'Cunningham07'
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Families covered: Cunningham of (West) Barns, Cunynghame of Livingstone, Cunyngham(e) of Milncraig, Cunyngham (Cuningham) of Polquhairn
| James Cuningham of Polquhairn (a 1578) possibly father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Cunyngham of Polquhairn (a 1585) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Janet McAdam | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Agnes Muir | |||||||||||||||
| Not known which wife was mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William (?) Cunyngham of Milncraig | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Cathgart (dau of William Cathgart of Corbieston) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William (?) Cunyngham of Milncraig | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? Crawford (dau of David Crawford of Kerse) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | David Cunningham of Milncraig (d 12.1659) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Masoun (dau of John Masoun or Maisson of Rosebank (Town Clerk of Ayr)) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir David Cunynghame, 1st Bart of Milncraig & Livingstone (d 28.01.1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Isobell Dalrymple (bpt 14.08.1666, dau of James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir James Cunynghame, 2nd Bart of Milncraig (d unm 01.02.1747) presumed of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (16.03.1698) Elizabeth Baird (dau of Sir Robert Baird, 1st Bart of Saughton Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir David Cunynghame, 3rd Bart of Milncraig & Livingstone (b 01.08.1700, d 10.10.1767, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.1731) Mary Montgomerie (b 20.11.1704, d 06.1777, dau of Alexander, 9th Earl of Eglinton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir William Augustus Cunynghame, 4th Bart of Milncraig (d 17.01.1828) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (21.10.1768) Frances Myrton (d 14.10.1771, dau of Sir Robert Myrton, 2nd Bart of Gogar) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir David Cunynghame, 5th Bart of Milncraig (b 14.08.1769, d 19.05.1854, Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Maria Thurlow (d 21.02.1816, natural dau of Edward, Lord Thurlow, Lord Chancellor of England) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (31.03.1817) Gertrude Henrietta Kimpton (d 1842, dau of William Kimpton of Ampthill) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Robert Cunynghame had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.04.1813) Maria Dundas (dau of George Dundas of Dundas) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Francis Cunynghame (dsp 19.09.1816, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.07.1805) Jane Whiteford (dsp 19.09.1817, dau of Sir John Whiteford, 3rd Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (22.06.1785) Mary Udney (dau of Robert Udney of Udney) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Frederick Alexander Cunynghame (6th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.08.1823) Anne Earl (dau of Edward Earl) | |||||||||||||||
| (e)+ | other issue - William Augustus (b 1788, d 1827), George Augustus Frederick (b 1790, d 08.03.1853), James Stuart Wortley, Mary (d unm 12.12.1866) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Margaret Cunynghame | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.06.1767) James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (b 19.09.1747, d 01.03.1818) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Cunynghame apparently of this generation, presumed of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bryce Whitefoord of Dunduff and Cloncaird Castle (d 01.1726) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other sisue - Agnes, Catherin | ||||||||||||||
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| Wood identifies the following Sir James as "the second son of Gilbert Cunningham of Kilmaurs". We do not see a Gilbert of Kilmaurs of around this time on Cunningham01 (but do see a contemporaneous Gilbert of Glengarnock on Cunningham08). | |||||||||||||||
| Sir James Cunningham of Hassingden | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Niel Cunningham, 1st of West Barns (a 1376) possibly father of ... | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Alexander Cunningham of West Barns (a 1390) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Cunningham | ||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? Cunningham | ||||||||||||||
| Uncertain on number of intervening generations. | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | ?? Cunningham | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Cunningham of West Barns (a 1505) probably father or grandfather of ... | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Cunningham of West Barns | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Helen Meldrum possibly parents of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Cunningham of West Barns & Gallowside (a 1560, a 1599) | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Alexander Cunningham of West Barns & Gallowside (a 1560, d by 1605) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1561) Christian Wood | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | ?? Cunningham (a c1570) | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Alexander Cunningham of West Barns (a 1616, d by 1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Helen Myrton (dau of Thomas Myrton of Cambo) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Cunningham of West Barns (d before 1648) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1620) Margaret Mercer | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Lawrence Cunningham of Barns (b before 1626, d 1658) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | John Cunningham of Barns (b before 1626, d before 1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Sharp (d 1693, dau of Archbishop (James) Sharp) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | James Cunningham of Barns (2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1689) Margaret Cunningham | |||||||||||||||
| (((1)))+ | issue - John (b 1689), Alexander (b 1691) | ||||||||||||||
| ((b))+ | other issue - William (dvp 1691), John (b 1685, d 1686), Agnes (b 1686, d 1689), Margaret (B 1690) | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Alexander Cunningham of Todsgreen | ||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Elizabeth Cunningham | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Mercer in Saline | |||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | other issue - Alexander, daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (by 1618) Elizabeth Annand | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Allan Cunningham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Lamonth (dau of Henry Lamonth, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (by 1586?) Ewffame (sic) Leslie (d by 1590, dau of Earl of Rothes, widow of Learmonth of Balcomie) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 04.05.06, reviewed 19.06.20) : BP1934 ('Cunynghame, Baronets of Milncraig') with input/support from 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 2, 1852, p505+), TCB (vol 4, 'Cunynghame or Cunningham of Milncraig', p401+)
(2) For lower section (uploaded 22.03.14) : 'The East Neuk of Fife' by Rev. Walter Wood (2nd edition, 1887, p397+)
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