Maxwell, John
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| Dates | 1639-1640; c.1641-1645 | ||
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| Location | London; Oxford | ||
| Vocation | Minister; bishop | ||
| Place of Birth | Dumfriesshire | ||
| Marriage | Elizabeth Innes | ||
| Issue | John; David; James; Robert; Anne; Janet; Elizabeth; Rachel; Bethia | ||
| Place of birth | Source | H. Scott, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, 7 vols (Edinburgh, 1915–28), vii, 355 |
Fled to England (1639). In favour with Charles I, who appointed him to the Church of Ireland as bishop of Killala and Achonry (1640). Ejected during the Irish Rising (1641), after which he joined Charles at Oxford. Bishop of Tuam (1645).
