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Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford 1504 – 1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1504

Birth Location: Kilbirnie, Ayreshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1547

Death Location: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Crawfurd

Mother: Margaret Semple

Spouse(s): Helen Loudoun

Children(s): Elizabeth Crawford, Hugh Kilbirnie, John Greenock, Captain Jordanhill, Robert Crawfurd, Helen Crawford, William Crawfurd, David Crawfurd, Catherine Kilbirnie

In 1504, Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) entered the world in Kilbirnie, Ayreshire, Scotland, born to Sir Knight Robert Crawford Crawfurd and Margaret Semple. Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) married Helen CAMPBELL of Loudoun, and had children including Elizabeth Crawford, Hugh Ewing Laird Kilbrin Crawfurd of Kilbirnie, John Crawfurd of Easter Greenock, Captain Thomas CRAWFURD of Jordanhill, Robert Crawfurd, Helen Crawford, William Crawfurd, David Crawfurd, Catherine Crawfurd of Kilbirnie. Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) passed away in 1547 in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1504, Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) entered the world in Kilbirnie, Ayreshire, Scotland, born to Sir Knight Robert Crawford Crawfurd and Margaret Semple.
  • Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) married Helen CAMPBELL of Loudoun, and had children including Elizabeth Crawford, Hugh Ewing Laird Kilbrin Crawfurd of Kilbirnie, John Crawfurd of Easter Greenock, Captain Thomas CRAWFURD of Jordanhill, Robert Crawfurd, Helen Crawford, William Crawfurd, David Crawfurd, Catherine Crawfurd of Kilbirnie.
  • Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) passed away in 1547 in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Crawfurd
1480 – 1513
Birth Location: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Semple
1485 – 1513
Birth Location: Kilburnie, Aryshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
MS

Spouses(s)

Helen Loudoun
1507 – 1564
Birth Location: Loudoun, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
HL

Children(s)

Elizabeth Crawford
1525 – 1610
Birth Location: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
EC
Hugh Kilbirnie
1526 – 1576
Birth Location: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
HK
John Greenock
1528 – 1603
Birth Location: Easter Greenock, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
JG
Captain Jordanhill
1530 – 1603
Birth Location: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
CJ
Robert Crawfurd
1531 – 1626
Birth Location: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
RC
Helen Crawford
1532 –
Birth Location: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
HC
William Crawfurd
1536 – 1582
Birth Location: Kilbirny, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
WC
David Crawfurd
1538 – 1628
Birth Location: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
DC
Catherine Kilbirnie
1540 –
Birth Location: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sir Crawford's Ancestors

Self
Sir Crawford
1504 – 1547
Birth Place: Kilbirnie, Ayreshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Knight Robert Crawford Crawfurd
1480 – 1513
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Semple
1485 – 1513
Kilburnie, Aryshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Crawford's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of) Crawford (1504 – 1547) m. Helen (CAMPBELL of) Loudoun (1507 – 30 May 1564)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Crawford (1525 – 1610) m. Thomas (Laird of Monkrodden) Nevin (abt 1525 – bef 1610)
    1. 1. Andrew (2nd Laird of Monkredding) Nevin (abt 1550 – abt 1585) m. Janet (of Braidstane) Montgomery (Abt. 1555 – Bef. 1640)
      1. 1. Thomas (3rd Laird of Monkredding) Nevin (1579 – Apr 1651) m. Jean (of Greenock Shaw) Schaw (Abt. 1580 – 7 Feb 1652)
        1. 1. Jean Nevin (Abt. 1602 – ) m. Richard Savage (Abt. 1600 – )
  2. 2. Hugh (Ewing Laird Kilbrin Crawfurd of) Kilbirnie (1526 – 1576)
  3. 3. John (Crawfurd of Easter) Greenock (1528 – 30 December 1603)
  4. 4. Captain (Thomas CRAWFURD of) Jordanhill (1530 – 1603)
  5. 5. Robert Crawfurd (1531 – 1626)
  6. 6. Helen Crawford (1532 – )
  7. 7. William Crawfurd (1536 – 1582)
  8. 8. David Crawfurd (1538 – 1628)
  9. 9. Catherine (Crawfurd of) Kilbirnie (1540 – )

Sir Crawford's Timeline

18 Records

1484
1484
Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) was married
None
1504
Jun 1504
Birth of Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) in Kilbirnie, Ayreshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayreshire, Scotland
1504
1504
Birth of Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) in Kilbirnie, Ayreshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayreshire, Scotland
1505
1505
Age 1
Birth of Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
1506
1506
Age 2
Birth of Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
1524
1524
Age 20
Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) was married in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
1524
1524
Age 20
Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) was married in Kilburney, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilburney, Ayrshire, Scotland
1524
1524 or 1544,
Age 20
Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) was married in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
1524
1524*
Age 20
Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) was married in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
1524
1524-1544
Age 20
Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) was married in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
1524
1524/1544
Age 20
Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) was married in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
1529
24 Aug 1529
Age 25
Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) was married in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
1529
24 Aug 1529
Age 25
Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) was married in Scotland
Scotland
1544
1544
Age 40
Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) was married in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, , Scotland
1547
4 June 1547
Age 43
Death of Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
1547
4 Jun 1547
Age 43
Death of Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
1547
04 Jun 1547
Age 43
Death of Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
1547
1547
Age 43
Death of Sir Knight Laurence Crawford of Kilbirnie - Earl of Crawford (12thgg) in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jun 1504
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayreshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1506
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1504
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayreshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1484

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1524
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1524
    Event Place: Kilburney, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1524 or 1544,
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1524*
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1524-1544
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1524/1544
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 24 Aug 1529
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 24 Aug 1529
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1544
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 June 1547
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Jun 1547
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 04 Jun 1547
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1547
    Event Place: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
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