John
Maxwell
Jr.
Born about in Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of John Maxwell Sr.
and Margaret Mary (Carson) Maxwell
Brother of
Margaret Mary Maxwell, Alexander Maxwell, William Maxwell, James Maxwell Sr., Thomas Maxwell, George Maxwell, Rebecca Malissa (Maxwell) Anderson and Audley Campbell Maxwell
Husband of
Mary Bey (Gould) Maxwell
— married
1783 in Washington, Kentucky
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Maxwell) Phillips and Julia (Maxwell) Philips
Died about
at about age 82
in Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jan 2017
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Biography
Son of John Maxwell, Sr. and Margaret Mary Carson.
DOD also given as 1773.
Emigrated from Ireland to America with family in 1740.
John Maxwell married Mary Bey Gould (1762-) in Washington Co, KY, in 1783. They had three children: Sarah (1784-1845?); Elizabeth (1792-1870); Julia C. (1794-1841).
On the Virginia frontier, John Maxwell, Jr., became an experienced soldier and Indian fighter. He was appointed a captain of cavalry in the Augusta Co militia on 19 Aug 1752 and again as a captain in the Augusta Co militia on 20 May 1760.
Following in doubt: John, Jr. vs John Maxwell, Sr. was the first justice of Botetourt County, and in 1763 he was appointed one of thirty-three justices in Rockbridge Co.
Sources
1. Ancestry.com.
2. Orange County, Virginia, Court Order, 1739-1741, Book B, Vol. II, page 210 (affidavit of John Maxwell, Sr., regarding his passage to America with his family in 1740).
3. Ancestry.com Message Board: "John Maxwell Naturalization Record," posted by haszperry on 16 Feb 2012.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.78%
Linda (Thompson) Low
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23andMe, GEDmatch NL5365852 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #493784
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Barbara Wesley :
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