Born about in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Erskine
and Joanna Erskine
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Alexander
— married
1601 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
John Alexander, Jean Alexander, Robert Alexander, William Alexander, Anthony Alexander, Henry Alexander, Margaret Alexander, Elizabeth Alexander, Charles Alexander, John Alexander, Ludovich Alexander and James Alexander
Died about
at about age 69
in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
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Biography
Janet (Erskine) Alexander was born in Scotland.
- Janet Erskine was the daughter of William Parson Campsie Erskine b: Abt 1550 in Little Sauchie, Clackmanshire, Scotland, and Erskine-703|Joana Erskine]] b: Abt 1545 in Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
She was born abt 1580 in Little Sauchie, Clackmanshire, Scotland, and died Aft 10 May 1649. Janet Erskine was Sir William Erskine's only daughter. Erskine was styled "Parson of Campsie" and was the second son of James Erskine of Little Sauchie. Janet survived her husband and was alive in May 1649.
Marriage 1 She married Jan 3 1601 in Menstrie, Parish Of Logie, Clackmanshire, Sterlings, Scotland her second cousin:
- William Alexander b: Abt 1560 in Menstrie, Parish Of Logie, Clackmanshire, Scotland
Children
- William, Lord Alexander b: Abt 1602
- Robert Alexander b: Aft 1602
- John Alexander b: 1603 in Scotland
- Jane Alexander b: 1606 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- Henry Alexander
The following is the inscription on a monument erected by Janet Countess of Stirling, to the memory of her parents:
Hie jacet in spe resurrectionis Gulielraus jEreskinus Equestris Ordinis, cum Joanna Conjuge, Illustri et coramuni jEreskinoruni Familia orta, singular! virtuto Foemina, unica filia superstite. Quae postca Gulielmo Alcxandro Equite egrcgio, Jacobi Rcgi a Snpplicibus libellis, Carolo Rogi ab Epistolis, et utriusque Regni a consiliis, niipsit, Famili- Anique ejus numerosa sobole auxit, Et lioc raonuraentura Parentibus Pie Posuit.
Sources
- Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the earl of Stirling and of the house of Alexander, Volume 1. Edinburgh. William Patterson, 1877. pp. 38, 249, 252.
- Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 1. Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sir Sidney, eds, London. Smith, Elder & Co. 1885. p. 277
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There are two Roberts and I have to suspect Ludovich as this name is not English.