Margaret Colquhoun of Luss

MARGARET COLQUHOUN

The Question of Ancestry

According to Clan MacFarlane, Margaret Colquhoun is the daughter of Sir John Colquhoun of Luss and his second wife Margaret Cunningham Clan MacFarlane This is wrong. She is in fact the bastard or natural daughter of Sir John Colquhoun of Luss The name of her mother is not known. NRS: GD20/1/638 Sir William Fraser identified her as the carnal daughter of Sir John Colquhoun of Luss The Chiefs of Colquhoun I: 102

Marriage

Margaret Colquhoun, here treated, married Hugh Crawfurd of Kilbirnie NRS: GD20/1/637

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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24 November 1533: Instrument of renunciation before the official general of Glasgow by Helen Campbell, spouse of Laurence Craufurd of Kilbirny, of her conjunct fee or liferent of the lands of Knichtiswod, Blairdardy, south part of Manys of Drumry, east part thereof called Greggistoun, Threipyardis, north part of Manys of Drumry, Huchonstoun, Hoille and Smedyland in favour of Hugh Craufurd, son of said Laurence, and Margaret Colquhoun, spouses, in conjunct fee. [Seal of official general, completely defaced]. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Earls of Glasgow (Crawford Priory), reference GD20/1/637

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26 November 1533: Instrument of sasine in favour of Margaret Culquhoun, natural daughter of John Culquhoun of Luss, kt, in liferent, of the lands of Huchonstoun, Hoill, Smedeland, Gregstoun and part of Threipyard, following on precept of sasine by Laurence Craufurd of Kilbirnie, dated 14 May 1533. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Earls of Glasgow (Crawford Priory), reference GD20/1/638

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10 September 1534: Precept of sasine by Laurence Craufurd of Kilbyrnie in favour of Hugh Craufurd, his son, and Margaret Culquhone, spouse of said Hugh, in respect of the lands of Wester Drumchapell and Hoill. [Signature and seal of granter]. (With instrument of sasine of same date). National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Earls of Glasgow (Crawford Priory), reference GD20/1/639

Genealogy

1. William Fraser, The Chiefs of Colquhoun and their Country (Edinburgh 1869), i, 417 pp.
2. The Chiefs of Colquhoun and their Country (Edinburgh 1869), ii, 442 pp. including indexes
3. The Crawfords of Donegal etc.
4. Daryll Lundy's Peerage: Margaret Colquhoun
5. The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, ... collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, ... Illustrated with copper-plates. By Robert Douglas, Esq