John Crawford of Kilbirnie

JOHN CRAWFORD OF KILBIRNIE

John Crawford of Kilbirnie is not the same person as John Crawford of Jamestown

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

30 October 1629: Instrument of requisition in virtue of precept by King Charles I by Alexander Cunninghame of Corshill, tutor to David Barclay, his oy to John Crawford, elder of Kilbirnie and John Crawford, fiar thereof, his oldest lawful son, the superiors whereby he requires them to give David Barclay sasine of the said lands as heir foresaid. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Montgomerie Family, Earls of Eglinton, reference GD3/1/3/22/3

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY BY DARRYL LUNDY'S PEERAGE

John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie was the son of John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie and Margaret Blair.2 He died in 1629.1

Married

1. He married Lady Mary Cuninghame, daughter of James Cuninghame, 7th Earl of Glencairn and Margaret Campbell.1

Children of John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie and Lady Mary Cuninghame include

1. Sir John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie, 1st Bt.+3 d. 1662 Citations
2. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 994. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
3. [S400] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 28th edition (London, U.K.: Harrison and Sons, 1866), page 891. Hereinafter cited as The Peerage and Baronetage, 28th ed.
4. [S37] BP2003. [S37]

notes

• NAME: "Mary, married to John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie (The Scors peerage, Vol. IV, page 246)

and

"...John Crawfurd of the same (Kilbirnie), by Mary, daughter of James (Cunningham), 7th Earl of Glencairn..." (Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1900; Vol. II; page 349)

from Topographical description of Ayrshire; more particularly of Cunninghame  By George Robertson

XIV. John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie, who married Margaret, daughter of Blair of that Ilk, by whom he had three sons and two daughters. He died in 1622, and was succeeded by his eldest son, ->

XV. John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie, who rebuilt the house of Kilbirnie in 1627. He married Lady Mary Cunninghame, daughter of the Earl of Glencairn, by whom he had two sons and two daughters. He died in 1629, and was succeeded by his eldest son ...

XVL Sir John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie, who was Knighted by Charles I ...