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Lady Margaret Maxwell 1560 – 1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Jan 1617

Death Location: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: Sir Maxwell

Mother: Lady Herries

Spouse(s): Mark Kerr

Children(s): Margaret Kerr, Lady Crawford, Jeanette Kerr, Lady Kerr,, Robert Lothian

The story of Lady Margaret Maxwell began in 1560 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Lady Margaret Maxwell married Mark Kerr, and had children including Margaret Kerr, Lady Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of Crawford, Jeanette Kerr, Lady Isabel Kerr,, Robert Kerr Earl van Lothian. Lady Margaret Maxwell passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Margaret Maxwell began in 1560 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
  • Lady Margaret Maxwell married Mark Kerr, and had children including Margaret Kerr, Lady Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of Crawford, Jeanette Kerr, Lady Isabel Kerr,, Robert Kerr Earl van Lothian.
  • Lady Margaret Maxwell passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Maxwell
1512 – 1583
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
SM
Lady Herries
1530 – 1594
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Mark Kerr
1558 – 1609
Birth Location: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland
MK

Children(s)

Margaret Kerr
1570 – 1645
Birth Location: –
MK
Lady Crawford
1577 – 1632
Birth Location: Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
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Jeanette Kerr
1580 –
Birth Location: –
JK
Lady Kerr,
1585 – 1628
Birth Location: Ferniehurst Castle, Ferniehurst, East Lothian, Scotland
LK
Robert Lothian
1590 – 1624
Birth Location: –
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Lady Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Lady Maxwell
1560 – 1617
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parents
Sir John Maxwell
1512 – 1583
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Agnes) Herries
1530 – 1594
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Robert) Maxwell
1493 – 1546
Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Joanette "Janet") Douglas
1498 – 1537
Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Maxwell's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Margaret) Maxwell (1560 – 8 Jan 1617) m. Mark Kerr (20 Feb 1558 – 8 Apr 1609)
  1. 1. Margaret Kerr (1570 – 15 May 1645)
  2. 2. Lady (Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of) Crawford (1577 – 17 August 1632)
  3. 3. Jeanette Kerr (1580 – )
  4. 4. Lady (Isabel) Kerr, (abt 1585 – 1628) m. Sir (Lord William I) Douglas, (1585 – 8 Mar 1640)
    1. 1. Willem (Sir) Douglas (1605 – 1673)
    2. 2. Sir (Archibald) Douglas (abt 1605 – 16 Apr 1655)
    3. 3. Lady (Margaret) Douglas, (1606 – Nov 1640)
    4. 4. Lady (Henrietta Stuart of) Ochiltree (abt 1606 – 1640)
    5. 5. George Douglas (1612 – 16 Sep 1728)
    6. 6. Lady (Janet) Douglas, (abt 1615 – 1651)
    7. 7. Sir (William II) Douglas, (abt 1618 – 1673)
  5. 5. Robert (Kerr Earl van) Lothian (1590 – 6 March 1624)

Lady Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1560
1560
Birth of Lady Margaret Maxwell in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1617
8 Jan 1617
Age 57
Death of Lady Margaret Maxwell in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland
Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

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