Captain George Maxwell of Cowglen

Captain George Maxwell of Cowglen
Birthdate:	estimated between 1460 and 1518
Death:	December 1528
Immediate Family:	Son of John Maxwell, 3rd Lord Maxwell; John Maxwell, 8th of Pollock; Lady Elizabeth Countess Bothwell Mistress Stewart and Janet Crichton Husband of Janet Maxwell Father of Sir John Maxwell of Pollock; William Maxwell; Robert Maxwell; George Maxwell; Margaret Maxwell and 1 other; and Marion Maxwell « less Brother of John Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell; Janet Maxwell; James Maxwell; Lord Sir Robert Maxwell, V; Homer Maxwell and 5 others Half brother of Herbert Maxwell

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Biographical Summary

"George of Cowglen, whose son John married heiress of Pollock."

SOURCE: The Baronage of Scotland, Robert Douglas, 1798, page 421

George Maxwel, here treated, is the son of John, third Lord Maxwell and his wife, Lady Janet Crichton. He had a charter for the lands of Bernetoun on 25 March 1460, which land had been resigned by Janet: filia quondam Georgii comitis de Cathnes, sponsa Joh. Maxwell". The Scots Peerage etc. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon king of Arms. Volume VI (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1909), for the children of John, third Lord Maxwell, see pp. 477-78

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1524	1524	Birth of Sir John Maxwell of Pollock
1528	December 1528	Death of Captain George Maxwell of Cowglen
????		Birth of Marion Maxwell
????		Birth of George Maxwell
????		Birth of Margaret Maxwell
????		Birth of William Maxwell
????		Birth of Robert Maxwell
????		Birth of Captain George Maxwell of Cowglen

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