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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)

1610 marked the beginning of Jane Alexander's life in Ulster, Donegal, Ireland, to parents William (poet) Alexander (1st Earl of Stirling) and Janet\Jane Erskine, Lady of Camposie Countess of Stirling. Eventually, Jane Alexander married James McNitt\McKnight, and they welcomed John McKnight (Mc Knitt). Jane Alexander passed in 1691 at Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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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
JK

Sources

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

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