Crichton Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2555 people with the Crichton surname? In that year Crichton was ranked number 1534 for popularity in the UK. |
"The castle of plunder crcachion. The family are descended from William de Crichton, 1240. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Crichton records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"CRICHTON, CHICHTEN, CREICHTON, CHICHTON. Of territorial origin from the old barony of Crichton in Midlothian. The old spellings of the barony name are very various, but one, Kreiton, "seems to settle how the name was pronounced" (Sc. Peer., ra, p. 52). Turstan de Crectune witnessed King David's great charter to Holyrood, c. 1128 (LSC., p. 6), and Henricus Crictannus witnessed a charter by Roger, bishop elect of St. Andrews, relating to the church of Hadintun, c. 1189-98 (RPSA., p. 153). Thomas de Kreytton or Creitton was a burgess of Berwick c. 1200 (Neubotle, 209), and William de Crichton witnessed a grant by Maldoueny, earl of Lennox, to Stephen de Blantyre, c. 1248 (Levenax, p. 36). Alisaundre de Creightone of Edinburghshire, and Thomas de Creghtone of Berwickshire rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, n, p. 206, 213). William de Kreitton, rector of the church of Kreitton, gave his lands to the Abbey of Newbattle in 1338 (Neubotle, 165-167), Robert of Crichtoun was one of the conservators of the truce between Scotland and England in 1451 (Bain, rv, 1239), and Alexander Crechtoune appears as a witness in Edinburgh in 1462 (Neubotle, 290). Peter de Crechtoun was rector of Kynoule in 1465 (RAA., n, 162), and Margaret Chrightone was examined for the Test in Tinwald in 1685 (RFC., 3. ser. xi, p. 434). Chreichton 1647, Chreichtone 1506, Chrightoune 1643, Chrychtone 1563, Chrychtoune 1595, Crechttoun 1558, Crectoun 1539, Creghtoun 1361, Creichtane 1530, Creichtoun 1536, Creichtoune 1387, Creihton 1320, Creitoun 1537, Creychton 1337, Creychtone 1544, Creychtoun 1601, Creychtoune 1581, Creyghton 1492, Creyghtoun 1656, Crichtoune 1608, Crightoun 1658, Crychtoun 1576, Crychtown 1485, Cryttone 1617, Greythom 1429 (Bain, rv, 1032), Kreittoun 1328. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Crichton Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 2863 people with the Crichton surname in the UK? Crichton is now ranked number 1878 for popularity in the UK. |
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