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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell Birth: Abt 1493 Death: 9 Jul 1546 in Logan
  2. Herbert MAXWELL Birth: Before 13 May 1495 Death: After 13 May 1495
  3. John MAXWELL Birth: 3 Death: After 1524
  4. Edward MAXWELL Birth: 4 Death: After 6 Jun 1540
  5. Mary MAXWELL Birth: 1
  6. Agnes MAXWELL
  7. Katherine MAXWELL

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP I p[0-9]*].
  4. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP IV p[0-9]*].
  5. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP VI p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: SP VI p477]
shortly after 1454 [Ref: CP VIII p591],
parents:
[Ref: CP VIII p591, SP VI p477]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP VIII p592, SP VI p478],
place:
[Ref: CP VIII p592, SP VI p478]
Sources with Information about marriage to Agnes STEWART
date:
abt 1491 [Ref: SP IV p152]
between 15 Feb 1490/1 and 20 Feb 1491/2 [Ref: CP VIII p592, SP VI p478],
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p806],
child:
[Ref: CP VIII p592(i), CP VIII p592, SP VI p478, SP VI p479]
Research Notes:
3rd Lord Maxwell, of Barony cr 1445 [Ref: CP VIII p591]

heir of his father [Ref: CP VIII p591]
heir of his grandfather Robert [Ref: CP VIII p591]



Pedigree of John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                                                /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                                                       /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                                              /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                                     /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                                    |         \-----Christian
                            /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                   /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                  |        |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |        |                          |         \-----Joanna
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
                  |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Christiana DUNBAR
                  |        |         /-----John STEWART
                  |         \-----Katherine STEWART
          /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |        |                           /-----Sir John HERRIES
         |        |                  /-----Sir John HERRIES
         |        |                 |         \-----Margaret
         |        |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir James LINDSAY
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Egidia STEWART
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel GRAHAM
         |        |        |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |        |                  \-----Margaret KEITH
         |        |        |                          |         /-----John FRASER
         |        |        |                           \-----Margaret FRASER
         |         \-----(Unk) HERRIES
         |                  \-----Margaret
 /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
|        |                  /-----Sir Adam FORRESTER
|        |         /-----Sir John FORRESTER
|        |        |         \-----Margaret
|         \-----Janet FORRESTER
|                 |                                             /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|                 |                                   |         \-----Amicia
|                 |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                 |                          |        |         /-----William De FENTON
|                 |                          |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|                 |                          |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
|                 |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
|                 |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Malise Earl Of Strathearn
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes COMYN
|                 |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes
|                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Eupheme
|                 |        |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|                 |        |                           \-----Matilda De BRUS
|                 |        |                                    \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|                  \-----Jean SINCLAIR
|                          |                                    /-----Philip De HALIBURTON
|                          |                           /-----Henry HALIBURTON
|                          |                          |         \-----Alice
|                          |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Peter MORDINGTON
|                          |                 |         \-----Agnes MORDINGTON
|                          |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
|                          |        |         \-----Isabella
|                           \-----Jean HALYBURTON
John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                                             /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
|                                    /-----Sir John De CRICHTON
|                           /-----William CRICHTON
|                  /-----Stephen CRICHTON
|                 |        |                  /-----(Unk) PRESON
|                 |        |         /-----Sir John PRESTON
|                 |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
|         /-----George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness
|        |        |         /-----Duncan CAIRNS Of That Ilk
|        |         \-----(Unk) CAIRNS
 \-----Janet CRICHTON
         |                           /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Amicia
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
         |                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |         \-----(Unk)
          \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                  |                                             /-----Sir William De HAYA
                  |                                    /-----Sir Gilbert De HAYA
                  |                           /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir Simon FRASER
                  |                          |         \-----Margaret FRASER
                  |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De CUNINGESBURGH
                  |                 |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
                  |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                  |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
                   \-----(Unk) HAY
                           |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
                           |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                           |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
                           |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                           |        |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                           |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
                           |        |                           \-----Eupheme
                            \-----Janet GIFFORD
                                    |                           /-----Sir Andrew DOUGLAS
                                    |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
                                    |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                                     \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                                              \-----Joan



Descendants of John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
1. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Agnes STEWART
m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir Alexander STEWART mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS

2nd generation

2. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m1. Janet DOUGLAS m2. Agnes STEWART
m. Janet DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth GORDON
m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan mother: Margaret (MURRAY)

3rd generation

9. Margaret MAXWELL m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus mother: Elizabeth DRUMMOND
10. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Beatrice DOUGLAS
m. Beatrice DOUGLAS father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Catherine STEWART
11. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Agnes HERRIES
m. Agnes HERRIES father: William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles mother: Katherine KENNEDY

4th generation

14. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS
m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: David DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Margaret HAMILTON
16. Sarah MAXWELL m1. Sir James JOHNSTON m2. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown m3. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery
m. Sir James JOHNSTON
m. John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown father: John FLEMING, Lord Fleming mother: Elizabeth ROSS
m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery father: Adam MONTGOMERY mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY
17. Margaret MAXWELL m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian
m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE
18. William MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Catherine KERR
m. Catherine KERR father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE

5th generation

19. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
m. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries father: William MAXWELL, Lord Herries mother: Catherine KERR
20. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT
m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT father: Sir Francis BEAUMONT
21. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell m1. Margaret DOUGLAS m2. Elizabeth JOHNSTON m3. Margaret HAMILTON
m. Margaret DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry mother: Isabel KER
m. Elizabeth JOHNSTON father: Sir Samuel JOHNSTON
m. Margaret HAMILTON father: Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington mother: Margaret FOULIS
22. Jean KERR m1. Robert BOYD m2. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford m3. Thomas HAMILTON
m. Robert BOYD father: Thomas BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Margaret CAMPBELL
m. David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford father: David LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford mother: Lilias DRUMMOND
m. Thomas HAMILTON
23. Janet KERR m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn father: James CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Mariot CAMPBELL
24. Margaret KERR m1. James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester m2. Sir Andrew KERR, Master of Jedburgh
m. James HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester father: William HAY, Lord Hay Of Yester mother: Margaret KERR
m. Sir Andrew KERR, Master of Jedburgh father: Andrew KER, Lord Jedburgh mother: Anne STEWART
25. Isabel KER m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry
m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry father: Sir James DOUGLAS mother: Mary FLEMING
26. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Elizabeth MAXWELL
m. Elizabeth MAXWELL father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS