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Alexander Maxwell 1781–1817 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 May 1781

Birth Location: Kirkland, Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire

Death Date: Aft. 1817

Death Location: Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Father: John Maxwell

Mother: Sarah HOWAT

Spouse(s): Ann Kellock

Children(s): Joseph Maxwell, Margaret Maxwell, John Maxwell, Isabel Maxwell, Robert Maxwell, Alexander Maxwell, Agnes Maxwell

Alexander Maxwell was born in 1781 in Kirkland, Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire, the child of John Maxwell And Sarah Jean Howat. Alexander Maxwell married Ann Kellock, and had children including Agnes Harley Maxwell, Alexander Harley Maxwell, Isabel Maxwell, John Maxwell, Joseph Maxwell, Margaret Harley Maxwell, Robert Maxwell. Alexander Maxwell passed away in 1817 in Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Maxwell was born in 1781 in Kirkland, Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire, the child of John Maxwell And Sarah Jean Howat.
  • Alexander Maxwell married Ann Kellock, and had children including Agnes Harley Maxwell, Alexander Harley Maxwell, Isabel Maxwell, John Maxwell, Joseph Maxwell, Margaret Harley Maxwell, Robert Maxwell.
  • Alexander Maxwell passed away in 1817 in Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Maxwell
1749–1799
Birth Location: Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire
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Sarah HOWAT
1759–1851
Birth Location: Holywood, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
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Spouses(s)

Ann Kellock
1782–1862
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Joseph Maxwell
1813–1910
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfriesshire
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Margaret Maxwell
1821–1847
Birth Location: Dumfries, Dumfries, Scotland
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John Maxwell
1811–1874
Birth Location: Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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Isabel Maxwell
1814–
Birth Location: Durresdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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Robert Maxwell
1817–
Birth Location: Durisdeer, Dumfries, Scotland
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Alexander Maxwell
1824–1876
Birth Location: Dunfrieshire, Scotland
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Agnes Maxwell
1820–1821
Birth Location: –
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Alexander Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Maxwell
1781–1817
Birth Place: Kirkland, Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire
Parents
John Maxwell
1749–1799
Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire
Sarah (Jean) HOWAT
1759–1851
Holywood, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
Grandparents
Robert (or John) Maxwell
1716–1781
Boatford, Penpont, Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Eleanor (or Helen) Pagan
1715–1782
Boatford, Penpont, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
William Howat\Hoat
1730–1763
Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Agnes Winning\Winnin
1738–1759
Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Maxwell
1695–1719
Bethia Black
1696–1719
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert 'GILLESPIE'
1650–1724
Margaret Bonthorn
1653–1726
Elizabeth Barklay
1637–

Alexander Maxwell's Descendants

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Alexander Maxwell (14 May 1781–Aft. 1817) m. Ann Kellock (1782–1 Jul 1862)
  1. 1. Joseph Maxwell 1813–1910 m. Anne Todd 1815–1875
    1. 1. Alexander Maxwell 1846–1917 m. Jessie McTear 1852–1931
      1. 1. Joseph Maxwell 1887–1948 m. Lily Bromley 1893–1957
        1. 1. Winifred (Alice Maxwell Ashley's) relative 1915–1991 m. Harold (Lomax Ashley's) relative 1913–1981
        2. 2. Annie Stanton 1917–2006
        3. 3. Edna (Coniff) (Maxwell) 1920–2007 m. Walter Berry 1917–1984 m. frederick conniff 1906–1970
      2. 2. Jessie Maxwell 1892–
      3. 3. Agnes (Jean) McNally 1885–1957 m. John McNally 1881–
        1. 1. Elsie McNally 1913–
      4. 4. Mary (Ann (Annie)) Maxwell 1877–1964
      5. 5. Thomas Maxwell 1873–
      6. 6. Maggie (M J) Maxwell 1877–
      7. 7. Archie(Archibald) (Hay) Maxwell 1889–1971
      8. 8. Elisabeth ((Lizzie)) Maxwell 1875–1910
      9. 9. John Maxwell 1881–
      10. 10. James Maxwell 1879–1954 m. Wilhelmina Moffat 1882–1965
        1. 1. Jessie Maxwell 1904–1939
        2. 2. Matthew (Paul) Maxwell 1911–1991 m. Dora (Marian Eleanor) Howat 1906–1988
        3. 3. James (Charters) Maxwell 1919–1977 m. Evelyn Blackburn 1922–2011
        4. 4. Alexander Maxwell 1903–1979
    2. 2. Hellen Maxwell 1850–
    3. 3. Thomas Maxwell 1854–
    4. 4. Jessie Maxwell 1836–1886
    5. 5. Ann (Kellock) Maxwell 1838– m. William Hay 1839–1865 m. Anthony Milne 1842–1922
      1. 1. Archibald Hay 1863–1948 m. Kate (Emma) Scott 1874–1926
        1. 1. Archibald (Edwina) Hay 1916–
      2. 2. William Milne 1879–
      3. 3. George (Maxwell) Milne 1876–1945
      4. 4. Alexander Milne 1874–
    6. 6. Sarah Maxwell 1856–1937 m. Robert (Dickson) Boyes 1855–1893
      1. 1. Alexander Boyes 1883–1949
      2. 2. John Boyes 1882–1917
    7. 7. James Maxwell 1843–
  2. 2. Margaret (Harley) Maxwell 1821–1847
  3. 3. John Maxwell 1811–1874
  4. 4. Isabel Maxwell 1814–
  5. 5. Robert Maxwell 1817–
  6. 6. Alexander (Harley) Maxwell 1824–1876
  7. 7. Agnes (Harley) Maxwell 1820–1821

Alexander Maxwell's Timeline

3 Records

1781
14 May 1781
Birth of Alexander Maxwell in Kirkland, Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire
Kirkland, Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire
1782
08 DEC 1782
Age 1
Birth of Alexander Maxwell in Morton by Thornhill, Dumfries, Scotland
Morton by Thornhill, Dumfries, Scotland
1817
Aft. 1817
Age 36
Death of Alexander Maxwell in Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 08 DEC 1782
    Event Place: Morton by Thornhill, Dumfries, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 May 1781
    Event Place: Kirkland, Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 1817
    Event Place: Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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