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Lady Janet of Camposie Erskine Countess Sterling 1580–1649 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1580

Birth Location: Little Sauchie, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Death Date: 10 May 1649

Death Location: Logie, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Stirling

Mother: Lady Stirling

Spouse(s): Sir Sterling

Children(s): Robert Alexander, Lord Alexander

The story of Lady Janet of Camposie Erskine Countess Sterling began in 1580 in Little Sauchie, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Lady Janet of Camposie Erskine Countess Sterling married Sir William Mcallister Alexander 1St Earl Of Sterling, and had children including Lord John Alexander, Robert Alexander. Lady Janet of Camposie Erskine Countess Sterling passed away in 1649 in Logie, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Janet of Camposie Erskine Countess Sterling began in 1580 in Little Sauchie, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
  • Lady Janet of Camposie Erskine Countess Sterling married Sir William Mcallister Alexander 1St Earl Of Sterling, and had children including Lord John Alexander, Robert Alexander.
  • Lady Janet of Camposie Erskine Countess Sterling passed away in 1649 in Logie, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

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

Sir Sterling
1567–1640
Birth Location: Menstrie, Logie Clakmannshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Robert Alexander
1610–1704
Birth Location: Menstrie, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Lord Alexander
1603–1677
Birth Location: Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
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Lady Sterling's Ancestors

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Lady Sterling
1580–1649
Birth Place: Little Sauchie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Knight William Erskine of Morton Douglas 5th Earl of Stirling
1555–1639
Little Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Lady (Joanna Stuart Countess) Stirling
1550–1630
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (James Erskine of Morton Douglas 1st Laird of Balgownie) Erskine
1500–1592
Little Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Lady (Chistian) Stirling
1500–1582
Keir, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Henry (Stewart 1st Lord of) Methven
1495–1552
Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Lady (Janet Elizabeth Stewart Dowager Countess of Sutherland, Lady of Perth, Baroness) Kintail
1505–1566
Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Sterling's Descendants

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Lady (Janet of Camposie Erskine Countess) Sterling (1580–10 May 1649) m. Sir (William McAllister Alexander 1st Earl of) Sterling (1567–21 Feb 1640)
  1. 1. Robert Alexander 1610–1704 m. Lady (Marion "Mary") Hamilton 1600–1634
    1. 1. Rev. (James B.) Alexander 1634–1704 m. Mary (Matilda) Maxwell 1634–1680
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Rose) Alexander 1650–1692 m. Matthew Wallace 1640–1716
        1. 1. Isabella Wallace 1677–1779 m. Thomas Sharpe 1675–1749
  2. 2. Lord (John) Alexander 1603–1677 m. Lady (Agnes Elizabeth) Graham 1604–1677
    1. 1. Elizabeth Alexander 1632–1677 m. Major (Andrew Monroe) Sr. 1625–1668
      1. 1. William ("Gent") Monroe 1666–1737 m. Margaret (Jane) Bowcock 1670–1737
        1. 1. Andrew Monroe 1697–1770 m. Christian Tyler 1694–1754
      2. 2. Andrew (Monroe) Jr. 1661–1714 m. Eleanor Spence 1664–1708
        1. 1. Elizabeth Monroe 1678–1727 m. Thomas Arrington 1674–1715

Lady Sterling's Timeline

2 Records

1580
1580
Birth of Lady Janet of Camposie Erskine Countess Sterling in Little Sauchie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Little Sauchie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1649
10 May 1649
Age 69
Death of Lady Janet of Camposie Erskine Countess Sterling in Logie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Logie, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Little Sauchie, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 May 1649
    Event Place: Logie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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