LINDSAY, John 10th Lord Lindsay of the Byres, then 17th (14th) Earl of Crawford 1 2
- Born: About 1611
- Marriage (1): HAMILTON, Margaret 1
- Died: 1678, Tynninghame, East Lothian, Scotland 1
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General Notes:
"John (Lindsay), seventeenth Earl of Crawford who assumed the dignity after the forfeiture of Earl Ludovic, was retoured heir to his father Robert, Lord Lindsay of the Byres, 1 October 1616, and by letters patent dated 8 May 1613, he was created Earl of Lindsay and Lord Parbroath, to him and his heirs-male bearing the name and arms of the Lords Lindsay on 8 May 1633. In the manner narrated in volume iii. page 35, he, in 1644, became seventeenth Earl of Crawford"
from Scots Peerage (vol 3) 1
John married Margaret HAMILTON, daughter of James HAMILTON 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, Earl of Cambridge and Anne CUNNINGHAM.1 (Margaret HAMILTON was born about 1613.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (John Lindsay) married Margaret, daughter of James, second Marquess of Hamilton, by whom he had issue :
1. James, eldest son, baptized at Ceres 21 March 1636, and there buried.
2. James, second son, baptized as Master of Lindsay at Ceres 1 June 1637, and there buried.
3. John, baptized at Ceres 3 December 1639, and there buried.
4. William, eighteenth Earl.
5. Patrick, born in September 1646, who assumed the surname and arms of Crawford of Kilbirnie, for whom and his successors see title Garnock.
6. Anna, married to John, Earl, and afterwards Duke, of Rothes, contract dated at Holyrood, 1 January and 4 February 1648.
7. Christian, married to John, Earl of Haddington, contract dated 1 January 1648.3 The Countess was alive in 1691.
8. Margaret, baptized at Ceres 18 June 1635, and there buried.
9. Helen, married to Sir Robert Sinclair of Stevenston, Baronet, at Holyroodliouse 10 September 1663.
10. Elizabeth, married to David, Earl of Northesk. Marriage contract dated at Struthers 9 September 1669. She died in January 1688.
from Scots Peerage (vol 3)
"p. 36, after last line insert ' 6. James, baptized 12 January 1649 (Canongate Reg.).'"
(all numbers following change accordingly)
from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda) 1 3
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