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Margaretha Maxwell 1557–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Jan 1557

Birth Location: Terregales, Dumfrieshire, Schotland

Death Date: 8 January 1617

Death Location: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Sir Herries

Mother: Lady Herries

Spouse(s): Mark Newbattle,

Children(s): Jean Crawford, Margaretha Kerr

Margaretha Maxwell was born in 1557 in Terregales, Dumfrieshire, Schotland, the child of Sir John Maxwell 4Th Earl Of Maxwell Master Of Maxwell Baron Herries And Lady Agnes Herries Baroness Herries. Margaretha Maxwell married Mark Kerr Lord Newbattle, and had children including Jean Kerr Countess Of Crawford, Margaretha Kerr. Margaretha Maxwell passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaretha Maxwell was born in 1557 in Terregales, Dumfrieshire, Schotland, the child of Sir John Maxwell 4Th Earl Of Maxwell Master Of Maxwell Baron Herries And Lady Agnes Herries Baroness Herries.
  • Margaretha Maxwell married Mark Kerr Lord Newbattle, and had children including Jean Kerr Countess Of Crawford, Margaretha Kerr.
  • Margaretha Maxwell passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Margaretha Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Margaretha Maxwell
1557–1617
Birth Place: Terregales, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Parents
Sir John Maxwell 4th Earl of Maxwell Master of Maxwell Baron Herries
1515–1582
Terregales, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Lady (Agnes Herries, Baroness) Herries
1534–1594
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Maxwell, 4th Lord) Maxwell
1493–1546
Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Baroness Glamis) Douglas
1490–1537
Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Sir (William Herries, 3rd Lord Herries of) Terregales
1501–1543
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Catherine (Kennedy, 3rd Lady) Herries
1510–1593
Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Angus
1469–1513
Elizabeth Drummond
1472–1514
Arthur Harris
1460–1537
Johanna Percy
1483–1547
Gilbert Kennedy
1485–1527
Margaret Campbell
1498–1597
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Archibald Douglas
1449–1513
Elizabeth Boyd
1458–1496
Sir Harris
1445–1480
Anne Jernegan
1448–1480
Henry 15-11/
1449–1489
Maud HERBERT
1448–1485
David Kennedy
1462–1513
Agnes Borthwick
1465–1512
Archibald Argyll
1460–1513
Lady Argyll
1465–1529

Margaretha Maxwell's Descendants

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Margaretha Maxwell (8 Jan 1557–8 January 1617) m. Mark (Kerr, Lord) Newbattle, (20 Feb 1558–8 April 1609)
  1. 1. Jean (Kerr, Countess of) Crawford 1577–1632 m. Robert (VI Martin Boyd, Master of) Kilmarnock 1567–1597
    1. 1. James (Baron Boyd) Boyd 1597–1655 m. Catherine Crayke 1618–1650 m. Christine (Campbell Catherine) Crayke 1595–1650
      1. 1. Mary (Boyd) Beverley 1631–1678 m. Robert Beverley 1641–1686
        1. 1. Peter Beverley 1667–1727 m. Elizabeth Peyton 1668–1723
    2. 2. Robert (Boyd, VII Lord of) Boyd 1595–1628
  2. 2. Margaretha Kerr 1570–1645

Margaretha Maxwell's Timeline

5 Records

1548
1548
Birth of Margaretha Maxwell in Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland
Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland
1557
8 Jan 1557
Birth of Margaretha Maxwell in Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland
Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland
1557
8 Jan 1557
Birth of Margaretha Maxwell in Terregales, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Terregales, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
1563
1563
Age 6
Birth of Margaretha Maxwell in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1617
8 January 1617
Age 60
Death of Margaretha Maxwell in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1557
    Event Place: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 January 1617
    Event Place: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1548
    Event Place: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1563
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1557
    Event Place: Terregales, Dumfrieshire, Schotland

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