Margaret Maxwell of Caerlaverock

• 'Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania By John W. Jordan
• Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania By John W. Jordan
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• ' Sir John De Montgomerie, second son of Sir John and Elizabeth Eglinton, succeeded to the lands and titles of his father and mother in 1398, and is referred to as eldest male heir and chief of the French house of Montgomerie. He was one of the chiefs of the Scottish army which invaded England in 1402, and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Halidon Hill. Five years later he was in Scotland and introduced the reputed Richard II, of England, to Robert II, of Scotland. On the accession of James I, after his long imprisonment in England, Sir John de Montgomery (2) was among the nobles of high rank who were arrested on suspicion of having profited by their sovereign's imprisonment and brought before the Parliament held at Perth, March 12, 1425. He was, however, released immediately and restored to high favor, being on the the jury to try the Duke of Albany, and was commissioned to reduce the fortress of Lock Lamond, held by Albany's youngest son, James Stewart. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Maxwell, of Caerlaverock, the ancestor of the Earls of Nithsdale, and died prior to November, 1429, leaving three sons and four daughters. His second son, Sir Robert de Montgomerie, became Knight of Giffen, a barony given by Robert II to Sir Hugh Eglinton, and brought into the Montgomerie family by Robert's grandmother, before men-
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• 'tioned. Hugh, the third son, is mentioned in a charter to his brother Alexander, Lord Montgomerie, in 1452. Of the daughters, Anne married, June 16, 1425, Sir Robert Cuninghame, father of the Earl of Glencairn; Janet became the second wife of Sir Thomas Boyd, of Kilmarnock, whose daughter Margaret, by a former marriage, became the wife of Lord Montgomerie; and Isabel married Archibald Muir, of Rowallan.
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• 'Margaret Maxwell1
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• ' Margaret Maxwell married Sir John Montgomerie of Ardrossan, son of John Montgomery and Elizabeth Eglinton.1
• ' She is the daughter of Robert Maxwell of Carlaverock.1 Her married name became Montgomerie.1
• Citations
• 1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1279. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
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• 'A genealogical history of the family of Montgomery: including the Montgomery ... By Thomas Harrison Montgomery
• A genealogical history of the family of Montgomery: including the Montgomery ... By Thomas Harrison Montgomery
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• XV. SIR JOHN de MONTGOMERIE of Eaglesham and Eastwood, and afterwards of Eglinton and Ardrossan, was the son of Sir Alexander. "He married in 1361, Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Sir Hugh Eglinton of Eglinton, and by her obtained the large possessions of that family on the death of her father, which occurred about the year 1374, together with Ardrossan, the heiress of which estate one of her ancestors had married. Sir John quartered with his own the Eglinton arms, which were gules, three rings or, gemmed azure."2 . . . .
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• Sir John granted on October, 1396, to William de Blakeford, the lands of Ardbennane, within two years from which time he died; he had by his wife, Elizabeth, who survived him, four sons,
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  • ' XVI. SIR JOHN de MONTGOMERIE, "Dominus Ejusdem, or of the Ilk," which title shows he was the male heir and chief of the French house of Montgomerie.
  • "This ancient and noble title-- That Ilk -- is peculiar to the Scots, and has never been hitherto defined well. It is the title which ddnotes -- not the gentleman, as Johnson's degrading appellation, (viz., whose surname and the title of his estate are the same,) but also the chief of all the clan of his own surname. It does not neccessarily or essentially refer to the estate. McFarlan, McIntosh, Brisbane, Tweedie, &c., of that Ilk, have never had lands of the name of their surnames. . . .
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  • ' Sir John de Montgomerie " succeeded his father before 1398. In 1402 he formed on the chiefs of the Scotch army which invaded England, and was taken prisoner at the disastrous battle of Halidon Hill." He was not long a captive, however, for two years after he was in . . .
  • ' Sir John married Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Maxwell of Caerlaverock, (ancestor of the Earls of Nithsdale,) and dying previous to November, 1429, left by her three sons and three daughters.
    • I. ALEXANDER, who succeeded him.
    • II. SIR ROBERT MONTGOMERIE, knight, of Giffen. . . . .
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    • III. HUGH MONTGOMERIE, is mentioned in a charter of his brother, Lord Montgomerie, Polnoon, July 29, 1452.
    • IV. ANNE, married June 16, 1425, to Sir Robert Cuninghame of Kilmaurs, father of the first Earl of Glencairn. . . . .
    • V. JANET, married Sir Thomas Boyd of Kilmarnock, (his second wife,) . . .
    • VI. ISABEL, married Archibald Mure of Rowallan.
    • XVII. ALEXANDER de MONTGOMERIE, the first Lord Montgomerie, succeeded his father before November 22, 1429, as on that date "Alexander de Montgomery, lord of that Ilk, is one of the assize in an action . . .
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THESE TWO REFERENCES HAVE DIFFERENT PARENTAGE FOR MARGARET MAXWELL.

• 'Maxwell history and genealogy, including the allied families of Alexander, Allen, Bachiler, Batterton, Beveridge, Blaine, Brewster, Brown, Callender, Campbell, Carey, Clark, Cowan, Fox, Dinwiddie, Dunn, Eylar, Garretson, Gentry, Guthrie, Houston, Howard, Howe, Hughes, Hussey, Irvine, Johnson, Kimes, McCullough, Moore, Pemberton, Rosenmüller, Smith, Stapp, Teter, Tilford, Uzzell, Vawter, Ver Planck, Walker, Wiley, Wilson ([c1916])
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• VII-1. Sir John Maxwell, Knight, of Carlaverock, Mearns, Libberton, etc. Succeeded his uncle, Sir Eustace, and his cousin, Herbert. Taken prisoner at the battle of Durham, October 17, 1346. Knighted before 1354 and died after November, 1373. He had by his wife, Christian,
  • VIII-2. Herbert.
  • VIII-3. John.
  • VIII-4. Agnes.
  • VIII-1 : Sir Robert de Maxwell, of Carlaverock. Rebuilt Caerlaverock Castle. Letters of safe conduct to England, etc. D. intes., 1407-1413. Had.
    • IX. Sir Herbert Maxwell, of Caerlaverock, mentioned in Rotuli Scotiae as a Knight in 1407. Appointed Steward of Annandale in 1409. M. Katherine, daughter of Sir John Stewart, of Dalswinton, 1386. D. before October 16, 1421.
      • X-2. Aymer de Maxwell, 1424. Ancestor of the Maxwells, of Kirkconwell.
      • 'X-3. Margaret. M. Sir John Montgomery.
      • X-1. Sir Herbert Maxwell, of Caerlaverock. Served heir of his father, October 16, 1421. Created Lord Maxwell, c. 1440. Built the castle of Mearns. M. first a daughter of Herbert Herries, of Gleneagles, and second Katherine, daughter of Sir William Seton, of Seton. D. before February 14, 1453-4. Had
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• 'Agnes (Margaret) Maxwell1
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• Father Sir Herbert Maxwell, Lord Carlaverock d. b 28 Oct 1420
• Mother Katherine Stewart
• ' Agnes (Margaret) Maxwell married Sir John Montgomerie, son of Sir John Montgomery and Elizabeth Eglington, in 1414.
• 'Family Sir John Montgomerie d. b 22 Nov 1429
• Child
  • ◦Joanna Montgomerie+
• Citations
• 1.[S431] Unknown author, Wallop Family, p. 537.
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p614.htm#i...
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