

Janet Maxwell

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Name Janet Maxwell [1, 2, 3] Birth Abt 1440 Pollock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Gender Female Death 1518 Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Person ID I4836 MontyHistNotes_II | Montgomerys of Hessilhead Last Modified 6 Sep 2025
Father 2nd Lord Maxwell Robert Maxwell, b. 1403, Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 8 May 1485, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland
(Age 82 years)
Relationship natural Mother Janet Margaret Forrester, b. 1407, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1488, Lanarkshire, Scotland
(Age 81 years)
Relationship natural Marriage 4 Feb 1425 Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Family ID F2337 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1st Laird of Hessilhead Hugh Montgomerie, b. 1441, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1490, Ayrshire, Scotland
(Age 49 years)
Marriage 1465 Scotland Children + 1. 2nd Laird of Hessilhead John of Conscraig Montgomerie, b. 1475, Hessilhead, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 9 Sep 1513, Northumberland, England
(Age 38 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
> 2. Marian Montgomerie, b. 1490, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1580, Auchinames, Renfrewshire, Scotland
(Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
Family ID F1619 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Sep 2025
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Folios T H Montgomery - Pages 134-136
Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
Montgomerys of Hessilhead
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Sources - [S340] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 134-136 Montgomerys of Hessilhead https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00072-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=137.
There are several entries in these pages where I think T H Montgomery has
some wrong generations. I have usually gone with B G Montgomery on these
Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages
a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf
Book Available on Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/12151/
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00072-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=137 - [S273] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 179) Montgomerys of Hessilheid https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00106-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=202.
This book is available electronically on ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/22192/
There are several entries where I think T H Montgomery has
some wrong generations. I have usually gone with B G Montgomery on these
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22192/images/dvm_GenMono005202-00106-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=202 - [S3043] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Genealogy of the MacClaughry family : a Scoto-Irish family originally from Galloway, Scotland; appe.
Page 350
Record for several Montgomeries
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61157&h=455852&indiv=try
- [S340] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 134-136 Montgomerys of Hessilhead https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/12151/images/dvm_GenMono001578-00072-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=137.