Margaret Rutherford

MARGARET RUTHERFORD

Margaret Rutherford is the second wife of Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood. According to Sir William Fraser, writing in his 1863 account of the Maxwell family, Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood and his second wife Margaret Rutherford had one child, a son named George Maxwell. On 9 October 1478, Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood, and Gavin his son, settled various matters with Margaret Lady Calderwood and her son George. According to Fraser: "George Maxwell was the ancestor of the Maxwells of Newark, from which house are descended the Maxwells of Tealing, Cowhill, Blackston, and others." Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollock, p. 465

Children

1. George Maxwell of Newark

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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16 August 1473: Charter by which he has given the lands of Stanele in the barony of Renfrew to Patrick Maxwell. This land had previously been resigned by John Maxwell of Calderwood, who reserved his own liferent and that of his wife Margaret. Ibidem, charter number 1137 on p. 232

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7 January 1476: Charter by which Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood confirms that he has given the barony of Finlastoun in the sheriffdom of Renfrew to his son and heir George Maxwell. The barony is held in conjunct fee and liferent by Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood and his wife Margaret, who reserved their liferent. The charter was confirmed under the Great Seal of Scotland on 22 January 1477-78. Ibidem, charter number 1352 on p. 275

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage II: 97
2. Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollock I: p. 463
3. Darryl Lundy's Peerage