Janet Dunlop

JANET DUNLOP

Janet Dunlop, here treated, is the daughter of Robert Dunlop of Hapland, fourth son of Alexander Dunlop of that Ilk. She married John Maxwell of Auldhouse. She survived him, and as his relict, on 3 February 1585, entered into a contract with her son, John Maxwell, as son and heir of the late John Maxwell of Auldhouse, with consent of his curators, concerning the provisions to be made for herself, and her children, Euphame, Christian, Patrick, Helen, and William. It was agreed that she should have a year's crop, and the liferent of one third of the five rnerk land of Auldhouse, and that the above named sons and daughters should receive from their elder brother 100 merks each. As relict of John Maxwell of Auldhouse, Janet Dunlop also paid a sum in full of an annual rent of 12 merks secured over Auldhouse, to Janet Hamilton, relict of John Stewart of Drumgrane, on the 27 February 1586. To the receipt for this payment one of the witnesses is her son, " Johne Maxvell of Auldhous." Janet Dunlop and John Maxwell of Auldhouse had four sons and three daughters. Maxwell Memoirs I: p. 54

Children

Genealogy

1. William Fraser, Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollock, Vol. I. Memoirs & Charters (1863), 497 pp.
2. William Fraser, Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollock, Vol. II. Correspondence (1863), 453 pp.