Margaret Craufurd (1251 - 1273)

Born 1 May 1251 in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Malcolm Alan Wallace — married 1272 in Parish of Kilmaurs

Died 3 Jul 1273 at age 22 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Biography

Margaret was born about 1250. She is the daughter of Hugh Crawford.

William’s mother was Margaret Crawford, a daughter of Hugh Crawford, head of the House of Crawford, the Third Sheriff of Ayrshire, and who was Lord of Loudoun and Crosbie.

On his maternal side, William was the grandson of the Sheriff of Ayr, one of the very prominent landholders in Ayrshire. William’s mother was Margaret Crawford, a daughter of Hugh Crawford, head of the House of Crawford, the Third Sheriff of Ayrshire, and who was Lord of Loudoun and Crosbie.

Craufuird C. Loudoun tells of having looked at papers in the Loudoun collection at Dumfries House in Ayshire containing information about the marriage of “Lady Margaret de Lambinus Craufuird of Arclowdun Castle to Malcolm Wallace of Ellerslie, in the ancient Parish of Kilmaurs.” Arclowdun Castle was located about 900 meters east of Loudoun Castle.

Name

Lady Margaret /Craufurd/^[1]

Birth

01 MAY 1251 Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland^[2]

Death

03 JUL 1273 Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland^[3]

Marriage

Husband: Malcolm Wallace

Wife: Lady Margaret Craufurd

Marriage 1265 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland^[4]

1. Child: John Wallace
2. Child: Malcom Wallace
3. Child: William Wallace

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S125 Database online. Record for Malcolm Wallace
2. ↑ Source: #S125 Database online. Record for Malcolm Wallace
3. ↑ Source: #S125 Database online. Record for Malcolm Wallace
4. ↑ Source: #S125 Database online. Record for Malcolm Wallace

• Paul, James Balfour, Sir; The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom; (Douglas, D; Edinburgh); Margaret Crauford, Vol V, pg 490; accessed 19 Dec 2020

• William Wallace & His Crawford Relations by C. Joanne Crawford, PhD and Kevan Crawford, PhD
• http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/William%20Wallace.pdf
• Brokaw's, Julia Penn, Papers of the Virginia Society, Colonial Dames of America, No. 2166, David Crawford, Burgess of New Kent Co., VA 1692 states: "Dominicus de Crawford is said to have been the fifth great-grandfater of Margaret de Crawford, the mother of Sir William Wallace. Her brother, Sir Reginald de Crawford, is claimed to have been the direct ancestor of the Crawfords who settled in Virginia from 'Crawfordonia'." Margaret de Crawford married Sir Malcolm Wallace and was the mother of Sir William Wallace.Margaret was given one-half of the lands of Crawford-John.

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p29685.htm#i296845
• Source: S125 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• WikiTree profile Craufurd-2 created through the import of Bobster_s Tree Aug 2011_2011-10-10_01.ged on Oct 10, 2011 by Robert Eugene Garcia.