John Alexander 
John was born in 1590 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland. John's father was William Alexander and his mother is Janet Erskine. His paternal grandparents were Alexander Alexander and Marion Graham; his maternal grandparents are William Erskine and UNKNOWN Joane. He was an only child. He died at the age of 87 in 1677 in Caledon, Stafford, VIrginia.General Notes
REFN: 5802AN
Alexander Lineage Lines Early Immigrant to America coming before 1750 "Wil
liam Alexander, prob came from Scotland before 1675, settled in Somerset C
o., Md., where he was an extensive land trader in land; He m. and had iss
ue of record: (1) William Alexander, engaged in land deals with his fathe
r. A William, perhaps his son,, is listed as a corporal in Talbot's Co. M
d. Militia in 1748. There was a large colony of Alexander's in this Easte
rn Shore country as early as 1665; they resided there for about a centu
ry and finally dispersed to other sections, some to Cecil County, Md.
A William Alexander is mentioned frequently in Clayton Torrence, Old Somer
set on the Eastern Shore of Maryland: A Study in Foundations and Founde
rs (Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1973; reprint o f 1935 ed.).
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1500 in Menstrie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1530 in Scotland d.1581 in Scotland
- b.~ 1505
- b.1557 in Mendtrie, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland d.21 Feb 1640 in Covent Gardens, London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1555 in Monteith, Angus, Scotland
- b.~ 1535 in Scotland d. in Scotland
- b.1590 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland d.1677 in Caledon, Stafford, VIrginia
- b.~ 1458 in Erskine, Refrewshire, Scotland d.09 Sep 1513 in Flodden, Braxton, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1500 in Erskine, Refrewshire, Scotland
- b.17 Apr 1462 in Lochowe, Argyll, Scotland
- b.~ 1530 in Little Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1473 in Keir, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1510 in Shelfield, Berwickshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1476 in Sabquhar, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1560 in Little Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1575 in Scotland
- b.~ 1563 in Clackmannanshire, Scotland
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Children
Robert Alexander
Robert was born in 1610 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland. He died after 1634 in Drumquin, County Tyrone, Ireland.
William Alexander
William was born in 1624 in Eridy, Donegal, Ireland. He died after 1690 in Cecil Co, Maryland.
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