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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

Born in 1563 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, Margaret Maxwell Countess of Lothian was the child of John Maxwell and Agness Harries. In time, Margaret Maxwell Countess of Lothian married Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian, and they raised a family that included Janet Alison Kerr, Lady Isabell Kerr and Margaret Kerr. Margaret Maxwell Countess of Lothian died in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland in 1617.

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Parents

John Maxwell
1512 – 1582
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
JM
Agness Harries
1534 – 1594
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
AH

Spouses(s)

Mark Lothian
1558 – 1609
Birth Location: Rothes, Elginshire, Schotland
ML

Children(s)

Janet Kerr
1579 – 1632
Birth Location: Newbattle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
JK
Lady Kerr
1585 – 1628
Birth Location: Ferniehurst Castle, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
LK
Margaret Kerr
Birth Location: –
MK

Sources

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

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