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Lady Janet Maxwell 1466–1555 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1466

Birth Location: Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 1555

Death Location: Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: John Maxwell

Mother: Janet Crichton

Spouse(s): William Carlisle

Children(s): Elizabeth Carlyle

The story of Lady Janet Maxwell began in 1466 in Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. Lady Janet Maxwell married William Carlisle, and had children including Elizabeth Lady Of Torthorwald Dumfries Shire Scotland Carlyle. Lady Janet Maxwell passed away in 1555 in Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Janet Maxwell began in 1466 in Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
  • Lady Janet Maxwell married William Carlisle, and had children including Elizabeth Lady Of Torthorwald Dumfries Shire Scotland Carlyle.
  • Lady Janet Maxwell passed away in 1555 in Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Lady Maxwell
1466–1555
Birth Place: Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
John Maxwell
1430–1484
Janet Crichton
1437–1437
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Maxwell) Lord
1408–1485
Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Janet Forrester
1405–1488
Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
George (Crichton, 1st Earl of Caithness Crichton, 1st Earl of) Caithness
1382–1454
Cairns, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
Janet Borthwick
1388–1464
Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Caerlaverock
1387–1452
Janet Terregles
1390–1439
Stephen Crichton
1332–1427
Catherin Cairnes
1351–
William Borthwick
1375–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Herbert Clavrlocck
1366–1421
William Crichton
1304–1393
Isabel Ross
1280–1334

Lady Maxwell's Descendants

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Lady (Janet) Maxwell (abt 1466–1555) m. William Carlisle (abt 1466–28 May 1525)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Lady of Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland) Carlyle 1510–1564 m. Sir (Robert V Sempill, 3rd Earl of Eliotstoun, Privy Counseler to The King, Leut. General and Justicar of Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire,) Sherif 1505–1575 m. Robert (Sempill ("the Great Lord) Sempill") 1505–1575 m. Sir (Robert V Sempill, 3rd Earl of Eliotstoun, Privy Counseler to The King, Leut. General and Justicar of Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire,) Sherif 1505–1575
    1. 1. Lady (Winifred) Rich 1530–1578 m. Roger ((Baron)) North 1530–1600 m. Sir (Roger, KB. MP for Cambridge, 2nd Baron) North 1530–1600
      1. 1. Edward North 1561–
      2. 2. Lady (Dorothie\Dorothy) North 1550–1617 m. George Dale 1530–1611
        1. 1. Alison\Alice DALE 1566– m. Adam Holme 1557–1622
      3. 3. Thomas North 1555–1597
      4. 4. Dudley North 1548–1594
      5. 5. Sir (John, MP.for Cambridge,Soldier, Scholar,) North 1551–1597
      6. 6. John North 1570–1619
      7. 7. Mary North 1558–1559
      8. 8. Christian North 1559–
      9. 9. Henry North 1556–1620
    2. 2. Lady (Grissel Grace) Sempill 1551–1609
    3. 3. Margaret Semphill 1524–1575
    4. 4. Robert Semple 1530–1569
    5. 5. Christina Forrester 1565–1625
    6. 6. Sir (James Ross\Lord) Halkhead 1555–1582
    7. 7. Jonet ((Jean) Lady of Buckinghamshire) SEMPLE 1532–1592
    8. 8. Robert ((4th Lord Semple)) Semple 1550–1602
    9. 9. Dorothea Semphill 1545–1600
    10. 10. William (Semphill Sempill) Semple 1548–1633
    11. 11. Elisabeth (Semphill Sempill) Semple 1540–1592
    12. 12. Gilbert Sempill 1548–1594
    13. 13. Jean Semphill 1522–1609
    14. 14. Andrew Sempill 1527–1611
    15. 15. Giles (Grisel Semple) Sempill 1515–1609

Lady Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1466
abt 1466
Birth of Lady Janet Maxwell in Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1555
1555
Age 89
Death of Lady Janet Maxwell in Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland
Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1466
    Event Place: Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland

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