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Janet Alexander

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Daughter of Alexander Alexander of Menstrie and Marion Graham
Wife of Walter Cowan, of Stirling
Sister of Hugh Alexander; William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, 7th Baron of Menstrie; Christian Alexander and 4th daughter Alexander

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About Janet Alexander

Alexander, Alexander (d. 1580/1). Eldest son of William Alexander (d. 1574) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Alan Coutts or Couttie. He married c.1567, Marion, daughter of Gilbert Graham of Gartavertane and had issue:

(2) Janet Alexander, married Walter Cowan of Stirling and had issue;



From “Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander ... “ By Charles Rogers. Page 29. GoogleBooks

By his marriage, about the year 1567, with Marion, daughter of Allan Couttie, Alexander Alexander had a son, William, and two daughters, Janet and Christian.

Janet Alexander, elder daughter of Alexander Alexander of Menstry, married Walter Cowan, merchant-burgess of Stirling. On the 8th October 1590, was baptized Andro Allan, son of Walter Cowan and his wife Janet Alexander; another son, named Antonie, was baptized on the 20th September 1591 (Stirling Baptismal Register).


https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2013/10/80-alexander-of-menstri...

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