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Jean Maxwell 1579–1649 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1579

Birth Location: Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 28 September 1649

Death Location: Nithsdale, Ayr, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Maxwell

Mother: Margaret Douglas

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Jean Maxwell was born in 1579 in Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Maxwell And Margaret Elizabeth Douglas. Jean Maxwell passed away in 1649 in Nithsdale, Ayr, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Jean Maxwell was born in 1579 in Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Maxwell And Margaret Elizabeth Douglas.
  • Jean Maxwell passed away in 1649 in Nithsdale, Ayr, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Jean Maxwell's Ancestors

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Jean Maxwell
1579–1649
Birth Place: Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Maxwell
1553–1593
Pollok, Renfrew, Scotland., Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Elizabeth) Douglas
1555–1640
Cockburnspath, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert Maxwell
1525–1552
Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Beatrix Maxwell
1514–1583
Maryton, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
James Douglas
1487–1548
Catherine Douglas
1502–1554
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Stewart
1473–1513
Margaret Boyd
1477–1559

Jean Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1579
1579
Birth of Jean Maxwell in Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1649
28 September 1649
Age 70
Death of Jean Maxwell in Nithsdale, Ayr, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nithsdale, Ayr, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1579
    Event Place: Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 September 1649
    Event Place: Nithsdale, Ayr, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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