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Captain John Alexander 1603 – 1677 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1603

Birth Location: Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1677

Death Location: Caledon, Stafford,County, VA, The American Colonies

Father: SIR Scotia

Mother: Janet\Jane Stirling

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Captain John Alexander was born in 1603 in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, the child of SIR William Alexander, Founder of Nova Scotia and Janet\Jane Erskine, Lady of Camposie Countess of Stirling. Captain John Alexander passed away in 1677 in Caledon, Stafford,County, VA, The American Colonies.

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Biography

  • Captain John Alexander was born in 1603 in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, the child of SIR William Alexander, Founder of Nova Scotia and Janet\Jane Erskine, Lady of Camposie Countess of Stirling.
  • Captain John Alexander passed away in 1677 in Caledon, Stafford,County, VA, The American Colonies.

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Captain Alexander's Ancestors

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Captain Alexander
1603 – 1677
Birth Place: Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Parents
SIR William Alexander, Founder of Nova Scotia
1567 – 1640
Menstrie Castle, Logie Clakmannshire, Sterling, Scotland
Janet\Jane (Erskine, Lady of Camposie Countess of) Stirling
1572 – 1649
Little Sauchie, Clackmanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Knight William V of Morton Douglas Erskine, Earl of) Stirling
1555 – 1639
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Lady (Joana (Stuart) Campbell) Erskine
1550 – 1627
Ruthven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, SCOTLAND
Great-Grandparents
Lord Erskine
1487 – 1555
Lady Hay
1485 – 1555
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lady Campbell,
1458 – 1516
Sir Argyll,
1460 – 1513
Elizabeth Argyll
1465 – 1529

Captain Alexander's Timeline

2 Records

1603
1603
Birth of Captain John Alexander in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
1677
1677
Age 74
Death of Captain John Alexander in Caledon, Stafford,County, VA, The American Colonies
Caledon, Stafford,County, VA, The American Colonies

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1677
    Event Place: Caledon, Stafford,County, VA, The American Colonies

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