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Lady Jane Alexander 1632 – 1708 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 May 1632

Birth Location: Ulster, Donegal, Ireland

Death Date: Abt. 1708

Death Location: Manokin Hundred, Somerset, Maryland, USA

Father: Robert Alexander

Mother: Catherine Graham

Spouse(s): John Knitt)

Children(s): Katherine ,, Jane McKnight, Robert McKnight, Alexander McKnight, Roger McKnight, John McKnight, John McKNIGHT, Abigail McKnight, Esther McKnight, Samuel McKnight, Margaret McKnight, Jean McKnight

According to available records, Lady Jane Alexander was born in 1632 in Ulster, Donegal, Ireland, the child of Robert Alexander and Catherine Graham. Following those early years, Lady Jane Alexander married John McKnight (Mc Knitt), and their family grew to include Katherine Jane Kate Knight McKnight McKnitt McKnaught, Daughter of John McKnitt McKnitt, II \Sarah McKnight ,, Jane McKnight, Robert McKnight, Alexander "From the North" McKnight, Roger McKnight, John McKnight, John McKNIGHT, Abigail McKnight, Esther McKnight, Samuel McKnight, Margaret McKnight and Jean McKnight. In the later years of life, Lady Jane Alexander died in 1708 in Manokin Hundred, Somerset, Maryland, USA.

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Parents

Robert Alexander
1600 – 1677
Birth Location: SC
RA
Catherine Graham
– 1659
Birth Location: Gratmore, Scotland
CG

Spouses(s)

John Knitt)
1627 – 1708
Birth Location: Turnbery Castle, Dundonald, Ayrshire, , Scotland
JK

Children(s)

Katherine ,
1650 – 1744
Birth Location: Wigton, Scotland, Jane McKnight may have familial ties to William Wallace (Braveheart) of Scotland: for more research, reference Beyond Braveheart
K,
Jane McKnight
1653 – 1714
Birth Location: Wigtown Bay, Wigtownshire, Scotland
JM
Robert McKnight
1655 – 1743
Birth Location: Wigtown Bay, Wigtownshire, Scotland
RM
Alexander McKnight
1656 – 1746
Birth Location: Laggon, Ulster Province, County Donegal, Ireland
AM
Roger McKnight
1658 –
Birth Location: Laggon, Ulster Province, County Donegal, Ireland
RM
John McKnight
1660 – 1714
Birth Location: Manokin, Somerset County, Maryland, United States of America
JM
John McKNIGHT
1660 – 1714
Birth Location: Raphoe, Ulster Province, County Donegal, Ireland
JM
Abigail McKnight
1667 – 1714
Birth Location: County Donegal, Ireland
AM
Esther McKnight
1668 – 1736
Birth Location: County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland
EM
Samuel McKnight
1670 –
Birth Location: Manokin Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland, USA
SM
Margaret McKnight
1675 – 1725
Birth Location: Manokin Hundred, Somerset, Maryland
MM
Jean McKnight
1682 – 1729
Birth Location: County Donegal, Ireland
JM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 5 May 1632
    Event Place: Ulster, Donegal, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Abt. 1708
    Event Place: Manokin Hundred, Somerset, Maryland, USA
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