Person:Alexander Seawright (1)

A Record of the Searight Family, (also Written Seawright) By James Allison Searight

FIFTH BRANCH.

ALEXANDER SEAWRIGHT.

Alexander Seawright, the second son and youngest of the five children of William and Anne (Hamilton) Sea- wright, of Lampiter township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, was a minor at the time of his father's death. He was born in 1755, and was honored by having for his guardian, William Hamilton, the grandfather of James Hamilton, the statesman and " Nullifier Governor" of South Carolina, a full account of whom appears in the first part of this volume. He was reared to farming, the common and prevalent occupation of that day, and about 1780, after attaining his majority, went to that part of Augusta county, Virginia, which is now Albemarle, with his brother William and his sister Anne, who had married William Woods. Alexander Seawrighb was a successful farmer, and a highly esteemed citizen in the Old Dominion, and died suddenly, when in the very prime of manhood. He married Margaretta Logan, who passed away in 1826. To them were born three children:

I. William, who married Mary Anne Young. II. Alexander, wedded Susan Beard. III. Margaretta, who married Robert Drury.