The Kilbirnie line appears to have died out, as have many of the prominent old cadet lines including the main line of Auchenames, and Cartsburn and Greenock. CrestA dexter hand grasping a hart by the attiring and bringing him to the ground ppr. He must have presented a fine figure as a warrior given his imposing height in medieval armor and mounted on a destrier (huge warhorse). There is no member that is recorded as having accompanied David I back to Scotland in 1124. They had two sons, Archibald Stewart of Castlemilk and John Crawford of Milton who took his mothers surname as part of his parents marriage settlement. An additional 78 families lived in other states and 1,600 adult and single Crawfords were not included among these families. He died in 1459. Grisell inherited Baidland through the right of Tailzie (that stipulated a husband of the Crawford surname). Motto: Durum patientia frango. They had issue: Andrew, who died young, Jean who married Hugh Craufurd of Knightswood, and Patrick who died without issue. Adam, another son of Reginald, became a clergy. They had 16 children, all of which survived. By early 12th century, Thorlongus had settled in Crawford. Found inside Page 42010 April , 1878 ) had issue , Mr. William Sharman - Crawford assumed the latter surname , 1. FOLWAR JOHN COLQUITT , b . 19 Sept. 1849 , late Capt . in addition to his paternal one of SHARMAN , by royal licence , Grenadier Guards She won, and the family estates Thomas Crauford married Margrat, daughter and heiress of Malcolm Galbraith of Easter Greenock. Crawfordjohn received its name from the John who was stepson to Baldwin of Biggar. Thorlongus was also known as a formidable knight and contributed to the Scottish defense against William the Conqueror. The current Earl Robert Lindsay, the 29th, is of this other line. 3) Joel Crawford (born 1736, married Frances Elizabeth Harris, had issue named Ann, Robert, Joel, David Lucy, William Harris, Elizabeth, Charles, Fanny, Nathan, and Bennet); Crest. and in base a ship ar. Patrick Crauford, probably from the Haining line, acquired it supposedly through a marriage to a Cumming heiress, though this is largely deduced from the Cumming arms that use garbs as the principal designation. A further story of origins was told popularly whereby one Macormack discovered the ford on the Clyde River next to where now is situated the town of Crawford; it gave him an advantage in routing his enemies. The lovely Crawford Gallery (also known as the Lairds Loft) is a balcony overlooking the churchs altar. Since Archibald left no male heirs, the estates of Auchenames and Crosbie were brought to judicial sale in 1715, during the minority of his granddaughter, and were purchased by Patrick Craufurd, Merchant of Edinburgh and son of David Craufurd of Drumsoy. CrestA harts head couped ppr. During the rebellion of 1798, he served as one of the officers of the Ballyshannon Yeomanry Cavalry, and was for about twenty years a Justice of the Peace for the county of Donegal. The 377 Crawford families were concentrated in Pennsylvania (107), New York (52), North Carolina (40), South Carolina (36), Connecticut (34), and Maryland (30). a chev. In 1591, the Laird of Fedderat rebelled against the king (James VI) and spearheaded an uprising. Crests: 1st: A sword erect in pale, having a pair of balances on the point all proper; 2nd: A demi-lion rampant or, armed and langued gules. A possible son Alexander also went to Sweden, but has no Crawford descendants today. 1965), American Private from Nampa, Idaho, USA who died in the crash, Mrs. May Crawford (1893-1914), Canadian Third Class Passenger from Toronto, Ontario, Canada who was traveling aboard the, Mrs. S O Crawford, American passenger from USA, who flew aboard American Airlines. He married Christian Crawford. Alexander, a younger brother of John Crauford of Greenock immigrated to Ireland with the establishment of plantations by James I of England (James VI of Scotland) sometime after 1610 when several thousand acres were distributed to Scottish and English settlers by James I. Alexander took over land allotted to his brother John in the plantation of Ulster in county Down. The modern crest badge of a member of Clan Crawford contains the crest: a stags head erased Gules, between the attires a cross crosslet fitche Sable. The seal was granted with the mark of royal distinction and it probably refers to the friendship between Thorlongus and either King Malcolm III or his son King Edgar. Other settlers in colonial America bearing this surname include Ann Crawford (Virginia 1640), Stephen Crawford (Massachusetts 1649), Donald Crawford (New Jersey 1685), Thomas Crawford (Virginia 1703), Ann Crawford (Philadelphia 1740), Samuel Crawford (Virginia 1740), and Margaret (Philadelphia 1740). She had two children: Isabella (married William Keith in 1844) and William. Thus, credible evidence exists for Thorlongus being the progenitor of Crawfords, while there is no corresponding support for any Crawfords descending from the Earl of Richmond. 1811), Irish labourer from Strabane, Northern, Mr. Thomas Crawford, English Third Butcher from England, who worked aboard the. A translation of cattle-passage has been suggested as a further source for the term, likely derived from ford, which classically identifies a river crossing, though the association of craw or crau to cattle remains unclear. peerage in 1716. This family descends from the Baidland-Ardmillan line. for Darnley's murder. The generally observed Crawford crest is the roe buck set upon a wreath and topped with a cross of various styles. a fess erm. In Northern Ireland, it ranks highest in county Antrim. Mr. William M Crawford (b. The branch of Crawfurdland is also thought Crammed into their tiny but trusty rental car (a Fiat Crumb or some such model), the couple scour the countryside, from castles to trailer parks, looking for something more to commemorate Crawford history than a family crest refrigerator Stephens third son was named Alan, who became the 1st Earl of Richmond and was the father of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany. It came back into the hands of Craufords in 1481 with the marriage of Malcolm Crauford to the Kilbirnie heiress Marjory Barclay. His father also Malcolm (named as John in some sources). The descendants of Alexander are described in a book published in 1897 by Robert Crawford, The Crawfords of Donegal and how they came there, A Contribution to Family History, Compiled from Authentic Sources. Found inside Page 135The crest is a terrestrial globe . " Spes vit melioris . The clan is loyal . M'Alpin . Srioghal mo dhiream . Crawford . Stare super vias antiquas . To stand in the track of my ancestors . Bayuing , b . ; Townshend . In 1843, he married Hester King, daughter of the 7th Baron King, and had two sons with her: Sir Charles William Frederick (4th Baronet) and Henry Thomas Gage. The younger daughter of Sir John is supposed to have married about 1230 a William de Lindsay (alt. Mabel was an heiress and married William Sharman. In 1805, he married Mabel-Fridiswide, daughter of John Crawford of Crawfordsburn, county Down, and had children with her: John, Arthur, James, Frederick, Charles, William, Henry, Maria (married Henry Coddington of Oldbridge), Arminella, Mable, and Eleanor. In Scotland, the surname ranks highest in Bute, Renfrewshire, and Ayrshire. John obtained the property of Ardoch (also Ardugh or Ardaugh) later renamed Craufurdland, as it is known to this day. He brought a ship filled with relatives and other immigrants. Crawford ancestor mentioned by name may have been Leofwine, who appears in a dedicatory charter by his son or brother Thorlongus. William had died in 1582 whereupon the Barony of Auchenames reverted to the youngest brother, Patrick, who married Jean Fisher and inherited Auchenames from his nephew James. It is traced to the upper Clyde River Valley or Clydesdale in Lanarkshire, historically represented by the towns of Crawford and Crawfordjohn, and in its early history, the Barony of Crawford. The coat of arms for this branch of the Crawford family tree is: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, gules, a fesse, wavy ermine, between three mullets, argent, pierced azure, for Crawford; 2nd and 3rd, sable a chevalier on horseback, armed at all points cap-a-pie, brandishing a scimitar aloft argent, a bordure gules, for Nevay. at St Paul's Cathedral in London. His grant was 1000 acres. He lived before the early records of the Crawfords. masoned sa. 19) (Drongan). A legend has William spending time hiding in a nearby cave. Reliable evidence indicates Thorlongus was the Overlord of Crawford at the time the use of surnames was introduced in Scotland, and it came into use by residents of Crawford around that time. The process of creating coats of arms (also often called family crests) began in the eleventh century although a form of Proto-Heraldry may have existed in some countries prior to this.The new art of Heraldry made it possible for families and even individual family members to have their very own coat of arms, Crawfurd of Baidland, subsequently of Ardmillan, . The Crawfords held the extensive lands of the barony of Crawford in Lanarkshire from the time of Thorlongus, his sons and grandsons granted by the successively ruling sons of King Malcolm Canmore. They had several children, including William. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Crawford research. Ar. King James awarded Capt. Patrick Crauford. They have never been a part of Clan Lindsay (or any other house or clan) nor acknowledged the Earl of Crawford as chief. of Auchinanes emigrated to Canada. That is where they resided and from where they took the surname of Crawford. Sir John de Crawford, designed dominus de eodem, miles, in several donations to the monasteries of Kelso and Newbottle, succeeded his father Reginald. William Craufurd married Annabel, daughter of Chalmers of Gadgirth, and had one son with her named James who in 1579 married Lady Elizabeth Cuninghame. Crawford may be derived from the Gaelic or Scottish cru, meaning bloody, and ford, a river crossing, meaning a bloody crossing or a battleground. This guide features: the histories and heraldic details of Scottish clans and families; illustrations of tartans and crest badges ; and essays on the history of clanship and of tartan. Source Fairbairn's Book of Crests, 1905 ed. During that time, the Germanic invaders (traditionally known as Anglo-Saxons) spread from a couple of kingdoms in the south and east of England to encompass most of the territory of the British Isles. Found inside Page 107As part of the ceremony, Robert presented me with a Crawford tartan sash and family crest broach. THEN in April we went to Ireland for our honeymoon. I searched the Internet until I found the perfect location, which was a 300-year-old With her, the direct Crauford line of Haining ended. Their children married widely into prominent Scot families that tied Crawfords closely to them. In New Zealand, J. C. Crawford came to the city of Wellington aboard the, in 1839. The Loudoun pedigree continues as follows: Robert Caldwell, of Rathneeny, of that county. Mr. Robert Crawford, Scottish convict who was convicted in Glasgow, John Crawford, English convict from Lancaster, who was transported aboard the "Asia" on April 1st, 1822, settling in New South. David died in Ballyshannon in 1825. Found insideIt was there that he first saw Melissa all those years ago. It was there that he fell in love, and he still felt her connection strongly at that crest. He slid down Freckles's side and wandered to the edge, to the rock he'd been sitting The earliest Crawfords to immigrate to American arrived in the 17th century. The book, , mentions one bearer of this last name: Aaron Crawford of Rutland, Massachusetts, USA, who was born in Tyrone, Ireland in 1680,and came to America around 1713 with his sons, Samuel, John, and Alexander. Historical facts seem to show the Richmond family remained for he most part far from Scotland. The sons were James Crawford of Donegal, who married Sarah Purviance, and had issue James of Garvagh (afterwards of Farmhill), who married Miss Stephenson. The second Elizabeth Houison Craufurd of Braehead and Craufurd in 1777 married the Reverend James Moodie, who assumed the surnames of Houison and Craufurd. The most significant source of information on Crawford origins is George Crawfurd, 18th century historian. Patrick Craufords name figures in many documents of the period (between 1368 and 1397), including one that titles him Lord of Fedrat. In conclusion, the evidence predominantly supports the view that Thorlongus was the ancestor of the Scottish descent lines that bear the surname of Crawford. The lineage of this historical family traces back to John Craufurd, 3rd son of Sir Reginald de Crauford, 1st Sheriff of Ayrshire who married Margaret of Loudoun. It literally translates as ford of crows.. Robert Subscribe to our Newsletter to receive early discount offers, latest news, sales and promo information. In todays modern online world, there is a lot of information but also much misinformation. He was a Captain of the 1st Lanark Militia and also became a Captain of the New Zealand Militia. Gualterus inherited the barony of Crawfordjohn. The genealogy or ancestry of this branch of the family tree traces back to Thomas Crawfurd of Cartsburn son of Cornelius of Jordanhill and his wife Jean (daughter of Andrew Semple of Milnbank). Their surnames bear no relationship to Crawford, though they show the arms gules, a fess ermine in various forms. may really refer to his brother (fratrie). Margaret was not buried inside the church due to concerns Edward would desecrated her grave. He died in 1695 and was succeeded by Thomas. He fought with his distant kinsmen, the Danes, against William, in alliance with Malcolm Canmore. On the other hand, a different source, based on a spurious comparison between arms, presents an alternate version, that Alan, the 3rd son of Reginald the Earl of Richmond, was the progenitor of the Crawfords. King Alexander II (reigned 1214-1249) appointed Sir Reginald Sheriff of Ayr. Captain Thomas Craufurd, a figure of considerable military exploit and fame, Head of the Guard of Mary de Guise, mother of Mary Queen of Scots, Captain of the French Kings Scottish Guard during Marys minority in France, and upon Marys return to Scotland, accompanied her and named as secretary to Lord Darnley, Queen Marys husband. Quarterly, 1st and 4th, gu. With his passing, the long-lived and illustrious senior line of Craufurds of Auchenames ended. Found inside Page 85Reginald de Crawford , surnamed " The Good , " was great grand - father of Margaret Crawford , who married Malcolm Wallace and became the mother of The ancient family crest was in Dumbarton Castle with the motto Ex Pugnavi , as a Buy a Clan Crawford membership certificate. Cathedral documents dating from the early 1100s, during the reign of King Edgar. This family was located at Milton, near Lanark. campaign waged during the winter of 1069-70 to subjugate northern England and complete the conquest. Notepaper Kathleen Beale Crawford, 56th St., N. Y. The Crawfords held the extensive lands of the barony of Crawford in Lanarkshire from the time of Thorlongus, his sons and grandsons granted by the successively ruling sons of King Malcolm Canmore. Mary Catherine Crawford (b. The latter appears to be a late assumption from Norman (12th century) times since the term cattle comes from the French chatel. He died in 1793. William Sharman-Crawford, Esq., was of Crawfordsburn, county Down and Stalleen, county Meath. Vice Admiral Sir William Godfrey Crawford (1907-2003) was a former Royal Navy officer who served in World War II. Next came James Crawford, of the parish of Drumholm, Co. Donegal, who died in 1698 leaving a son, Edward, described as of the same parish. fought with Charles VII of France, was knighted by James I. John of Crawfurdland MottoSine labe lucebit. By early 1600s, no Craufurds of Fedderat remained in Aberdeenshire. His father also Malcolm (named as John in some sources). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, gu. Around the edge of Thorlongus seal is a Latin inscription that states Thor me mittet amico that can be translated as Thor will send/bestow my [meaning Thors] friend. However, this version was widely distributed in Burkes General Armory, a series of editions published between 1842 and 1884, and also in Burkes History of the Commoners. a fess erm. 16) (Mountquhanny). By early 1600s, no Craufurds of Fedderat remained in Aberdeenshire. He had married in 1834 Theodosia (1813-1883), daughter of James Balfour. In Australia, John Crawford, a convict from Lancaster, England, came to New South Wales aboard the, in 1822. his attires gu. In 1848 parliament decided that it should revert to the senior surviving line, in this case going through an heiress. He had 3 distinguished sons. Even today, crows feed off the fish teaming in the shallow waters of the ford. They had a son also Patrick who. Add to Favorites. The family of Edward Crawford of Overton County, Tennessee. John Crawford (11783-1868) succeeded Sir Stamford Raffles in 1823 as administrator of Singapore. that the freedom fighter's father's actual Christian name was Alan. Gu. Downloads in Seconds. Craufurds of Loudoun (and some descendant cadets) The name derived from the Old English word 'CRAWA' (crow) + FORD (a river-crossing). It may even go back beyond recorded history, and it probably belongs to oral tradition. He married Elizabeth Dunsmure. These high quality family crest shirts, hoodies and prints make great gifts for Father's Day, Mother's Day, birth days, Christmas Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Gu. The use of a microscope to help decipher this might be helpful. It was commissioned by Thomas Crawford (16th century), a prominent soldier who led the assault on Dumbarton Castle in 1571. The Craufurd family crest for this branch of the family tree has Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Craufurd, gules a fess ermine; 2nd and 3rd, Houison of Braehead argent, a Galfridus son Reginald succeeded him. There are African-American Crawfords in the US who adopted the surname from the Crawford plantation where they were slaves. Descendants of this family also occupied the Cartsburn estate in Greenock during the 1600s and 1700s. In 1729, he married Ann, daughter of James Robinson or Irvine, and had several children including two sons: Alexander (see below) and Quentin (made a fortune in India and settled in Paris, reportedly helped Queen Maria Antoinette with her failed escape). This Patrick married Jane Crauford, daughter and heiress of James Craufurd, and thus again united the ancient estates of Crosbie and Auchenames. Archibald Crawfurd of Ardmillan married Marion Hay and had two sons with her: Archibald and Thomas (officer in the army, married Anne, daughter of John Taylor of East Sheen. Design your own Crawford Family Crest Crawford Family History This famous Scottish surname, found as Crawford, Crawfurd and Crauford, is locational in origin, from the old Barony of Crawford in the Upper ward of Lanarkshire, and is one of the earliest recorded Scottish surnames (see below). Check out House Of Names to investigate the origins of the Crawford surname or get a copy of the Crawford family Crest (a great gift idea!). David Crawford married (1791) Sarah, only child and heiress of the Rev. In 1818, William married Mary, daughter of John Anderson of London, and had one child, William Stuart. Robert Crauford of Auchenames (died at the Battle of Flodden 1513); William Crauford (tenant of the lands of Drings); , married Agnes, daughter of John Montgomery of Bridgend); The arms of Craufords of Loudoun we know were gules a fess ermine since they were attached to the Ragman Roll. In 1587, William married Margaret, daughter of Sir Patrick Houstoun, and had a son with her also named Patrick, who was his successor. Later, Reginald de Crauford, John de Crauford and William de Crauford are all recorded as paying homage to Edward I in 1296. His only grandson, Frederick Boalch, son of Clare, attended, Mount Royal College; then he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. As you can see, the European spellings of Craufurd, Crafoord, Crafford including the Scottish spelling, were often changed to what has become the preferred spelling for the surname Crawford. John Craufurd of Auchenames died at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547 without posterity, at which point the estates devolved on his brother William. He assumed the Crawford surname and arms as stipulated by the will of John Crauford. A later version (1370-1678) of arms had gules, a fess ermine between 2 mullets in chief argent and a stags head in base couped or attired sable. The buck's head is associated with the Dalmagregan Branch. They had a son Archibald, who in 1427 received Thirdpart [often found written as Thridpart]. He was also Barrack-Master of the Military district of which Ballyshannon was the headquarters, with a garrison of 1500 men. Crawfords have never been a sept of another house or clan. Originally owned by the Crawfords, ; 2nd and 3rd, sa. The House of Crawford is the Lowland Scottish custom for identifying same surnamed extended families and is the most appropriate term for identifying Crawfords, but following the modern practice, the term clan is also used, thus the Clan Crawford Association. It is unknown whether this is an accurate representation of events. He acknowledges as the Crawford progenitor Thorlongus (Thor-the-long, meaning tall), an Anglo-Danish knight descended from Vikings that invaded and settled in England several centuries before (late 9th century AD). In 1923, he married Ellen Alexandra, daughter of Captain Alexander Price Haig of Blairhill. Engraving is done by hand with no dye, depth size is unique to each order. In 1770s there was a James Crawford living in North Carolina, some of whose children moved to Kentucky. The Crawford clan motto is "Tutum te robore reddam" (I will give you safety by strength) and the clan crest is a stag's head with a Crawford of Ballyshannon His son John Crawford married Abigail Hamilton. John Crawford (11783-1868) succeeded Sir Stamford Raffles Gu. One of the first settlers bearing this last name was Peter Crawford, who came to Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833 at the age of 25, aboard the Augusta from Liverpool, England, in 1834, Thomas Crawford, age 26, came to the same town aboard the Sarah from Belfast, Ireland. and swords ppr. Heral., p. 107. One website states: In 1790 when President George Washington authorized the first official national census, the average American Crawford family had 5.5 members. High Quality 300 dpi JPG file. Crawford family crest (Source: House of Names) Family trees and family histories (22) History . The name Crawford is derived from the Old English words "crawa," which means "crow," and "ford," which means "a river crossing," and indicates that the original bearer lived near a ford where crows nested. This is the case of the Northern Ireland Crawfords, though some others, such as those with the surname Crofoot in England, have taken on the Crawford surname without having genealogical ties to the Scottish Crawfords. Another version of Crawford origins that is frequently cited is the claim that the Crawfords derive from Alan Rufus, the 1st Lord of Richmond (1040-1093), and a trusted companion of William the Conqueror. Archibald of Auchenames seems to have married Margrat Douglas, daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Douglas of Peircetoun. This surname is recognized as an independent House of Scotland with two unique arms designs, maintained since before 1196 (1296 surviving seals on the Ragman Rolls for the Lord of Loudon Castle who was also Sheriff of Ayr) and 1319 when the Crawford blazon appeared with the oldest surviving colored Scots blazons on the Scottish National Treasure, the Bannatyne or Bute Mazer. Robert Crawfords (c1625 c1685) heir was John, then followed by Laurence Crawford, who moved into the adjoining county of Fermanagh, and settled at a place called Cavancarragh. 13) (Thornwood, co. Lanark). Thorlongus may also have been of the line of Alfred the Great of England, through marriage(s) with descendant(s) of the original Danish Viking, thus making Thorlongus a possible distant cousin to Queen Margaret, wife of Malcolm (Canmore) III (who reigned in Scotland 1058-1093). Margaret married Patrick Lindsay, 2nd son of the Earl of Crawford in 1664. They bear the same arms as Easter Seaton, but George Crawfurd suggests the predominance of opinion in Monkland where it was located was that this cadet came from Kilbirnie. Fedderat was a large estate in Aberdeenshire, in northwestern Scotland. There are problems with this formulation. By most standards, the Kilbirnie line was inordinately successful. Crawfords have had their own head of House, the Laird (and sometimes baron) of Auchenames, as it was the senior line of the House of Crawford (or Craufurd as it is spelled in Scotland). Charles Boltons American Armory (1927) contains three entries for this surname: Tutum te robore reddam (I will make three safe by my strength)*, God shaw the right (Craufurd of Drumsoy, Newfield, etc. In conclusion, the evidence predominantly supports the view that Thorlongus was the ancestor of the Scottish descent lines that bear the surname of Crawford. betw. James and his wife had three sons and two daughters. By 1467, they no longer had this property. The surname Crawford frequency/commonness ranks as follows in the British Isles: England (309th), Scotland (77th), Wales (409th), Ireland (719th) and Northern Ireland (58th). This Johns younger brother, Archibald, was a Lord of Session, and Secretary and Almoner to Mary Stuart. His version most closely follows the historical records and his sources were in many cases primary ones and family histories and documents. Popularity & Geographic Distribution Archibalds son Robert married Marion Houston in 1483 and that same year he passed the estates on to his son James. 2) David Crawford (born 1734, married Lucy Hendeson, had issue named William Sydney, Nelson, Charles, Reuben, and Elizabeth);

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