'Maxwell05'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Maxwell of Auldhouse, Maxwell of Blawerthill, Maxwell of Carnwaderick, Maxwell of Cowglen, Maxwell of Dalswinton, Maxwell of Pollok, Maxwell of Springkell, Maxwell of Twyning
| Thomas Maxwell of Pollok (a 1440) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Maxwell of Pollok (d c1490) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Borthwick ?? | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Maxwell of Pollok | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Stewart (dau of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Maxwell of Pollok (d 1517) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Blair (dau of John Blair of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Maxwell of Pollok (d before 1521) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Houston (dau of Patrick Houston of Houston) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Maxwell (b 1523, d 17.02.1592) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Maxwell of Cowglen (b 1524, d 20.02.1577) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Katherine Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1515) John Fullerton of that ilk | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Maxwell, Bishop of Orkney (a 1536) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | George Maxwell of Cowglen | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Maxwell (d c1546, dau of ? Maxwell of Tinwald) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Maxwell of Cowglen (b 1524, d 20.02.1577) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Maxwell (b 1523, d 17.02.1592, dau of John Maxwell of Pollok) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir John Maxwell of Pollok (d Lockerby 07.12.1593) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1569) Margaret Cunningham (dau of William Cunningham (5th?) of Caprington) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Maxwell, 1st Bart of Pollok (d 01.11.1647) | ||||||||||||||
| The baronetcy passed to his kinsman below. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Isabel Campbell (dau of Hugh Campbell, 1st Lord of Loudoun) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Isobel Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 1615) Grizel Blair (dau of John Blair of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Margaret Maxwell (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Agnes Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 09.03.1611) John Boyle of Kelburne (b c1585, d 05.1650, Rector of Glasgow University) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 17.09.1592) Marjory Edmonstone (dau of Sir William Edmonstone, 5th of Duntreath) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Maxwell of Cowglen (dsp 1625, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Walter Maxwell (d 1593, 6th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Jack (dau of Rev. Thomas Jack) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - George (d unm 28.08.1581), Robert (d unm), Patrick | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | William Maxwell of Carnwaderick | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Culheart | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Maxwell of Carnwaderick | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Janet Maxwell possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Montgomery of Balgray & Hessilheid | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | 2 sons and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Hugh Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| Uncertain on number of intervening generations. | |||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Maxwell of Auldhouse (a 1572) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? Dunlop (dau of Robert Dunlop of Hapland) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Maxwell of Auldhouse (d 11.1648, minister of Mearns) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Janet Miller (dau of John Miller of Newton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir George Maxwell of Auldhouse, later of Pollok (d 04.1677) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1646) Annabella Stewart (dau of Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackhall & Ardgowan) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Maxwell, 1st Bart of Pollok (b 1648, dsp 04.07.1732) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.02.1671) Marian Steuart (b 1645, d 1706, dau of Sir James Steuart of Coltness & Kirkfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | George Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Marian Maxwell (b 08.08.1649) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (12.1674) James Stewart of Rosyth (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1706) Sir Charles Murray, Bart of Dreghorn | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Annabella Maxwell (bpt 24.05.1657) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 28.11.1679) John Cathcart of Carleton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 01.1686, sp) Sir Robert Pollok of Pollok, 1st Bart of Nether Pollok (d 1736) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Margaret Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 30.09.1684) Alexander Maxwell, younger of Calderwood (dvsp 1685) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Zacharias Maxwell of Blawerthill (d 04.1698) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jean Maxwell (dau of John Maxwell of Southbar, cadet of Nithsdale) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Maxwell of Blawerthill, 2nd Bart of Pollok (d 24.12.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (08.04.1709) Anne Carmichael (dau of John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir John Maxwell of Blawerthill, 3rd Bart of Pollok (d unm 14.09.1758) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Beatrix Maxwell (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (08.1727) Barbara Steuart (dau of Walter Steuart of Steuart Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | George Maxwell of Blawerthill (d unm 1758) | ||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Sir Walter Maxwell, 4th Bart of Pollok (b 15.02.1732, d 29.04.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.02.1760) D'Arcy Brisbane (d 02.07.1810, dau of Thomas Brisbane of Brisbane) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Sir John Maxwell, 5th Bart of Pollok (d infant c07.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Sir James Maxwell, 6th Bart of Pollok (b 26.03.1735, d 03.05.1785) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 11.1764) Frances Colquhoun (d 21.03.1818, dau of Robert Colquhoun of St. Christopher's) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Sir James Maxwell, 7th Bart of Pollok (b31.10.1768, d 30.07.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1788) Hannah Anne Gardiner (d 21.074.1841, dau of Richard Gardiner of Aldborough) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Sir John Maxwell, 8th Bart of Pollok (b 12.05.1791, dsp 06.06.1865) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.10.1839) Matilda Harriet Bruce (d 31.08.1857, dau of Thomas Bruce, Earl of Elgin) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Harriet Anne Maxwell (b 26.03.1789, d unm 18.10.1841) | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Elizabeth Maxwell (b 1793, d 05.09.1822) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.06.1815) Archibald Stirling of Keir (d 09.04.1847) | |||||||||||||||
| Their son William Stirling-Maxwell became the 9th Bart. | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Robert Maxwell (b 17.07.1770, dsp 1796, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Cunningham (dau of Sir William Cunningham, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Frances Maxwell (dsp 10.05.1797) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Cuninghame of Craigends | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Barbara Maxwell (d 14.09.1828) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1802) Rev. Greville Ewing | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Margaret Caldwell (d 25.03.1758, dau of John Caldwell of Caldwell) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1714) John Bryson of Craigallian (d c1749) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Grizel Maxwell probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1714) James Hamilton of Barns & Cochna | |||||||||||||||
| Presumed to have been by this marriage was ... | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Grizel Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Pollok, later Hutcheson of Auchengray (d by 1667) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | 4 sons and 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Mure (dau of William Mure of Glanderston) | |||||||||||||||
| (x) | William Maxwell of Kirkconnel and Springkell (d c1695) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 20.05.1637) Jane Stewart (d c1683, dau of Patrick Stewart of Roslane and Balshegray) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Patrick Maxwell, 1st Bart of Springkell (d 04.1723) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? Appleby (dsp, dau of Joseph Dacre Appleby of Kirklington) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Gordon (dau of Alexander Gordon, 5th Viscount of Kenmure) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir William Maxwell, 2nd Bart of Springkell (b 10.08.1703, d 14.07.1760) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.10.1725) Catherine Douglas (d 29.09.1761, dau of Sir William Douglas, 2nd Bart of Kelhead) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Bart of Springkell (b 01.12.1739, d 04.03.1804) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.03.1764) Margaret Stewart (d 03.1816, dau of Sir Michael Stewart, 3rd Bart of Blackhall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Sir John Shaw Maxwell, later Heron-Maxwell, 4th Bart of Springkell (b 29.06.1772, d 29.01.1830, Lt. General, 4th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.01.1802) Mary Heron (d 18.06.1856, dau of Patrick Heron of Heron) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Helenora Maxwell (b 13.12.1765) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.01.1788) Claude Alexander of Ballochmyle (b 1752, d 1809) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Catherine Maxwell (b 07.01.1767, d 10.05.1849) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.09.1787) Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 5th Bart of Blackhall | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv))+ | other issue (dvp unm) - William (d 19.08.1784), Michael Stewart (b 21.07.1768, d 19.10.1803, Col.), Patrick (d 10.07.1790) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Catherine Maxwell (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Grace Maxwell (d 19.05.1788) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Henderson | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Mary Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Douglas in Carlisle (of Kelhead family) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Henrietta Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Douglas of Dornoch (?) | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Charlotte Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Lyon | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | Elizabeth Maxwell (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Maxwell probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 27.11.1665) George Scott of Gibleston (b 03.05.1644, a 1690) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | 2 sons and 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (xi)+ | 4 sons and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m3. Janet Douglas (dau of _ Douglas of Waterside) | |||||||||||||||
| (xvi) | Hugh Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1670) Marion (or Elizabeth) Maxwell (dau of John Maxwell of Dalswinton by Jane Nisbet) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | George Maxwell of Dalswinton, Dumfriesshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1700) Jane Campbell | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Hugh Maxwell of Dalswinton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1727) Jane Douglas (dau of Sir William Douglas of Kelhead) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | William Maxwell, last of Dalswinton (b 1728, a 1786, dsp, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Boscawen (dau of Viscount Falmouth) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | George William Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Handcock (dau of Peter Handcock of Twyning Manor) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | William George Maxwell of Twyning (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Anne Maxwell (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. W.J. Young of Birmingham | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Jane Charlotte Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Fowke of Tewkesbury | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Ann Rachael Fowke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1823) Richard Gumbleton of Glanatore (d 1849) | |||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Jane Mary Fowke (dsp 08.08.1881) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Stocker (Captain RN) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Helen Frances Maxwell of Twyning (d unm 14.07.1858) | ||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Helen Maxwell (d 24.09.1801) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Benjamin Roebuck of Sheffield then Bath (d 10.09.1796) | |||||||||||||||
| ((D))+ | 4 sons | ||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | 3 sons and 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | James Maxwell (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (xvii)+ | 4 sons | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Patrick Maxwell (a 1585) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Boyd (dau of James Boyd of Trodrig, Archbishop of Glasgow) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1952 (Stirling-Maxwell of Pollok), Crawfurd's Renfrewshire, BP1934 (Heron-Maxwell of Springkell) with input (on Dalswinton branch) from BLG1886 (Gumbleton of Glanatore)
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