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Margaret Maxwell 1563 – 1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1563

Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Death Date: 1617

Death Location: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: John Maxwell

Mother: Agness Harries

Spouse(s): Mark Lothian

Children(s): Janet Kerr, Lady Kerr, Margaret Kerr

Margaret Maxwell Countess of Lothian was born in 1563 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, the child of John Maxwell and Agness Harries. Margaret Maxwell Countess of Lothian married Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian, and had children including Janet Alison Kerr, Lady Isabell Kerr, Margaret Kerr. Margaret Maxwell Countess of Lothian passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Maxwell Countess of Lothian was born in 1563 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, the child of John Maxwell and Agness Harries.
  • Margaret Maxwell Countess of Lothian married Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian, and had children including Janet Alison Kerr, Lady Isabell Kerr, Margaret Kerr.
  • Margaret Maxwell Countess of Lothian passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Margaret Maxwell's Ancestors

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Margaret Maxwell
1563 – 1617
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parents
John Maxwell
1512 – 1582
Terregles, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agness Harries
1534 – 1594
Terregles, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Maxwell's Descendants

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Margaret Maxwell (1563 – 1617) m. Mark (Kerr Earl van) Lothian (20 February 1558 – 8 April 1609)
  1. 1. Janet (Alison) Kerr (1579 – 17 August 1632) m. James Cuninghame m. William (Cunninghame (8th Earl of) Glencairn) (1575 – 1 October 1631)
    1. 1. Lady (Alisoun \ Alison Cunninghame (Wilson Wilsone Willson) Wylson) (1608 – 1635) m. Sir (Edwarde George) Wilsone (1590 – 11 September 1634)
      1. 1. Sir (James Henry Cunninghame Wilson) (Immigrant) (11 September 1618 – May 1672) m. Margareth Wilson m. Frances Hillary
        1. 1. Joseph Wilson (17 Aug – )
        2. 2. John Wylson
        3. 3. James Wilson
      2. 2. Charles Wilson (21 Apr 1631 – 1680) m. Elizabeth Barnacle (03 Oct 1653 – 1700)
        1. 1. Stephen WILSON (1667 – 29 March 1705) m. Sarah BAKER (1667 – 6 April 1715)
    2. 2. Anna Cunninghame (1610 – 30 May 1664)
  2. 2. Lady (Isabell) Kerr (1585 – 1628)
  3. 3. Margaret Kerr

Margaret Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1563
1563
Birth of Margaret Maxwell Countess of Lothian in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1617
1617
Age 54
Death of Margaret Maxwell Countess of Lothian in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland
Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1563
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1617
    Event Place: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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