'Maxwell03'
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Families covered: Maxwell of Ballyrolly, Maxwell of Calderwood, Maxwell of Farnham (co. Cavan), Maxwell of Finnnebrogue

Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood (d 1490)
m. (before 20.07.1454) Janet Boyd (dau of Sir Thomas Boyd of Kilmarnock)
1. Sir Gavin Maxwell of Calderwood (d 1492)
  m. Elizabeth
  A. Sir Robert Maxwell of Calderwood (d 1531)
  m. Sibella Carmichael (dau of Sir Walter Carmichael of Hyndford)
  i. Robert Maxwell of Calderwood (d 1568)
  ii. Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood (d 1571)
  m1. Elizabeth Hamilton (dau of Sir James Hamilton of Finnart)
  a. Sir James Maxwell of Calderwood (d 1622)
  m1. Helen Porterfield (d 1573, dau of John Porterfield of Porterfield)
  (1)+ two daughters
m2. (mcrt 12.02.1579) Isabel or Elizabeth Hamilton (dau of Sir Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick)
  (3) son
  (4) Sir James Maxwell, 1st Bart of Calderwood (d c1670)
  m1. Jean Hamilton (dau of Sir James Hamilton of Evandale)
  (A) daughter
  m2. (mcrt 01.07.1637) Mary Coattes (dau of James Coattes of Edinburgh)
  (B) Sir William Maxwell, 2nd Bart of Calderwood (b c1640, dsps 30.04.1703)
  m. (before 09.11.1666) Jean Maxwell (dau of Sir Alexander Maxwell of Saughton) @1@ just below
  (5) Sir Alexander Maxwell of Saughton
  m. Janet Moodie (dau of Thomas Moodie of Saughton)
(A) Jean Maxwell
  m. (before 09.11.1666) Sir William Maxwell, 2nd Bart of Calderwood (b c1640, dsps 30.04.1703) @1@ just above
  (6) Nichola Maxwell (d 01.1643)
  m. Alexander Lockhart, 6th of Cleghorn (d 1630)
  (7)+ 5 daughters
  m3. (06/8.09.1610) Margaret Cunningham (d c1622, dau of James Cunningham, 7th Earl of Glencairn)
  (12) John Maxwell (d Dunbar 1650, Colonel)
  m. Elizabeth Elphinstone (dau of Sir James Elphinstone of Blythswood)
  (A) Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Bart of Calderwood (d before 23.03.1716)
  m. Margaret Wood (dau of Capt. Wood of Cutler)
  (i) Sir William Maxwell, 4th Bart of Calderwood (d 1750)
  m. Christian Stewart (dau of Alexander Stewart of Torrance)
  (a) Sir William Maxwell, 5th Bart of Calderwood (d 02.01.1789)
  m. (c1747) Grizel Peadie (dau of James Peadie of Roughill)
  ((1)) Sir William Maxwell, 6th Bart of Calderwood (b 07.01.1748, dsp 12.08.1829)
  m. (05.05.1807) Hannah Leonora Pasley (dau of Robert Pasley of Mount Annan)
  (b) John Maxwell (dsp, Colonel)
  (c) Alexander Maxwell of Leith
  m. Mary Clerk (dau of Hugh Clerk of Edinburgh)
  ((1)) Sir William Maxwell, 7th Bart of Calderwood (b 04.12.1754, d 16.03.1837)
  m. (02.07.1792) Isabella Wilson (dau of Henry Wilson of Newbottle)
  ((A)) Sir William Alexander Maxwell, 8th Bart of Calderwood (b 30.04.1793, dsp 04.04.1865)
m. (15.06.1847) Catherine Cameron Logan (d 13.10.1866, dau of Walter Logan of Fingalton)
  ((B)) Robert Wilson Maxwell (d unm 31.01.1851)
  ((C)) Henry Maxwell of Leith (d unm 29.01.1853)
  ((D)) Sir Hugh Bates Maxwell, 9th Bart of Calderwood (b 14.02.1797, d 09.02.1870)
  m. (01.05.1827) Mary Anne Barbara Hunter (d 18.07.1875, dau of John Hunter of Lisburn)
  ((i)) Sir William Maxwell, 10th Bart of Calderwood (b 11.08.1828, dsp 04.12.1885)
  m. (20.04.1880) Jane Baird (dau of Frank Baird)
(ii) Agnes Maxwell (d 11.03.1808)
  m. (26.05.1734) Sir Robert Gordon, 4th Bart of Gordonstoun (d 08.01.1772)
  (13)+ another son plus four daughters
  b. Robert Maxwell, Dean of Armagh
  m1. Susan Armstrong
  (1) Robert Maxwell of Farnham, Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh (d 1672)
  m. Margaret Echlin (dau of Robert Echlin, Bishop of Down and Connor)
  (A) John Maxwell of Farnham (dsp 1713)
  (B) James Maxwell of Fellows Hall
  m. Jane Maxwell (dau of Henry Maxwell of Finnebrogue) @2@ below
  (i) Robert Maxwell of Farnham (dsp 1737, Rev)
  (ii)+ 3 daughters
(C) Henry Maxwell of College Hall (rector of Derrynoose)
  m. Anne Stewart (dau of George Stewart of Culmore)
  (i) John Maxwell, 1st Lord of Farnham (d 06.08.1759)
  m. (1719) Judith Barry (dau of James Barry of Newton Barry)
  (a) Robert Maxwell, Earl of Farnham, 2nd Lord (d 11.11.1779)
m1. (11.10.1759) Henrietta Cantillon, Countess Dowager of Stafford (d 30.08.1761, dau of Philip Cantillon)
  ((1)) John Maxwell (dsp 1777)
  ((2)) Henrietta Maxwell (d 06.03.1852)
  m. (1780) Denis Daly of Dunsandle (d 10.10.1792)
  m2. (01.12.1771) Sarah Cosby (dau of Pole Cosby of Strabally Hall)
  (b) Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham, 3rd Lord (d 07.10.1800)
  m1. (15.01.1757) Margaret King (dau of Robert King of Drewstown)
  ((1)) John James Maxwell, 2nd Earl of Farnham, 4th Lord (b 1760, dsp 23.07.1823)
  m. (1784) Grace Cuffe (d 10.02.1856, dau of Thomas Cuffe of Grange)
((2)) Anne Maxwell
  m. (1787) Richard Fox of Fox Hall
  ((3)) Judith Maxwell (d unm 1818)
  m2. (1771) Grace Burdett (d 08.03.1816, dau of Arthur Burdett of Ballymaney)
  ((4)) Grace Maxwell (d 19.06.1866)
  m. Sir Ralph St. George Gore, Bart (d 20.03.1842)
  ((5)) Elizabeth Maxwell (d unm 01.1782)
  (c) Henry Maxwell, Bishop of Dromore and of Meath (d 07.10.1798)
  m. (1759) Margaret Foster (dau of Hon Anthony Foster, sister of John, Lord Oriel)
  ((1)) John Maxwell Barry, 5th Lord of Farnham (b 18.01.1767, dsp 20.09.1838)
  m. (04.07.1789) Juliana Lucy Annesley (d 10.10.1833, dau of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris)
  ((2)) Henry Maxwell, 6th Lord of Farnham (b c1774, d 19.10.1838) had issue
  m. (05/8.09.1798) Anne Butler (d 29.05.1831, dau of Henry Thomas Butler, 2nd Earl of Carrick)
  (ii) Robert Maxwell of Fellows Hall
  m. Grace Leavens (dau of Rev. John Leavens)
  (a) Mary Maxwell
  m. Maxwell Close of Elm Park
  (b) Isabella Maxwell
  m. Hector Graham of Dublin
  (c) Anne Maxwell
  m. Robert Bowyer
  (d) Margaret Maxwell
  m. John Tew (Alderman of Dublin)
(e)+ three sons (dsp)
  (iii) Jane Maxwell
  m. Hon. H. Maxwell of Finnebrogue @3@ just below
  (D) William Maxwell of Falkland ancestor of Maxwells of Falkland
  (E) Jane Maxwell
  m. Simon Chichester (vicar of Belfast and Templepatrick)
  (2) Henry Maxwell of Finnebrogue
  m. Jane Echlin (dau of Robert Echlin, Bishop of Down and Connor)
  (A) Robert Maxwell of Finnebrogue probably of this generation, father of Isabella, presumed father of ...
  (i) Henry Maxwell of Finnebrogue (minister)
  BLG1886 (Maxwell of Ballyrolly) identifies Henry as grandson of Henry M.ofF. and reports the following.
  m1. (sp) Jane Maxwell (dau of Rev. Henry Maxwell of Derrynoose) @3@ just above
  m2. Dorothea Bryce (dau of Edward Bryce of Kilroot)
  (a) Patrick Maxwell of Finnebrogue (d unm 1749)
  (b) Robert Maxwell of Finnebrogue
  ((1)) ?? Maxwell presumed intermediary generation
  BLG1886 (Perceval-Maxwell of Finnebrogue and Groomsport) reports that the last Maxwell of Finnebrogue was ...
  ((A)) John Waring Maxwell of Finnebrogue
  ((i)) Anne Maxwell (d 05.05.1861, eldest daughter)
m. (09.09.1809) William Perceval of Kilmore Hill and Annefield (b 09.04.1787, d 20.04.1880, minister)
  (c) Edward Maxwell of Ballyrolly (Colonel)
  ((1)) Edward Phineas Maxwell of Ballyrolly (Captain)
  ((A)) Edward Maxwell of Ballyrolly (d 1826, judge in Bengal) had issue
  m1. Emilia Walker (dau of Alexander Walker of Edinburgh)
  m2. (sp?) Rosina Hogg
  (d) Margaret Maxwell
  m. James Adair
  (ii) Isabella Maxwell
  m. Alexander Hamilton of Knock and Newtown Hamilton (d 1768)
  (B) Jane Maxwell
  m. James Maxwell of Fellows Hall @2@ above
  (3) James Maxwell of Mullatinny
  m. Jane Norris
  (A) Henry Maxwell
m. Margaret Maxwell (dau of Robert Maxwell, Bishop of Kilmore)
  (i) daughter
  (ii) Margaret Maxwell
  m1. (sp) Sir Robert Maxwell of Orchardtown
  m2. James Butler of Bromlestown
  (B) son
  (4) Elizabeth Maxwell
  m. Robert Berkeley, Dean of Clogher
  (5) Phoebe Maxwell
  m2. Isabel Seton (dau of Seton of Lathrisk)
  c. Janet Maxwell "daughter of the Laird of Calderwood" (assumed to be of this generation)
  m. John Hamilton, 2nd of Haggs (a 1545)
  m2. Elizabeth Stewart (dau of Sir Robert Stewart of Minto)
  B. William Maxwell ancestor of Maxwell Barts of Cardoness

Main sources: BP1934 (Farnham).
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