I want to note that there was a petition by the heritors of Stirling dated 27 May 1700 which was signed by J. Kincaid of that Ilk and Alexander Kincaid, brother to the Laird of Kincaid. The J. Kincaid of that Ilk was John Kincaid of that Ilk, son of James Kincaid of that Ilk and Marion Boyd of Trochrig. There is nothing to say that Alexander was a legitimate brother of John or the son of Marion Boyd. However, he could very well have been. This is the first time I located a reference to Alexander. I previously noted that I had not found any evidence of a brother Alexander but I did find that John had an illegitimate son named Alexander. I have no idea what became of Alexander, brother of John. One will certainly look to the story of the four sons of Alexander Kincaid who supposedly came to America during the Jacobite rebellion. This is in no way proves that story but it does give some supporting evidence because the Alexander was stated to have been born about 1670 and was the second son. He certainly fits timeline wise. However, the same story says that another son, Alexander, remained in Scotland and became Lord Provost of Edinburgh. That part is clearly a provable myth. So one has to treat the story with caution but there may be some meat to it. Best wishes! Peter A. Kincaid Fredericton, NB, Canada