The Two Patrick Crawford's

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This page sets out the sources showing there are two men named Patrick Crawford who married two women of the same name, Jane Crawford. The earliest Patrick purchased the estate of Drumsoy, while the later inherited it from his father. The estate of Auchinames was located in the parish of Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire. The estate of Drumsoy (Drumsuie) was located in the parish of Coylton, Ayrshire.

Patrick Crawford, twelfth of Auchinames

This Patrick, born about 1608, married his cousin, Jane Crawford, daughter of James Crawford. He purchased the estate of Drumsoy, which was originally held by a William Crawford, in the mid-1500s. The relationship between Patrick and William is unknown. There is reference to Drumsuie Cottage in 1855 being in bad repair and had passed out of the Crawford family.^[1]

Patrick Crawford, fifteenth of Auchinames

This Patrick, born about 1690, also married a woman by the name of Jane Crawford. She was the daughter of Archibald Crawford. It was this Patrick that appears to have sold off the lands of Auchinames, retaining only the superiority of it.^{[2] [3]} His son, also named Patrick succeeded him as head of the family.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ScotlandsPlaces; OS Name Book - Ayrshire; OS1/3/17/49; citing Drumsuy Cottage
2. ↑ Robertson, George; A genealogical account of the principle families in Ayrshire..; (1823);Pg. 177
3. ↑ Origines parochiales Scotiae : the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland; pg. 85; (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, 1851); citing: Auchinames, to the west of the church, is an old property of a family of Crawfurds. It came latterly to be divided, so that a branch of that house, and after them the Sempils of Lochwinnoch, held " the third part," being a ten merk land of old extent. Some remains of the old castle were visible till 1825, when they were entirely demolished.
4. ↑ Paterson, James; History of the County of Ayr, Vol I; (John Dick, 1847); pg. 329