FHB Alexander Predecessors - Revision history

Kat: /* Alexander Predecessors */

2024-03-29T04:30:14Z

Alexander Predecessors

Kat at 04:28, 29 March 2024

2024-03-29T04:28:06Z

Kat: /* DNA Evidence */

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DNA Evidence

Kat: /* Possible Ancestors of William L. Alexander (per Butterworth) */

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Possible Ancestors of William L. Alexander (per Butterworth)

Kat: /* Great-Great Grandfather: Rev. James Alexander (1634-1704) */

2023-07-06T02:12:38Z

Great-Great Grandfather: Rev. James Alexander (1634-1704)

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Supporting Traditions

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Supporting Traditions

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Supporting Traditions

Kat: /* Possible Ancestors of William L. Alexander */

2022-06-11T20:17:36Z

Possible Ancestors of William L. Alexander

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 =Alexander Predecessors=
-: For decades Alexander descendants have attempted to link the Lincoln County, Tennessee Alexanders to the Alexanders of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina who were associated with the (disputed) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg_Declaration_of_Independence Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of 1775]. Recent research, particularly a reading of [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ETsxAAAAMAAJ a 1909 book titled '''Records of a Family of the House of Alexander: from 1609 to 1909'''] by Frances Alexander Butterworth, has provided a clue that ''might'' point to the missing link. Specifically, the 1785 will of Eli (or Elias) Alexander mentions a son named Lewis. If this Lewis Alexander is our William L. Alexander (whom at least one descendant said was named William Lewis Alexander), that would do it. Unfortunately, so far I have not seen any documentation to definitively prove that William L.'s middle name was Lewis, but of course it could have been. An early Tennessee land record does show he was known as "William L. Alexander", so there is that. Pending further results, then, the following genealogy is presented as provisional.
+: For decades Alexander descendants have attempted to link the Lincoln County, Tennessee Alexanders to the Alexanders of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina who were associated with the (disputed) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg_Declaration_of_Independence Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of 1775]. Recent research, particularly a reading of [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ETsxAAAAMAAJ a 1909 book titled '''Records of a Family of the House of Alexander: from 1609 to 1909'''] by Frances Alexander Butterworth, has provided a clue that ''might'' point to the missing link. Specifically, the 1785 will of Eli (or Elias) Alexander mentions a son named Lewis. If this Lewis Alexander is our William L. Alexander (whom at least one descendant said was named William Lewis Alexander), that would do it. Unfortunately, so far I have not seen any documentation to definitively prove that William L.'s middle name was Lewis, but of course it could have been. An early Tennessee land record does show there was a "William L. Alexander" in Tennessee at the right time, so there is that. Pending further results, then, the following genealogy is presented as provisional.
 ===Supporting Traditions===

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 ==References==
-:* [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ETsxAAAAMAAJ Butterworth, ]
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	: So far there have been no matches found between our known Alexander descendants and descendants of the Mecklenburg, NC Alexanders. It may be too far back to show up in autosomal DNA, and at this time we don't have Y-DNA to compare. If that changes, of course, it could answer the question of whether we are from the same family or not.		: So far there have been no matches found between our known Alexander descendants and descendants of the Mecklenburg, NC Alexanders. It may be too far back to show up in autosomal DNA, and at this time we don't have Y-DNA to compare. If that changes, of course, it could answer the question of whether we are from the same family or not.

		+	==References==
		+	:* [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ETsxAAAAMAAJ Butterworth, ]
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 ==Possible Ancestors of [[William L Alexander|William L. Alexander]] (per Butterworth)==
 ===Father: [[Eli Alexander|Eli/Elias Alexander]] (d. ca. 1785)===
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 ===Great-Grandfather: [[Samuel Alexander]] (1657-1733)===
 ===Great-Great-Great Grandfather: [[William Alexander, Sr]]===

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 ===Great-Grandfather: [[Samuel Alexander]] (1657-1733)===
-===Great-Great Grandfather: [[Rev James Alexander|Rev. James Alexander]] (1634-1704)===
+===Great-Great Grandfather: [[William Alexander, Jr]]===
 ==DNA Evidence==

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-: We also have a family connection to Dr. William Bonner, since he married Lucy Robertson, a daughter of Elizabeth (Shores) and Capt. Henry Robertson. Elizabeth and Henry Robertson raised Mary Jane Shores, who married [[GW_Alexander_Sr|George W Alexander, Sr.]] as his second wife after her mother died. Elizabeth was Mary Jane's paternal aunt. Dr, Ashby, quoted above, is descended from George W Alexander, Sr.'s first wife, Martha Davidson (1805-1851).
+: We also have a family connection to Dr. William Bonner, since he married Lucy Robertson, a daughter of Elizabeth (Shores) and Capt. Henry Robertson. Elizabeth and Henry Robertson raised Mary Jane Shores (who married [[GW_Alexander_Sr|George W Alexander, Sr.]] as his second wife) after her mother died. Elizabeth was Mary Jane's paternal aunt. Dr, Ashby, quoted above, is descended from George W Alexander, Sr.'s first wife, Martha Davidson (1805-1851).
 ==Possible Ancestors of [[William L Alexander|William L. Alexander]] (per Butterworth)==