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Margaret Maxwell 1558–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1558

Birth Location: Terreglestown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 8 Jan 1617

Death Location: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Sir Yarmouth

Mother: Lady blood

Spouse(s): Mark *

Children(s): Anne Douglas, Robert Lothian

Margaret Maxwell was born in 1558 in Terreglestown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Maxwell 4Th Baron Herries Masters Of Sandwich And Maxwell Merchant And Brewer Mayor Of Sandwich Member Of Parliament Auditor Treasurer Jurat Bailiff To Yarmouth And Lady Agnes Herries Baroness Herries Royal Blood. Margaret Maxwell married Mark Kerr Earl Van Lothian, and had children including Anne Douglas, Robert Kerr 2Nd Earl Of Lothian. Margaret Maxwell passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Maxwell was born in 1558 in Terreglestown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Maxwell 4Th Baron Herries Masters Of Sandwich And Maxwell Merchant And Brewer Mayor Of Sandwich Member Of Parliament Auditor Treasurer Jurat Bailiff To Yarmouth And Lady Agnes Herries Baroness Herries Royal Blood.
  • Margaret Maxwell married Mark Kerr Earl Van Lothian, and had children including Anne Douglas, Robert Kerr 2Nd Earl Of Lothian.
  • Margaret Maxwell passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Margaret Maxwell's Ancestors

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Margaret Maxwell
1558–1617
Birth Place: Terreglestown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John Maxwell 4th Baron Herries Masters of Sandwich and Maxwell Merchant and Brewer, Mayor of Sandwich, Member of Parliament, Auditor, Treasurer, Jurat Bailiff to Yarmouth
1512–1583
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Agnes Herries Baroness Herries royal) blood
1530–1594
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Janet (Douglas of) Drumlanrig
1502–1551
Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Robert Wemyss
1475–1516
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Wemyss
1440–1494
Mary McRae
1434–1494

Margaret Maxwell's Descendants

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Margaret Maxwell (1558–8 Jan 1617) m. Mark (Kerr Earl van Lothian) * (20 February 1558–8 April 1609)
  1. 1. Anne Douglas 1574–1648 m. William (First Earl) Douglas 1584–1648
    1. 1. Isabel (Morton) Douglas 1630–1672 m. James (Graham Marquis of) Montrose 1633–1645 m. William Graham 1634–1700 m. Sir (William Graham, 6th Laird of) Claverhouse 1616–1650
      1. 1. Robert Graham 1668–1748 m. Joanet Hume 1672–1748
        1. 1. Robert Graham 1685–1766 m. Antje Garrett 1680–1766
        2. 2. Jane\Jean Graham 1700–1740
        3. 3. Agnes (Graham) Craige 1709–1760
        4. 4. Esther (Graham) Forsaith 1704–1784
        5. 5. William Graham –1747
      2. 2. James (Marquess Montrose) Graham 1657–1684 m. Christian Leslie 1661–1710
        1. 1. James Graham 1682–1742
        2. 2. Mathew (James) Graham 1679–1742
        3. 3. Elizabeth Graham 1679–1755
      3. 3. Grizel Cochrane 1661–1726
      4. 4. Anna Graham 1655–1705
    2. 2. Margaret Douglas 1606–1640
    3. 3. Sir (William of Kelhead) Douglas 1605–1655
    4. 4. James (Douglas Earl van) Queensberry 1605–1671
    5. 5. Mary Douglas 1601–1640
      1. 1. Jean Livingston 1620–
  2. 2. Robert (Kerr, 2nd Earl of) Lothian 1583–1624

Margaret Maxwell's Timeline

3 Records

1557
8 January 1557
Birth of Margaret Maxwell in Terregales, Kirkcudbright, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Terregales, Kirkcudbright, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
1558
1558
Birth of Margaret Maxwell in Terreglestown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Terreglestown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1617
8 Jan 1617
Age 59
Death of Margaret Maxwell in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 January 1557
    Event Place: Terregales, Kirkcudbright, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1558
    Event Place: Terreglestown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1617
    Event Place: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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