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Margaret Hay Maxwell 1538 – 1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1538

Birth Location: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland

Death Date: 15 May 1594

Death Location: Angus, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: George Maxwell

Mother: Janet Douglas

Spouse(s): Lord Bailey

Children(s): Lady Hamilton

In 1538, Margaret Hay Maxwell Lady Countess of Lennox entered the world in Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland, born to George Maxwell and Janet Douglas. Margaret Hay Maxwell Lady Countess of Lennox married Lord William Provand Bailey, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Bailyie Hamilton. Margaret Hay Maxwell Lady Countess of Lennox passed away in 1594 in Angus, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1538, Margaret Hay Maxwell Lady Countess of Lennox entered the world in Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland, born to George Maxwell and Janet Douglas.
  • Margaret Hay Maxwell Lady Countess of Lennox married Lord William Provand Bailey, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Bailyie Hamilton.
  • Margaret Hay Maxwell Lady Countess of Lennox passed away in 1594 in Angus, West Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Maxwell
1502 – 1546
Birth Location: Polloch, Argyll, Scotland
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Janet Douglas
1502 – 1537
Birth Location: Angus, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lord Bailey
1527 – 1593
Birth Location: Lamington Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lady Hamilton
1551 – 1615
Birth Location: Goslington, Stonehouse, County Lanark, Scotland
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Margaret Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Maxwell
1538 – 1594
Birth Place: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland
Parents
George Maxwell
1502 – 1546
Polloch, Argyll, Scotland
Janet Douglas
1502 – 1537
Angus, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Maxwell's Descendants

1.
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Margaret (Hay) Maxwell (1538 – 15 May 1594) m. Lord (William Provand) Bailey (1527 – 26 May 1593)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Bailyie) Hamilton (1551 – 15 Nov 1615)
    1. 1. Joan Hamilton (1586 – 1638) m. John (Freame,) III (1586 – 19 Dec 1659)
      1. 1. John (Fraeme IV,) 9XGGF, (1608 – 17 Dec 1655) m. Ann Clay (1610 – 1650)
        1. 1. Mary (Rebecca) Frame (1635 – 03 Jun 1673) m. Capt. (William John Hogue-Justice) II (1625 – 03 Feb 1663)

Margaret Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1538
1538
Birth of Margaret Hay Maxwell Lady Countess of Lennox in Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland
Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland
1594
15 May 1594
Age 56
Death of Margaret Hay Maxwell Lady Countess of Lennox in Angus, West Lothian, Scotland
Angus, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 May 1594
    Event Place: Angus, West Lothian, Scotland
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