Excerpt from Topographical Description of Ayrshire, More Particularly of Cunninghame: Together With a Genealogical Account of the Principal Families in That Bailiwick The genealogical accounts of the different families, have been composed from sources Of information furnished by themo selves, always referring to their Charters or other Title Deeds for verification. This has been especially the case with those Families whose history is given for the first time. The account of those Families whose history has appeared before, has, in ad dition, been collated with' former publications by Crawfurd, Douglas, Nisbet, and Wood; and with other works Of acknow Jedged authenticity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.