John Alexander, of Gogar

In 1541 named as the sasine for the Earl of Argyle

Origins

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IV. ANDREW ALEXANDER, fourth baron of Menstrie, who, in the said charter of Colin earl of Argyle, 26th August 1529, is designed son and apparent heir of Alexander, etc. as before noticed. He died soon after his father, leaving issue three sons. He was succeeded by his eldest son,

• 1. Alexander, his heir.
• 2. John, designed promiscuously in Middleton and in Gogar, of whom more hereafter.
• 3. James, who got a charter under the great seal,*Jacobo Alexander in Menstrie, of some lands in that neighbourhood, anno 1584.

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1. Source: http://landedfamilies.blogspot.ca/2013/10/80-alexander-of-menstrie-...
2. Source: Rogers, Rev. Charles, LL.D., Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, 1877, Edinburgh: William Paterson, Vol, I, p. 13