I'am not sure? I have got my Alexanders researched only as far back as my grgr-grandfather who is named David who was married to a Susanna. David was probably born at the turn of the 19th century and they were in Pennsylvania. Elaine Suhre <braisl@madisontelco.com> wrote: Hello. Do you have any descendents of David ALEXANDER Sr. b. ca 1689? Looking for Phillip ALEXANDER d. ca. 1794 Kent Co. DE. Had son David b. ca. 1789 DE or MD. Thanks. Elaine Suhre ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [ALEXANDER] Alexander Family Tree....originated in UlsterIreland > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Alexander, Orr, McLaughlin.. > Classification: Biography > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gV.2ADEB/3863.1.1.1.2.1.5 > > Message Board Post: > > 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 (the 4th son of the > Earl of Stirling) 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. > > (Our Line)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. > > 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. > > > James B. Alexander (Org. 7) Weaver, was born about 1652 in Raphoe, > Donegal, Ulster, Ireland and died about 1753 in New Munster, Cecil Co., > Md. He was the son of William Alexander Sr. and Araminta Ann Liston. > > Married: Mary Steele born about 1650 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland > and died before 1714 in Cecil Co., Md. > > Children of Mary Steele and James B. Alexander are: > > i.Arthur Alexander (Farmer) was born about. 1682 in New Munster, Cecil > Co., Md. He married Ann Wallace, daughter of Joseph James Wallace and > Margaret Rhann. > > ii.John A lexander was born about 1686 in New Munster, Cecil Co. Md. and > died after 1733 in Cecil Co., Md. > > iii.Francis Alexander born about 1688 in New Munster, Cecil Co. Md. and > died after 1779 in New Castle Co., Md. He married Mary Wallace. > > Our line~ iv.David Alexander Sr. (Weaver) was born about 1689 in New > Munster, Cecil Co., Md. and died between 1749 and 1762 in Lancaster Co., > Pa. He married Mary/ Ann Susannah about 1720 in Chester Co., Pa. > > She was born in 1717 in Lancaster Co., Pa. and died 2 Nov. 1803 in > Mecklenburg Co., NC. So then David married Abgail Wallace McKnitt between > 1733 and 45 in New Munster. Daughter of John McKnitt Jr. and Dorothy > Wallace She was born about 1708 in Manokin Hd., Somerset Co. Md. and died > about 1778 > > v.Moses Alexander (Farmer and Weaver) was born 1700 in New Munster and > died in 1762 in Milford Hd., Cecil Co. Md. He married Mary Wallace about > 1720. Daughter of Matthew II (Mathias) Wallace Jr. and Sarah Alexander. > She was born 1700 in England, and died 25 Oct. 1758 in New Munster Manor. > Moses married Hannah Carr about 1759 in Cecil Md. She was born about 1730 > in Cecil Co. Md. > > vi.Mary Alexander was born between 1695 and 1698 in New Munster, Cecil Co. > Md. She marred Robert Miller in 1719. He was born 1690 and died 1765 in > Mecklenburg Co., Nc. > > vii.James Alexander Jr. (Farmer and Carpenter) was born about 1700 in New > Munster, Cecil Co., Md. and died after 1780 in Cecil Co. Md. He married > Sophia Alexander; she was bon 13 Dec. 1726 in Cecil Co. Md. and died about > 1745 in Cecil Co., Md. He married Rachel Alexander about 1750 in Cecil > Co, Md. > > > Books that will help you in your research: > > Charles and Virginia Alexander in "Alexander Kin" > > There are several lines of Alexanders. Some coming a little before and a > little after 1600. > > According to Charles and Virginia Alexander in "Alexander Kin" a family of > seven brothers and two sisters came to America by about 1680. > > A previous Alexander had come to Nova Scotia, son of Sir William Alexander > Earl of Stirling who was born in 1580 and died in London in 1640, buried > in Stirling. > > In the year 1688 a group of seven brothers Alexander fled the cruelties > inflicted by James II upon his Scottish subjects in Ireland, carrying > aboard their preacher who had come to the dock to administer services. > > This company landed in Manhattan Island (New York). Their descendants of > these families went into Pennsylvania and North Carolina (Foote's Sketches > of NC). One source says this family was known as the Manhattan Alexanders. > > Our line of Alexanders have been called the Somerset Maryland Alexanders, > and probably in America before 1665. Originally from Scotland this family > of Alexanders was supposedly in Ireland about 1610. > > > Just so you know, names repeat. The Alexander Family had a habit of naming > people after family so you have I. II. III. IV. and so on. > > Some times the names included clues as to where they orginated from. > Example of this: Middle names such as: > Franklin, Hillhouse, Orr. > > The Orr(s), Wallace(s), Steele(s), Palmer, Kerr, McLaughlin, > Montgomery,Polk, etc. All inter-married into each-other . > > FYI: There are the Anson Co. Alexanders, the Alexander Co. Alexanders, the > Steele Creek Alexanders, etc. > > The family migrated fast after Rev. War and more so after the death of > Hezekiah Alexander whose homestead still stands in Charlotte, NC. and was > the recent place the 2005 Alexander Family Reunion was held. > > The homestead/Museum has a huge Alexander Data base. The homestead was > built in 1774 and is the oldest home in Charlotte. Other places to visit: > Settler's Cemetery (Abraham Alexander, Thomas Polk, etc. are buried there) > Elmwood Cemetery has many Alexander burials, Sugaw Creek and Sugar Creek I > and II, as well as the Sugaw Creek Presby. Church. > > Another clue: Head of Christana Presby. Church in Elkton, MD. > > Happy Hunting. > > Sincerely, > Shanna Palmer > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALEXANDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.3/447 - Release Date: 9/13/2006 > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALEXANDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Rhonda Gather the lost and hidden and save them for our children.