Brief Life History of Janet
When Janet Maxwell was born on 1 May 1648, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, her father, John Maxwell, was 31 and her mother, Helen or Heleine Hill, was 31. She married Robert Reid about 1674, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1682, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 34.
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- Jonet Maxwell, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Janet Maxwell in entry for John Ride, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Jonet Maxwel in entry for Jean Rid, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place in Kelso, near Melrose in Roxburghshire, the name of a salmon pool on the Tweed near Kelso Bridge. The placename is first recorded in 1144 in the form Mackeswell ‘Mack's spring or stream’ (Old English well(a)).
Irish: adopted for Ó Meisceall, see Miskell . This surname is common in Ulster.
Jewish: arbitrary adoption of the Scottish name, or Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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