Janet (Herries) Maxwell (abt. 1400 - 1439)

Born about 1400 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

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Died 9 Mar 1439 at about age 39 in Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

Janet (Herries) Maxwell is a member of Herries Clan.

Janet^{[citation needed]} was the daughter of Herbert Herries and Margaret Douglass^[1][2][3]

She married Herbert Maxwell.^[1][2][3][4] They had issue:

1. Robert, second Lord Maxwell^[2][3]
2. Edward, ancestor of the Maxwells of Tinwald.^[2][3]
3. Catherine, married GIlbert Kennedy^[2][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org, p. 402
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Fraser, Sir William. Chiefs of Colquhoun and Their Country, Edinburgh: T. & A. Constable, 1869, Vol. I, Archive.org, p. 138
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Burke, John Bernard, "Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference" , London: Harrison & Sons, 1915, 77th ed., Archvie.org. p. 1371
4. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: William Pollard & Co, 1932, Ed. 2 Vol VIII, FamilySearch, p. 590
5. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: St. Catherine Press, 1929, Ed. 2 Vol VII, Archive.org, p. 121

See also:

• Clan MacFarlane: daughter of Herries

• The Peerage: daughter of Herries

• Williams New: Ancestry Profile

Research Note

The source for the given name 'Janet' is unknown (other than it showing in Ancestry citations of ' Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index') and most sources describe her merely being a daughter of Herbett Herris of Terregles.

Research Note

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