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Janet (of Corstorphine) Forrester 1410–1488 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1410

Birth Location: Kilcadzow, Maudsley en Stanley (Paisley), Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1488

Death Location: Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Forrester

Mother: Jean Sinclair

Spouse(s): Robert Maxwell, Robert Maxwell

Children(s): John Maxwell

Janet (of Corstorphine) Forrester was born in 1410 in Kilcadzow, Maudsley en Stanley (Paisley), Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Sir John 2Nd Of Corstorphine Forrester And Jean Sinclair. Janet (of Corstorphine) Forrester married Robert 2Nd Lord Maxwell Maxwell, Robert 1St Laird Calderwood Maxwell, and had children including John 3Rd Lord Maxwell Maxwell. Janet (of Corstorphine) Forrester passed away in 1488 in Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet (of Corstorphine) Forrester was born in 1410 in Kilcadzow, Maudsley en Stanley (Paisley), Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Sir John 2Nd Of Corstorphine Forrester And Jean Sinclair.
  • Janet (of Corstorphine) Forrester married Robert 2Nd Lord Maxwell Maxwell, Robert 1St Laird Calderwood Maxwell, and had children including John 3Rd Lord Maxwell Maxwell.
  • Janet (of Corstorphine) Forrester passed away in 1488 in Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Forrester
1390–1448
Birth Location: Corstorphine,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland
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Jean Sinclair
1384–1450
Birth Location: Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Robert Maxwell
–1446
Birth Location: –
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Robert Maxwell
1403–1485
Birth Location: Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

John Maxwell
1404–1484
Birth Location: Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Janet Forrester's Ancestors

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Janet Forrester
1410–1488
Birth Place: Kilcadzow, Maudsley en Stanley (Paisley), Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir John (2nd of Corstorphine) Forrester
1390–1448
Corstorphine,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland
Jean Sinclair
1384–1450
Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Adam (1st of Corstorphine)) Forrester
1361–1405
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Forrester's Descendants

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Janet ((of Corstorphine)) Forrester (1410–1488) m. Robert ((2nd Lord Maxwell)) Maxwell (–Abt. 1446) m. Robert (1st Laird Calderwood) Maxwell (1403–8 May 1485)
  1. 1. John ((3rd Lord Maxwell)) Maxwell 1404–1484 m. Janet ((of Caithness)) Crichton 1409–1434
    1. 1. John ((4th Lord Maxwell)) Maxwell –1513 m. Lady (Agnes Stewart Countess of) Bothwell 1455–1530
      1. 1. Robert ((5th Lord Maxwell)) Maxwell 1493–1546 m. Agnes ((Countess of Bothwell)) Stewart –1556 m. Lady (Janet) Douglas 1498–1537
        1. 1. Sir (John (Lord Herries of Terregles)) Maxwell –1581 m. Lady (Agnes (of Terregles)) Herries 1534–1594

Janet Forrester's Timeline

2 Records

1410
1410
Birth of Janet (of Corstorphine) Forrester in Kilcadzow, Maudsley en Stanley (Paisley), Lanarkshire, Scotland
Kilcadzow, Maudsley en Stanley (Paisley), Lanarkshire, Scotland
1488
1488
Age 78
Death of Janet (of Corstorphine) Forrester in Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1410
    Event Place: Kilcadzow, Maudsley en Stanley (Paisley), Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1488
    Event Place: Lanarkshire, Scotland
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