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Janet Erskine 1580–1649 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1580

Birth Location: Little Sauchie, Clackmannshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 10 May 1649

Death Location: Menstrie, Sterling, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Stirling

Mother: Joana Erskine

Spouse(s): William Stirling)

Children(s): Sir Stirling

In 1580, Janet Erskine entered the world in Little Sauchie, Clackmannshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Sir Knight William V Of Morton Douglas Erskine Earl Of Stirling And Joana Erskine. Janet Erskine married William Alexander 1St Earl Of Stirling, and had children including Sir William Gaulding Alexander 2Nd Earl Of Stirling. Janet Erskine passed away in 1649 in Menstrie, Sterling, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1580, Janet Erskine entered the world in Little Sauchie, Clackmannshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Sir Knight William V Of Morton Douglas Erskine Earl Of Stirling And Joana Erskine.
  • Janet Erskine married William Alexander 1St Earl Of Stirling, and had children including Sir William Gaulding Alexander 2Nd Earl Of Stirling.
  • Janet Erskine passed away in 1649 in Menstrie, Sterling, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Stirling
1555–1639
Birth Location: Little Sauchie, Clackmanshire, Scotland
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Joana Erskine
1550–1630
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

William Stirling)
1567–1640
Birth Location: Menstrie, Logie Clakmannshire, Sterling, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Sir Stirling
1602–1638
Birth Location: Menstrie, Parish Of Logie, Clakmannshire, Sterling, Scotland
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Janet Erskine's Ancestors

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Janet Erskine
1580–1649
Birth Place: Little Sauchie, Clackmannshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Knight William V of Morton Douglas Erskine, Earl of Stirling
1555–1639
Little Sauchie, Clackmanshire, Scotland
Joana Erskine
1550–1630
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James (Lord Erskine van Little) Sauchie
1500–1592
Erskine, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Christine Stirling
1510–1582
Shelfield, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Robert DeErskine
1522–1557
Erskine, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Mar
1458–1513
Elisabeth Campbell
1465–
Margaretha Crichton
1475–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Erskine's Descendants

1.
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Janet Erskine (1580–10 May 1649) m. William (Alexander (1st Earl of) Stirling) (1567–21 February 1640)
  1. 1. Sir (William Gaulding Alexander,* 2nd Earl of) Stirling 1602–1638 m. Margaret Douglas 1588–1690
    1. 1. Catherine Alexander 1630–1686 m. Baron (Walter Sandilands 6th Lord) Torphichen 1629–1696
      1. 1. Walter Sandilands 1652–1694 m. Anne (Hamilton, Heiress of Belsyde and) Westport 1657–1733
        1. 1. Sir (Walter William Sandilands) Hamilton 1677–1762 m. Helen ((Lady) Hamilton of) Olivestob 1675–1770

Janet Erskine's Timeline

2 Records

1580
1580
Birth of Janet Erskine in Little Sauchie, Clackmannshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Little Sauchie, Clackmannshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1649
10 May 1649
Age 69
Death of Janet Erskine in Menstrie, Sterling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Menstrie, Sterling, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Little Sauchie, Clackmannshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 May 1649
    Event Place: Menstrie, Sterling, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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