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Rt. Rev. David LINSAY , Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford 1550–1610 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 18 Dec 1610

Death Location: Edzell, Angus, Scotland

Father: Sir Crawford

Mother: Dame Crawford

Spouse(s): Lady Drummond, Lady Lindsay, Lady Lindsay

Children(s): Lady Lindsay*, Jerome Knight

The story of Rt. Rev. David LINSAY , Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford began in 1550 in Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Rt. Rev. David LINSAY , Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford married Lady Griselda Stewart De Meldrum Lindsay, Lady Helen Lilias Drummond, Lady Helen Lilias Drummond Lindsay Wife Of David Lindsay, and had children including Jerome Lindsay Sir Lyon King Of Arms Knight, Lady Margaret Margorie Lindsay. Rt. Rev. David LINSAY , Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford passed away in 1610 in Edzell, Angus, Scotland.

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  • The story of Rt. Rev. David LINSAY , Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford began in 1550 in Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Rt. Rev. David LINSAY , Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford married Lady Griselda Stewart De Meldrum Lindsay, Lady Helen Lilias Drummond, Lady Helen Lilias Drummond Lindsay Wife Of David Lindsay, and had children including Jerome Lindsay Sir Lyon King Of Arms Knight, Lady Margaret Margorie Lindsay.
  • Rt. Rev. David LINSAY , Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford passed away in 1610 in Edzell, Angus, Scotland.

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Children(s)

Rt. Crawford's Ancestors

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Rt. Crawford
1550–1610
Birth Place: Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir David Alexander "The Wicked Master" Lindsay 9th Earl of Crawford
1503–1558
Edzell, Angus, Scotland
Dame (Katherine Campbell Countess Lindsay of) Crawford
1520–1578
Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Nairnshire, Moray, Scotland
Grandparents
Walter (Lord Lindsay van) Edzell
1470–1513
Edzell (Angusshire) Scotland
Lord (John C. Campbell 1st Earl of Cawdor, Lord of Lorn, Lord of) Thane
1490–1546
Cawder Castle, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Rt. Crawford's Descendants

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Rt. (Rev. David LINSAY , Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of) Crawford (1550–18 Dec 1610) m. Lady (Helen Lilias) Drummond (1558–Dec 1579) m. Lady (Helen Lilias DRUMMOND LINDSAY, Wife of David) Lindsay (1553–Mar 1598) m. Lady (Griselda Stewart de Meldrum) Lindsay (1545–May 14 1629)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Margorie) Lindsay* 1578–1614 m. David (Carnegie, 1st Earl of) Southesk 1575–1658
    1. 1. Margaret (Carnegie) # 1599–1675 m. Captain (Sir William Ramsay 1st Earl of Dalhousie) # 1594–1674
      1. 1. Johne ((John) Ramsay 2nd Earl of Dalhousie, Earl of Dalhouse) # 1626–1673 m. Margaret Duncan 1629–1665
        1. 1. John Rumgay 1665–1697 m. Christian Forgan 1662–
        2. 2. Thomas Ramsey 1645–
        3. 3. David Ramsey 1651–1721
        4. 4. Janet (Ramsay) Harley 1648–
        5. 5. Agnes Ramsey 1656–
        6. 6. Rebecca Ramsey 1656–
        7. 7. Margaret Ramsay 1660–
        8. 8. Effie Ramsey 1651–
        9. 9. John (Martin) Ramsay 1658–
      2. 2. David Ramsay 1626–1673
      3. 3. George (Earl Dalhousie) Ramsay 1622–1673
      4. 4. William (Carnegie) Ramsay 1620–1687
  2. 2. Jerome (LINDSAY, Sir Lyon King of Arms) Knight 1565–1642

Rt. Crawford's Timeline

3 Records

1550
1550
Birth of Rt. Rev. David LINSAY , Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford in Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1570
Mar 1570
Age 20
Rt. Rev. David LINSAY , Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford was married in Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
1610
18 Dec 1610
Age 60
Death of Rt. Rev. David LINSAY , Bishop of Ross ay, IX Earl of Crawford in Edzell, Angus, Scotland
Edzell, Angus, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Mar 1570
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Corslaw, Clackmannan, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lanarkshire, Stirling, & Clackmannan: Commissariot Record of Lanark, Register of Testaments, 1595-1800 and Commissariot Record of Stirling, 1607-1800

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Dec 1610
    Event Place: Edzell, Angus, Scotland

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