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Lady Margaret Maxwell 1548 – 1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Jan 1548

Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 8 January 1617

Death Location: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Sir Maxwell

Mother: Lady Herries

Spouse(s): Mark Newbattle,

Children(s): Lady Kerr

In 1548, Lady Margaret Maxwell entered the world in Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, born to Sir John *Maxwell, Baron Herries, Master of Maxwell and Lady Agnes *Herries, Baroness Herries. Lady Margaret Maxwell married Mark Kerr, Lord Newbattle,, and had children including Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr. Lady Margaret Maxwell passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1548, Lady Margaret Maxwell entered the world in Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, born to Sir John *Maxwell, Baron Herries, Master of Maxwell and Lady Agnes *Herries, Baroness Herries.
  • Lady Margaret Maxwell married Mark Kerr, Lord Newbattle,, and had children including Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr.
  • Lady Margaret Maxwell passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Lady Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Lady Maxwell
1548 – 1617
Birth Place: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
Sir John *Maxwell, Baron Herries, Master of Maxwell
1512 – 1583
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Agnes *Herries, Baroness) Herries
1539 – 1594
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Maxwell, 5th Lord \ Baron Maxwell, Lord of Carlaverock, Earl of) Bothwell
1493 – 1546
Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Baroness Glamis) Douglas
1498 – 1537
Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Sir (William Herries, 3rd Lord Herries of) Terregles
1501 – 1543
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Catharina (, 3rd Lady Herries) Kennedy
1510 – 1593
Maybole, Ayrshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
John Maxwell
1450 –
Lady Bothwell
1475 – 1557
Andrew Stewart
1472 –
Lady Terregales
1485 – 1537
Gilbert Cassillis
1485 –
Isabel "Kennedy"
1483 – 1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Maxwell's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret) Maxwell (8 Jan 1548 – 8 January 1617) m. Mark (Kerr, Lord) Newbattle, (20 Feb 1558 – 8 Apr 1609)
  1. 1. Lady (Janet Alisoun Andrew) Kerr (1580 – 17 August 1632) m. Lord (William 8th Earl of Glencairn) Cunninghame (1585 – October 1630)
    1. 1. Alisone Cuningham (1600 – ) m. Edwarde (George (Knight)) Wilson (1590 – 11 Sep 1634)
      1. 1. Sir (James Henry Cunninghame Wilson) (Wolsoun)(Wulson) (11 Sep 1618 – May 1672) m. Margaret Kidd (1645 – 1696)
        1. 1. Joseph Wilson (1662 – 19 Jul 1703) m. Anne Turner (Oct 1667 – 8 Apr 1719)

Lady Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1548
8 Jan 1548
Birth of Lady Margaret Maxwell in Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1617
8 January 1617
Age 69
Death of Lady Margaret Maxwell in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1548
    Event Place: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 January 1617
    Event Place: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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