia Mansion, after passing through several proprietor’s hands after the original proprietor, Gordon Buchanan, died in 1769, was bought by Mr William Gordon Mack, Writer, in 1811. By him it was sold in 1818 to his brother-in-law Mr William Kelly, merchant. In 1828 he sold it to Mr James Dennistoun and the other partners of the Glasgow Bank. The writer speaks of its “magnificent appearance” and mentions he took a sketch of it before it was demolished in 1842, “to preserve from utter oblivion, the architectural aspect of one of the finest old Mansions that Glasgow could boast of. NB William Kelly was actually William's father-in-law. Blythewood Square, Glasgow. This was his principal residence in Glasgow and is referenced in his will as being passed to his wife Christina Kelly. Polly Scot1 notes that the house was sold on his death in 1835. Footnotes [1] See L_1923_03_Scott_Burn-Murdoch_01

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Jun 1780 - New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Baptism - 4 Jul 1780 - New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Occupation - Lawyer - - Glasgow, Scotland Marriage - 5 Oct 1807 - Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Death - 8 Nov 1835 - Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S0149] Ancestry, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (ancestry.co.uk), 4 Jul 1780, William Gordon Mack; FHL Film Number 102959; Reference ID 2:15MDNQ0. [S0268] National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Registers - Deaths, (scotlandspeople.gov.uk), 8 Nov 1835, William Gordon Mack; 644/1 630 17 Glasgow; Page 17 of 194. [S0119] Ancestry, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1858-1966, 1973-1995, (ancestry.com), 26 Mar 1836, William Gordon Mack. [S0267] FamilySearch, Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910, (familysearch.org), 5 Oct 1807, Kelly / Mack; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTBW-33L : 11 February 2020), Christina Kelly in entry for William Gordon Mack, 1807. [S0186] Ancestry, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (ancestry.co.uk), 5 Oct 1807, William Gordon Mack / Christina Kelly;FHL Film Number 1042935, 1042937, 1042937.