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Sir Robert Alexander 1610 – 1704 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1610

Birth Location: Menstrie Castle, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 17 Nov 1704

Death Location: Drumquin, Tyrone County, Ireland

Father: Lord Alexander

Mother: Lady Erskine

Spouse(s): Lady Hamilton

Children(s): Rev Alexander

In 1610, Sir Robert Alexander , of Bughall Stirling entered the world in Menstrie Castle, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Lord Sir William Alexander and Lady Janet\Jane Erskine. Sir Robert Alexander , of Bughall Stirling married Lady Mary Hamilton, and had children including Rev James Andrew Alexander. Sir Robert Alexander , of Bughall Stirling passed away in 1704 in Drumquin, Tyrone County, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1610, Sir Robert Alexander , of Bughall Stirling entered the world in Menstrie Castle, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Lord Sir William Alexander and Lady Janet\Jane Erskine.
  • Sir Robert Alexander , of Bughall Stirling married Lady Mary Hamilton, and had children including Rev James Andrew Alexander.
  • Sir Robert Alexander , of Bughall Stirling passed away in 1704 in Drumquin, Tyrone County, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Alexander
1567 – 1640
Birth Location: Menstrie Castle, Menstrie, Clackmannanshire Stirling, Scotland
LA
Lady Erskine
1580 – 1649
Birth Location: Little Sauchie, Stirling, Clackmannshire, Scotland
LE

Spouses(s)

Lady Hamilton
1600 – 1677
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
LH

Children(s)

Rev Alexander
1634 – 1704
Birth Location: Menstrie Castle, Stirlingshire, SCOTLAND
RA

Sir Alexander's Ancestors

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Sir Alexander
1610 – 1704
Birth Place: Menstrie Castle, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord Sir William Alexander
1567 – 1640
Menstrie Castle, Menstrie, Clackmannanshire Stirling, Scotland
Lady (Janet\Jane) Erskine
1580 – 1649
Little Sauchie, Stirling, Clackmannshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander Alexander
1545 – 1581
Menstrie, Parish of Logie, Clakmannshire, Sterling, Scotland
Marion Graham
1527 – 1570
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (Knight William V, of Morton Douglas Erskine, Earl of) Stirling
1555 – 1639
Little Sauchie, Clackmanshire, Scotland
Joan Hodgson
1550 – 1630
Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord Alexander
1527 – 1551
Elizabeth Coutts
1530 – 1601
Allan Coutt
1487 – 1597
Margaret Moubray
1502 – 1586
James Erskine
1487 – 1599
Lady Stirling
1510 – 1582
Sir Hodgesonne
1524 – 1568
Lady Wilkinson
1528 – 1574
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir MacAlexander
1470 – 1553
Lady Douglass
1505 – 1545
Allan Coutt
1487 – 1597
Marjory Walward
1502 – 1586
Thomas Walwod
1475 – 1534
Isobel Logtoun
1475 – 1544
John Stirling
1473 – 1539
Margaret Crichton
1474 – 1524
Thomas Hodgson
1500 – 1560
Mary Blair
1480 – 1542
Sir Wilkinson
1506 – 1572
Lady Eccles
1510 – 1589

Sir Alexander's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Alexander (1610 – 17 Nov 1704) m. Lady (Mary) Hamilton (1600 – 20 Feb 1677)
  1. 1. Rev (James Andrew) Alexander (1634 – 17 Nov 1704) m. Mary ("Lady of Ulster, Ireland") Maxwell (1634 – 1680)
    1. 1. John Alexander (16 Aug 1662 – 1738)
      1. 1. Colonel (John M) Alexander (1708 – 04 Jan 1821) m. Rosanna (Elizabeth Susanna) Alexander (25 May 1712 – 04 Jan 1821)
        1. 1. Nancy (Agnes) Alexander (1734 – 11 February 1839) m. Rev. (Sgt. Thomas William "Judge") Welch (1732 – 21 August 1793)

Sir Alexander's Timeline

3 Records

1610
1610
Birth of Sir Robert Alexander , of Bughall Stirling in Menstrie, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Menstrie, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1610
1610
Birth of Sir Robert Alexander , of Bughall Stirling in Menstrie Castle, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Menstrie Castle, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
1704
17 Nov 1704
Age 94
Death of Sir Robert Alexander , of Bughall Stirling in Drumquin, Tyrone County, Ireland
Drumquin, Tyrone County, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1610
    Event Place: Menstrie, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1610
    Event Place: Menstrie Castle, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Lanark, & Stirling: - The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothan: Edinburgh - Register of Marriages, 1595-1700

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Nov 1704
    Event Place: Drumquin, Tyrone County, Ireland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
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