Alexander Hadden & Sons: Woollen Manufacturers in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
In our holdings we have the collection of Alexander Hadden and Sons, part of the wider collection of solicitors Cochran & MacPherson (DD5). Alexander Hadden and Sons was a textile manufacturer, operating factories at the Green, Gordon's Mills at Woodside and Garlogie Mills at Skene. The company was created by Alexander Hadden around the 1740s. His sons, James Hadden and Gavin Hadden, and grandson James Farquhar Hadden, were all partners in the business. In 1849, Thomas Todd became a partner, replacing then deceased Gavin Hadden. The parties following viz James Hadden Manufacturer in Aberdeen, Thomas Todd lately Merchant in Liverpool thereafter residing in Cheltenham and James Farquhar Hadden Manufacturer in Aberdeen, Considering that the said James Hadden and James Farquhar Hadden along with Gavin Hadden Manufacturing in Aberdeen Father of the said James Farquhar Hadden are at present carrying on in partnership the business of Spinning Wool and Manufacturing Hosiery and Woolle...
