William Alexander

Male 1646 - 1715  (69 years)


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  • Name William Alexander 
    Born 1646  Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1715  New Munster, Cecil Co. MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Immigrated from Raphoe, Donegal, Ireland to Manokin, Somerset County, MD on the ship "Welcome" arriving September 21, 1670.

      Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families. Period From 1634 March 25th to 1935 March 25th: Tercentenary of the Founding of Maryland." By Alice Norris Parran, Southern Maryland Society Colonial Dames, Baltimore. Published 1938. Printed by H.G. Roebuck & Son:

      Page 64 reads, "One William Alexander came from Scotland before 1675, and with his son William II bought lands in Somerset County, Maryland. The first deed to land recorded in that County is made to William Sr. Ch--of William Sr. unknown but for William Jr., who m--Catherine. (Will dated 3/7/1732, Somerset Co., Md., book E. B. 9, folio 174;

      William acquired 100 acres named Hunting Quarter and 100 acres named Hogg Quarter at the headwaters of Wicomoco Creek and the Manokin River in Maryland. In 1692 William was an assistant to the court in laying the boundaries for the original parishes in Somerset County, Maryland.
    Person ID I10590  Master File
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2012 

    Father Rev. James Alexander,   b. ca 1628, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1704, Raphoe, Co. Donegal, Ulster Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Mary Maxwell,   b. ca 1628, Raphoe, Co. Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Raphoe, Co. Donegal, Ulster Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6723  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Araminta Liston,   b. ca 1650, Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2012 
    Family ID F6726  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart