I've traced my family history back to a man named Eustace Maxwell born 1655 in M

Question:

I've traced my family history back to a man named Eustace Maxwell born 1655 in Maxwellton, Scotland- but now..

i can't find anything about a town called Maxwellton in Scotland! did the town change it's name? if so, to what?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Maxwelltown (Gd: Ceann Drochaid) is a suburb of Dumfries, in south west Scotland.

Maxwelltown was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire. It lies to the west of the River Nith, opposite Dumfries. The river was formerly the boundary of Kirkcudbrightshire and Dumfriesshire. It was a hamlet known as Bridgend up till 1810, in which year it was erected into a burgh of barony under its present name. Maxwelltown had a railway station on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway from Dumfries to Castle Douglas, although this line closed in 1965.

Buildings of interest include the former Dumfries Mill, now the Burns Heritage Centre, Dumfries Museum and observatory, the Sinclair Memorial, the former Dominican Convent of St Benedict, the Sheriff Court, Dumfries Prison, the former Maxwelltown Court House and Queen of the South football ground.