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Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell 1548–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1548

Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Death Date: 8 January 1617

Death Location: Prestongrange, Edinburgh

Father: Lord Terregles

Mother: Lady Terregles

Spouse(s): Mark Justice

Children(s): Henrietta ?

In 1548, Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell entered the world in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, born to Lord John Maxwell 5Th Baron Herries Of Terregles And Lady Agnes Herries Baroness Herries Of Terregles. Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell married Mark Kerr 1St Earl Of Lothian Earl Of Lothian Senator Of The College Of Justice, and had children including Henrietta Malone Countess Of Crawford. Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh.

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  • In 1548, Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell entered the world in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, born to Lord John Maxwell 5Th Baron Herries Of Terregles And Lady Agnes Herries Baroness Herries Of Terregles.
  • Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell married Mark Kerr 1St Earl Of Lothian Earl Of Lothian Senator Of The College Of Justice, and had children including Henrietta Malone Countess Of Crawford.
  • Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh.

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Countess Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Countess Maxwell
1548–1617
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parents
Lord John Maxwell , 5th Baron Herries of Terregles
1555–1604
Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Lady (Agnes Herries , Baroness Herries of) Terregles
1530–1594
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Robert Maxwell , 4th Baron) Maxwell
1493–1546
Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Douglas , Baroness) Glamis
1502–1551
Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lord (William Herries , 3rd Lord Herries of) Terregles
1501–1543
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Catherine Kennedy , 3rd Lady Herries, Countess of) Cassillis
1500–1545
Maybole, Ayrshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord Maxwell
1420–1484
Laird Angus
1449–1513
Elizabeth Angus
1448–1497
Lord Terregles
1480–1513
Lady Terregales
1485–1537
Lord Blairquhan
1490–1558
Lady Blairquhan
1490–1560
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Auchincloid
1403–1476
Jeanette Crichton
1400–
George Angus
1417–1463
Lady Angus
1433–1497
Lord Kilmarnock
1425–1480
Lady Lanarkshire
1425–1472
Lord Terregles
1460–1505
Lady Carlyle
1464–1486
Sir Home
1490–1516
Agnes Bothwell
1472–1557
Lord Blairquhan
1484–1522
Sir Murray
1465–1527

Countess Maxwell's Descendants

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Countess (Margaret Fergusson) Maxwell (1548–8 January 1617) m. Mark (Kerr , 1st Earl of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, senator of the College of) Justice (20 February 1558–8 April 1609)
  1. 1. Henrietta (Malone , Countess of Crawford) ? 1577–1632 m. Earl (Thomas Christian Hamilton , Lord of Drumcairn, Earl of Melrose, 1st Earl of) Haddington 1563–1637
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Hamilton 1590–1688 m. William Kirkpatrick 1585–1686 m. Lord (William Kirkpatrick , Lord of) Kirkmichael 1593–1622 m. Thomas (A.) Kirkpatrick 1584–1686
      1. 1. William Seton 1620–1686 m. Lady (Margaret) Cairnes 1632–1686 m. Isabella Woods 1625–1686
        1. 1. Capt. (Alexander James Kirkpatrick , 3rd & last Lord of) Conheath 1697–1758 m. *Elizabeth Henderson 1702–1786
      2. 2. Sir (William Thomas Kirkpatrick of Conheath, Lord of) Kirkmichael 1621–1686 m. Lady (Isabella) Cairnes 1625–1686

Countess Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1548
1548
Birth of Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1617
8 January 1617
Age 69
Death of Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell in Prestongrange, Edinburgh
Prestongrange, Edinburgh

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1548
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 January 1617
    Event Place: Prestongrange, Edinburgh

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