EDINBURGH, _Sept. 5, 1636_.
LXV.--_To ROBERT GORDON of Knockbreck, on his way to Aberdeen._
[ROBERT GORDON of Knockbrex, in the parish of Borgue, which adjoins Anwoth, is, by Livingstone in his "Characteristics," described as "a single-hearted and painful Christian, much employed at parliaments and public meetings after the year 1638." He was a member of the famous Assembly which met at Glasgow in 1638, as commissioner from the Presbytery of Kirkcudbright. The precise date of his death is uncertain; but we find, in 1657, John Gordon in Garloch, five miles from Dalry, is retoured "heir of Robert Gordon of Knockbreck, his granduncle, in the lands of Knockbreck." (_Inq. Retor. Abbrev. Kirkcudbright_, No. 274.) This John Gordon, and Robert, his brother, were executed together at Edinburgh on the 7th of December 1666, for having been engaged in the rising at Pentland. (See Letter CCXVII.) They inherited, and suffered for, the principles of Robert Gordon of Knockbreck, their granduncle, to whom this letter was written.
_Knockbrex_ stands near the sea-shore, amid thick woods, looking down on the opening of _Wigtown Bay_. But a modern mansion has taken the place of Gordon's residence.]
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