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200 THE GENEALOGIE OF
to David, fone to the wicked Mailer; and thereafter married the
fecond time to Campbell, daughter to Campbell, laird of Caddell,
and begot with her fones. David, fone to the ill Mafter, was the
eleventh Earle. He married Margaret Beatone, natural daughter to
the Cardinal, begotten upon Marrion Ogilvie his concubine. David,
his fone, was twelfth Earle; he married Jean Stuart, daughter to
John Earle of Atholl. David, his fone, was thirteenth Earle ; he
married Jean Ker, daughter to Mark Ker Lord Newbottle and firft
Earle of Lothian, the widdow of John Lord Boyd : he was a ryotous
liver ; he killed Sir Walter Lindfay of Balgayes ; was therefore im-
prifoned in the Caftle of Edinburgh, where he dyed, bot had no fones.
This David, the thirteenth Earle, was divorced from his firft lady,
Jean Ker, with whom he had only a daughter, Lady Jean Lyndfay ;
and married the fecond time to Lillias Drummond, daughter to
David Lord Drummond, bot had no children with her.
Sir Harie Lyndfay of Kinfaunes, was the fourteenth Earle ; he was
the fone of David the eleventh Earle, by Margaret Bettone, his wife ;
he married Beatrix Chartowres, heretrix of Kinfaunes. George his
fone was the fifteenth Earle ; he married Anna Sinclar, daughter to
the Earle of Caithnes ; he went to Germany, and was killed in the
warr, and had no children. Lodovick, his brother of the fecond
marriage, begotten upon Euphame Shaw, daughter to the laird of
Sauchie, wes fixteenth Earle of Craufurd ; he married Margaret
Grahame, daughter to William Earle of Monteith, and widdow of
the Lord Garleis ; he difponed his title to John Earle of Lyndfay of
Byres in Fyfe, referving his own lifetime ; whereupon, after his death,
John was confirmed in Parliament to that title, and it was ratifyed to
him by King Charles the Firft ; and now he hes his place in Parlia-
ment, which pertained to the old Earles of Craufurd : And thus the
great and old family of Craufurd had an end, whereof there is not any
direct cadet remaining except the Laird of Edzell.

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