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Janet Herries 1392–1439 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1392

Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland

Death Date: 9 March 1439

Death Location: Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Herbert Herries

Mother: Margaret Douglas

Spouse(s): Herbert Maxwell

Children(s): Catherine Maxwell

Janet Herries was born in 1392 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland, the child of Herbert Herries And Margaret Douglas. Janet Herries married Herbert Maxwell 1St Lord Maxwell, and had children including Catherine Maxwell. Janet Herries passed away in 1439 in Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Herries was born in 1392 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland, the child of Herbert Herries And Margaret Douglas.
  • Janet Herries married Herbert Maxwell 1St Lord Maxwell, and had children including Catherine Maxwell.
  • Janet Herries passed away in 1439 in Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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Janet Herries's Ancestors

Self
Janet Herries
1392–1439
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Parents
Herbert Herries
1380–1440
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1380–1425
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William (Douglas 1st Earl of) Douglas
1315–1384
Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Archibald Douglas
1280–1333
Beatrix Lindsay
1328–1355
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Douglas
1243–1298
Eleanor Lovaine
1240–1326
Alexander Crawford
1265–1310
Alice Stewart
1265–1340

Janet Herries's Descendants

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Janet Herries (1392–9 March 1439) m. Herbert (Maxwell 1st Lord) Maxwell (1388–1454)
  1. 1. Catherine Maxwell 1410–1484 m. Gilbert Kennedy 1405–1478
    1. 1. Agnes Kennedy 1425–1533 m. George (Campbell Lord of) Loudoun 1445–1513
      1. 1. Hugh Campbell 1480–1508 m. Isabel Wallace 1472–1530
        1. 1. Helen Campbell 1505– m. Lawerence Crawford 1506–1547
        2. 2. Hugh (Campbell Lord of) Loudoun 1502–1560 m. Elisabeth Stewart 1505–1517
        3. 3. Margaret Campbell 1489–1529 m. William (John) Wallace 1448–1559
    2. 2. Catherine Kennedy 1445–1533 m. Alexander (Montgomerie Master of) Montgomerie 1445–1483
      1. 1. Hugh (Montgomerie 1st Earl of) Eglinton 1460–1545 m. Helen (Isabel) Campbell 1460–1528
        1. 1. Margaret Montgomerie 1487–1523 m. William (Semple 2nd Lord) Sempel 1485–1552
        2. 2. John (Montgomerie Master of) Eglington 1483–1520 m. Elizabeth Edmonstone 1480–1533
      2. 2. Euphemia Montgomery 1468–1488 m. Robert Bruce 1472–1513
        1. 1. Robert (Bruce of) Airth 1505–1548 m. Janet (Forrester of) Carden 1510–1599
    3. 3. John (Kennedy 2nd) Lord 1451–1508 m. Elisabeth Montgomery 1440–1465
      1. 1. Janet Kennedy 1476–1485
      2. 2. David (Kennedy 3rd Lord Kennedy 1st Earl of) Cassillis 1463–1513 m. Agnes Brothwick 1465–1512
        1. 1. John (Kennedy 4th lord of) Cullean 1500–1555 m. Janet Srewart 1460–
        2. 2. Catherine Kennedy 1498–1593 m. William Hamilton 1504–1565
      3. 3. Katherine Kennedy 1465–1503 m. Thomas Kennedy 1461–
        1. 1. Alexander Kennedy 1491–1591 m. Mariot Dunbar 1495–1595

Janet Herries's Timeline

2 Records

1392
1392
Birth of Janet Herries in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
1439
9 March 1439
Age 47
Death of Janet Herries in Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1392
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 March 1439
    Event Place: Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

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