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In case someone else is looking at this in the future, I'll set out what I have (which by the way is all set out on the FamilySearch tree which I referenced earlier in this thread):

1772 Kilmory Kirk Session Minutes:
January 23rd, DANIEL McNEIL in Kildonnen and his spouse ISBEL CRAUFORD rebuked for antenuptial fornification

1773 Bap of dau Mary, to Daniel McNeal & Isabel CRAWFORD, in Kilmory
1775 Bap of dau Cathrine, to Donald McNeil & Isabel McGRAFFAN, in Kilmory
1778 Bap of dau Mary, to Donald McNeil & NcGRAFFAN, in Kilmory
1780 Bap of son William, to "Donald MacNeil & Isabel CRAWFORD his wife in Dippin" [per actual Record], in Kilmory
1784 Bap of son Allan, to Donald MacNeil & Isabel CRAWFORD, in Kilmory
1787 Bap of son Robert, to Donald MacNeil & Isabel CRAWFORD, in Kilmory
1790 Bap of dau Janet, to Donald MacNeil & Isabel CRAWFORD, in Kilmory
1792 Bap of dau Janet, to Donald MacNeil & Isabel CRAWFORD, in Kilmory
1796 Bap of son Donald, to Donald MacNeil & Isabel CRAWFORD, in Kilmory

(So there were actually two children recorded with mother as McGraffan - so not just a one-off error)

1841 Census at Dipping, Kilmory, Bute:
ROBT McNiel, 50, Farmer, born Bute [son Robert b1787]
CATHARINE McNiel, 65, born Bute [dau Catherine b1775]
Janet McNiel, 10, born Bute [dau of son Allan b1784]

1851 Census at Dipping, Kilmory, Bute:
ROBERT McNiel, head, 63 [c1788], single, Pauper Formerly Farmer, born Dipping, Bute [son Robert b1787]
CATHERINE McNiel, sister, 75 [c1776], single, Pauper, born Kildonnan, Bute [dau Catherine b1775]
[Their birth places tying in with the parents initially being in Kildonnan (per 1772 Kirk Session rebuke) and then being in Dipping (per son William's 1780 bap)]

1858 SP Death Index: ROBERT McNeil, age 70 [c1788], mother's maiden name Crawford, in Kilmory, Bute
1858 SP Death Index: CATHERINE McNiel, age 82 [c1776], mother's maiden name Crawford, in Kilmory, Bute

Cheers
John

GR2. Thanks. However Isobel's spouse was Donald McNeil, not a McGraffan. The FS Tree currently has her surname as "Crawford or McGraffan" only because that's what I changed it to yesterday - to reflect my conclusion that Isobel Crawford and Isobel McGraffan are the same person.

Although it always possible Isobel had a prior marriage to a McGraffan, I discounted that because the birth record for Isobel's first child has Isobel's surname as "Crawford" and it would be unlikely for her surname to then revert back to a surname obtained thru a prior marriage for the next two children then back Crawford for the remaining six children. Much more likely that Isobel's maiden name is Crawford sometimes pronounced locally as McGraffan. Hence my query to Bute experts wondering whether Crawford and McGraffan are the same surname.

Hi
Does anyone know whether Crawford and McGraffan are variations of the same surname, and used interchangeably in Kilmory (c1770's)?

I just received an 1860 Marriage Record from District of Calton, Burgh of Glasgow, with 2 Marriages on the page.
Marriage 1 was at 22 Monteith Row, according to the forms of the Free Church.
Marriage 2 was at 13 Monteith Row, according to the forms of the Independent Church.
So the area certainly seems to have been a hotbed for nuptials
regards
John

Thanks for your help.
Cheers, John