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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary MAXWELL Death: 28 Oct 1592
  2. Sarah MAXWELL
  3. Margaret MAXWELL Birth: 2 Death: 8 Jan 1617 in Prestongrange
  4. William MAXWELL, Lord Herries Birth: Abt 1555 Death: 10 Oct 1603

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  6. 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].*].
  7. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
  8. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-2, Tracton-Zz. London: St Catherine Press, 1959. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/2 [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1512, second son [Ref: CP VI p495],
parents:
[Ref: CP VI p495],
father:
[Ref: CP IX p562]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP VI p495]
1582/3 [Ref: CP IX p562],
place:
[Ref: CP VI p495]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: CP VI p495]
Sources with Information about marriage to Agnes HERRIES
date:
before 18 Mar 1547/8 [Ref: CP VI p495],
child:
[Ref: CP IX p139 (with corr in XIV p484), CP IX p562, CP VI p425, CP VI p426, CP VI p495, CP VIII p145, CP XII/2 p636]
Research Notes:
Lord Herries [Ref: CP II p262]
Lord Herries [Ref: CP VI p425]



Pedigree of John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
                                                                /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                                                       /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                                                      |         \-----Christian
                                              /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                                     /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
                                    |        |         /-----John STEWART
                                    |         \-----Katherine STEWART
                            /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                           |        |                           /-----Sir John HERRIES
                           |        |                  /-----Sir John HERRIES
                           |        |                 |         \-----Margaret
                           |        |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
                           |        |        |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
                           |        |        |                  \-----Margaret KEITH
                           |         \-----(Unk) HERRIES
                           |                  \-----Margaret
                   /-----John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Adam FORRESTER
                  |        |         /-----Sir John FORRESTER
                  |        |        |         \-----Margaret
                  |         \-----Janet FORRESTER
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
                  |                 |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
                  |                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
                  |                  \-----Jean SINCLAIR
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
                  |                          |         /-----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
         |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
         |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
         |                          |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
         |                          |                 |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
         |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |                          |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
         |                           \-----(Unk) HAY
         |                                   |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
         |                                   |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
         |                                    \-----Janet GIFFORD
         |                                            |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |                                             \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
         |                                                      \-----Joan
 /-----Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|        |                                    /-----Sir William STEWART
|        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |                          |         \-----Isobel
|        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
|        |                 |        |                  /-----John STEWART
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Walter STEWART
|        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
|        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Alan STEWART
|        |        |        |                           /-----Alexander STEWART
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Joanna
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Aulay De FASLANE
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Walter MacALLAN De FASLANE
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Donald Earl Of Lennox
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Lennox
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
|        |        |                          |         /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Helena De MONTEITH
|        |        |                           \-----Helen CAMPBELL
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir John LAMONT
|        |        |                                    \-----Isabel LAMONT
|         \-----Agnes STEWART
|                 |                                             /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |                                    /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |                                   |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Mar
|                 |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
|                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
|                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
|                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
|                                                               /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                                                      /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Mar
|                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                                   |         \-----Joanna MURRAY
|                           /-----William DOUGLAS
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Christian
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
|                          |         \-----Janet De MAXWELL
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
|                          |                 |         /-----John STEWART
|                          |                  \-----Katherine STEWART
|                  /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                 |        |                                    /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
|                 |        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|                 |        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Laura
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
|         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |        |                                             /-----Robert SCOTT
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|        |        |                           /-----Robert SCOTT
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter SCOTT
|        |        |         /-----David SCOTT
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret COCKBURN
|        |         \-----Janet SCOTT
 \-----Janet DOUGLAS
         |                                                      /-----William GORDON
         |                                             /-----Roger GORDON
         |                                    /-----Sir Alexander GORDON
         |                           /-----Roger GORDON
         |                  /-----William GORDON
         |         /-----Sir John GORDON
          \-----Elizabeth GORDON
                   \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY



Descendants of John MAXWELL, Lord Herries
1. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Agnes HERRIES
m. Agnes HERRIES father: William HERRIES, Lord Herries Of Terregles mother: Katherine KENNEDY

2nd generation

3. 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
4. Margaret MAXWELL m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian
m. Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE
5. William MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Catherine KERR
m. Catherine KERR father: Mark KERR mother: Helen LESLIE

3rd generation

6. 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
7. 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
8. Janet KERR m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
m. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn father: James CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn mother: Mariot CAMPBELL
9. 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
10. Isabel KER m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry
m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry father: Sir James DOUGLAS mother: Mary FLEMING
11. John MAXWELL, Lord Herries m. Elizabeth MAXWELL
m. Elizabeth MAXWELL father: John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS

4th generation

12. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Annandale m. Henrietta DOUGLAS
m. Henrietta DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON
13. Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd m1. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m2. Christian HAMILTON
m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Robert MONTGOMERIE mother: Jean CAMPBELL
m. Christian HAMILTON father: Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington mother: Margaret BORTHWICK
15. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Anne OGILVY m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE
m. Anne OGILVY father: James OGILVY, Earl of Findlater mother: Elizabeth LESLIE
m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON
16. Margaret HAY m1. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline m2. James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar
m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline father: George SETON, Lord Seton mother: Isabel HAMILTON
m. James LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Callendar father: Alexander LIVINGSTON, Earl Of Linlithgow mother: Eleanor HAY
17. John HAY, Earl of Tweeddale m1. Jean SETON m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE
m. Jean SETON father: Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Grizel LESLIE
m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON
18. James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry m1. Mary HAMILTON m2. Margaret STEWART
m. Mary HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton mother: Anne CUNNINGHAM
m. Margaret STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Catherine CARNEGIE
19. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Agnes FAWSIDE
m. Agnes FAWSIDE father: George FAWSIDE
20. Sir Archibald DOUGLAS m. Eleanor DAVIS
m. Eleanor DAVIS
21. Margaret DOUGLAS m. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell
m. James JOHNSTONE, Earl of Hartfell father: Sir James JOHNSTON mother: Sarah MAXWELL
22. John MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: Sir Robert GORDON mother: Isabel RUTHVEN
23. Elizabeth MAXWELL m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun
m. George SETON, Earl of Wintoun father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY

5th generation

26. Isabel BOYD m. John SINCLAIR
m. John SINCLAIR
27. Marion BOYD m. Sir James DUNDAS
m. Sir James DUNDAS
29. Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m. Nicol STEWART
m. Nicol STEWART father: Sir James STEWART
30. Charles SETON, Earl of Dunfermline m. Mary DOUGLAS
m. Mary DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton mother: Anne KEITH
31. John HAY, Marquess of Tweeddale m. Jean SCOTT
m. Jean SCOTT father: Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch mother: Mary HAY
32. Mary DOUGLAS m. Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Galloway
m. Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Galloway father: James STEWART, Earl Of Galloway mother: Catherine HOUGHTON
33. Catherine DOUGLAS m. Sir James DOUGLAS
m. Sir James DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Agnes FAWSIDE
34. Margaret DOUGLAS m1. Sir Alexander JARDINE m2. Sir David THOIRS
m. Sir Alexander JARDINE father: Alexander JARDINE
m. Sir David THOIRS
35. William DOUGLAS, Duke of Queensberry m. Isabel DOUGLAS
m. Isabel DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON
36. Sir James DOUGLAS m. Catherine DOUGLAS
m. Catherine DOUGLAS father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Queensberry mother: Margaret STEWART
37. James DOUGLAS m.
38. Robert MAXWELL, Earl Of Nithsdale m. Lucy DOUGLAS
m. Lucy DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Mary GORDON
39. Anne SETON m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair
m. John STEWART, Earl of Traquair father: John STEWART, Earl of Traquair mother: Catherine CARNEGIE