Sir John Maxwell of Pollock

XIV-1. John Maxwell, tenth of Pollok, m. Elizabeth Houston, 1517-1523.

John Maxwell of Pollok is the son of John Maxwell of Pollok and Margaret Blair.2 He married Elizabeth Houston, daughter of Patrick Houston of that Ilk.1. Their daughter & heir was Elizabeth Maxwell, who married her cousin, John Maxwell, of Cowglen.

From history of a nation: Maxwell

The eldest son, Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, had a son, John Maxwell, who predeceased him in 1536. The latter married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Patrick Houston of Houston, and had a daughter, Elizabeth, sole heiress of Pollok.

Biographical Summary

"Sir John Maxwell of Pollock, eldest son of Sir John, succeeded his father in the lands and baronies of Nether Pollock, Murray, Herdhouse, Carnwardoch, and many others...

...In the year 1400, this Sir John and his brother Sir Robert, entered into a mutual indenture and entail, whereby it was provided, that in case of failure of heirs-male of either of these bodies, that their estate should devolve upon the surviving heirs-male of the other...

...Sir John died in the reign of king James I. and left issue a son."

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

From A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage ..., Part 2. Page 744

John Maxwell, of Pollok, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Patrick Houston, of Houston, and had an only child, Elizabeth, sole heiress of Pollok, who brought the estate to her husband, Sir John (knighted by Queen MARY, and who fought at Langsyde), son of the above George Maxwell, of Cowglen, the collateral heir male.

pedigree

"Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok"

IV- 3. Sir Aymer de Maccuswell, second of Caerlaverock. Married Mary of Mearns and acquired the Barony of Mearns. 1195-1266. He had

• V- 3. Sir John Maxwell, ancestor of the Maxwells of Pollok. 1270-1306. Had
  • VI- 1. Sir Robert Maxwell, second of Pollok. 1306-1330. Had
    • VIM. Sir John Maxwell, third of Pollok. 1330-1360. Had
      • VIII- 1. Sir John Maxwell, fourth of Pollok. Married first Isabella Lindsay, and second, Elizabeth St. Michael. 1360-1405
        • IX-1. Sir John Maxwell, fifth of Pollok. 1405-1429. ...
• ... XIII- 1. John Maxwell, ninth of Pollok, m. Margaret Blair. 15101517.
  • XIV-1. John Maxwell, tenth of Pollok, m. Elizabeth Houston, 1517-1523.