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Lord John Maxwell 1555 – 1604 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1555

Birth Location: Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Death Date: 10 October 1604

Death Location: Kirkconnell Troqueir Kircudbright, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: Lord Maxwell

Mother: Lady Douglas

Spouse(s): Lady Herries

Children(s): Countess Maxwell, Edward Maxwell

According to available records, Lord John Maxwell , 5th Baron Herries of Terregles was born in 1555 in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, the child of Lord Robert Maxwell and Lady Janet Douglas. Following those early years, Lord John Maxwell , 5th Baron Herries of Terregles married Lady Agnes Herries, and their family grew to include Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell and Edward Maxwell. In the later years of life, Lord John Maxwell , 5th Baron Herries of Terregles died in 1604 in Kirkconnell Troqueir Kircudbright, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Parents

Lord Maxwell
1493 – 1546
Birth Location: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
LM
Lady Douglas
1502 – 1551
Birth Location: Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
LD

Spouses(s)

Lady Herries
1530 – 1594
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
LH

Children(s)

Countess Maxwell
1548 – 1617
Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
CM
Edward Maxwell
1561 – 1598
Birth Location: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
EM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1512
    Event Place: Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1515
    Event Place: Terregles, CastlecCaerlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1515
    Event Place: Terregles, CastlecCaerlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1510
    Event Place: Newark, Selkirkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1512
    Event Place: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1555
    Event Place: Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 Jan 1583
    Event Place: Kirkconnell Troqueir Kircudbright, West Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 Jan 1583
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 Jan 1583
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 Jun 1583
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 Jan 1583
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 January 1582
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 Jun 1583
    Event Place: Kirkconnell Troqueir Kircudbright, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 January 1583
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 10 October 1604
    Event Place: Kirkconnell Troqueir Kircudbright, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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