Margaret Hay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Hay

Hay of Ury = Hay of Errol?

Soldiers for Twelve Kings of Sweden
History of the Crafoords of Sweden: The first seven generations (1600-1870)
Colonel John Crafoord
June 2007 CCA Newsletter (pp. 2-6)
Reprinted in Clan Crawford Association Newsletter April 2021. Page 6 < PDF >

Consequent to the events in Scotland of 1590-1591, at least two sons of the Fedderate cadet went to Sweden and entered the service of the Swedish military. The first Craufurds of our family, Alexander and Jacob, were of the Fedderate branch. This is clearly shown by birthbriefs (documents issued in Scotland that confirm ancestry) still kept by the family. Alexander was the son of William of Annochie and Beatrice Hay. He was a grandson of George, Laird of Fedderate. Jacob was the son of Edward Craufurd of Corbishill and Margaret Hay and -- “he comes from the old baronial family of Fedderate.”

• I Jacob (1585-1629) was a Captain in the infantry [7]. He was killed in action in Northern Germany. Jacob became a naturalized Swedish nobleman in 1621. He left one son:
  • II Jöran (1609–1661) was a Captain in the cavalry [13] who fought on European battlefields from Bremen in the West to Warsaw in the East and from Tronheim in the North to Vienna in the South. He left one illegitimate and one legitimate son: …

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The barony of Urie

Source: “The Court Book of the Barony of Urie in Kincardineshire 1604-1747”. By Urie (Barony) Scotland. Court. < GoogleBooks >

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References

• https://www.adelsvapen.com/genealogi/Crafoord_nr_743 Edward Craufurd of Corbishill. Gift med Margaret Hay of Ury, enligt sonens bördsbrev i Riddarhuset. Jakob Crafoord (Craufurd) born in Buchan in the county of Aberdeenshire, Scotland (see above), † 1629-07-00 in Dirschau. Came to Sweden probably during the time of King Carl IX with one of the enlisted Scottish regiments. Then probably came into service with one of Uppland's great regiment's ensigns. Lieutenant at Peter de la Court's valley campaign in 1621. At its division in 1621, captain of a company of jacks from Västerbergslagen and southern Dalarne. Regimental quartermaster at Västmanland's regiment in 1625. Went with his company to Prussia in 1626. He received under noble privileges in donation Eknö in Björskog parish, Västmanland county 1626-08-24, being his heirs received confirmation 1630-03-10 [Sv]. Married 1st to "well-born wife" Helena Olofsdotter (Family papers in the possession of Captain John Crafoord). Married 2nd at the latest around 1622 to Elisabet Crafoord, † 1646-06-16 at Eknö. … The Jakob Crafoord, of whom this year is in question, was, however, according to the birth certificate still preserved in the knight's house archive, which he obtained in 1620 from the magistrate in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of one Edvard Craufurd and brother of the citizen of Aberdeen Andreas Craufurd. His mother's name was Hay. That he belonged to the same family as Alexander Craufurd, however, can be inferred from his painted coat of arms in the birth certificate. Jakob Crafoord, who probably came to Sweden under King Carl IX ….
• Coat of arms of Hay of Urie, a branch of Clan Hay Blazon: Argent a lozenge between three escutcheons Gules.
• Historical account of the family of Hay of Leys. Edinburgh : Printed by James Shaw, 1832. Page 11. https://digital.nls.uk/95427903 James I. Died 1436. Married Margaret, daughter of Sir Patrick Gray of Broxmouth, and by her had two sons — 1. Gilbert Hay, who succeeded him. (No. X.) 2. William Hav, ancestor of the Hays of Urie.
• William Hay of Urie (-shortly before 2 February 1471-2) < link > He obtained from his father the lands of Urie in the Barony of Cowie in 1430. He received from his nephew, Sir William Hay of Errol, a charter of Cowie, dated 20th September 1447. He resigned Urie in March 1453, confirming this resignation fourteen years later to his grand-nephew, Nicolas Hay of Errol.6
• The Court Book of Urie in Kinkardineshire 1604-1747 p. 185-96, “The Lairds of Urie.” < GoogleBooks >