the sawmill of Nicholas Lisson. At 28, Alexander Gordon married the owner's daughter, Mary Lisson (19) and became the forefather of the extensive Gordon family in New England. Notable New Hampshire Gordons descending from Alexander include U.S. Representative for New Hampshire William Gordon, Rhode Island State Representative Daniel P. Gordon Jr., and founder of Gordon College (Massachusetts), Adoniram Judson Gordon. Alexander Gordon died in 1697. References "Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A. 1972", Donald Whyte "Genealogical History of the Earldom of Southerland", Edinburg Scotland, 1813 by Baronet Gordonstoun "Scotch Deported To New England, 1651-52", Massachusetts Historical Society, vol. 61, p. 1927-1928. "History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire" 1888 by Charles H. Bell "History of Saco and Biddeford" 1830 by George Folsom "Alexander Gordon and His Descendants" 1999 by Marion Otis The Gordon family of Maine and New Hampshire. (Maine: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1946) by Blanche Gordon Cobb. External links Alexander Gordon and his descendant's contributions are featured prominently in Bell's "History of Exeter, New Hampshire", "Alexander Gordon and His Descendants" by Marion Otis, and on the Gordons of Maine site at Gordons of Maine . One great-great-grandson of Alexander was John True Gordon of Thorndike, Maine. He became the last man hanged in Maine – for a crime he did not commit. The Thorndike Slayer 1635 births Scottish slaves 1697 deaths People from Aberdeen Scottish soldiers Cavaliers Kingdom of Scotland emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies 17th-century slaves