Individual Details

Sir Gavin Maxwell

(Abt 1468 - 1492)

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== Biography ==
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}Sir Gavin Maxwell of Calderwood was the son of [[Maxwell-2572|Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood]] and [[Boyd-9474|Janet Boyd]]. He married [[Lowys-1|Elizabeth Lowys]]. He died in 1492.Sir William Fraser, ''Memoir of the Maxwells of Pollok'' (Edinburgh: unknown, 1863), p. 467, digital images, https://archive.org/stream/memoirsofmaxwev100fras#page/467/mode/1up. Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 31 October 2016). On 14 February 1486 he had a charter from his father for all of his lands in Lanarkshire.

Children of Sir Gavin Maxwell of Calderwood and Elizabeth Lowys:

* [[Maxwell-2570|Sir Robert Maxwell of Calderwood]] d. 1531
* William Maxwell
* [[Maxwell-2907|Isobel Maxwell]], married Robert Porterfield

=== Research Note===
DOB in this line is under research. The earliest estimated date of birth for his father in 1452. So the earliest likely date of birth for Gavin is estimated at 1452 plus 16 = 1468. Using this date he would be 18 when his father granted him the lands in Lanarkshire.

== Sources ==


See also:* "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9W71-JY1 : accessed 2018-01-12), entry for Gavin Maxwell Sir.
* http://www.thepeerage.com/p44201.htm#i442005

Events

BirthAbt 1468Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death1492
Alt nameof Calderwood
Reference No7934767
Reference No8272644
Reference No60

Families

FatherSir John Maxwell (1452 - 1490)
MotherJanet Boyd (1417 - )