'Crawford04'
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Families covered: Crawfurd of Cartsburn, Crawfurd of Jordanhill, Crawfurd of Kilbirnie, Crawfurd-Pollok of Pollok

Descended from Sir John Crawford, 3rd son of Sir Reginald by Margaret Loudoun, was ...
Malcolm Crawfurd of Greenock, later of Kilbirnie (a 1499)
m(1). Marjory Barclay (dau of Sir John Barclay of Crawfordjohn or Crawfurd John)
1. Robert Crawfurd of Kilbirnie (a 1506)
  m. Margaret Semple (dau of Sir Thomas Semple of Elliotstone)
  A. Laurence Crawfurd of Kilbirnie (b c1506, d 06.1547)
  m. Helen Campbell (dau of Sir Hugh Campbell of Loudon)
i. Hugh Crawfurd of Kilbirnie (d 1576)
  m1. Margaret Colquhoun (dau of Sir John Colquhoun of Luss)
  a. Malcolm Crawfurd of Kilbirnie (d 1595)
  m. Margaret Cuninghame (dau of John Cuninghame of Glengarnock)
  (1) John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie (d 1622)
  m. Margaret Blair (dau of John Blair of that ilk)
(A) John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie (d 11.1629)
  m. Mary Cunningham (dau of James Cunningham, 7th Earl of Glencairn)
  (i) Sir John Crawfurd, 1st Bart of Kilbirnie (dspm 1662)
  m1. Margaret Balfour (dsp, dau of Robert, Lord Balfour of Burleigh)
  m2. Magdalene Carnegie (dau of David, Lord Carnegie)
  (a) Anne Crawfurd
  m. (mcrt 12.03.1659) Sir Archibald Stewart, 1st Bart of Blackhall (d c1722)
  (b) Margaret Crawfurd (d 10.1681)
  m. (27.12.1664) Patrick Lindsay, later Crawford of Kilbirnie (b 09.1646, d 10.1681)
  (ii) Anna Crawfurd
  m. Alexander Cunninghame of Corsehill
  (iii) Margaret Crawfurd (dsp)
  m. William Crawfurd (Colonel, brother of Thomas of Carse)
  (B) Malcolm Crawfurd of Newtoun, later of Cartsburn had issue
(C) James Crawfurd of Kingswood
  (D) Margaret Crawfurd
  m. Hugh Kennedy of Ardmillan
  (2) Anne Crawfurd
  m. William Cunninghame of Leglan
 

m2. Elizabeth Barclay (dau of David Barclay of Ladyland)

  b. William Crawfurd ancestor of Crawfurds of Knightswood
  Uncertain which wife was mother of ...
  c. Marion Crawfurd (d 10.1596)
  m. John Boyle of Kelburne (d 01.08.1611)
d. Margaret Crawfurd
  m. James Galbraith of Kilbroich
  e. Katherine Crawfurd (d 1610)
  m. William Wallace of Elderslie (d 07.1623)
  f. Elizabeth Crawfurd
  m. David Brady of Castletoun
  ii. Thomas Crawfurd of Jordanhill (d 1603, Captain, youngest son)
  a. Hew Crawfurd of Jordanhill (d 1621, 2nd son)
(1) Cornelius Crawfurd of Jordanhill (d 1687)
  m. Mary Lockhart (dau of Sir James Lockhart of Lee)
  (A) Hew Crawfurd (dvp)
  (i) James Crawfurd (2nd son)
  (a) Hew Crawfurd of Jordanhill (d 08.02.1756)
  m. Mary Greenshields (dau of Rev. James Greenshields)
  ((1)) Sir Hew Crawfurd of Jordanhill, Sheriff of Edinburgh, 2nd Bart of Kilbirnie (d 01.07.1794)
  m. Robina Pollok (d 1820, dau of John Pollok of Balgray)
((A)) Sir Robert Crawfurd, later Crawfurd-Pollok of Pollok Castle, 3rd Bart (b 1762, dsp 07.08.1845)
  m. (before 1810) _ Mushet of York
  ((B)) Hew Crawfurd (d 25.12.1831, Captain)
  m. Jane Johnstone (dau of William Johnstone of Headfort)
  ((i)) Sir Hew Crawfurd, later Crawfurd-Pollok, 4th Bart (b 1794, d 05.03.1867) had issue
  m. (1839) Elizabeth Oswald Dunlop (a 1900, dau of Matthew Dunlop)
  ((ii))+ other issue - Robert (d 1849), Jane, Mary, Anne
((C)) Mary Crawfurd (d 1842)
  m. John Hamilton of Bardowie (Colonel)
  ((D)) Robina Lockhart Crawfurd (d unm 1837)
  ((E)) Lucy Crawfurd (d 13.12.1850)
  m. (26.12.1782) John Gordon of Pitlurg (General)
  (ii) Rev. Cornelius Crawfurd possibly of this generation
  (a) Ann Crawfurd
  m. Sir Robert Pollok of Pollok, 2nd Bart of Nether Pollok (d 1783)
  (iii) Jean Crawfurd possibly of this generation
  m. (mcrt 05/6.1677) Andrew Colquhoun, 2nd of Garscadden (b 1654, d 1714)
  (B) Thomas Crawfurd, later of Cartsburn (d 15.10.1695, 2nd son)
  m. Jean Semple (dau of John Semple, son of Robert of Milnbank)
  (i) Thomas Crawfurd of Cartsburn (d 1743)
  m. Bethia Robertoun (dau of Archibald Robertoun of Bedlay)
  Unfortunately, Crawfurd's Renfrewshire (the continuation) is confused at this point, identifying an elder son Thomas, "who died without issue in 1642" (sic), and then saying that the successor Thomas (dsp 1794) "was succeeded by his aunt, Christian". We presume that it was as follows ...
  (a) Thomas Crawfurd of Cartsburn (dsp 1794)
  (b) Christian Crawfurd of Cartsburn (d 1796)
  m. Robert Arthur
  ((1)) Thomas Arthur (d unm)
  ((2)) Christian Arthur of Cartsburn
  m. Thomas Macknight of Ratho (son of James, minister of Ratho)
(c)+ other issue - Archibald (dsp?), Betia
  (ii) George Crawfurd (d 24.12.1748, author and genealogist)
  m. Margaret Anderson (dau of James Anderson, postmaster of Scotland)
  (a)+ issue - Jane, Patricia, Bethia, Marion
  (C) Jean Crawfurd apparently of this generation
  m. (1660) Robert Pollok of Pollok (d 06.1675)
  iii. Catherine Crawfurd
  m. David Fairly of that ilk
  iv. Isobel Crawfurd
  m. Gavin Blair of Hally
  v.+ other issue - William (dsp), Robert, John of Easter Greenock, David of Campbell
2. James Crawfurd ancestor of Crawfords of Minnoch
3. Isobel Crawfurd
  m. Sir Adam Cuninghame of Caprington
4.+ other issue - Thomas, John
Malcolm appears also to have married ...
m(2). Mariota Crichton (dau of Robert Crichton of Riccarton and Kinnoull, younger of Sanquhar)

Main source(s): BP1870 (Pollok) with some support/input from Crawfurd's Renfrewshire, TCB (vol ii, Crawfurd or Craufurd (sometime Crawfurd-Pollok)).
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