Agnes Stewart, of Garlies

Newton Stewart is a former burgh town in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. The town is on the River Cree with most of the town to the west of the river, and is sometimes referred to as the "Gateway to the Galloway Hills"

Agnes Stewart

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p1044.htm#i10433
• F, #10433, d. after 25 July 1530
• Last Edited=27 Oct 2014
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Family

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maxwell,_4th_Lord_Maxwell

John Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell (died 9 September 1513) Maxwell married (in 1491 or 1492) Agnes, the daughter of Sir Alexander Stewart of Garlies ,[3][4] She was still living on 25 July 1530. They had at least eight children:

1. Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell Regent of the Isle of Arran, Warden of the West Marches. Lord High Admiral, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Extraordinary Lord of Session and one of the members of the council of Regency
2. Herbert Maxwell, ancestor of the Maxwells of Clowden
3. John Maxwell, who was Abbot of Dundrennan in 1524
4. Edward Maxwell, who was still living on 6 June 1540
5. Mary Maxwell, who married James Johnstone of that Ilk
6. Agnes Maxwell, who married Robert Charteris of Amisfield
7. Isobel Maxwell, who married Laird Robert Porterfield
8. Katherine Maxwell, who married Ninian Glendoning of Parton.

Maxwell is also known to have had two illegitimate sons, Henry and John.[1]

Agnes Stewart was the daughter of Sir Alexander Stewart, 3rd of Garlies and Elizabeth Douglas.1 She married John Maxwell, 3rd Lord Maxwell, son of John Maxwell, Master of Maxwell and Janet Crichton, from 15 February 1491 to 20 February 1491/92.2 She died after 25 July 1530.

From from 15 February 1491 to 20 February 1491/92, her married name became Maxwell.

Children of Agnes Stewart and John Maxwell, 3rd Lord Maxwell

1. Mary Maxwell+3
2. unknown daughter Maxwell+
3. Robert Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell+ b. c 1493, d. 9 Jul 1546

Citations

• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 1511. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/maxwell1445.htm#MA...