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Margaret Maxwell 1580–1630 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 August 1580

Birth Location: Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1 March 1630

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

Father: John Maxwell

Mother: Lady Morton

Spouse(s): Sir IV

Children(s): Robert Wallis, Johne Wallace, Esther Stewart), Margaret Wallace, Thomas Wallace, Hugh Wallace, William Wallace

Margaret Maxwell was born in 1580 in Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John 7Th Lord Maxwell Earl Of Morton Maxwell And Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas Baroness Of Carlaverock Countess Of Morton. Margaret Maxwell married Sir John Hugh Wallace Iv, and had children including Esther Hester Wallace M Stewart, Hugh Hew Sir 1St Bt Of Craigie Wallace, Isobell Of Craigie Wallace, James Wallace, Johne Wallace, Margaret Wallace, Robert Wallis, Thomas Wallace, William Of Prestickshaws Wallace. Margaret Maxwell passed away in 1630 in Craigie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Margaret Maxwell was born in 1580 in Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John 7Th Lord Maxwell Earl Of Morton Maxwell And Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas Baroness Of Carlaverock Countess Of Morton.
  • Margaret Maxwell married Sir John Hugh Wallace Iv, and had children including Esther Hester Wallace M Stewart, Hugh Hew Sir 1St Bt Of Craigie Wallace, Isobell Of Craigie Wallace, James Wallace, Johne Wallace, Margaret Wallace, Robert Wallis, Thomas Wallace, William Of Prestickshaws Wallace.
  • Margaret Maxwell passed away in 1630 in Craigie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Margaret Maxwell's Ancestors

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Margaret Maxwell
1580–1630
Birth Place: Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John (7th Lord Maxwell)(Earl of Morton) Maxwell
1553–1593
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of) Morton
1555–1637
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)
Grandparents
Sir (Lord Robert Maxwell of) Carlaverock
1525–1573
Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
# (Lady Beatrice DOUGLAS of Morton ^1514) Story
1514–1583
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland *
David (Adam Douglas of Cobrandspath, Earl Van Angus, 7th Earl of) Angus
1515–1557
Lasswade, Pittendreich, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret ((Somerville\Johnstone) Hamilton of) Angus
1525–1596
Broomhill, Clydesdale or Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lady GGM
1498–1537
*Lady GG
1491–1555
George Pittendreich
1500–1556
Lady Douglas
1500–1571
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Dalkeith
1487–1548

Margaret Maxwell's Descendants

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Margaret Maxwell (1 August 1580–1 March 1630) m. Sir (John Hugh Wallace) IV (8 July 1581–1 April 1640)
  1. 1. Robert Wallis 1611–1648 m. Rebecca (Menough) Wallace 1620–1648 m. Bessie Weir 1602–1659
    1. 1. Robert (Wallis (Wallace) II) Esq. 1646–1712 m. Prudence Williams 1648–1747
      1. 1. Robert (Pendennis) Wallis 1700–1741 m. Esther ("Ester") West 1700–1743
        1. 1. Ann Wallace 1723–1793 m. James (A) Nelson 1723–1795
        2. 2. David Wallace 1730–1811
    2. 2. John (L) Wallace 1641–
    3. 3. Valentine (Wallis) I 1642–1687
    4. 4. William (Wallis) (Wallace) 1642–1720
    5. 5. Bessie Wallace 1630–
    6. 6. Alexander Wallace 1636–
  2. 2. Johne Wallace 1597–1640
  3. 3. Esther (( Hester) Wallace (m.) Stewart) 1600–1668
  4. 4. Margaret Wallace 1597–1615
  5. 5. Thomas Wallace 1608–1673
  6. 6. Hugh (\Hew (Sir) (1st Bt of Craigie)) Wallace 1600–1659
  7. 7. William ((of Prestickshaws)) Wallace 1605–1673 m. Agnes Wallace 1629–1649
    1. 1. William (Wallace) II 1649–1682
    2. 2. Thomas Wallace 1631–1680

Margaret Maxwell's Timeline

3 Records

1580
1 August 1580
Birth of Margaret Maxwell in Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1597
15 Dec 1597
Age 17
Margaret Maxwell was married in Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1630
1 March 1630
Age 50
Death of Margaret Maxwell in Craigie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Craigie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 15 Dec 1597
    Event Place: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Brume Mearns, Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Freircars, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 March 1630
    Event Place: Craigie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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