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Robert Craufurd, of Nethermains
Facts and Events
Robert Craufurd, of Nethermains
- Burke, John. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. (London, England, 1834, 1836), Vol. 1, Page n28, n29.S1
- Robert Crawfurd, designed by Nisbet, “Captain Robert Crawfurd, of Nethermains;” and that the Nethermains so alluded to, was the Nethermains of Kilwinning, whence sprang the Crawfurds of Newfield, is sufficiently attested by the will of Patrick Crawfurd, of Auchinames, lately discovered among the records of the Commissary Court of Glasgow. This testament bears date at Crosby, parish of Largs, the XII day of December, 1648, and in it are enumerated his children by name; it is “witnessed by William Craufurd, younger of Auchinames, my son; Robert Hunter, of Hunterston, my son-in-law; and Robert Crawfurd, of Nayrmains (see note), also my lawful son,” and written by his son James, who was bred to the bar.S1
- Robert Crawfurd married Christian, daughter and co-heiress of Robert Brown, of Nethermains and Burrowlands; which latter estate was conveyed by the younger sister to her husband, Alexander Blair, of Giffordland. He died in 1678, leaving three sons,S1
- 1. Robert,S1
- 2. Patrick,S1
- 3. Moses,S1
- (successive heirs)S1
- Captain Crawfurd was succeeded by his elder son Robert…S1
References
- Burke, John. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. (London, England, 1834, 1836)
Vol. 1, Page n28, n29.
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