Person:Josiah Alexander (4)

Watchers
Josiah Alexander
b.3 Aug 1752
m. Abt 1745
  1. Elizabeth Alexander1746 - 1822
  2. Abigail Alexander1748 - 1817
  3. Margaret Alexander1750 -
  4. Josiah Alexander1752 - 1818
  5. Ezekiel Alexander1754 - Aft 1832
Facts and Events
Name Josiah Alexander
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 3 Aug 1752 Maryland or North Carolina
Death? 14 Jul 1818 Centre, Pennsylvania, United States
References
  1. Hezekiah and Mary Alexander at Home in Handsome House, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States. The Charlotte Observer. (Charlotte, North Carolina)
    page 4, pretends to be 20 May 1775.

    Scans of this pretend interview with Hezekiah Alexander can be found on the Find a Grave site of Hezekiah Alexander, with a close-up of the names and dates of the children on the Find A Grave site of James Robert “The Yeoman” Alexander.

    "Hezekiah" doesn't give his own birth date, but he provides the following for his siblings:

    Children of Margaret (McKnitt) Alexander:
    Theophilus, born March, 1714, died in 1768
    Jemima, born November 10, 1716, died early
    Edith, born Jan. 10, 1718
    Kezia, born May 9, 1720
    Ezekiel, born June 17, 1725, died young
    Jemima (second by that name) born Jan. 9, 1727, still living
    Amos, born Jan. 13, 1728 and still living
    John Knitt [sic], born June 6, 1733, still living
    Margaret, born June 6, 1736, died young

    Children of Abigail Alexander (claimed in this article to be the younger sister of Margaret McKnitt):
    Elizabeth, born Nov. 17, 1746
    Abigail, born May 24, 1748
    Margaret, born April 30, 1750 and named in memory of Margaret (McKnitt) Alexander
    Josiah, born Aug. 3, 1752
    Ezekiel, born Oct. 21, 1754

  2. John McKnitt (ca. 1660-1714) and some of his kinsfolk: Alexanders--Brevards--Dales: Alexander (Excursus), in Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania)
    16(1948-49):90.

    'We have no way of knowing how long James Alexander remained in North Carolina, but that he was there as early as 1752 is of record.' citing George W. Graham: The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence May 20, 1775 and The Lives of Its Signers.