Alexander Gordon, b 1635 in Aberdeen Scotland, was captured by Oliver Cromwell's army in the English Civil War. He was sold into indentured servitude and transported to the New World in 1650. He won his freedom in a landmark court case in Massachusetts and made his way to New Hampshire, where in the company of other Scots ex-prisoners, he helped found the town of Exeter. He found employment at the sawmill of Nicholas Lisson . He married the owner's daughter, Mary Lisson and became the forefather of the Gordon family in New England. 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 [1] .