Looking for the ancestors of descendants of James Alexander Maxwell, b. abt. Mar. 1832, Scotland, d. 19 Mar. 1901, Newark, Essex Co., NJ, m. 3 Aug 1853, NY, NY, Margaret Ann Spence, b. 28 Nov. 1833, Scotland, d. 29 Aug 1910, E. Orange, Essex Co., NJ.
Their children were: William A. Maxwell, b. ca. 1856; John Henry Maxwell I, b. 14 Oct 1860 (my great-grandfather); Elizabeth Ann, b. Feb 1864; James Alexander Maxwell II, b. 1867; Margaret Ann Maxwell, b. 1872.