Person:James Alexander (54)

About James Alexander

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James Alexander ("the Carpenter") b. c.1690 d. 1779 married: 1) Margaret McKnitt [daughter of John McKnitt and Jane Wallace) b. December 26, 1696 d. between 1736 and 1744

Issue of James and Margaret McKnitt Alexander:

1. Theophilus Alexander b. March 13, 1714, in Cecil County MD d. 1768 in Cecil County Maryland; married: Catherine Wallace b. ? d. 1775 buried in Hopewell Pres. Church Cemetery, Huntersville NC

2. Jemima Alexander b. February 10, 1716 d. young

3. Francis Alexander b. 1717 married: Eleanor Simonton

4. Keziah (Kesiah, Kizia) Alexander b. May 9, 1720 d. young

5. Hezekiah Alexander b. January 13, 1722 Cecil County MD d. January 10, 1801 Mecklenburg County NC [signer of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, May 20, 1775 married: Mary Sample, June 12, 1752 in PA]

6. Edith Alexander b. January 10, 1725 d. young

7. Jemima Alexander b. January 9, 1727, d. September 1, 1797 married: Thomas Sharpe

8. Amos Alexander b. January 13, 1729, d. [1780 Cecil County Maryland] married: Sarah (Sara) Sharpe

9. John McKnitt Alexander b. June 6, 1733 Cecil County MD d. July 10, 1817 Mecklenburg County NC [signer of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, May 20, 1775 married Jean Bane (Bean, Bain), 1759]

10. Margaret Alexander b. June 6, 1736 Cecil County MD d. young

11. [Possibly, nor proven] Ann Alexander b. c.1737 d. March 3, 1802 (date on tombstone in Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Huntersville NC) married: Moses Moore b. c.1731, d. October 30, 1782

James Alexander ("the carpenter") married: 2) Abigail McKnitt [daughter of John McKnitt and Jane Alexander]

Issue of James and Abigail Alexander:

1. Elizabeth Alexander b. November 17, 1746 d. August 1, 1822 married: William Sample

2. Abigail Alexander b. May 24, 1748 d. September 23, 1817 married: Francis Bradley

3. Margaret Alexander b. March 30, 1750 d. ? Rutherford County TN married: Beaty McCoy

4. Josiah Alexander b. August 3, 1752 d. July 14, 1818 in Centre County PA

5. Ezekiel Alexander b. October 21, 1754 d. after 1832 in Wilson County TN, married: Jemima Esther McCoy

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 James Robert "The Yeoman" Alexander, in Find A Grave.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8611452/person/15993144

3. ↑ Alexander, John Edminston. A record of the descendants of John Alexander, of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and his wife, Margaret Glasson, who emigrated from County Armagh, Ireland, to Chester County, Pennsylvania, A.D. 1736. (Philadelphia: Printed by Alfred Martien, 1878)
   Page 205 (Appendix).

   James acquired considerable land both in Maryland and in North Carolina. As a ruling elder his name appears first on the minutes of the New Castle Presbytery in 1725, and frequently afterwards in those of the Synod of Philadelphia. The name of his first wife was Margaret, probably Margaret McKnitt, the sister of John McKnitt; already mentioned as Stephenson’s attorney; for John McKintt, in his will dated 1733, appointed James Alexander, his “brother-in-law,” his executor; and James Alexander called a son, who was born that same year, John McKnitt Alexander. By this his first wife he had issue as follows: Theophilus, Edith, Keziah, Hezekiah, Ezekiel, Jemima, Amos, John McKnitt, and Margaret. By Abigail, his second wife, he had, Elizabeth, Abigail, Margaret, Josiah, and Ezekiel. The first set of children were born between 1716 and 1736, and the second set, between 1746 and 1754.