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Jane Alexander 1610 – 1691 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1610

Birth Location: Ulster, Donegal, Ireland

Death Date: 26 Mar 1691

Death Location: Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: William Stirling)

Mother: Janet\Jane Stirling

Spouse(s): James McNitt\McKnight

Children(s): John Knitt)

In 1610, Jane Alexander entered the world in Ulster, Donegal, Ireland, born to William (poet) Alexander (1st Earl of Stirling) and Janet\Jane Erskine, Lady of Camposie Countess of Stirling. Jane Alexander married James McNitt\McKnight, and had children including John McKnight (Mc Knitt). Jane Alexander passed away in 1691 in Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1610, Jane Alexander entered the world in Ulster, Donegal, Ireland, born to William (poet) Alexander (1st Earl of Stirling) and Janet\Jane Erskine, Lady of Camposie Countess of Stirling.
  • Jane Alexander married James McNitt\McKnight, and had children including John McKnight (Mc Knitt).
  • Jane Alexander passed away in 1691 in Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Stirling)
1567 – 1640
Birth Location: Menstrie, Parish of Logie Clakmannshire, Stirling, Scotland *
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Janet\Jane Stirling
1572 – 1649
Birth Location: Little Sauchie, Clackmanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

James McNitt\McKnight
1598 – 1650
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

John Knitt)
1627 – 1708
Birth Location: Turnbery Castle, Dundonald, Ayrshire, , Scotland
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Jane Alexander's Ancestors

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Jane Alexander
1610 – 1691
Birth Place: Ulster, Donegal, Ireland
Parents
William (poet) Alexander (1st Earl of Stirling)
1567 – 1640
Menstrie, Parish of Logie Clakmannshire, Stirling, Scotland *
Janet\Jane (Erskine, Lady of Camposie Countess of) Stirling
1572 – 1649
Little Sauchie, Clackmanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Baron (Alexander) Alexander
1545 – 1581
Menstrie, Parish of Logie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Marion Graham
1532 – 1601
Gartavertane, Mentieth, Perth, Scotland
Lady (Joana Stuart Erskine) Douglas
1550 – 1630
Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Menstrie
1525 – 1579
Elizabeth Argyle
1527 – 1601
Marjory Walward
1502 – 1586
Robert DeErskine
1522 – 1557
Lady Argyle
1526 – 1600
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jane Alexander's Descendants

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Jane Alexander (1610 – 26 Mar 1691) m. James McNitt\McKnight (1598 – 1650)
  1. 1. John (McKnight (Mc) Knitt) (05 Apr 1627 – Abt. 1708) m. Lady (Jane) Alexander (5 May 1632 – Abt. 1708) m. Sarah Moore (1630 – 1662)
    1. 1. Katherine (Jane Kate Knight McKnight McKnitt McKnaught, Daughter of John McKnitt McKnitt, II \Sarah McKnight) , (24 November 1650 – 1744) m. John (Alexander Walker I of Wigton) Scotland, (Dec. 10, 1650 – Sep 1734)
      1. 1. James (Alexander) Walker (1670 – 13 May 1757)
      2. 2. James (Alexander) Walker (1670 – 13 May 1757)
      3. 3. Captain (William Alexander) Walker (24 Jan 1673 – 28 June 1738)
      4. 4. Captain (William Alexander) Walker (24 Jan 1673 – October 1738)
      5. 5. William Walker (1674 – 14 Feb 1711)
      6. 6. Martha (Mary Walker) (Houston) (1675 – 19 Sep 1739)
      7. 7. Abigail Alexander (15 Sep 1677 – )
      8. 8. Elias (Alexander) Walker (26 February 1678 – Abt. 1747)
      9. 9. John Walker (1680 – 17 Sep 1734) m. Katherine (Jane) Rutherford (Jan 1682 – 5 Oct 1738)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Walker (3 Mar 1702 – 1787)
        2. 2. John Walker (1 Mar 1704 – 17 Nov 1778)
        3. 3. George Walker (17 Nov 1706 – 1770)
        4. 4. James (Walker II, son of John Walker II and Katherine Jane) Rutherford, (17 Mar 1707 – 17 JUN 1787)
        5. 5. Martha Walker (1710 – 1757)
        6. 6. Thomas Walker (1711 – 1711)
        7. 7. William Walker (1711 – 1711)
        8. 8. Jane Walker (1712 – 7 Jan 1793)
        9. 9. Samuel Walker (25 Dec 1714 – Feb 1793)
        10. 10. Alexander Walker (19 May 1716 – 1785)
        11. 11. Margaret Walker (1717 – 3 Jun 1784)
        12. 12. Esther Walker (1719 – 1720)
        13. 13. Thomas Walker (1722 – 1725)
        14. 14. Joseph Walker (15 Jul 1722 – 10 Jul 1806)
        15. 15. Mary Walker (17 May 1723 – 1789) m. William Patterson (1720 – 18 Apr 1787)
        16. 16. Isabella Walker (1727 – )
        17. 17. (Col.) (John Rutherford) Walker (15 Jan 1728 – 25 Jan 1796)
      10. 10. George (Walker son of John Alexander Walker I \Jane) McKnight (1680 – 17 Oct 1777)
      11. 11. Alexander Walker (1680 – 17 Oct 1777)
      12. 12. Alexander (Rutherford) Walker (1682 – 17 Oct 1777)
      13. 13. John (McKnight (Gunmaker John)) Walker (12 Apr 1682 – 19 Sep 1734)
      14. 14. Margaret (Walker) Dickey (16 Aug 1690 – Sep 1759)
      15. 15. Martha Work (Abt 1692 – Abt 1739)
      16. 16. Robert Walker (1693 – 1770)
      17. 17. Jane WALKER (1699 – 1790)
      18. 18. Isabella WALKER (1701 – 1800)
      19. 19. Elizabeth (Walker, dau of Katherine Jane Rutherford and JOHN "Gunmaker John" McKNIGHT) WALKER, (Apr 1703 – 7 May 1787)
      20. 20. David Walker (26 Jun 1703 – )
      21. 21. John Walker (17 Mar 1706 – 17 Nov 1778)
      22. 22. James Walker (17 Mar 1706 – 17 Jun 1787)
      23. 23. Eleanor (Sarah Russell Martin) WALKER (16 September 1711 – 1730)
      24. 24. Alexander (Rutherford) Walker (17 February 1719 – 1775)
      25. 25. Martha (Mary Houston (Walker), Daughter of John Alexander Walker I of Wigton) Scotland,
    2. 2. Jane McKnight (01 Mar 1653 – 23 Dec 1714)
    3. 3. Robert McKnight (1655 – 1743)
    4. 4. Alexander ("From the North") McKnight (02 Mar 1656 – 10 Feb 1746)
    5. 5. Roger McKnight (1658 – )
    6. 6. John McKnight (1660 – 23 December 1714)
    7. 7. John McKNIGHT (Apr 1660 – 23 Dec 1714)
    8. 8. Abigail McKnight (15 Sep 1667 – 23 Dec 1714)
    9. 9. Esther McKnight (1668 – 31 Jul 1736)
    10. 10. Samuel McKnight (1670 – )
    11. 11. Margaret McKnight (Abt. 1675 – abt 1725)
    12. 12. Jean McKnight (09 Mar 1682 – 1729)

Jane Alexander's Timeline

2 Records

1610
1610
Birth of Jane Alexander in Ulster, Donegal, Ireland
Ulster, Donegal, Ireland
1691
26 Mar 1691
Age 81
Death of Jane Alexander in Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1610
    Event Place: Ulster, Donegal, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Mar 1691
    Event Place: Lanarkshire, Scotland
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