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Captain John Alexander 1603–1641 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1603

Birth Location: Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1 Mar 1641

Death Location: Eridy, Donegal, Ireland

Father: Sir Tullibody

Mother: Janet\Jane Stirling

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In 1603, Captain John Alexander entered the world in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, born to Sir William Alexander First Earl Of Sterling King S Secretary For Scotland Viscount Of Stirling And Lord Alexander Of Tullibody And Janet Jane Erskine Lady Of Camposie Countess Of Stirling. Captain John Alexander passed away in 1641 in Eridy, Donegal, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1603, Captain John Alexander entered the world in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, born to Sir William Alexander First Earl Of Sterling King S Secretary For Scotland Viscount Of Stirling And Lord Alexander Of Tullibody And Janet Jane Erskine Lady Of Camposie Countess Of Stirling.
  • Captain John Alexander passed away in 1641 in Eridy, Donegal, Ireland.

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Captain Alexander's Ancestors

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Captain Alexander
1603–1641
Birth Place: Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir William Alexander, First Earl of Sterling, King's secretary for Scotland, Viscount of Stirling and Lord Alexander of Tullibody
1567–1640
Menstrie Castle, Menstrie, Clackmannanshire Stirling, Scotland
Janet\Jane (Erskine, Lady of Camposie Countess of) Stirling
1580–1649
Little Sauchie, Clackmanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Alexander Alexander
1545–1581
Menstrie Castle, Parish of Logie, Clakmannshire, Sterling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth Douglas of) Lochleven
1522–1570
Sir (William V Douglas Erskine of Morton, Earl of) Stirling
1555–1639
Little Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Lady (Joana Stuart Erskine) Douglas
1550–1630
Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Menstrie
1472–1553
Katherine Graham
1455–1530
John M
1487–1555
Lady Hay
1485–1555
Robert DeErskine
1522–1557
Lady Methven
1504–1580
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Argyll
1459–1513
Sir Atholl
1473–1513
Janet Campbell
1468–1546

Captain Alexander's Timeline

2 Records

1603
1603
Birth of Captain John Alexander in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
1641
1 Mar 1641
Age 38
Death of Captain John Alexander in Eridy, Donegal, Ireland
Eridy, Donegal, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1603
    Event Place: Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Mar 1641
    Event Place: Eridy, Donegal, Ireland

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