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Margaret Maxwell 1580–1630 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 August 1580

Birth Location: Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1 March 1630

Death Location: Craigie, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Maxwell

Mother: Lady Morton

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Margaret Maxwell was born in 1580 in Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John 1St Earl Of Nithsdale Maxwell And Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell Of Carlaverock Countess Of Morton. Margaret Maxwell passed away in 1630 in Craigie, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Margaret Maxwell was born in 1580 in Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John 1St Earl Of Nithsdale Maxwell And Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell Of Carlaverock Countess Of Morton.
  • Margaret Maxwell passed away in 1630 in Craigie, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Maxwell
1553–1593
Birth Location: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady Morton
1555–1637
Birth Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire or Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Margaret Maxwell's Ancestors

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Margaret Maxwell
1580–1630
Birth Place: Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John 1st Earl of Nithsdale Maxwell
1553–1593
Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of) Morton
1555–1637
Douglas, Lanarkshire or Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Beatrice (Margaret Lady of Morton) Douglas*
1514–1583
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (Lord Robert Maxwell of) Carlaverock
1525–1573
Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Sir (David 7th Earl of Angus) Douglas
1515–1557
Pittendreich, Mid-Lothian, Schotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret ((Somerville\Johnstone) Hamilton of) Angus
1525–1596
Broomhill, Clydesdale or Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lady Stewart
1502–1554
Lord Morton
1487–1548
Robert Maxwell
1493–1546
Lady Glamis,
1498–1537
George Pittendreich
1500–1556
Elizabeth Morton
1500–1571
John Cubardy
1515–1555
Lady ♥
1502–1573
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Angus
1469–1513
Elizabeth Drummond
–1514
*Sir Morton
1487–1548
Sir Ham
1477–1529
Janet Bethune
1476–1522
Alexander Home
1483–1516
Agnes Stewart
1467–1530

Margaret Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1580
1 August 1580
Birth of Margaret Maxwell in Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1630
1 March 1630
Age 50
Death of Margaret Maxwell in Craigie, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Craigie, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 August 1580
    Event Place: Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 March 1630
    Event Place: Craigie, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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