'Cunningham04'
Index
links to: Lead / LetterFamilies covered: Cuninghame of Caprington, Cuningham of Cuninghamhead, Cunynghame of Brownhill, Cunynghame of Lambrughton, Dick of Prestonfield
'Cunningham04'Index
links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered:
Cuninghame of Caprington, Cuningham of Cuninghamhead, Cunynghame of Brownhill, Cunynghame of Lambrughton, Dick of Prestonfield
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| Robert Cuningham, 1st of Cuninghamhead | |||||||||||||
| m. ?? Douglas, heiress of Cuninghamhead | |||||||||||||
| 1. | William Cuningham, 2nd of Cuninghamhead | ||||||||||||
| m. daughter of the laird of Langlando | |||||||||||||
| There is some confusion on the relationship with the family of Langlando. According to "Doig", their son William (3rd of Cuninghamhead) may also have married a daughter of that family. Doig also shows Andrew, second son of William (2nd of Cuninghamhead) as being "of Langlando". | |||||||||||||
| A. | William Cuningham, 3rd of Cuninghamhead | ||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Cuningham, 4th of Cuninghamhead | ||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Moir (dau of laird of Pokellie, probably Hugh Moir) | |||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Cuninghame, 5th of Cuninghamhead | ||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Cuningham (dau of William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn) | |||||||||||||
| (1) | John Cuninghame, 6th of Cuninghamhead | ||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 07.12.1554) Margaret/Elizabeth Boyd (dau of Robert Boyd, 5th Lord) | |||||||||||||
| m2. Barbara Lauder (dau of ?? Lauder of Hatton) | |||||||||||||
| (A) | John Cuninghame, 7th of Cuninghamhead (d c1607) | ||||||||||||
| m. Mary Edmonstone (dau of Sir James Edmonstone, 6th of Duntreath) | |||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir William Cuninghame, 1st Bart of Cuninghamhead (b 24.11.1601, d 06.1640) | ||||||||||||
| m1. (1619) Elizabeth Nicolson (dau of Thomas Nicolson of Aberdeen) | |||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir William Cuninghame, 2nd Bart of Cuninghamhead (d 1670) | ||||||||||||
| m. (08.1661) Ann Ruthven (d 1689, dau of Thomas Ruthven, 1st Lord of Freeland) | |||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir William Ruthven-Cuninghame, 3rd Bart of Cuninghamhead (b c1665, dsp 10.1724) | ||||||||||||
| m. Ann Stewart (dau of Sir Archibald Stewart, 1st Bart of Castlemilk) | |||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Isabel Cuninghame (d unm) | ||||||||||||
| (b) | Barbara Cuninghame | ||||||||||||
| m. (1655) William Mure of Caldwell | |||||||||||||
| m2. (1636) Margaret Campbell (dau of Hugh Campbell, 1st Lord of Loudoun) | |||||||||||||
| (ii) | son | ||||||||||||
| (iii) | Jean Cuninghame | ||||||||||||
| m. James Edmonstone | |||||||||||||
| (iv) | Barbara Cuninghame | ||||||||||||
| m. (1624) James Fullarton of Fullarton (d 1667) | |||||||||||||
| (v) | Elizabeth Cuninghame | ||||||||||||
| m1. Sir George Cunningham (Colonel) | |||||||||||||
| m2. (01.01.1641) William Sandilands of Hilderston | |||||||||||||
| (2) | ?? Cuninghame of Towrlands | ||||||||||||
| m. daughter of laird of Ridhall | |||||||||||||
| (3) | Donald Cuninghame, Bishop of Aberdeen | ||||||||||||
| (4) | Margaret Cuninghame (d 1618) |
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| m1. William Cuninghame, 4th of Craigends (d 1568) |
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| m2. laird of Inchmarten | |||||||||||||
| m3. (c 1575) Paul Dog of Dunrobin (b c1535, d by 07.05.1629) | |||||||||||||
| (5) | Marion Cuninghame | ||||||||||||
| m. John Mure of Rowallan (b c1515, d 1581) | |||||||||||||
| b. | daughter | ||||||||||||
| m. laird of Adamtour | |||||||||||||
| c. | daughter | ||||||||||||
| m. laird of Fairlie | |||||||||||||
| d. | daughter | ||||||||||||
| m. laird of Jereswood | |||||||||||||
| ii. | Mathew Cuningham of Sandguik | ||||||||||||
| B. | Andrew Cuningham (of Langlando ?) | ||||||||||||
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| Adam Cuninghame of Bedlan, 1st of Caprington | |||||||||||||
| m. (c1425) ?? Wallace, heiress of Caprington (dau of Sir Duncan Wallace of Sundrum) | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Adam Cuninghame, 2nd of Caprington (d 1497) | ||||||||||||
| BLG1952 gives dates for this Adam as 1426-97 but it is not clear whether or not these were the dates of his birth & death or the period when he was laird. implying that his father either died in 1426 or handed over the estate to him at that time or that that was the year that he obtained Caprington through his mother, with his father being identified as the 1st laird 'de facto' rather than 'de jure'. | |||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Adam Cuninghame, 3rd of Caprington | ||||||||||||
| m. Isobel Craufurd (dau of Malcolm Craufurd of Kilbirnie) | |||||||||||||
| i. | John Cuninghame, 4th of Caprington (d 1564) | ||||||||||||
| m1. Annabella Campbell (d by 06.1575, dau of Sir Hugh Campbell of Loudoun, Sheriff of Ayr) | |||||||||||||
| a. | William Cuninghame, 5th of Caprington (a 1583) | ||||||||||||
| m. (24.02.1542) Agnes Hamilton (d c22.05.1609, dau of Sir William Hamilton, 3rd of Sanqhuar) | |||||||||||||
| (1) | William Cuninghame, 6th of Caprington | ||||||||||||
| Possibly the William of Caprington who married ... | |||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Campbell (dau of Sir Matthew Campbell of Loudoun) assumed to the been the mother of ... | |||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir William Cuninghame, 7th of Caprington | ||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 05.01.1628) Margaret Hamilton (d c04.05.1642, dau of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn) | |||||||||||||
| (2) | John Cunynghame of Geise and Brownhill | ||||||||||||
| m1. Eleanor Macadam (dau of Andrew Macadam of Waterhead) | |||||||||||||
| (A) | William Cunynghame of Brownill and Geis | ||||||||||||
| (i) | John Cunynghame of Brownill and Geis | ||||||||||||
| This John is assumed to be the son of William but, from the information presently at hand, it is possible that he was the same person as the 1st Bart of Caprington (just below). | |||||||||||||
| (a) | Jean Cunynghame | ||||||||||||
| m. William Sinclair of Ratter (d after 04.05.1663) | |||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Sinclair (dau of Sir John Sinclair of Greenland and Ratter) | |||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir John Cunynghame of Lambrughton and Brownhill, 1st Bart of Caprington (d by 11.1684) | ||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Murray (dau of John Murray of Touchadam) | |||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir William Cunynghame, 2nd Bart of Caprington & Lambrughton (bpt 07.02.1664, d 1740) | ||||||||||||
| m. (1696) Janet Dick (d 20.06.1753, dau of Sir James Dick, 1st Bart of Prestonfield) | |||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Cunynghame, 3rd Bart of Caprington & Lambrughton (b c1696, d 30.11.1777) | ||||||||||||
| m. (1749) Elizabeth Montgomery (d 1800, dau of Alexander, 9th Earl of Eglinton) | |||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir William Cunynghame, 4th Bart of Caprington & Lambrughton (b 19.12.1752, dsp 16.01.1829) | ||||||||||||
| (b) | Sir William Cunynghame, later Dick, 2nd Bart of Prestonfield (b 12.06.1701, dsp 14.01.1746) | ||||||||||||
| m. Anne Mackenzie (dau of Sir James Mackenzie of Royston) | |||||||||||||
| (c) | Sir Alexander Cunynghame, later Dick, 3rd Bart of Prestonfield (b 22.10.1703, d 10.11.1785) | ||||||||||||
| m1. (01.04.1736) Janet Dick (d 26.12.1760, dau of Alexander Dick) | |||||||||||||
| ((1))+ | 2 daughters | ||||||||||||
| m2. (23.03.1762) Mary Butler (dau of David Butler of Pembroke) | |||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Sir William Dick, 4th Bart of Prestonfield (b 07.01.1762, d 19.11.1796) | ||||||||||||
| m. (03.03.1786) Joanna Douglas (dau of William Douglas of Garvaldfoot) | |||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Sir Alexander Dick, 5th Bart of Prestonfield (b 08.12.1786, d unm 02.06.1808) | ||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Mary Dick | ||||||||||||
| m. Rev. David Wauchope (son of John of Edmonstone) | |||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Anne Dick of Caprington (d 01.03.1830) | ||||||||||||
| m. John Smith (WS) | |||||||||||||
| Their son inherited Caprington and took the name Cuninghame. | |||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Agnes Joanna Dick | ||||||||||||
| m. (12.01.1830) Alexander Pringle of Whytbank (b 30.01.1791, 02.09.1857) | |||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Elizabeth Dick (d 09.03.1858) | ||||||||||||
| m. (1824) Sir Duncan Macgregor (d 1881, General) | |||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Sir John Dick, 6th Bart of Prestonfield (b 10.06.1767, d unm 14.12.1812) | ||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Sir Robert Keith Dick, 7th Bart of Prestonfield, later Dick-Cunyngham, Bart of Lambrughton (b 14.12.1773, d 14.12.1889) had issue |
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| m. (15.05.1807) Harriet Hanmer (d 27.01.1858, dau of Thomas Hanmer of Stapleton) | |||||||||||||
| ((6)) | Elizabeth Dick (d 04.07.1835) | ||||||||||||
| m. (25.11.1788) Robert Lindsay of Balcarres (b 25.01.1754, d 04.07.1835) | |||||||||||||
| ((7)) | Mary Dick | ||||||||||||
| m. (1789) Alexander Pringle of Whytbank (b 11.1747, d 1827) | |||||||||||||
| ((8)) | Margaret Dick (d 21.07.1846) | ||||||||||||
| m. (1793) James Stark of Kingsdale | |||||||||||||
| (d) | Janet Cuningham (d 29.12.1758) | ||||||||||||
| m. (03.04.1691) George Foulis, later Foulis-Primrose of Dunipace (b 10.05.1667, dvp 1707) | |||||||||||||
| (e) | Anne Cunynghame (d 23.01.1776) | ||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Dalrymple of Castleton (dvp 21.08.1734) | |||||||||||||
| (f) | Christian Cunynghame (b 23.04.1710, d 11.1741) 6th daughter | ||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Douglas, 3rd Bart of Kelhead (d 13.11.1778) | |||||||||||||
| (3) | Hew Cuninghame of Previck | ||||||||||||
| (4) | Margaret Cunynghame possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||
| m. (1569) Sir John Maxwell of Pollok (d Lockerby 07.12.1593) | |||||||||||||
| b. | Janet Cuninghame | ||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn (d 1574) | |||||||||||||
| c. | Margaret Cuninghame | ||||||||||||
| m1. (1537) Gilbert Kennedy, younger of Blairquhan | |||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Crichton, 4th Lord of Sanquhar | |||||||||||||
| d. | Annabella Cuninghame identified in Chalmer records | ||||||||||||
| m. James Chalmer of Gadgirth (a 1550) | |||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Cunningham (dau of William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn) | |||||||||||||
| ii. | Marion Cunninghame |
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| m. Alexander Hamilton, 4th of Cambuskeith |
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| B. | Elizabeth Cuninghame possibly of this generation | .. |
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| m. James Makgill of Glenguiken | .. |
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Main sources:
(1) Cuningham of Cuninghamhead:
(a) "Doig".
See the comment under Sources on 'Cunningham03'.
(b) Burke's Extinct
and Dormant Baronetcies, 1844.
(2) Cuninghame of Caprington: BLG1952 (Cuninghame of Caprington) with support & input from BP1934 (Dick-Cunyngham).
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