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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

In 1560, Lady Margaret Maxwell entered the world in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, born to Sir John Maxwell and Lady Agnes Herries. Years later, Lady Margaret Maxwell married Mark Kerr, and the couple became parents to Margaret Kerr, Lady Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of Crawford, Jeanette Kerr, Lady Isabel Kerr, and Robert Kerr Earl van Lothian. Lady Margaret Maxwell died in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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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
LH

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
LC
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: –
RL

Sources

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

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