'Lindsay05'
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Families covered: Lindsay of Crawford, Lindsay of Lindsay, Lindsay-Crawford of Garnock, Lindsay-Crawford of Kilbirnie
| John Lindsay, 1st Earl of Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford, 10th Lord of the Byres (b c1596, d 1676) | |||||||||||||||
| The earldom of Lindsay was of John's own attaining. He persuaded his kinsman Ludovic Lindsay to appoint him successor to the earldom of Crawford. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1640) Margaret Hamilton (d 1678, dau of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford, 2nd Earl of Lindsay (b 04.1644, d 03.1698, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (08.03.1670) Mary Johnstone (b 31.01.1652, dau of James Johnstone, Earl of Annandale and Hartfell) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Lindsay, 19th Earl of Crawford, 3rd Earl of Lindsay (d 12.1713, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Amelia Stewart (d 18.02.1711, dau of James Stewart, Lord Doune) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford, 4th Earl of Lindsay (b 04.10.1702, dsp 24.12.1749, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.04.1747) Jean Murray (d 10.10.1747, dau of James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl) | |||||||||||||||
| John was succeeded by his kinsman George Lindsay-Crawford below. | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Lindsay (bpt 03.04.1705, dsp before 01.05.1755, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Catherine Lindsay (dsp 28.02.1768) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wemyss (d 01.1786, Lieutenant Governor of Edinburgh Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Mary Lindsay (bpt 24.19.1706) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dugald Campbell of Glensadell | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Henrietta Lindsay (bpt 01.1671) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.10.1691) William Baillie of Lamington | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - James (d Almanza 1707, Colonel), Patrick (bpt 29.08.1678), Margaret (bpt 10.07.1677) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (after 1681) Henrietta Seton (dau of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline) | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Catherine Lindsay (bpt 29.11.1692, dsp 20.04.1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.05.1741) Patrick Lindsay, Provost of Edinburgh, Governor of Isle of Man (bpt 10.03.1686, d 20.02.1753) | |||||||||||||||
| G.+ | other issue - Thomas (a 09.1723, dsp), Anne (dsp), Christian, Margaret, Helen, Susanna (bpt 10.07.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Patrick Lindsay, later Crawford of Kilbirnie (b 09.1646, d 10.1681) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is partly supported by 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 2, 1852, p115+). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (27.12.1664) Margaret Crawford (d 10.1681, dau of Sir John Crawford of Kilbirnie) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Lindsay-Crawford of Kilbirnie, 1st Viscount Garnock (b 12.05.1669, d 24.12.1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.1697) Margaret Stuart (d before 07.05.1738, dau of James Stuart, 1st Earl of Bute) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Patrick Lindsay-Crawford of Kilbirnie, 2nd Viscount Garnock (bpt 30.11.1697, d 24.05.1735) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 19.04.1720) Margaret Home (dau of George Home of Kellie) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Lindsay-Crawford, 3rd Viscount Garnock (b 06.07.1722, d unm 22.09.1739) indicated as dvp by Paterson | ||||||||||||||
| b. | George Lindsay-Crawford, 4th Viscount Garnock, 21st Earl of Crawford, 5th Earl of Lindsay (b 14.03.1729, d 11.08.1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.12.1755) Jean Hamilton (dau of Robert Hamilton of Bourtreehill) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of Crawford, 6th Earl of Lindsay (b 31.01.1758, d unm 30.01.1808, Maj. General) | ||||||||||||||
| After George, the earldom of Crawford passed to Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, a descendant of the 1st Earl of Crawford and Chief of the family. The earldom of Lindsay passed to his kinsman David Lindsay of the Kirkforthar family. | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Robert Lindsay-Hamilton-Crawford (b 24.12.1769, d unm 03.11.1801, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Jean Lindsay-Crawford (b 06.11.1756, dsp 23.01.1778) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.02/30.03.1722) Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton (b 18.05.1726, d 30.10.1796) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Bute (b 25.05.1761, dsp 09.1782, Captain), Mary (b 16.05.1760, d unm 21.11.1833) | ||||||||||||||
| p. Euphan Gourlay | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | several natural children | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Graham Christian Lindsay-Crawford (dsp 18.06.1748) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.03.1747) Patrick Bogle of Hamilton Farm | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - Margaret (b 31.01.1721, d infant), Janet (bpt 05.09.1723) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Lindsay-Crawford (bpt 04.05.1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Neil McNeil of Ugadale | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - John (bpt 17.01.1699, dsp 15.02.1739), James (bpt 15.05.1700, dsp 03.1744-5), David (bpt 14.05.1701, dsp 1741), Charles (dspl before 07.1746, Captain), Anne (bpt 09.08.1706, d 22.08.1752), Magdalen (bpt 10.02.1708) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Margaret Lindsay-Crawford (b c1669, d 1695) shown a generation later by Paterson | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.04.1687) David Boyle of Kelburne, 1st Earl of Glasgow (b 1666, d 31.10.1733) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Anne Lindsay-Crawford (d 12.08.1729) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.01.1704) Harry Maule of Kelly (d 23.06.1734) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Magdalen Lindsay-Crawford | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.12.1706) George Dundas of Duddingston (b 1672) | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue - Patrick (d 16.05.1716), Archibald (d 22.02.1735) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Anna Lindsay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 01.01/04.02.1648) John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes, Duke of Rothes (b c1630, d 27.07.1681) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Christian Lindsay (d 26.10.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 01.01.1648) John Hamilton, 4th Earl of Haddington (b 1626, d 31.08.1669) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Helen Lindsay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.09.1663) Sir Robert Sinclair, Bart of Stevenston (d 07.1713) | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Elizabeth Lindsay (d 01.1688) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.09.1669) David Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Northesk (d 03.10.1688) | |||||||||||||||
| 7.+ | other issue - James (bpt 21.03.1636, d infant), James (bpt 01.06.1637, d infant), John (bpt 03.12.1639, d infant), Margaret (bpt 18.06.1635, d young) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): TSP (Lindsay), BP1934 (Lindsay)
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