Crawford (Cavancarragh)
This family settled in county Fermanagh in the 17th century. James Crawford (1682-1753), fourth son of Lawrence Crawford of Cavancarragh, county Fermanagh, had a son Andrew and three daughters. His second daughter, Isabella married Thomas Singleton of Fort Singleton, County Monaghan and had a son, Thomas. Andrew Crawford married his cousin, Catherine Crawford and their daughter Annabella married her first cousin, Thomas Singleton of Fort Singleton and had a daughter Isabella, who in 1802 married her first cousin Andrew Crawford of Auburn, county Dublin. Their son, Thomas Crawford, succeeded to the Fort Singleton estate and assumed the name of Singleton. The Crawfords also intermarried with members of the Moutray family.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Anketell Grove/Trough Lodge | Gortmoney | Donagh | Monaghan | Anketell Grove | Trough | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H672413
OS Sheet: 6 Discovery map: 28A |
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Archival sources
- Copy settlement between James Crawford of Auburn, Co. Dublin, of the first part, Andrew and Isabella Crawford (nee Singleton) of Trough Lodge, Co. Monaghan, of the second part, Mervyn Archdale, of Castle Archdale, Co. Fermanagh, and Robert Crawford, of Dublin, of the third part, Dacra Hamilton, of Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, and Alexander Crawford, of Mill town Co. Dublin, of the fourth part, John Edward Kernan, of Clontarf Castle, Co, Dublin and John Moutray, of Belturbet, Co. Cavan, of the fifth part, 1807. D2023/1/8; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Pedigree of the Crawford family of Co Monaghan and Ayrshire, Scotland, 1698-1930. T1283; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Map showing part of the boundary in Drumgallon bog between Cos Monaghan and Armagh, surveyed by Sinnamon Noble, property of Edward Lucas and Andrew J. Crawford, 1863. D234/7; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland