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dame grissel maxwell 1550–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death Date: 7/13/1597

Death Location: genoch, ire

Father: Sir Maxwell

Mother: Baroness Herries

Spouse(s): sir II

Children(s): Lady Gelston

dame grissel maxwell was born in 1550 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, the child of Sir John Of Terregles 5Th Lord Maxwell 4Th Lord Herries Maxwell And Baroness Lady Agnes Of Terregles Herries. dame grissel maxwell married Sir Thomas Mclelland Ii, and had children including Lady Rosena Reilly Mclelland Of Gelston. dame grissel maxwell passed away in 1597 in genoch, ire.

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Biography

  • dame grissel maxwell was born in 1550 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, the child of Sir John Of Terregles 5Th Lord Maxwell 4Th Lord Herries Maxwell And Baroness Lady Agnes Of Terregles Herries.
  • dame grissel maxwell married Sir Thomas Mclelland Ii, and had children including Lady Rosena Reilly Mclelland Of Gelston.
  • dame grissel maxwell passed away in 1597 in genoch, ire.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Maxwell
1512–1582
Birth Location: Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Baroness Herries
1530–1594
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
BH

Spouses(s)

sir II
1526–1597
Birth Location: Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
sI

Children(s)

Lady Gelston
1565–1626
Birth Location: Gelston, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
LG

dame maxwell's Ancestors

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dame maxwell
1550–1597
Birth Place: Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir John of Terregles, 5th Lord Maxwell, 4th Lord Herries Maxwell
1512–1582
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Baroness (Lady Agnes of Terregles) Herries
1530–1594
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (4th Lord Maxwell Naxwell) Harris
1493–1546
Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Janet (Douglas of) Glamis
1498–1537
Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire Scotland
Sir (William Herries 3rd Lord Herries of Terregles) Herries
1501–1543
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Stewart
1472–1513
Lady Terregales
1485–1537
2nd-Great-Grandparents

dame maxwell's Descendants

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dame (grissel) maxwell (1550–7/13/1597) m. sir (thomas mclelland) II (1526–6 Feb 1597)
  1. 1. Lady (Rosena Reilly McLelland, of) Gelston 1565–1626 m. William (III Sir Reverend Adair of Kihilt and Dunskey) Castle 1566–1626 m. Patrick Agnew 1578–1661
    1. 1. Rev. (Sir John de) Adair 1598–1675 m. Lady (Helen De) Cathcart 1585–1634
      1. 1. Captain (James) Adair 1610–1686 m. Annabelle (Allen) Blair 1610–
        1. 1. Benjamin Adair 1655–1730 m. Anne Crymble 1675–1713

dame maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of dame grissel maxwell in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
1597
7/13/1597
Age 47
Death of dame grissel maxwell in genoch, ire
genoch, ire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7131597
    Event Place: genoch, ire
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