Dame Jean Stirling of Auchyle

From Wikipedia - James Erskine, Lord Alva NOTE: various inaccuracies need to be corrected

James Erskine, Lord Barjarg and Alva (Saturday, 20 June 1722 – Friday, 13 May 1796) was an 18th-century Scottish lawyer who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice. For convenience his name was usually contracted to James Erskine, Lord Alva.

Family

He was married to Jean Stirling (1719–1797), daughter of John Stirling of Herbertshire.

Their daughter, Isabella Erskine (died 1827), married Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Tytler, son of Lord Alva's legal colleague, William Tytler and grandson of Alexander Fraser Tytler.

His older brother was Charles Erskine (1716–1749).

From Scotland's People - Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns NOTE: Probably mistranscribed date - probably 1751

• 28 January [ERRATA 1721 CORRECTION 1751] marriage or banns of James Stirling, Baronet, to Jean Stirling, in the parish of Dunipace

From Scotland's People - Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns

• 26 January 1772 marriage or banns of James Erskine to Jean Stirling, in the parish of Edinburgh
• 31 January 1772 marriage or banns of James Erskine to Jane Stirling, in the parish of Alva

From Ancestral Scotland

Ralston Estates, Renfrewshire

Woodside-Ralston and Auchingown near Beith in Ayrshire were sold by the last Gavin Ralston of that Ilk in 1771 to Dame Jean Stirling of Auchyle, wife of the Honorable James Erskine of Alva, Lord Barjoy of Session and later one of the Senators of the College of Justice under the title Lord Alva. The residence served as their summer home until their death at which time her cousin, General Alexander Graham Stirling of Duchrae and Auchyle was heir.

From Canmore - Woodside House 55.76361, -4.63528

From Complete Baronetage 1665 to 1707 by George Edward Cokayne Volume 4 Published 1904

Sir James Stirling, Baronet [Baronetcy created 1666], of Glorat aforesaid, son and heir, succeeded to the Baronetcy, Thursday, 21 April 1712. He married firstly, May 1728, Martha Luke. She was buried Tuesday, 7 July 1733, in the Cathedral churchyard, Glasgow. [Footnote: This marriage is not mentioned in Playfair's Baronetage.] He married secondly, on Thursday, 28 January 1751, Jean Stirling, only daughter of Captain John Stirling, of Herbertshire [Qy. Hertfordshire]. He died sine prole [without issue] 30 April 1771, at Glorat. His widow married (as his second wife) James Erskine, a Lord of Session, styled Lord Alva, (who died Friday, 13 May 1796, aged 74, [Footnote: see Page 251, note "a"]) and who died in 1797.

From The Sterling genealogy by Albert Mack Sterling, Volume 1 Published 1909 Page 108

Sir James Stirling of Glorat, Third Baronet. ...

He married secondly, at Edinburgh, Thursday, 28 January 1751, Jean Stirling, only daughter of John Stirling of Herbertshire (q. v.), but had no issue by either of these ladies. He entailed the estates by a deed, dated Saturday, 5 October 1765. Sir James Stirling died at Glorat, Tuesday, 30 April 1771, and was succeeded in his title and estates by his first cousin, Alexander Stirling, son of his uncle, John Stirling, writer to the signet. Sir James's widow, Jean Stirling, married secondly, James Erskine, a lord of Session, by the title of Lord Alva.

From National Records of Scotland

1792: John Proud versus Samuel Mitchelson (Trustee for Dame Jean Stirling, spouse of Lord Alva)

Probably Scotland's People - Old Parish Records - Deaths and Burials

28 September 1797 death or burial of Jean Stirline, aged 78 [born about 1719], in the parish of St Cuthbert's

From Monumental Inscriptions in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh by John Smith Published 1915 Page 12

55. Large Monument divided into three Tablets, centre one of marble.

Shield of Arms with Crest in Arch on Top.

Over the body of the Honourable James Erskine, of Alva, Senator of the College of Justice, who died the Friday, 13 May 1796, aged 73 years, this small erection is placed by his widow, Dame Jean Stirling of Auchyle, only daughter of John Stirling of Herbertshire, Esquire. The said Dame Jean Stirling of Auchyle having died Sunday, 24 September 1797 aged 78, is also interred under this stone.

From Scotland's People - Wills and Testaments

• 8 February 1798 TT [Testament] of Dame Jean Stirling, of Auchyle, widow of Sir James Stirling, Baronet, of Glorat, thereafter widow of James Erskine of Alva, senator of the College of Justice; court: Edinburgh Commissary Court