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Robert Maxwell 1525 – 1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Carlaverock,Dumfrieshire,,Scotland

Death Date: 1552-09-13

Death Location: Dumfries,,Dumfries-Shire,Scotland

Father: Robert Maxwell

Mother: Janet Douglas

Spouse(s): Beatrice Douglas

Children(s): John Maxwell

Robert Maxwell was born in 1525 in Carlaverock,Dumfrieshire,,Scotland, the child of Robert Maxwell and Janet Douglas. Robert Maxwell married Beatrice Douglas, and had children including John Maxwell. Robert Maxwell passed away in 1552 in Dumfries,,Dumfries-Shire,Scotland.

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Biography

  • Robert Maxwell was born in 1525 in Carlaverock,Dumfrieshire,,Scotland, the child of Robert Maxwell and Janet Douglas.
  • Robert Maxwell married Beatrice Douglas, and had children including John Maxwell.
  • Robert Maxwell passed away in 1552 in Dumfries,,Dumfries-Shire,Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Maxwell
1484 – 1546
Birth Location: Terregles,Kirkcudbright,Sutherland,Scotland
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Janet Douglas
1464 – 1512
Birth Location: Drumlanrig,,Dumfries-Shire,Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Beatrice Douglas
1514 – 1583
Birth Location: Morton,Dumfrieshire,,Scotland
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Children(s)

John Maxwell
1553 – 1593
Birth Location: Newlaw,Kirkcudbright,Sutherland,Scotland
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Robert Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Robert Maxwell
1525 – 1552
Birth Place: Carlaverock,Dumfrieshire,,Scotland
Parents
Robert Maxwell
1484 – 1546
Terregles,Kirkcudbright,Sutherland,Scotland
Janet Douglas
1464 – 1512
Drumlanrig,,Dumfries-Shire,Scotland
Grandparents
John Maxwell
1436 – 1513
Carlaverock,,Dumfries-Shire,Scotland
Agnes Stewart
1484 – 1530
Garlies,,,
William Douglas
1430 – 1484
Drumlanrig Castle,Durisdeer Nithsdale,Dumfrieshire,Scotland
Elizabeth Crichton
1457 – 1539
Sanquhar,Dumfrieshire Barmuckity,Elgin,Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Maxwell
1404 – 1484
Janet Crichton
1428 –
Alexander Stewart
1443 – 1500
Elizabeth Douglas
1455 –
William Douglas
1440 – 1464
Margaret Carlyle
1442 – 1442
Robert Crichton
1409 – 1478
Elizabeth Erskine
1413 – 1478
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Maxwell
1389 – 1485
Janet Forrester
1410 – 1488
George Crichton
1409 – 1454
Janet Borthwick
1407 – 1464
William Stewart
1396 – 1479
Elizabeth Stewart
1425 –
Archibald Douglas
1370 – 1424
William Douglas
1414 – 1458
Jane Maxwell
1395 – 1458
William Carlyle
1400 – 1463
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
1405 – 1436
Robert Crichton
1376 – 1478
Elizabeth Erskine
1385 – 1409
William Erskine
1395 – 1445
William Erskine
1396 –

Robert Maxwell's Descendants

1.
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Robert Maxwell (1525 – 1552-09-13) m. Beatrice Douglas (1514 – 1583)
  1. 1. John Maxwell (24 Apr 1553 – 7 Dec 1593) m. Elizabeth Douglas (1555 – 1637-02)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Maxwell (1579 – 1639-12) m. John Maxwell (1580 – 1631)
      1. 1. John Maxwell (1605 – 1677) m. Lucy Douglas (1602 – 1699)
        1. 1. Mary Maxwell (1634 – 1680) m. James Alexander (1634 – 1704-11-17)

Robert Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1525
1525
Birth of Robert Maxwell in Carlaverock,Dumfrieshire,,Scotland
Carlaverock,Dumfrieshire,,Scotland
1552
1552-09-13
Age 27
Death of Robert Maxwell in Dumfries,,Dumfries-Shire,Scotland
Dumfries,,Dumfries-Shire,Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Carlaverock,Dumfrieshire,,Scotland
    Record Source: OneWorldTree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1552-09-13
    Event Place: Dumfries,,Dumfries-Shire,Scotland
    Record Source: OneWorldTree
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