Re: john maxwell b.1765 kent co md.
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Re: john maxwell b.1765 kent co md.
Wilmer Maxwell 11/01/01
Ran out of space on the above posting.Want to cover two more points:
The 2nd birth sequence for Isabel comes from a chart at Cumb. Co. Hist. Soc. by Thomas Graham and also from a book in the Wash. DC S.A.R. Library,"McGrew Family-1928."The birthdate, 1729, also was found at CCHS in Carlisle.
But here is the most discouraging quote from the D.A.R. book in Washington: "...John and Elizabeth McGrew had children.... ISABEL married John MAXWELL: had sons James, Robert, and John. The Maxwells claim these children were born in Scotland. John Maxwell's will dated Jul 25,1785, proved May 22, 1792. Isabel's will dated Aug 31, 1794, proved, Sep 7, 1795."
Florence Houston, in her 1916 book, states, "James Maxwell (doubtless a son of the above John) born in Scotland, emigrated to America with his two brothers and settled in Pennsylvania. He married ______Campbell (a sister of Thomas Campbell.....)."
If the Maxwell sons were born in Scotland, everything else we have can be trashed! The family history lacks clarityand cannot be traced.
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