I have beem watching some of this line with interest. Its a long time since i really dug into the ancient history but there were a lot of different lines it seems. The main problem with the crawford history is the 'break' due to Cromwell. there have been a lot of attempts to 'wrest' the title back to its 'rightful' place under the Crawford name. All have failed for lack of 'proof'. I have heaps of stories etc, but at the moment due to othe rpressures must let them slip - my PhD is more important Keep up the thread. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Crawford <andycraw@umich.edu> To: CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com <CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, 30 August 1999 19:45 Subject: Re: CRAWFORD history >My understanding of the Crawford history is that the main line developed >at Crawford (North of Moffet) and the lands and Earldom passed to the >Lindseys through the marriage of the daughter when there was no >surviving son. The ruins of that castle is at Crawford and is sometimes >called the Lindsey Castle. Younger sons of earlier earls developed >branches around Ayr of which Archnames (Killbirnie) was the larger >line. In the 1750's this line married the daughter of the Earl of >Crawford (a Lindsey) and the Earldom came back only to be lost in the >next generation when there was not any living children. >-- >Andrew Crawford, 2785 IOE Dept., University of Michigan, >Ann Arbor, MI 48109 734 764-9410, Ascott Corp 734 663-2023 >http://ascott.com/ > > >