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- The Complete Peerage from Lee Parker and "Wood's Douglas Peerage", Vol
I.
Text: Alexander Alexander and the title of Earl of Stirling. (L
Parker)
"William Alexander of Menstrie, in Logie, Co., Clackmannan, Scotland,
was the only son and heir of Alexander Alexander and his wife Marion,
the daughter of Gilbert Graham of Gartavertane in Mentieth. He was
born about 1576 and educated at the Stirling Grammar School, Glasgow
University and on the continent at Leyden. He accompanied the 7th Earl
of Argyll in a tour of Europe where he acquired some French and
Italian.
In his early days William Alexander was an intimate of Alexander Hume
and later formed a close friendship with Drummond of Hawthornden. He
had literary aspirations and published 'A Short Discourse on the
Gowrie Conspiracy' in 1600. This was followed by four tragedies:
'Croesus, Darius, The Alexandrean, and Julius Caesar', 1603-07, bound
up as 'The Monarchicke Tragedies' in 1604 and 1607. His poems, 'A
Paraenesis to the Prince and Aurora' appeared in1604, and of his later
works the best-known is the lengthy 'Doomsday' (1614). In 1627 he was
granted the privilege, for 21 years, of imprinting 'The Psalms of King
David', translated into metre by his late Majesty James I, though
mostly by William himself. A revised version of much of his work was
issued as 'Recreations with the Muses' in 1637.
From the Earl of Argyle, William Alexander had a charter of the lands
and barony of Menstrie in 1605, having nine years earlier been infeft
by him of the 'five pund' land of the Mains of Menstrie. This
association with powerful Lord of Argyle and his poetical and other
talents brought him into great favor at Court, where he became
Gentleman of the Privy Chamber Extraordinary to Prince Henry by 1607,
and he was soon knighted.
In March 1613 he, with two others, was granted the right of working
the silver mine at Hilderston, County Linlithgow. By King James I of
England, he was made Master of Requests in 1614 and attended
Parliament as such until his death. He became Burgess of Edinburgh in
1617, and Lord of the Articles in 1621. In that year he was given by
charter a grant of the whole territory of Nova Scotia for the purpose
of colonization and was appointed hereditary Lieutenant General
thereof by land and by sea. In November 1624 he was empowered by king
James to divide that land into 100 tracts, later increased to 150, and
to sell each, together with the rank of Baronet. He was abroad on the
King's special service in 1624-5 when he attended the great jubilee in
Rome. From King Charles I he obtained a renewed grant, or Novodamus,
of the Barony of Nova Scotia and, in February 1627, a Charter of the
Lordship of Canada, all ratified by the Scots Parliament in 1630 and
1633. He was also granted the Admiralty jurisdiction of Nova Scotia in
1627 and certain lands of Large, County Ayr in 1629, where the town
was erected into a freeburgh of barony as a trading port for his lands
in the new world. Sir William was made Secretary of State for Scotland
in 1625 and principal Secretary from 1627 until his death, as well as
Commissioner for Surrenders and Tends, and for the discovery of
Papists. He was also a member of the Scots Council of War,
Commissioner of the Exchequer and Councillor of the Association for
the Fishing. In September 1630 William was created Viscount of
Stirling and Lord Alexander of Tullibody, and subsequently on the
coronation in Scotland of Charles I in June 1633, Earl of Stirling,
Viscount of Canada, and Lord Alexander of Tullibody, each title to be
inheritable by his heirs male of the name of Alexander.
In 1631 he was made Commissioner to superintend the coining of copper
farthings, as well as penny and two penny pieces called 'turners'. He
became a Councillor for New England in 1633 and Commissioner for
Foreign Plantations the next year. He was Joint Master of the
Minerals (with his son John) in 1635. He accompanied the king to the
north in the First Bishops War and signed the Treaty of Berwick in
1639, and received a grant out of the rent paid by the beaver makers.
In 1601 he had married Janet, daughter of Sir William Erskine the
Commendator of the Bishopric of Glasgow and known as the Parson of
Campsie.
They had four sons,William, Anthony, Henry, and John. The fortunes of
Lord and Lady Stirling began to decline in 1632, when the English made
peace with the French and surrendered to them, under the Treaty of St.
Germain-en-Laye, the whole of Nova Scotia and Canada, the grant to
William not withstanding. Nevertheless Lord Stirling continued to
allocate both lands and Baronetcies in Nova Scotia until 1638, making
over to his many creditors the moneys 'to be procured' from this
source. Back in 1631 the Exchequer had given him a note for ¹10,000
for the satisfaction of his losses in New Scotland, but neither this
money nor the proceeds of the sales of lands and titles was ever
paid.The Earl Stirling died insolvent in February 1639 at his house in
Covent Garden and was buried 12 April 1640 in Bowie's Aisle, Stirling
Church.
Lord Stirling's biographer, T. H. McGrail, says "Sir William Alexander
adventured bravely, served faithfully, and lived his life intensely.
If all his tremendous designs accomplished little or nothing, if the
story of each of his enterprises is a record of eventual defeat, it is
because he was rendered impotent by the hiatus between conception and
execution, between the dream and the reality. "Lord Stirling's first
son and heir apparent, William Alexander, was born about 1604. He was
admitted to Glasgow University in 1618, and in 1623 his father was
trying to obtain some preferment for him in his Majesty's service. He
was made Commissioner, with Sir John Scot of Scots Tarvet, to act for
his father in Scotland in the business of the Nova Scotia Plantation
in1626, and he was knighted that year at Whitehall. He became Burgess
of Glasgow in 1627. The following year he sailed for Nova Scotia and
planted a colony there at Fort Royal, formerly the French Port Royal,
in September, returning to Scotland in November, 1629. The next year,
as Commissioner to make a voyage to the gulf and river of Canada for
the sole trade of skins, furs and hides, he wintered in Nova Scotia,
arriving back at Dover in October 1630.
William was styled Master of Stirling, 1630-33, and Lord Alexander
from1633. He was Councillor for New England from that year and served
on many important committees. In April 1635 he received a large grant
of lands in New England, to be called the County of Canada, including
Long Island--to be called the Isle of Stirling--which he colonized.
Between his two voyages, he married Margaret, first daughter of Claud
Hamilton, Lord Paisley. They had five children. Besides a son
William, there were four daughters.Catharine married, as his 2nd wife,
Walter Sandilands, 6th Lord Torphichen, leaving two daughters; Jean
was living in 1644; Margaret married, as his 2nd wife, Sir Robert
Sinclair, 1st Baronet of Longformacus, leaving two daughters; and
Lucy, said to have married Edward Harrington, Page of Honour to the
Prince of Orange in 1630.
Lord Alexander died at the age of 34 of a fever, caused by the
hardships he had suffered in Nova Scotia, 18 May 1638 in London and
was buried in Bowie's Aisle, Stirling Church. His widow died in
January 1660, aged 49, and was buried in the Douglas vault in St.
Bride's Church, Douglas. William Alexander, the only son and heir of
Lord Alexander and Margaret, his wife, was born about 1632. He
succeeded his grandfather as the 2nd Earl of Stirling in 1639 but died
the following year. His uncle, Henry Alexander, was the 3rd but 1st
surviving son of the 1st Earl, and thus the heir male in May 1640.
The older uncle, Sir Anthony Alexander, Master of Works, had married
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Wardlaw, Baronet of Pitreavie, but
died, without children and before his father the1st Earl, 17
September1637 in London. Of the younger fourth uncle,John, we shall
hear later.
Henry's aunt Jean was wife of Hugh, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of the
Great Ardes, and lived at Mount Alexander House, near Comber, County
Down in Ireland. She was living in 1656 and is believed to have been
buried in the Montgomery vault at Newtown.Henry Alexander, the heir,
was admitted to Glasgow University in 1625. In 1634 he was granted,
with three others, the sole right to export goods to Africa for 31
years. He was Burgess of Stirling and Edinburgh in 1636 and Agent for
the Convention of Royal Burghs. Henry succeeded to the Scots peerage
as 3rd Earl of Stirling in 1640 but to none of the paternal estates in
Scotland, having declined service when charged by his father's
creditors during an appraisal. He was living in England in 1641 and,
as a delinquent, was assessed by Parliament at ¹1,000 in 1645,
increased to ¹2,000 in November 1646.
In 1637 he had married Mary, 3rd and youngest daughter and coheir of
Sir Peter Vanlore, Baronet of Tilehurst, Berkshire. They had one son,
Henry. The 3rd Earl of Stirling died before 11 June 1649. His widow
Mary married, before 13 April 1654, John Blount, Lieutenant Colonel of
the King's Regiment of Horse, and she died before 27 June1660. Henry
Alexander was born about 1639 and was styled Lord Alexander from the
following year. He was still under age when his guardians, at the
same time as his step-father John Blount, petitioned for the grant of
Nova Scotia to be continued to Henry in 1660. That same year he was
engaged in a lawsuit regarding his mother's part of the Vanlore
inheritance. In 1661 he himself petitioned for a confirmation of his
inheritance of Long Island, and in 1663 engaged to sell his interest
therein to the Duke of York for ¹3,500. This was not paid, but the
Duke, by indenture dated 10 Nov 1674, inconsideration of the 4th
Earl's 'releasing all his pretence of right and title to the Colony of
New York,' granted him a pension of ¹300 out of the surplusage of the
net profits' therefrom. By 1686 this was12 years in arrears and was
reawarded.
Publication: Scotts Peerage
Text: Scotts Peerage: "Summary of All Royal Line of Alexander":
John, Lord of the Isles m. to Margaret Alexander,
Lord of Lochaser MacAlexander--real founder of the House of Alexander,
Thomas Alexander mentioned as Baron of Menstrie in Mar 6 1505,
Andrew Alexander Baron of Menstrie m. Catherine Graham.
Alexander Alexander , Baron of Menstrie in 1529 m. Lady Elizabeth
Douglas,
Andrew Alexander Baron of Menstry 1544,
Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstie d. 1564, m Elizabeth Forbes.
William Alexander,
Alexander Alexander, Baron of M. (had two sons): William Alexander,
Earl of Stirling
Alexander Alexander b. _____ d. 10 FEB 1580/81 m. Marion Graham,
child Marion Alexander m.
10 AUG 1589 Duncan PATERSON; son, Thomas Alexander b. 1630, Scotland,
but removed to Ireland in 1652,a devout Presbyterian. A dau of Thomas
m. Joseph Parks. He occupied lands in Co. Donegal,
dau Margaret, and a
son William (fat William) who had:
Archibald, Peter, Robert and William.
Archibald the eldest was born in Cunningham Manor Co. Donega l Feb.
1708, m. Margaret Parks his first cousin.
Charles ALEXANDER b. _____ d. bef 30 Mar 1663 m., bef 24 Mar 1645,
Anna DRURIE. Children Charles AEXANDER. James ALEXANDER
Text: "From Maryland to Mecklenburg and West to Texas"
The story of my Alexander family...
See William Alexander b 1625 d 1715 Cecil Co Md
Title: "Memorial of the Earl of Stirling and the House of Alexander":
Author: Rev. Charles Rogers, LL.D, 1877, Edinburgh
Publication: Vol. I, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1877
by Rev.Charles Rogers, LL.D, 1877, Edinburgh.
"Referring to Raphoe, Donnegal, Ulster, Ireland: looking for him. I
found a Rev. James Alexander 'at Raphoe', who was a Presbyterian
minister there from when he was ordained on 12 Dec 1677 until he died
17 Nov 1704 (Reid's Irish Presb. Church, reference given in book). He
left a will dated 13 Mar 1702 (Probate Court record) naming his wife
Marian Shaw as executrix and sole 'legatee'. She left a Will dated
1711 with a bequest to a niece, Elizabeth Shaw. The book states he
died without issue. Your/our Samuel Alexander could have been a
contemporary of his, judging from the dates, but not his son. Rev.
James is said to be a probable son of William Alexander "of Raphoe"
who is on a Hearth Roll Tax of 1662, named in parish of Clonleigh,
County Donegal. This William is a son of John Alexander of Eredy. (The
name Eredy closely resembles Eradall, one of the merklands in South
Kintyre, granted by James III in 1484 to Tarlach Mac Alexander of
Tarbert ..Reg. Sig., lib. X., 9, reference). Sir William Alexander of
Menstry, afterwards Earl of Stirling, maintained a correspondence with
his relatives in Kintyre. In1629, 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).
Title: "The Great Historic Families of Scotland"
Author: James Taylor
Publication: London: J.S Virtue & Co., 1889.
" William Alexander, Earl of Stirling to John Alexander, b.c 1590,
Tarbert, Kintyre, Scotla
and whose children were William, and seven other sons. (I have also
Phillip, Robert, and John (born about 1624-53). William, son of John
had the 7 boys and two girls who came to Somerset. and Cecil Co."
Title: "Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families 1634 to March 25th
1935",
Series II; Pub H.G. Roebuck and Sons Author: Alice Norris Parran 1935
Publication: Pub H.G. Roebuck and Sons Baltimore MD.1935
The Tercentenary Edition is Sponsored by 'The Southern Maryland
Society Col'
"This data begins at Conn Chead Chath of the Hundred Battles, and
continues on down
chronologically through the line as it is well known and
established--joins the line of Bruce, on down....Margaret m. John,
Lord of the Isle, the father of Alexander, Lord of Lochaser whose son
MacAlexander, is looked upon as the real founder of the House of
Alexander. His descendant, Thomas Alexander in a legal instrument
dated March 6 1505, is mentioned as Baron of Menstry. His son, Andrew
Alexander, Baron of Menstry, d. prior to 1527. His wife, Chatherine
Graham, their son, Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstrie (1529) m.
Lady Elizabeth Douglas, dau. of Thomas Douglas, oldest son of Sir
Robt.Douglas of Lochleven, by his wife Margaret dau of David Balfour
of Burleigh, and ancestor of the Earl of Morton. (See Douglas peerage
v2, 273)
Alexander Alexander had a son, Andrew Alexander, Baron of Menstry
(1544) whose son, Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstry, d.1565, his
wife, Elizabeth Forbes. His son William Alexander had two sons,
Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstry, who was the father of William
Alexander, Earl of Stirling and Thomas Alexander b in Scotland 1630
but removed to Ireland, 1652, for distaste of the Parliament of
Cromwell. An intense Presbyterian, but loyal to the Catholic Stuarts
of whom he was a blood kinsman. A dau m. Joseph Parks. He occupied
lands in County Donegal, dau Margaret. A son, William, remarkable
for his corpulency, m. and had four sons: Archibald, Peter, Robert
and William. Archibald, the eldest was b in Cuningham Manor, Co.
Donegal, Feb 4 1708 and m. Dec 31 1734 his first cousin, Margaret
Parks. This disproves Samuel of Cecil Co. as brother of Archibald, but
not of Thomas the father. Archibald did Colonial Service in America
in the Sandy Creek Expedition. They had eight children. The family
settled in Augusta Co, Va. Archibald Alexander m. secondly, 1757
Jane McClure, dau of James McClure of Augusta.
Elias Alexander, son of Andrew (and grandson of William Sr.of
Somerset); wife was daughter
of Joseph Alexander of New Munster, and O'Dwire tract. Issue--six sons
and daughters--William 1715, m. Agnes, his cousin. Abraham, 1717-1786,
m. Dorcas. Zebulon, 1720-1784, m.two unnamed wives; 3rd wife was Jane
McClung. Ezra 172?-1800, m unknown. Arthur, d. 1763, m. Margaret
McKamy, daughter of Elias unnamed."
Andrew Alexander, b.1650 was the brother of William Jr. and son of
William Sr. of Somerset Co who bought land in Somerset Co. and had
first deed of that county made to him.
There is a paragraph on Andrew Alexander of the same ancient family as
William, the first Earl of Stirling, descended also from the Earls of
Caledon, Tyrone Co., Ireland. From him descended Nathaniel Alexander
of Londonderry m. Elizabeth McClintock of Dunmore, Donegal Co. and had
the following:
1.William, had son Robert who left sons,
2. Robert who left several children,
3. Eliza wife of Josias Dupre, Esq.
4.James b. 1736, sat in Parliament for Londonderry from 1772-1789.
Title: , "The Original Lists of Persons of Quality Emigrants,
Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, 1600- 1700", Page 158/159: ENT
Publication: Taken From The Indexes to the Patent Roles, Commencing 4
James I. (1606), and Ending 14 William III. (1702).
Text: 4 February 1609: Grant to Sir William Alexander, Knt., and
others of a Commission special, to make a voyage into the Gulf and
River of Canada and the parts adjacent for the sole trade of Beaver
Wools, Beaver Skins, Furs, Hides and Skins of Wild Beasts. (4 Chas. I.
p. 34.) 11May 1611: Grant to Sir William Alexander, and others, to
collect Beaver Skins, & c., similar to the Grant made 4 Feb., 4 Chas.
I. p. 34.
(9 Chas.I. p.7.)Page 335: "Barbados By the Right Honorable the Leivt
Governor: JohnRogers Cheife Mate, and William Alexander, Second Mate
of the Ship John Friggott of Bristoll, whereof William Stokes,
deceased, was lately Master, personally appeared before mee, and made
Oath on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God, That the above convicted
Rebells by the Stoakes taken in att the Port of Bristoll, are the very
same Rebells, that were delivered to, and by the said Stoakes brought
in the said Shipp to this Island, and that they were all of them here
landed, and delivered to M' John Brown and Company. Factors for S'
William Booth, Knt. except Joseph Wickam who dyed on board the said
Shipp in Kingroad..... (signed) Edwyn Stede"
A true Copy Attested this First day of February 1685+ JN o Whetstone
Depty Secrty" (This certificate, as will be seen from it sending, is
taken from the attested copy.) + (1685-6):
1. William Alexander, Sir. b. C. 1567, Stirling?, m. 03 JAN 1601, in
Scotland, Janet Erskine, b. Scotland, (daughter of William Erskin and
Unk.) alive in May 1649. William died 21 FEB 1639/40, Covent Garden,
London, Eng., buried: 12 APR 1640, Stirling,Scotland.
1.1. William Alexander, Lord b. C. 1604, m. c. 1629, MARGARET _____,b.
c. 1611, d. 01 JAN 1
660. William died 18 MAY 1638, London,England, buried: Stirling,
Scotland. Margaret was the eldest dau. of William, eleventh Earl of
Angus and first Marquess of Douglas.
1.1.1. William Alexander b. c. 1632, d. -- May1640. Succeeded his
grandfather as second Earl in February 1640.
1.1.2. Catherine Alexander d. Bf 13 Feb 1686.
1.1.3. Jean Alexander.
1.1.4. Margaret Alexander. Married in 1672 to Sir Robert Sinclair,
Baronet, of Longformacus.
1.1.5. Lucy Alexander d. Bf 24 Mar 1645. Married to Edward Harrington,
a page of honour to the Prince of Orange in 1630.
1.2. Anthony Alexander, Sir. m. Elizabeth Wardlaw. Anthony died 17
Sep 1637, London, England, buried: Stirling, Scotland. Was Knighted at
Whitehall in 1635; m. Elizabeth: dau. of Sir Henry Wardlaw of
Pitreavie, Baronet. Anthony and Elizabeth had no children..
1.3. Henry Alexander.
1.4. John Alexander m. Agnes Graham, daughter of Robert Graham. John
died C. 1641.
Agnes Graham was the only dau. of Robert Graham of Gartmore
1.4.1. Janet Alexander. Janet was charged to enter herself heir toher
uncle Gilbert Graham in the lands of Gartmore.1.5. Charles Alexander
m. bef 24 Mar 1645, Anna Drurie. Charles died bef. 30 Mar 1663.
1.5.1. Charles Alexander graduated from the University of Edinburgh on
23 May 1655.
1.5.2. James Alexander was alive in 1670.
1.6. Robert Alexander d. bef June 1638.
1.7. Ludovick Alexander died young.
1.8. James Alexander d. 1671, buried: 09 Dec 1671, Edinburgh,
Scotland.
1.9. Jean Alexander d. 1670.
1.10. Margaret Alexander..
1.11. ElizabethAlexander d. Dec 1642.
Title: "Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and the House of Alexander",
by Charles Rogers, LLD, and Chart by Francis Thomas Anderson Junk
Author: Charles Rogers, LLD
Publication: Vol I, 1877,
Text: Rogers Memorials:
"The Alexander genealogy is given in Roger's Memorials of the Earl of
Sterling and the House of Alexander, and Chart by Francis Thomas
Anderson Junkin, LL.D.,Chicago, from which the following is taken:
'A Norse settlement was early established in Arran and Brute and other
islands in the West of Scotland under the Viking Conn Chead Chath of
the Hundred Battles. His descendant, Viking Somerled, about 1150,
exercised powerful authority in the Western Isles, disputing the
sovereignty of Scotland with David I. In 1164 he entered the Firth of
Clyde with a fleet of one hundred and sixty vessels, intending to
usurp the Scottish Crown. He was defeated at Renfrew and there slain.
(Chron. Man. A.D. 1104-1167). He married, about 1140 (second wife)
Affrica, daughter of Olave the Red, King of Man and had three sons:
Dougal, from whom came subsequently the Ducal House of Argyle; Angus,
the third son who became Lord of the Isle of Brute; and Ranald, the
second son, who became Lord of the Isles of Mull, Kintyre, etc. His
son Donald was the father of Angus (d. abt 1290) whose grandson, John,
Lord of the Isles, married Margaret,dau. of Robert II, King of
Scotland, grandson of King Robert I, the Bruce. Her descent from the
old English kings of the House of Ceredic is as follows: King
Ecgberht, d. 836; his son, King Ethelwulf, d. 855; son, King AElfred
the Great, d. 899; son, King Edward the Elder, d. 927; son, King
Edmund, d. 946; son, King Edgar, d. 975; son, King Etheldred the
Unready, d. 1016; son, King Edmund Ironside killed 1016, son, Edward
the Confessor; dau. Saint Margaret, who m. 1068, Malcolm III, King of
Scotland, d. 1093; son King David I of Scotland, d. 1168; son, Henry,
Earl of Huntington; son, David, Earl of Huntington, brother of King
William IV, the Lion, second daughter, Isabella, m. Robert Bruce, Lord
of Annandale, son, Robert Bruce, the Claimant; son Robert Bruce, Earl
of Carrick, who m. Isabella, Countess of Buchan of the family of
MacDuff; son, Robert I, the Bruce, King of Scotland, b. 1274 and d.
June 7, 1329, m. Isabel of Mar; dau of Marjory m. about 1316 Walter
Fitz Allan, the High Steward of Scotland, son, Robert II, king of
Scotland, 1370 and founder of the Stewart (Stuart) dynasty; his dau
.Margaret m. John, Lord of the Isles, the father of Alexander, Lord of
Lochaber, whose son, MacAlexander, is looked upon as the real founder
of the House of Alexander. His descendent,Thomas Alexander, in a
legal instrument dated March 6, 1505 is mentioned as Baron of
Menstrey. His son, Anderew Alexander, Baron of Menstrey, died prior
to 1527. His wife was Katherine Graham. Their son, Alexander
Alexander, Baron of Menstrey (1529) m. Lady Elizabeth Douglas, dau of
Thomas Douglas, eldest son of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven by his
wife Margaret, dau. of David Balfour of Burleigh, an ancestor of the
Earls of Morton. (See Douglas' Peerage, vol II, p.273.) Alexander
Alexander had a son, Andrew Alexander, Baron of Menstret (1544) whose
son, Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstrey, d.about 1565. His wife
was Elizabeth Fobes. His son, William Alexander, had two sons,
Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstrey, who was the father of William
Alexander, Earl of Sterling, and Thomas Alexander, b. in Scotland 1630
but removed to Ireland 1652 for distaste of the Rump Parliament of
Cromwell. "An Intense Presbyterian, but loyal to the Catholic Stuarts
of whom he was a blood kinsman.". Thomas Alexander b. 1630, Scotland,
but removed to Ireland in 1652, a devout Presbyterian, a dau. of
Thomas m. Joseph Parks. He occupied lands in Co. Donegal; dau.
Margaret, and a son William (fat William) who had Archibald, Peter,
Robert and William. Archibald the eldest was born in Cunningham Manor
Co., Donegal Feb. 4 1708, m. Margaret Parks his first cousin.'
Title: "A Record of Descendants of John Alexander" by Rev. John E.
Alexander of Lanarkshire, Scotland 1874 Principal of Washington
College,Tenn.
Publication: Printed by Alfred Martien 621 Jyne St. Philadelphia 1878
Mint Museum of History 3500 Shamrock Drive Charlotte,N.C. 282
Text: pg 203-204:
'In the same year (as Samuel Alexander and his sons bought lands in
1723 in Cecil Co. called Sligo and Alexandria) Robert Alexander from
the city of Glasgow, Scotland, then a merchant of Annapolis had lands
in the same part of Cecil Co. which in 1737 he left to his cousin,
William Alexander, of North Britain (Scotland). This William became a
large land-holder in vicinity of Elkton, Md. In 1741 he and Araminta
his wife deeded a lot in Elkton for the erection of the first
Presbyterian Church in that town. His lands descended to a second
Robert who went off to England at the Revolutionary War and never
returned. His lands were confiscated but after the war one-third of
them with one-half of his negroes were restored to his wife Isabella,
and to his six children, William, Lawson, Araminta, Henry, Andrew and
Robert. William settled on lands near Elkton while the rest of the
family seem to have remained in Baltimore. The son of this William,
whose name also was Robert succeeded his father on the homestead, but
finally sold it and became a hardware merchant."
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