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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 Maxwell

Mother: Lady Herries

Spouse(s): Mark Kerr

Children(s): Lady Kerr

The story of Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell began in 1548 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell married Mark Kerr, and had children including Lady Jean Johanna Kerr. Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh.

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Biography

  • The story of Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell began in 1548 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
  • Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell married Mark Kerr, and had children including Lady Jean Johanna Kerr.
  • Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Countess Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Countess Maxwell
1548 – 1617
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parents
Lord John Maxwell
1555 – 1604
Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Lady (Agnes) Herries
1530 – 1594
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Robert) Maxwell
1493 – 1546
Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet) Douglas
1502 – 1551
Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lord (William) Herries
1501 – 1543
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Catherine) Kennedy
1500 – 1545
Maybole, Ayrshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord Maxwell
1420 – 1484
Lady Stewart
Laird Douglas
1449 – 1513
Lady Boyd
1448 – 1497
Lord Herries
1480 – 1513
Lady Home
1485 – 1537
King Stewart
1472 – 1513
Lady Stewart
1480 – 1557
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Maxwell
1403 – 1476
Jeanette Crichton
1400 –
George Douglas
1417 – 1463
Isabel Sibbald
1433 – 1497
Lord Boyd
1425 – 1480
Lady Maxwell
1425 – 1472
Lord Herries
1460 – 1505
Lady Carlyle
1464 – 1486
Lord Home
1490 – 1516
Lady Ker
1472 – 1557
King Stewart
1451 – 1488
Queen Denmark
1456 – 1486
Lord Stewart
1442 – 1488
Lady Oglivie
1445 – 1486

Countess Maxwell's Descendants

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Countess (Margaret Fergusson) Maxwell (1548 – 8 January 1617) m. Mark Kerr (20 February 1558 – 8 April 1609)
  1. 1. Lady (Jean Johanna) Kerr (1577 – 17 Aug 1632) m. Lord (Thomas) Hamilton (January 1563 – 29 May 1637)
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Hamilton (1590 – 9 May 1688) m. Lord (Alexander) Kirkpatrick (1585 – 9 June 1686) m. Lord (William) Kirkpatrick (1593 – 2 March 1622) m. Lord (James) Johnstone m. Thomas (A.) Kirkpatrick (1584 – 30 Mar 1686)
      1. 1. Sir (Knight WIlliam) Kirkpatrick (1621 – 9 June 1686) m. Lady (Isabella) Cairnes (1625 – 30 Mar 1686)
      2. 2. Lord (Sir William Thomas) Kirkpatrick (1620 – 30 Mar 1686) m. Lady (Margaret) Cairnes (1632 – 30 Mar 1686) m. Isabella Woods (1625 – 30 Mar 1686)
        1. 1. Capt. (Alexander James) Kirkpatrick (1697 – 3 Jun 1758) m. Elizabeth Henderson (1702 – 9 May 1786)

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

Sources

    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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