An American Family History

George Maxwell was born about 1725 in Baltimore County, Maryland. His parents were James Maxwell, the elder and Mary Marsh.

He married Elizabeth Trippe on May 27, 1756. Elizabeth was the daughter of Major Henry Trippe and Elizabeth Emerson.

Mary Maxwell (1750),
Elizabeth Maxwell (1756, married Major John Swan),
James Maxwell (1758), and
Eleanor Maxwell (1762).

George Maxwell died in Charles County, leaving a will dated 1777. His wife Elizabeth was named executrix.

from Ancestral Records and Portraits, Volume 1 by Colonial Dames of America. Chapter I, Baltimore

George Maxwell, one of this family [James Maxwell's] of children, was born 1725, but there is no entry of his birth in these records, doubtless because he moved to Benedict in Charles County. He married, May 27, 1756. Elizabeth, daughter of Major Henry and Elizabeth (Emerson) Trippe. George Maxwell died in Charles County, leaving a will dated 1777, by which he appointed his wife Elizabeth executrix, and names his son James. He refers to his daughters, but does not name them. They were: Elizabeth, Mary, Ann and Eleanor. Mary left a will dated December 18, 1816,6 in which she gives certain moneys to Robert, John, James and Robert Maxwell Swan,

sons of my very affectionate brother in-law John Swan. At the foot of this will is an agreement signed by A Maxwell and E. Maxwell, only sisters of Elizabeth Maxwell, that letters may be granted to a stranger in blood.

Elizabeth Maxwell married Major John Swan.