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Janet Maxwell 1420–1497 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1420

Birth Location: Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 03 Oct 1497

Death Location: Blackfriars Convent, Ayeshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Maxwell

Mother: Janet HERRIES

Spouse(s): Sir Cathcart

Children(s): Elizabeth Cathcart

Janet Maxwell was born in 1420 in Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Herbert Lord Caerlaverock Maxwell And Janet Herries. Janet Maxwell married Sir Alan Cathcart 1St Lord Cathcart, and had children including Elizabeth Cathcart. Janet Maxwell passed away in 1497 in Blackfriars Convent, Ayeshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Maxwell was born in 1420 in Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Herbert Lord Caerlaverock Maxwell And Janet Herries.
  • Janet Maxwell married Sir Alan Cathcart 1St Lord Cathcart, and had children including Elizabeth Cathcart.
  • Janet Maxwell passed away in 1497 in Blackfriars Convent, Ayeshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Maxwell
1388–1453
Birth Location: Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Janet HERRIES
1390–1439
Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Sir Cathcart
1424–1497
Birth Location: Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Scotland
SC

Children(s)

Elizabeth Cathcart
1442–1498
Birth Location: Cathcart, Renfrewshire, , Scotland
EC

Janet Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Janet Maxwell
1420–1497
Birth Place: Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Herbert Lord Caerlaverock Maxwell
1388–1453
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Janet HERRIES
1390–1439
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Herbert (Laird Caerlaverock) maxwell
1366–1421
Carlaverock, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Katherine of dalswinton) stewart
1366–1446
Nithsdale, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Sir (Herbert Herries, Baron) Herries
1380–1440
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Douglas Baroness) Herries
1370–1425
Castle Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert stewart
1316–1390
euphemia ross
–1386
Sir Douglas
1327–1384
Margaret Angus]
1325–1417
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Stewart
1292–1326
Marjorie Bruce
1297–1316
William Rosslyn
1283–1330
Rosabelle William
1285–

Janet Maxwell's Descendants

1.
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Janet Maxwell (1420–03 Oct 1497) m. Sir (Alan Cathcart 1st Lord) Cathcart (1424–3 Oct 1497)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Cathcart 1442–1498 m. Adam (Thomas Hugh of Craige) Wallace 1442–1513
    1. 1. Lady (Isabella "Besseta") Wallace 1472–1530 m. John (George) Reid 1470–
      1. 1. George (MacGuffy) REID 1500–1589 m. Harriet (Hannah) BURGESS 1505–
        1. 1. David Reid 1525– m. Jean Trough 1530–
      2. 2. William Reid 1893–

Janet Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1420
1420
Birth of Janet Maxwell in Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1497
03 Oct 1497
Age 77
Death of Janet Maxwell in Blackfriars Convent, Ayeshire, Scotland
Blackfriars Convent, Ayeshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1420
    Event Place: Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 03 Oct 1497
    Event Place: Blackfriars Convent, Ayeshire, Scotland
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