Historical and genealogical essay upon the family and surname of Buchanan

FAMILY OF AUCHNEIVEN. 263
married to Elizabeth Crawfurd, daughter to John
Crawfurd, portioner of Particle. He had by her
John his successor, and Walter Buchanan, writer
in Glasgow, who acquired the lands of Teucher-
hill in the parish of Meikle Govan.
John of Auchneiven last-mentioned was married
to Graham of Killearn's daughter, and had by her
one son, John Buchanan, present Auchneiven,
who is married to Graham of Killearn's daughter ;
and one daughter unmarried.
The Buchanans of the third of Lecher are ca-
dets of Auchneiven ; as also John Buchanan, ba-
ker, and late deacon convener in Glasgow, father
to John Buchanan, late deacon of the bakers there,
who had three daughters, the eldest married to
William Anderson, merchant in Glasgow, the
second to George Danzeil, wright in the said
town, the third to Mr. Robert Buchanan of Arn-
pryor, whose daughter is married to the laird of
Bardowie.
Also the ancestor of those Buchanans lately in
Borland, now in other parts of Buchanan paroch,
was a cadet of this family. James Buchanan, un-
cle to these last-mentioned, went to Ireland in
the beginning of the reign of king Charles II.
John, eldest son to the said James, being a per-
son of good parts and education, became lord
mayor of Dublin, and upon that account obtained
the honour of Knighthood ; he purchased a good
estate near that city, of which his son is now in
possession, who, with some other sons of his, and
a brother, and others of this family, resides in
Leinster, and other places of that kingdom.