Cuninghame Genealogy 1479-1917
Commencing with Family of William Cuninghame.
Who would have been 7th Laird of Craigends.
But for his death preceding that of his father .
| Laird From | End Date | First Name | Surname | Rel to head | Sex | Note 1 | Note 2 | |
| M | F | |||||||
| - | - | William | CUNINGHAME | Head | Y | Died in 1636 leaving an heir. | Married in 1622 | |
| Elizabeth | Napier | Wife | Y | Daughter of John Napier of Merchiston. Father credited with invention of logarithms. | Married 29th Jan 1483-4 | |||
| Alexander | CUNINGHAME | Son | Y | Succeeded as 7th Laird of Craigends. Born 1626. | First grandson to take the title. | |||
| William | CUNINGHAME | Son | Y | Laird of Bootstown. | Married Anna Montgomerie of Skelmorlie. | |||
| John | CUNINGHAME | Son | Y | Lived in Northern Ireland in County Antrim. | ||||
| Archibald | CUNINGHAME | Son | Y | Merchant in Dantzie. | ||||
| Jean | CUNINGHAME | daug | Y | Married John Maxwell of Dargavel | ||||
| Anne | CUNINGHAME | Dau | Y | Married [1] John Shaw of Bargarran. | Married [2] James Hamilton of Overshiels. | |||
| Elizabeth | CUNINGHAME | Dau | Y | Married [1] John Maxwell of Southbar. | Married [2] James Brisbane of Selvieland. | |||
| Laird From | End Date | First Name | Surname | Rel to head | Sex | Note 1 | Note 2 | |
| M | F | |||||||
| 1647 | 1690 | Alexander | CUNINGHAME | Head | Y | 7th Laird of Craigends | ||
| Janet | CUNINGHAME | Wife | Y | Daughter of William Cuninghame of Auchinyards. | Was a cousin of her husband. | |||
| William | CUNINGHAME | Son | Y | Succeeded as 8th Laird of Craigends | Born 1646 | |||
| Margaret | CUNINGHAME | Daug | Y | |||||
| Elizabeth | CUNINGHAME | Daug | Y | Married George Houston of Johnstone and had 15 children. | Married 23rd September 1671 | |||
| Rebecca | CUNINGHAME | Daug | Y | Married John Hamilton of Grange. | ||||
| Janet | CUNINGHAME | Daug | Y | Married John Alexander of Blackhouse. | ||||
| Marion | CUNINGHAME | Daug | Y | Married Alexander Porterfield of Fulwood. | Born 21st August 1659 | |||
| Anna | CUNINGHAME | Daug | Y | Anna died 28th January 1694 | ||||
| Laird From | End Date | First Name | Surname | Rel to head | Sex | Note 1 | Note 2 | ||
| M | F | ||||||||
| 1690 | 1727 | William | CUNINGHAME | Head | Y | 8th Laird of Craigends | Served as member of Scottish Parliament | ||
| Anne | RUTHVEN | Wife | Y | Daughter of Lord Ruthven. Married 22nd April 1673. | Relic of Sir William Cuninghame of Cuninghamhead | ||||
| Christian | COLQUHOUN | 2nd Wife | Y | Daughter of Sir John Colqhoun of Luss. | Married 16th April 1689 in Edinburgh | ||||
| Alexander | CUNINGHAME | Son | Y | Succeeded as 9th Laird of Craigends | Born 7th March 1690 | ||||
| William | CUNINGHAME | Son | Y | Born 3rd March 1693. Married [1] Martha Robson. Merchant in Glasgow & Jamaica.Their daughter married 10th Laird. | Married [2] Agnes Campbell of Houston. | ||||
| James | CUNINGHAME | Son | Y | Died unmarried in 1744 | |||||
| John | CUNINGHAME | Son | Y | Born 25th March 1694, Kilbarchan Parish. | |||||
| Lilias | CUNINGHAME | Dau | Y | Married Thomas Wallace of Cairnhill. | Born 17th August 1691 | ||||
| Janet | CUNINGHAME | Dau | Y | Born 3rd July 1696. | Died unmarried. | ||||
| Magdalen | CUNINGHAME | Dau | Y | Married Mungo Campbell of Netherplace. | Born 13th February 1698. | ||||
| Elizabeth | CUNINGHAME | Dau | Y | Married Gabriel Porterfield of Hapland. | |||||