Braveheart

According to Crofford family lore we are descended from the mother of Sir William Wallace, Braveheart. We may be related to Margaret Crawford Wallace somewhere in the very distant Scottish past, but I do not believe we are directly descended from her.  From what I have found online in just a brief search today, it appears that Margaret's brother Reginald was the ancestor of the Crawfords that settled in Virginia.  Our ancestor settled in New York.

Just for kicks, I am including the information I found on Margaret Wallace:
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crawford-517:

Margaret Wallace formerly Crawford aka BarclayBorn
about 1255 in ScotlandDaughter of Hugh (De Crawford) Crawford and [mother unknown]
Sister of Reginald CrawfordWife of Malcolm A. Wallace —
married about 1272 (to 1291) in Parish of KilmaursWife of Walter Barclay —
married about 1292 [location unknown]Mother of John Wallace, Malcolm Wallace 2nd, Unknown (Wallace) Bailie and William Wallace

William Wallace's father's name was either Malcolm or Alan, depending on the source.

From http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/William%20Wallace.pdf :

On his maternal side, William was the grandson of the Sheriff of Ayr, one of the very prominent landholders in Ayrshire. William’s mother was Margaret Crawford, a daughter of Hugh Crawford, head of the House of Crawford, the Third Sheriff of Ayrshire, and who was Lord of Loudoun and Crosbie.

Sir Reginald Crawford was William Wallace’s maternal uncle. William may have had a second maternal uncle whose name is not known, and who is considered by the historian George Crawfurd in his 1710 MS History of the Crawfurds as the progenitor of the Crawfurds of Baidland and subsequently of the Ardmillan cadet.  

Dunfermline Abbey, burial site of Margaret Crawfurd, mother of William Wallace.

From http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CRAWFORD/1999-02/0919894887:

"Dominicus de Crawford is said to have been the fifth great-grandfather
of Margaret de Crawford, the mother of Sir William Wallace. Her brother,
Sir Reginald de Crawford, is claimed to have been the direct ancestor of the
Crawfords who settled in Virginia from 'Crawfordonia'." Margaret de
Crawford married Sir Malcolm Wallace, they were the parents of Sir William
Wallace (1272 - 1305).