A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

OF THE SUB-ORDINARIES.
son of the abovementioned Gabriel Cunningham, and his lady, Margaret, daughter
to Livingston of Kilsyth. He married Elisabeth Heriot, daughter to Heriot of
Trabrown, by whom he had several children. The eldest, Richard Cunningham,
was designed of Bedland, after the lands of Glengarnock were sold to the family
of Kilbirny, now dignified with the title of Viscount of Garnock and ; carried,, as
Cunningham of Craigends, with a crescent for his difference ; crest, an unicorn's
head couped argent, maned and horned or : motto,
Virtute 13 labore.
ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, a younger brother of Richard, carries the same arms,
within a bordure, for his difference ; who has purchased a considerable fortune in
America, called Cayenne, in the Island of St Christopher, by his valour, and by
marrying Judith Elizabeth, daughter to' Daniel de Bonefon of Martas in France,
and his wife, Mary de Barat, sister to Charles de Barat, Sieur De la Bodie, Lieutenant-General
to the King of France, and Governor of the Citadel of Lisle in
Flanders, and with her has numerous issue : For whose arms see Plate of Achievements.
CUNNINGHAM of Robertland, descended of DAVID CUNNINGHAM of Bartonhold,
son of the first William Cunningham of Craigends, and his second wife, Marion
Auchenleck, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Sir John Auchenleck of that
Ilk.
Mrs JEAN CUNNINGHAM, lawful daughter to Sir Alexander Cunningham of
Robertland, and spouse to Sir Alexander Forrester, Secretary to the Duke of
a shake-
Lauderdale, has her arms matriculated in the Lyon Register, thus ; argent,
fork sable,
1 take the
between a hunting-horn in chief, and two castles in the flanks sable ;
hunting-horn for her husband Forrester, but I know not* upon what
account the castles.
CUNNINGHAM of Cairncuren, and CUNNINGHAM of Auchenyards, are cadets of
Cunningham of Craigends, and carry the arms of Craigends, with differences.
CUNNINGHAM of Caprington in Ayr, descended of a younger son of Sir WILLIAM
CUNNINGHAM of Kilmaurs, in the reign of Robert III. got the lands of Capring-
ton, by marrying one of the daughters and co-heirs of Wallace of Sundrum ; upon
which account, sometimes the family quartered the arms of Wallace, gules, a lion
rampant argent : And at other times carried only their own paternal coat of Cunninghame,
with a star in chief sable. The direct lines of this family ended in the
reign of King Charles II. and these lands were purchased by Sir John* Cunningliame,
baronet, a learned lawyer, a branch of the same family, now designed of
Caprington and Lamburghton, who carries argent, a shake-fork sable, within a bordure
ermine ; crest, a dexter hand holding a plum-rule, proper : motto, Ad admis-
sum. Lyon Register.
Sir JOHN CUNNINGHAM of Enterkin, argent, a shake-fork sable, within a bordure
azure, charged with eight billets of the first ; crest, a demi-lion full-faced azure,
holding in his dexter paw a scroll, and in his sinister a garb, proper : motto, Sedulo
numen adest. New Register. And there,
Sir ROBERT CUNNINGHAM of Auchenharvy, Baronet, Physician to King Charles
II. the arms of Cunningham, with the addition of two lozenges in fesse sable ;
crest, a dexter hand holding a lozenge or : motto, Cura 5* candore.
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM of Balquhan, representative of Auchenharvy, in place
of the lozenges, has two mascles gules ; crest, a boar's head couped azure : motto,
Cura y constantia. Plate of Achievements.
Sir ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM of Corsehill, Baronet, descended of a younger son
of WILLIAM Earl of GLENCAIRN, who got from him, for his patrimony, the lands of
Corshill, in the year 1532 ; which family of Corshill has been in use to carry the
arms of Glencairn, with a crescent for difference. N. R.
JOHN CUNNINGHAM of Aikenbar, lineally descended of a second son of the fa-
mily of GLENCAIRN, quarterly, first and fourth Glencairn, within a bordure gules ;
second and third argent, an oak tree growing out of a mount, in base, proper, surmounted
of a fesse azure, on account of marrying an heiress of the name of WAT-
SON ; crest, an unicorn seiant, grasping an oak-tree, with his fore feet, proper :
motto, Mihi robore robur. Lyon Register.
Mr JAMES CUNNINGHAM, Writer to the Signet, descended of CUNNINGHAM of
Drumquhassell, in the Lennox, the armorial figure of Cunningham, accompanied