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dame grissel maxwell 1550–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death Date: 13 July 1597

Death Location: Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Father: John Maxwell

Mother: Lady Harries

Spouse(s): McLelland None

Children(s): Lady McLelland

dame grissel maxwell was born in 1550 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, the child of John Maxwell And Lady Agnes Harries. dame grissel maxwell married Mclelland, and had children including Lady Rosena Reilly Mclelland. dame grissel maxwell passed away in 1597 in Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

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Biography

  • dame grissel maxwell was born in 1550 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, the child of John Maxwell And Lady Agnes Harries.
  • dame grissel maxwell married Mclelland, and had children including Lady Rosena Reilly Mclelland.
  • dame grissel maxwell passed away in 1597 in Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Maxwell
1512–1583
Birth Location: Calderwood, Lanark, Scottland, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
JM
Lady Harries
1534–1594
Birth Location: Scotland
LH

Spouses(s)

McLelland None
1526–1597
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Lady McLelland
1565–1626
Birth Location: Gelston, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
LM

dame maxwell's Ancestors

Self
dame maxwell
1550–1597
Birth Place: Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Parents
John Maxwell
1512–1583
Calderwood, Lanark, Scottland, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Agnes) Harries
1534–1594
Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Robert Maxwell, 4th Lord) Maxwell
1493–1546
Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Janet Douglas, "The White Lady of Glamis Castle", Baroness of) Glamis,
1498–1537
Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

dame maxwell's Descendants

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dame (grissel) maxwell (1550–13 July 1597) m. McLelland (1526–13 July 1597)
  1. 1. Lady (Rosena Reilly) McLelland 1565–1626 m. William (III Sir Reverend Adair of Kihilt and Dunskey) Castle 1565–1626
    1. 1. Robert (I Beatty) Adair-Ireland 1583–1655 m. Lady (Jean) Edmonstone 1590–1675
      1. 1. Lady (Jean Margaret Beatty Adair (2nd cousin of) spouse) 1631–1675 m. Sir (Patrick Cathcart Adair) Rev. 1625–1694
        1. 1. Alexander Adair 1652–1715 m. Margaret (Mary) Agnew 1661–1715
      2. 2. Alexander Adair-Ireland 1623–1700
      3. 3. Alexander Adair –1694
      4. 4. Ann Adair 1625–
      5. 5. Archibald Adair –1692
      6. 6. Isabel Adair 1621–
      7. 7. Patrick Adair 1625–1700
      8. 8. Robert (Beatty) Adair 1610–1700
      9. 9. William (Alexander) Adair 1625–1661
      10. 10. William Adair –1694
    2. 2. John Adair 1598–1675
    3. 3. Anna Adair 1593–1670
    4. 4. William Adair 1591–1668
    5. 5. James Mcclelland 1880–

dame maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of dame grissel maxwell in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
1597
13 July 1597
Age 47
Death of dame grissel maxwell in Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 July 1597
    Event Place: Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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