Examination of the claim of John Lindsay Crawfurd

24 EXAMINATION OF THE CLAIM OF
of the commissioners appointed by the Lord Chancellor to take
affidavits in the country." Of these depositions the following is
given, as a specimen, without any abridgement, as it seems placed
in the front, as leading the van of the whole Irish witnesses.
Mr Beirs « Mary Quigly of Ballymuldrig, widow and relict of the late John
Quigly of Killyfaddy, in the county of Londonderry, farmer, decea-
sed, came before me this day, and made oath on the Holy Evange-
lists, and swears, that she, this deponent, is in the 79 th year of her
age ; and that she personally knew, and was intimately acquainted
with, James Crawfurd of the Broagh, in the vicinity of Castle Daw-
son, and county of Londonderry ; and that the said James Craw-
furd was land-steward to Baron Arthur Dawson, of Castle Dawson
aforesaid, and was called Scotch James, by way of distinction. And
this deponent swears, she has repeatedly heard, and verily believes,
that the said James Crawfurd was a native of Kilbirnie, in Ayrshire,
Scotland, and was brother to Lord Garnock of Kilbirnie aforesaid ;
and that he, the said James Crawfurd, was obliged to leave Scotland,
in consequence of having killed a gentleman in a duel. And this de-
ponent swears, she personally knew, and was intimately acquainted
with, Mary, the wife of the said James Crawfurd of Broagh, whose
maiden name was Mary Jamieson ; and that she, this deponent,
perfectly and distinctly recollects the children of the said James
Crawfurd ; and that Margaret, commonly called Peggy Crawfurd,
was their eldest daughter then living. And this deponent swears
she was intimately acquainted with the said Margaret Crawfurd,
and remembers she went to Scotland to see her relations at Kilbir-
nie. And this deponent further swears, she recollects that Mary,
the wife of the said James Crawfurd, sent for the father of this
deponent, and read letters to him, which she received from Kilbirnie,
as she the said Mary informed this deponent's father, in the hear-
ing of this deponent ; and at the time the said Mary read said let-
ters she wept, and seemed in great sorrow, and said she could not be
longer separated from her child, meaning the said Margaret Craw-
furd ; and that she was determined to write for her to return from
Kilbirnie. And this deponent swears, that this deponent's father
advised said Mary Crawfurd not to write for her daughter Mar-