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Adam Rankin Alexander

Male Abt 1770 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Adam Rankin Alexander was born about 1770 in Mecklenburg Co, NC (son of Col. Adam Alexander and Mary Shelby); and died.

    Adam married Leah Reagan\Ragan in NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. B. M. Alexander

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Col. Adam Alexander was born on 23 Sep 1728 in Princess Ann, Somerset Co., MD (son of William Alexander and Agnes Alexander); died on 13 Nov 1798 in Clear Creek area of Mint Hill, Mecklenburg Co, NC; was buried in Rocky Spring Cemetery in Mint Hill, Mecklenburg Co., NC..

    Adam married Mary Shelby on 4 Aug 1752. Mary (daughter of Evan Shelby, Sr. and Catherine Morgan) was born on 15 Aug 1735 in Lancaster Co., PA (now New Franklin Co.); died on 26 Nov 1813 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; was buried in Rocky Spring Cemetery in Mint Hill, Mecklenburg Co., NC.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Shelby was born on 15 Aug 1735 in Lancaster Co., PA (now New Franklin Co.) (daughter of Evan Shelby, Sr. and Catherine Morgan); died on 26 Nov 1813 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; was buried in Rocky Spring Cemetery in Mint Hill, Mecklenburg Co., NC..
    Children:
    1. Isaac S. Alexander was born on 7 Jun 1756 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; died on 2 Sep 1823.
    2. Mary Polly Alexander was born on 19 Aug 1758 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; died on 28 Oct 1809 in Mecklenburg Co, NC.
    3. Sarah Shelby Alexander was born about 1759 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; died between 11 Oct 1842 and Jan 1843 in Mecklenburg Co, NC.
    4. Catherine Alexander was born about 1759 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; and died.
    5. Charles Taylor Alexander was born on 9 Aug 1764 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; died on 26 Aug 1828 in Mecklenburg Co, NC.
    6. Evan Shelby Alexander was born in 1767 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; died on 28 Oct 1809 in Mecklenburg Co, NC.
    7. 1. Adam Rankin Alexander was born about 1770 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Alexander was born about 1705 in Cecil Co., MD (son of Elias Elijah Alexander, Sr. and Sophia Alexander); died on 22 Mar 1772 in Mecklenburg Co, NC.

    William married Agnes Alexander before 1728 in Somerset Co., MD. Agnes (daughter of William Alexander, Jr. and Catherine Wallace) was born about 1705 in Wicomico Hd., Somerset Co., MD; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Agnes Alexander was born about 1705 in Wicomico Hd., Somerset Co., MD (daughter of William Alexander, Jr. and Catherine Wallace); and died.
    Children:
    1. 2. Col. Adam Alexander was born on 23 Sep 1728 in Princess Ann, Somerset Co., MD; died on 13 Nov 1798 in Clear Creek area of Mint Hill, Mecklenburg Co, NC; was buried in Rocky Spring Cemetery in Mint Hill, Mecklenburg Co., NC..
    2. Capt. Charles Alexander was born about 1730 in Princess Ann, Somerset Co., MD; died after 1801 in Mecklenburg Co., NC.

  3. 6.  Evan Shelby, Sr. was born in 1690 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales (son of Philip Selby and Margaretta LNU (Shelby)); died on 18 Jul 1751 in Frederick Co., MD..

    Evan married Catherine Morgan on 9 Feb 1716 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales. Catherine was born about 1699 in prob Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; died after 1754 in prob. Frederick Co., MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Catherine Morgan was born about 1699 in prob Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; died after 1754 in prob. Frederick Co., MD.
    Children:
    1. Thomas Shelby was born before 1719 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; and died.
    2. Brigadier General Evan Shelby, Jr. was born in 1720 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; died on 4 Dec 1794 in King's Meadows (now Bristol), TN; was buried in Bristol, TN.
    3. Rees Shelby was born before 1721 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; died before 21 Mar 1812 in Chesterfield Co, SC; was buried in buried on his own Plantation in Chesterfield Co., SC..
    4. John Shelby was born before 1723 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; died in 1794.
    5. Sgt. Moses Shelby, Sr. was born in 1728 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; died on 13 Oct 1776 in Mecklenburg Co., NC; was buried in prob Rocky Springs Cemetery in Mint Hill, Mecklenburg Co., NC..
    6. Eleanor Shelby was born in 1730 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; died in 1803 in York Co., SC.
    7. David Shelby was born about 1732 in Onboard ship or Lancaster Co., PA; died about 1802 in New Madrid Co., MO.
    8. 3. Mary Shelby was born on 15 Aug 1735 in Lancaster Co., PA (now New Franklin Co.); died on 26 Nov 1813 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; was buried in Rocky Spring Cemetery in Mint Hill, Mecklenburg Co., NC..


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Elias Elijah Alexander, Sr. was born on 26 Feb 1679 in Somerset Co., MD (son of Andrew Alexander, (the farmer) and Abigail MNU (Alexander)); died after 1749 in Slate Hill, Cecil Co., MD..

    Elias married Sophia Alexander about 1700 in Slate Hill, Cecil Co., MD. Sophia (daughter of Joseph Alexander, (the Tanner) and Abigail LNU (Alexander)) was born on 26 Feb 1680 in Somerset Co., MD; died after 13 Dec 1726 in Slate Hill, Cecil Co., MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sophia Alexander was born on 26 Feb 1680 in Somerset Co., MD (daughter of Joseph Alexander, (the Tanner) and Abigail LNU (Alexander)); died after 13 Dec 1726 in Slate Hill, Cecil Co., MD.
    Children:
    1. Jedediah Alexander was born about 1702 in Cecil Co., MD; died on 26 Mar 1750 in Mecklenburg Co, NC.
    2. Elijah Alexander was born about 1707 in Cecil Co., MD; and died.
    3. 4. William Alexander was born about 1705 in Cecil Co., MD; died on 22 Mar 1772 in Mecklenburg Co, NC.
    4. Isaac Alexander was born about 1709 in Cecil Co., MD; died in 1793 in Washington Co., PA.
    5. Arthur Alexander was born about 1711 in Cecil Co, MD; died in Dec 1763 in Mecklenburg Co, NC.
    6. Abraham Alexander, Sr. was born on 9 Dec 1717 in New Munster, Cecil Co., MD; died on 23 Apr 1786 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; was buried in Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church, Mecklenburg Co., NC.
    7. Ezra Alexander was born on 26 Feb 1720 in Cecil Co., MD; died on 6 Jul 1800 in Pineville, Mecklenburg Co., NC; was buried in Ezekial Polk Farm, Pineville, NC.
    8. Zebulon Alexander was born on 3 Dec 1721 in Cecil Co., MD; died in 1784 in prob. Mecklenburg Co., NC.

  3. 10.  William Alexander, Jr. was born about 1670 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland (son of William Alexander, Sr. and Ann Liston); died in Mar 1734 in Somerset Co., MD.

    William married Catherine Wallace about 1680 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. Catherine (daughter of Matthias (Matthew) Wallace, Sr. and Elizabeth Alexander) was born about 1670 in Raphoe, Donegal Co., Ulster, Ireland; died about 1734 in New Munster, Cecil Co., MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Catherine Wallace was born about 1670 in Raphoe, Donegal Co., Ulster, Ireland (daughter of Matthias (Matthew) Wallace, Sr. and Elizabeth Alexander); died about 1734 in New Munster, Cecil Co., MD.
    Children:
    1. 5. Agnes Alexander was born about 1705 in Wicomico Hd., Somerset Co., MD; and died.

  5. 12.  Philip Selby was born about 1650 in Cardiganshire, Wales; died in 1731 in Irecefel township, Parish of Caronuwch-Clawdd, Co. Cardigan; was buried on 26 Jan 1731 in St. Caron's Church Churchyard, in present Tregaron, Wales.

    Philip married Margaretta LNU (Shelby) between 1670 and 1680 in Irecefel township, Parish of Caronuwch-Clawdd, Co. Cardigan (now Tregaron, Wales). Margaretta was born in in Tregaron Cardinganshire, Wales; died in in Tregaron Cardinganshire, Wales; was buried in pos St. Caron's Church Cemetery, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Margaretta LNU (Shelby) was born in in Tregaron Cardinganshire, Wales; died in in Tregaron Cardinganshire, Wales; was buried in pos St. Caron's Church Cemetery, Wales.
    Children:
    1. Maria Selby was born in 1682 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; and died.
    2. Ellinora Selby was born in 1683 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; and died.
    3. 6. Evan Shelby, Sr. was born in 1690 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; died on 18 Jul 1751 in Frederick Co., MD..
    4. Rees Selby was born in 1693 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; and died.
    5. Elizabetha Selby was born in 1696 in Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales; and died.