Hi there, I am trying to confirm a claimed connection between Jannet Erskine/Areskine (nee Kennan) (b. appr 1740 d. 1829) and Mary Maxwell, one of the Maxwells of Newlaw. I have a copy of a family tree and an essay on the Erskine family written I think by an American Erskine in 1917. It claims that Jannet Erskine/Areskine (nee Kennan) was the daughter of Mary Maxwell of Nether Riddick and her husband, James Kennan. James died in 1745 and his Testament Dative indicates that he had two daughters one of whom was named Jannet (there was no mention of his wife so presumably she had already died) I also have a copy of the Marriage Banns of Jannet Kennan and Robert Areskine, who were married in Kircudbright on Jan 4th 1762 but they do not indicate who her parents were.  The problem I have is that there was another Janet Kennan, the daughter of John Kennan and Janet Herrise, born in Buittle in 1738 (Scotlandspeople web site OPR) and I am trying to find documentation to confirm which of the two Jannets married Robert Areskine. Two other pieces of information I have (from the American source -but not supported by documentation) are that an assignation was made by Grizzel Grierson (the mother of Mary Maxwell) in favour of Jannet Kennan dated 1764 and that a Mary Maxwell deeded some property in Dumfries to Janet in 1780 Does anyone recognise these names or have any info? Thanks, Samuel Adamson