Person:James Alexander (69)

  • HJames Alexander1725 - 1810
  • WMary Peden1732 - 1811
m. 1754
  1. John Alexander1756 - 1830
  2. Joseph Alexander1759 - Abt 1840
  3. James Alexander, Jr1761 - 1839
  4. Margaret Alexander1765 - 1861
  5. Catherine Alexander1775 - 1849
  6. William Alexander1777 - 1857
Facts and Events
Name James Alexander
Gender Male
Birth? 1725 County Antrim, Ireland
Marriage 1754 County Antrim, Irelandto Mary Peden
Death? 1810 Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Burial? 1810 Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery 126440825

James Alexander is not part of the Cecil County, MD Alexanders. James and Mary were granted 500 acres on the Tyger River in Spartanburg near Thomas Peden and John and Jane Peden Morton's lands who made their crossing about 1768. And the main part came over in 1772.

Married about 1754 in Ireland. They made their crossing about 1771.

Buried: Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fountain Inn, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA


This person is the same as: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Alexander-1061 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L648-PBJ

References
  1.   This is not the same James and Mary., in FamilyTreeDNA.

    James Alexander, b. 1725-30, m Mary ?. Moved to what was then Anson Co NC ca 1753; Anson later became Spartanburg Co., SC. d ca 1810-1815 either Spartanburg Co., SC or Blount Co. TN..

    Note: parents listed on this FamilyTreeDNA site are: James Alexander who died 1753 in Anson Co., NC, wife: Ann, additional research needed.
    https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/alexander-y-dna/about/results

  2.   ISBN 978-0-9837262-5-8 Peden/Paden Family Association of South Carolina, in Peden of South Carolina John Peden and their Descendants
    V1 House of Mary pp 69-70, 2013.

    Departed Ireland about 1771.

  3.   https://discoverulsterscots.com/emigration-influence/america/ulster-covenanters-migration-america, in Ulster Covenanters Migration to America.

    Between August and October 1772, five ships sailed to America packed with families from the Reformed Presbyterian Church, or Covenanters.

  4.   DAR A001187, in DAR Patriot.