Archibald ALEXANDER b. 4 Feb 1708 Cunningham Manor, Co. Down Ulster Ireland d. Jan 1780 Timber Ridge, Augusta Co. VA: Appalachian Aristocracy

1708 - 1780 (71 years)

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Name	Archibald ALEXANDER
Born	4 Feb 1708	Cunningham Manor, Co. Down Ulster Ireland
Gender	Male
_UID	703A16682E564E88BB75C400ED6336B0AC2C
Died	Jan 1780	Timber Ridge, Augusta Co. VA
	Now in Rockbridge Co. VA
Buried	Irvine Family Cemetery, (Buffalo District), Timber Ridge Rockbridge Co. VA
	Grave location and biography: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40433616
Notes	He was one of the early settlers of Augusta Co. VA. A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia by Oren F. Morton, published in 1920 source for the following information: Archibald, son of William Alexander, Sr., came from near Londonderry, in 1737, and lived about ten years near Philadelphia. He was well-to-do for those days, and was a man of character, education, and influence. Archibald removed in 1747 from the bank of the Schulykill and settled on South River nearly opposite the mouth of Irish Creek. Archibald Alexander, the Captain of the Sandy Creek expedition and the first sheriff of Rockbridge County. He married his cousin, Margaret Parks. Chalkley's: Page 463 18th February, 1747. £29. Benj. Borden, &c., to Archibald Alexander (sold in testator's lifetime), 980 acres, part of 92,100; corner Thomas McSpaden; corner Alexander McCleary, near a sink hole called the Punch Bowl. Teste: None. Acknowledged as above. Page 139 20th August, 1765. Archibald Alexander sold to Joseph Alexander, £30, 256 acres, crossing the South River. Teste: John Lowrey, John Peoples, Nathaniel McClure. DAR ID Number 149364 has the following information: Archibald Alexander was appointed sheriff and justice of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Va. BIOGRAPHY From Find A Grave Like nearly all the early settlers of Rockbridge Co, Archibald Alexander was a farmer, but living on the dangerous American frontier. He was commissioned into the military service and fought in the French and Indian Wars between 1750-1760. He captained a company of Rangers at the Sandy Creek expedition and for this service he received several thousand acres of land in Kentucky. Archibald who was an elder in Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church was married twice. In 1734 to his cousin Margaret Parks. She died in 1753, and four years later he married Jane McClure who was also Irish born. He had seven children by the first marriage and eight by the second. (JB orig site creator) Joseph Waddells' Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, supplement has the data above, adding he was born in County Down instead of County Donegal, per the site I took over. Archibald Alexander was born on 4 Feb 1708 in Ulster. His will was probated on 1 Feb 1780 in Rockbridge, Co., VA, so he died prior to this date. He married twice. First to his cousin Margaret Parks (1708-1753, the daughter of Joseph Parks) on 31 Dec 1734 in Ireland and second, to Jane McClure in 1757 in Augusta Co., Virginia. With Margaret (1708 - 1753), he had 5 known children: Elizabeth, William, Phoebe, Jane and jean. With Jane (dates unknown), he had 5 known children: Joseph, John, James, Samuel and Archibald, Jr. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: extracted ..., Volume 3, page 429 in Deed Book 12: "Page 139.--20th August, 1765. Archibald Alexander to Joseph Alexander,£30, 256 acres, crossing the South River. Teste: John Lowrey, John Peoples, Nathaniel McClure." The Westminster Presbyterian site has the "Archibald Alexander Travelogue" by Sherman Isbell: "The older Archibald Alexander died about 1780 and is apparently buried two miles north, at Muse Cemetery, the older burying ground for Timber Ridge Church, though his grave stone is now gone."1-11. The site has a LOT OF DATA: http://www.westminsterconfession.org/the-doctrines-of-grace/archibald-alexander-travelogue.php
Person ID	I5786	Master File
Last Modified	3 Sep 2015

Father	William ALEXANDER, Sr., b. 1678, Cunningham Manor, Co. Down Ulster Ireland , d. 1749, Ulster Ireland (Age 71 years)
Mother	Jean McNutt, b. 1680, Cunningham Manor, Co. Down Ulster Ireland
Married	Between 1700 and 1706	Raphoe, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
Family ID	F4390	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Margaret PARKS, b. 31 Jan 1712, Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland , d. ca Jul 1755, Augusta Co. VA (Age 43 years)

Married 31 Dec 1734 Ulster Ireland

Children

	1. Elizabeth Parks ALEXANDER, b. 28 Oct 1735, County Donegal,Ireland , d. 29 Nov 1802, Augusta Co. VA (Age 67 years)
+	2. William ALEXANDER, b. 22 Mar 1737/38, Nottingham, Chester Co. PA , d. Bef 6 June 1797, Rockbridge Co. VA (Age 59 years)
	3. Ann ALEXANDER, b. 17 Sep 1740, New Providence, Lancaster Co. PA
	4. Joseph ALEXANDER, b. 9 Feb 1741/42, New Providence, Lancaster Co. PA
	5. Hannah ALEXANDER, b. 21 Apr 1745, New Providence, Lancaster Co. PA , d. Aft 1824 (Age 79 years)
	6. Phoebe ALEXANDER, b. 12 Aug 1749, Augusta Co. VA , d. 13 Feb 1821, Rockbridge Co. VA (Age 71 years)
	7. Margaret ALEXANDER, b. 09 Jul 1751, Augusta Co. VA , d. 1759, Augusta Co. VA (Age 7 years)

Last Modified 14 Jan 2012

Family ID F4389 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Jane McClure, b. ca 1727, Ballynashanagh, Raphoe, County Donegal, Northern Ireland , d. Aft. Feb 1780, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. VA (Age ~ 53 years)

Married 1757 Augusta Co. VA

Children

	1. Isabella ALEXANDER, b. 06 Aug 1758, Augusta Co. VA
	2. Mary ALEXANDER, b. 04 Feb 1760, Augusta Co. VA
	3. Margaret ALEXANDER, b. 01 Feb 1762, Augusta Co. VA , d. 1779, Augusta Co. VA (Age 16 years)
	4. John ALEXANDER, b. 28 Jul 1764, Augusta Co. VA , d. 1828 (Age 63 years)
	5. James ALEXANDER, b. 04 Oct 1766, Augusta Co. VA
	6. Samuel ALEXANDER, b. 06 Feb 1769, Augusta Co. VA , d. Bef May 1794 (Age 25 years)
	7. Archibald ALEXANDER, Jr., b. 03 Mar 1771, Augusta Co. VA
	8. Jane ALEXANDER, b. 1773, Augusta Co. VA

Last Modified 30 Dec 2011

Family ID F6547 Group Sheet | Family Chart