Margaret Maxwell

MARGARET MAXWELL

Margaret Maxwell is the daughter of George Maxwell of Newark and his wife Marion Cunningham. The date and place of her birth is not known. According to an account of the Knoxes of Ranfurly in MacFarlane's Genealogical Colleltions: "Her mother was a daughter of the House of Craigends Cunninghame." Walter MacFarlane's Genealogical Collections, ii, p 279

Death

Margaret Maxwell died in January 1622. The place of her death is not certainly known but she probably died at Selvieland, the home of her second husband, which was located in Kilbarchan parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Her testament dative and inventory was given up by her second husband William Knox of Selvieland, in name and behalf of their daughter Jean Knox. Confirmation was granted on 16 November 1622. [National Records of Scotland, Commissary Records of Glasgow, The Testament Dative of Margaret Maxwell, spous to William Knok of Salvieland, parish of Kilbarchane, reference CC9/7/19 pp. 143-46]

First Marriage

Margaret Maxwell married Uchtred Knox of Ranfurly. [National Records of Scotland, Commissary Records of Edinburgh, The Testament Dative of Uchreid Knox youngr of Ramphorlie, reference CC8/8/22 pp. 581-83]

The Death of her First Husband

Uchtred Knox of Ranfurly predeceased his father and died in December 1589. His testament dative and inventory was given up by Margaret Maxwell "lady Ramphorlie the younger" in name and behalf of her children, Susana Knox, George Knox, Margaret Knox, Alexander Knox, and Jane Knox, who were confirmed as executors dative to their deceased father on 5 December 1590. Her eldest son, John Knox of Ranfurly, was already provided for and, consequently, he is not mentioned in his father's testament. [National Records of Scotland, Commissary Records of Edinburgh, The Testament Dative of Uchreid Knox youngr of Ramphorlie, reference CC8/8/22 pp. 581-83]

Her First Husband's Testament Dative

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Children of the First Marriage

1. John Knox of Ranfurly, younger
2. George Knox
3. Alexander Knox
4. Susana Knox
5. Margaret Knox
6. Jane Knox

Second Marriage

Margaret Maxwell married, as her second husband, William Knox of Selvieland.

Children of the Second Marriage

1. Marcus Knox, Merchant in Glasgow
2. Jean Knox

Concerning her Marriages

"An exact and well vouched genealogie of the ancient family of Knoc or Knox of Ranfurlie in the Kingdom of Scotland .......... Uchter Knox the next in succession of the House of Ranfurlie was married to Margaret Maxwell daughter of George Maxwell of New Wark then a great and flourishing family in Renfrew - Shyre. Her mother was a daughter of the House of Craigends Cunninghame, by her he had issue a son his heir Uchter. This lady being a widow married a second time a near relation of her husband William Knox of Silvieland the direct and immediate ancestor of the Knoxes of Dungannon who are his heirs male both of the Knoxes of Ranfurlie and Silvieland and wears at least has right to wear by blood and descent the principal armorial bearing of the family."
Walter MacFarlane's Genealogical Collections, ii, pp. 276-84

Genealogical Accounts

1. Genealogical Collections Concerning Families in Scotland made by Walter MacFarlane 1750-1751 etc. in two volumes. II (Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1902), 605 pp. including index. See pp. 261-84 for the Knox Family
2. Reverend Charles Rogers, LL.D., Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Knox Family (Grampian Club, London, 1879), 184 pp. including index
3. Reverend Robert D. McKenzie, BD., Kilbarchan: A Parish History (Alexander Gardner, Paisley, 1902), 306 pp. For Knox of Selvieland and Knox of Ranfurly see pp. 223-6

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