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I think I might be being lead by the nose here because this is a particularly well know lineage and very easy to look up....!
Sir James Johnstone, whose descendents became the earls of Annandale did indeed marry a daughter of Sir John Maxwell who was often referred to a the Master of Maxwell and later became Lord Herries in his own right. His descendents were to became the earls of Nithesdale.
He was the second son of Robert Lord Maxwell who was the head of the house of Maxwell. The eldest son was Lord Maxwell after him and his son John Lord Maxwell became the Earl of Morton on the execution of the Regent, James Douglas, Earl of Morton in 1581.
I would imagine descent from Sir James Johnstone would be hard to prove as the current Earl of Annandale and his father spent many years and hundreds of thousands of pounds in the courts and the House of Lords trying to prove their claim to the Earldom.
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