Francis Alexander (abt. 1689 - abt. 1781)

Ancestors

Died about 1781 at about age 92 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

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Joseph Alexander, born about 1659, and died before March 9, 1730, in New Munster, Cecil County, Maryland. He married first about 1679, Jane McKnitt, in Somerset County, Maryland. Jane was the daughter of John McKnitt and Elizabeth Wallace.

A. Sophia Alexander was born 26 Feb 1680, and died after 13 Dec 1726, in Slate Hill, Cecil County, Maryland, but now in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She married her paternal first cousin, Elias Alexander, son of Andrew Alexander, about 1705 in Cecil County, Maryland.

B. Francis Alexander was born about 1689, and died in 1781 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

C. Jane Alexander was born about 1691. She married Muley Mackey.

D. Abigail Alexander was born about 1693, and died in 1781 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. She married Francis Clapham.

E. James Alexander, known as "Yeoman" was born about 1695 in Manokin Hundred, Maryland, and died before 31 May 1779 in Cecil County, Maryland.

Joseph Alexander married as his second wife, Abigail McKnitt, sister of his first wife, Jane McKnitt, daughters of John McKnitt and Elizabeth Wallace. The records do not show any children born to this marriage.

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