John Alexander 
John was born in 1590 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland. John's father was William Alexander and his mother was Janet Erskine. His maternal grandparents were 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.1557 in Mendtrie, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland d.21 Feb 1640 in Covent Gardens, London, Middlesex, England
- 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.~ 1510 in Shelfield, Berwickshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1560 in Little Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1575 in Scotland
- b.~ 1563 in Clackmannanshire, Scotland
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Details of John's family with Agnes Elizabeth Graham
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