Stirling peerage

APPENDIX TO INTRODUCTION. JHi
Inscription on my Grandfather' s Tomb at Newton, cojpyd for
me by Mr Hum. Lyttleton.
Here lieth the Body of
loHN Alexander, Esquire,
Late of Antrim,
The only Son of the Honourable lohn Alexander,
Who was the fourth Son of that most Illustrious
And famous Statesman,
William Earl of Sterline,
Principal Secretary for Scotland :
Who had the singular merit of planting at iiis
Sole expense, the first Colonie in
Nova Scotia.
He married Mary, Eldest Daughter of the
Rev. Mr Hamilton of Bangor,
By whom he had issue one son, lohn, who
At this present time is the Presbyterian Minister
At Stratford-on-Avon, in England,
And two Daughters,
Mary, who survives, and Elizabeth, Wife of
lohn M. Skinner, Esquire, who died 7th Jan. 17yy,
Leaving three Children.
He was a Man of such endowments as added
Lustre to his noble descent, and was universally
Respected for his Piety and Benevolence.
He was the best of Husbands :
As a Father, most Indulgent : As a Friend,
Warm, Sincere and FaithfuU.
He departed this Life
At Templepatrick, in the County of Antrim,
On the 19th day of April, 1712.
This leaf, taken out of poor John's Bible, is put up with the
other Family Papers for my Son Benjamin.
Done this sixteenth day of December, ~J
1776, in the Presance of my Friends and f Hannah
Mr John Berry, who, at my request, have C Alexander.
Subscribed their names as Wittnesses. j
Abel Humphrys. Ann Humphrys. John Berry.
At tiie house of Thomas Lee, Esq. in Edgbaston, in the
county of Warwick, the 16th day of June, in the year 1836.