This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alexander Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/gV.2ADEB/4184.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: VERY EARLY ALEXANDER LINE EARLS AND KINGS #5704 1. King Godfrey of Scotland, born in Scotland, died 873 in Scotland #5703 2. Olaf, King of Dublin died 874 in Scotland #5702 3. Ivarr, King of Dublin #5701 4. King Guthorm of Dublin son of Ivarr, died 890 #5700 5. Ranald, King of Dublin died 921 #5699 6. Ivarr of Waterford died 950 #5698 7. Ivar, King of Waterford di;ed about 1000 #5697 8. Ranald Son of Ivarr died 995 #5696 9. Ranald, King of Waterford died 1035 #5695 10. Echmarcaach of MacFerbis died 1065 #5694 11. Solmund of Mac Ferbis d. c 960-1072 #5693 12. Gilladamnan of Mac Ferbis d. 998-1102 #5515 13. Gillebride of Argyll.bef 1120 (wife of #5514 Conn Ched Chath) IMPORTANT ANCESTOR! #5510 14. Somerled of Argyll, died 1164 mar. to #5511 Effrica (Ragnhild?) of Argyll #5689 15. Ranald, Lord of the Isles died 1207, mar. to #5690 Fonia #5513 16. Donald, Lord of the Isles married to dau of Walter High Steward of… #4577 17. Angus Mor, Lord of the Isles, died about 1296 Another IMPORTANT CLUE! #4576 18. Angus Og, Lord of the Isles, died 1330, Scotland m. to a dau.of Campbell #4512 19. John, Lord of the Isles d 1360, married to #4513 Margaret Stewart (Stuart) dau. of #5026 King Robert II of Scotland , grandson of #5651 King Robert the Bruce #4511 20. Alexander, Lord of Lochabar 1400's, or Donald of Harlow mar. to Mary Leslie 1435 Ding DING DING! #4341 21. MacAlexander, became Alexander Alexander Lord of the Isles Founder of the House of Alexander. (Alexander MacDonald made war on the King of Scotland and was banished. Alexander, son of Alexander McDonald thus lost his surname and was then known as Alexander, Alexander 1472 and obtained lands from the Argylls and lands of Menstrie) NOTE: there are the Highland Alexanders and the Lowland. #4006 22. (descendant) Thomas Alexander, found in a record in March 6 1505 as Baron of Menstrie, born and died in Menstrie, Sterling, Scotland. #4342 23. Andrew Alexander, Baron of Menstrie, married to Catherine Graham . A charter from King James V. dated Sterling 15 April 1530 confirmed a payment of 24 bals. of corn to confirm the gift. (He died bef. 1527) #4008 Catherine(1455- 1530) was the dau of #4461 Gilbert Graham and #4462 Helen Kincaid. #4343 24. Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstrie 1529, Sterling Scotland and #4344 Lady Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of #4497 Thomas Douglas, eldest son of #4502 Sir Robert Douglas of Lochlevin, Kinross, Scotland, by his wife #4503 Margaret dau of #4514 David Balfour of Burleigh and ancestor of the Earl of Morton. #5174 25. Andrew Alexander, Baron of Menstrey born 1546 #4346 26. Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstrey d. about 1565, wife was #5343 Elizabeth Forbes. #5344 27. Willliam Alexander had two sons, #5345 28. a Alexander Alexander Baron of Menstrey who was the father of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling wife #4459 Marion #3446 28. b. Thomas Alexander went to Ireland in 1652 Thomas Alexander born in Scotland in 1630 but removed to Ireland for distaste of the Rump Parliament of Cromwell. "An intense Presbyterian, but loyal to the Catholic Stuarts of whom he was a blood kinsman (EOQ). (This is from Maryland's Heraldic Families, but birth dates are rather far apart) #3467 29. .Sir William Alexander son of Alexander Alexander and Mariam, Earl of Stirling, born 1567, married to #3996 Janet Erskine in 1601 dau of Sir Wm Erskine who goes back to #4434 Sir Wm de Erskine faithful adherent to Robert de Bruce and knighted in 1329.Sir Robt De Erskine appt. by David II, as keeper and Capt of Stirling Castle 1346 d. 1385.He died impoverished in 1640 in London , buried in High Church of Sterling, Scotland. Children of Sir William, poet and scholar and Janet #3999 1. William Alexander, Lord , born abt. 1602,mar. #4000 Margaret Douglas, abt 1629. She was eldest dau of #4435 William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus and first Marquess of Douglas. William and Margaret had #4437 Catherine d. bef 13 Feb 1686, #4438 Jean, #4439 Margaret m 1672 to #5691 Sir Robt. Sinclair baronet of Longformacus, and #4440 Lucy d. bef 14 Mar 1645 m.to #5692 Edward Harrington a page of honour to the Prince of Orange in 1630 #4433 2. Anthony Alexander, mar. #4441 Elizabeth Wardlaw, died 17 Sept 1637 London England buried Stirling, Scotland. He was knighted at Whitehall in 1635, m. Elizabeth dau of #512 Sir Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie, Baronet Anthony and Elizabeth had no children. #4442 3. Henry Alexander #3460 4. John Alexander, born abt. 1605/6, died 1677 He mar. #4381 Agnes Graham only dau of #5418 Robert Graham of Gartmore. John went to Ireland and was in Londonderry in 1646. #4381 Agnes Graham is probable descendant William de Graeme 1100. John and Agnes had a son #4336 John known as John of Antrim who after spending many years in the German universities and at foreign courts returned and settled in Antrim where he died in 1712. His son #5682 John, called John of Dublin sixth Earl of Stirling de jure being pious and highly educated was first a Presbyterian minister in Stratford on Avon, England and afterwards became head of a college for the education of young ministers in Stafford County of Warwick, England. He retired and d. in Dublin Nov 1 1743. #4445 5. Charles Alexander m bef 24 Mar 1645 #5181 Anna Drurie He died bef 30 Mar 1663. #922 6. Robert Alexander d. bef June 1638 #4449 7. Ludovic Alexander d. young #5189 8. James Alexander mar. #4002 Margaret Scrimgaeur, d. 1662 and second. #5705 Grizel Hay. He d.1671 bur 9 Dec 1671, Edinburgh, Scotland #4450 9. Jean Alexander d. 1670, mar. #5706 Hugh Montgomery "William (note: More than one WIlliam. The William mentioned here is the fifth son of John of Eredy.) is a son of John Alexander of Eredy. The name Eredy closely resembles Eradall, one of the merk lands in South Kintyre, granted byJames III in 1484 to Tarlach MacAlexander, of Tarbert. (Reg. Sig.,lib. X., 9 ,reference). It says "Sir William Alexander of Menstry,afterwards Earl of Stirling, maintained a correspondence with his relatives in Kintyre....... in 1629, the original settlers included John Alexander of Eredy; he received new titles to the land which was chiefly appropriated to Scottish settlers. (Hill's Montgomery MSS,p183). The William Alexander who settled in Somerset County, Md. is my husband's ancestor. William was cousin to Sir William Alexander, through John Alexander of Eredy. Please note the three different generations who had the name of William born about 1620,1646 and 1674. You may want to read, Jethro Rumple's, History of Presbyterianism. You can inquire with the Clan Macalister Center at Glenbarr Abby or inquire with the American Clan Macalister (google it). My husband comes from the Alexander's of Mecklenburg County. It is a tangled rooted tree, I will tell you that much! The Alexander's named their children after cousins, brothers, sisters, and even there are a few inter-marriages, that make you go cross-eyed. Regards, Shanna Palmer wife of Mark Alexander Palmer (the link is maternal) William Alexander Sr. ~born between 1624 and 1627 in Eridy, Donegal Co. Ireland and died in 1715 in Somerset Co., Md. He was the son of John Alexander of Tarbert, Kintyre and Agnes (Elizabeth) (Chloe Vershoyle) Graham/Greene. Wife: Araminta Ann Liston born about 1630 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster Ireland. Children of William Alexander and Araminta Liston are: I.Andrew Alexander (Farmer) born about 1648 in Somerset Co. Md. and died before 1700 in Somerset Co. Md. He married Ann Anderson Taylor 1670 in Somerset Co. Md. She was born about 1650 and died after 1678. Andrew married Abigail McKnitt daughter of James/John McKnitt and Elizabeth Wallace. She was born about 1667 in Sterling, Scotland and died before 1726 in Cecil Co. Md. II.Elizabeth Alexander~born about 1650 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland, and died 1692 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. She married Matthew (Matthias) Wallace I 1675 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster Ireland and died between 1714 &1716 in New Munster Manor, Cecil Co. Md. III.James B. Alexander (Weaver) ~born about 1652 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland and died about 1735 in New Munster, Cecil Co. Md. He married Mary Steele about 1670 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. She was born about 1650 in Raphoe, Ireland and died before 1714 in Cecil Co.,Md. *My husband decends from him. IV.Frances Alexander born about 1654 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland, and died after 1719 in New Munster Manor, Cecil Co., Md. He married Rebecca Alexander 1675 in Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. V.Samuel Alexander Sr. born about 1657/58 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland, and died 14 June 1733 in New Munster Manor, Cecil Co., Md. He married Mary Taylor 1684 in Annamassex, Somerset Co. Md. She was born about 1650 in Donegal, Ulster,Ireland and died 1733 in Cecil Co. Md. VI.Joseph Alexander (Tanner) born about 1660 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster Ireland, and died before 9 March 1729/30 in New Munster, Cecil Co., Md. He married Jane McKnitt about 1700 in New Munster, Cecil Co. Md. Daughter of James / John McKnitt and Elizabeth Wallace. She was born about 1653 in Manokin Hundred, Somerset Co., Md. and died after 1730 in Cecil Co. Md. VII.John Alexander born about 1662 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland and died after 1718 in New Munster Manor, Cecil Co.,Md. He married Barbary Alexander about 1680 in Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. She was born about 1662. VIII.Jane Alexander born about 1665 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland and died 28 March, 1692/93 in Manokin Hundred, Somerset Co., Md. She married John McKnitt Sr. about 1684 in Raphoe, Ireland. Son of James/ John McKnitt and Elizabeth Wallace. He was born about 1660 in Raphoe, Ireland and died 23 December 1714 in Elk River, Cecil Co., Md. IX. William Alexander Jr. born Between 1669 and 1674 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland and died March 1734/35 in Somerset Co. Md. He married Catherine Wallace about 1680 in Ireland. Daughter of Matthew (Matthias) Wallace I and Elizabeth Alexander. She was born 1672 in Ireland and died between 1732 /35 in Cecil Co. Md.