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Alexander Bruce 1688–1760 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Jul 1688

Birth Location: Kinaird, Scotland

Death Date: 07 Nov 1760

Death Location: Nottoway County, Virginia, USA

Father: Alexander Gartlet

Mother: Margaret Cleland

Spouse(s): Sarah Tucker

Children(s): Alexander Jr, John Bruce, Barbara Bruce

Alexander Bruce was born in 1688 in Kinaird, Scotland, the child of Alexander Bruce Of Garlet Of Gartlet And Margaret Cleland. Alexander Bruce married Sarah Sally Tucker, and had children including Alexander Bruce Jr, Barbara Bruce, John Bruce. Alexander Bruce passed away in 1760 in Nottoway County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Alexander Bruce was born in 1688 in Kinaird, Scotland, the child of Alexander Bruce Of Garlet Of Gartlet And Margaret Cleland.
  • Alexander Bruce married Sarah Sally Tucker, and had children including Alexander Bruce Jr, Barbara Bruce, John Bruce.
  • Alexander Bruce passed away in 1760 in Nottoway County, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Gartlet
1637–1704
Birth Location: Perth and Kinross, Scotland
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Margaret Cleland
1652–1722
Birth Location: Clackmannanshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Tucker
1698–1787
Birth Location: Scotland
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Children(s)

Alexander Jr
1718–1796
Birth Location: Nottoway, Nottoway, Virginia, USA
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John Bruce
1720–1785
Birth Location: Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland
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Barbara Bruce
1730–1788
Birth Location: Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Alexander Bruce's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Bruce
1688–1760
Birth Place: Kinaird, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Bruce of Garlet of Gartlet
1637–1704
Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Margaret Cleland
1652–1722
Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Bruce III Baron of Kennett) III
1600–1668
Green, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Anna (Agnes) Murray
1603–1664
Perdowie, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Bruce's Descendants

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Alexander Bruce (21 Jul 1688–07 Nov 1760) m. Sarah (Sally) Tucker (1698–1787)
  1. 1. Alexander (Bruce) Jr 1718–1796 m. Anne Penick 1763–1805 m. Dorothy May 1728–1767
    1. 1. James Bruce 1783–1861 m. Margaret ((Peggy)) Cobb 1789–1860
      1. 1. Azariah Bruce 1816–1880 m. Elizabeth Badders 1818–1880
        1. 1. James (William) Bruce 1840–1922
        2. 2. George (W.) Bruce 1842–1923
        3. 3. Daughter Bruce 1840–1850
      2. 2. Elizabeth Bruce 1814–1875
      3. 3. Minerva (M) Bruce 1816–1858
      4. 4. Nancy ("Nannie") Bruce 1811–1851
      5. 5. Rachel (S) Bruce 1824–1876
      6. 6. Lettice Bruce 1839–
      7. 7. Martha (“Patsey”) Bruce 1809–1870
      8. 8. Sarah (Sally Ann) Bruce 1808–1891
      9. 9. William (James) Bruce 1831–1907
      10. 10. Zena Bruce 1819–1889
      11. 11. Lucinda Bruce 1841–1915
    2. 2. Mary ((Polly)) Bruce 1784–1859
    3. 3. Jane (Dolly) Bruce 1790–1840
    4. 4. Woodson Bruce 1779–1797
    5. 5. Lucy Bruce 1785–1850
    6. 6. Rachel Bruce 1773–
    7. 7. David Bruce 1787–
    8. 8. Philadelphia ("Delpha") Bruce 1741–1787
    9. 9. Lemuel Bruce 1756–1805 m. Agness Bass 1758–1817
      1. 1. Edward (D) Bruce 1792–1873 m. Harriott Poultney 1805–1847
        1. 1. Robert (Soule) Bruce 1833–1898 m. Anna (Drusilla) Pate 1837–1912
        2. 2. Emma (S) Bruce 1836–
        3. 3. Mary (S) Bruce 1831–1868
        4. 4. Thomas (P) Bruce 1825–1907
        5. 5. Emily (S) Bruce 1832–
        6. 6. John Bruce 1836–
        7. 7. Harriet (A) Bruce 1837–
      2. 2. Lemuel (Bruce) Jr 1794–1836
      3. 3. John (B.) Bruce 1787–1820
      4. 4. Armistead Bruce 1796–1829
      5. 5. Lucy (B.) Bruce 1801–1865
      6. 6. Tabitha (Harris) Bruce 1789–1839
      7. 7. Elizabeth (Ann Fowlkes) Bruce 1795–1858
      8. 8. Susan (Caroline A) Bruce 1802–
    10. 10. John (M Bruce) Corp 1745–1787
      1. 1. Nelson BRUCE 1779–1830
    11. 11. Ridley (Ann) Bruce 1748–1838
    12. 12. Elizabeth (May) Bruce 1749–1819
    13. 13. Dionetia Bruce 1758–1830
    14. 14. Alexander Bruce 1757–1795
    15. 15. Prudence Bruce 1762–1803
    16. 16. Armistead Bruce 1765–1839
    17. 17. Nelson Bruce 1766–
  2. 2. John Bruce 1720–1785 m. Margaret Jones 1724–1751
    1. 1. JOHN BRUCE 1748–1827 m. Elizabeth Clay 1750–1832
      1. 1. John Bruce 1771–1855 m. Isabella Boyle 1790–1880 m. Sarah (Anna) Doty 1784–1815
        1. 1. Patrick (Henry Clay) Bruce 1818–1906
        2. 2. Jack Bruce 1828–1898
        3. 3. Alexander Bruce 1830–1892
        4. 4. Perry (G) Bruce 1840–1926
        5. 5. Simon (Boliver) Bruce 1832–1893
        6. 6. Thomas Bruce 1806–1879
        7. 7. Anna Bruce 1819–1886
        8. 8. Isabella Steel 1822–1877
        9. 9. Jane Book 1826–1855
        10. 10. Mahala Jameson 1804–1877
        11. 11. Margaret (J.) Leitch 1824–1889
        12. 12. Robert Bruce 1834–1855
        13. 13. John (Masterson) Bruce 1804–1880
        14. 14. Thersa Gaw 1810–1868
      2. 2. Brunetta (Bruce) Proctor 1802–1835
      3. 3. George (W) Bruce 1788–1842
      4. 4. Henry (Clay) Bruce 1771–1815
      5. 5. Horatio (Bruce Garrard) KY 1793–1857
      6. 6. Rebecca Bruce 1792–1846 m. Burton Palmer 1788–1858
        1. 1. Mary (B) Palmer 1828–1917
        2. 2. Constantine (Basil Palmer) SR 1825–1892
        3. 3. Martha Palmer 1823–1894
        4. 4. Hiram Palmer 1820–1853
        5. 5. Nixon Palmer 1817–1852
        6. 6. Clarissa Palmer 1815–1892
        7. 7. John (Henry) Palmer 1818–1894
        8. 8. George (Alexander) Palmer 1832–1917
      7. 7. Alexander Bruce 1797–1851 m. Amanda (Malvina Fitzalan) Bragg 1803–1852
        1. 1. Henry (Clay) Bruce 1824–1909
        2. 2. John (Logan) Bruce 1825–1915 m. Henrietta Abbott 1830–1890
        3. 3. Thomas (Joseph) Bruce 1822–1896
        4. 4. Nancy (Birney) Bruce 1828–1898
        5. 5. Brunette (Proctor Bruce) Redden 1820–1908 m. Thomas (E) Redden 1804–1856
        6. 6. Horatio (Washington) Bruce 1830–1903
      8. 8. Clara Bruce 1786–1833 m. Abijah Withers 1783–1823
        1. 1. William Withers 1819–1908
        2. 2. Elizabeth (B. Withers) Mason 1815–1898
      9. 9. Tabatha (Clay) Bruce 1798–1878 m. Absolom Arnold 1790–1828
        1. 1. Clara Arnold 1822–1884
        2. 2. Alexander (Bruce) Arnold 1826–1900 m. Margaret (Ann) Arnold 1829–1854 m. Sarah (B.) Arnold 1833–1900
        3. 3. Tabitha (Clay) Arnold 1828–1893
        4. 4. Thomas (H) Arnold 1819–1900
        5. 5. John (Bruce) Arnold 1818–1900
        6. 6. Elizabeth Arnold 1825–1873
        7. 7. Horatio (Constantine) Arnold 1824–1859
        8. 8. Brunette Arnold 1820–1849
      10. 10. Richard (Preston) Bruce 1780–1841
      11. 11. Elizabeth (Green) Bruce 1779–1806 m. James (Wesley King) Sr 1776–1837
        1. 1. James (Mitchell) King 1806–1877
        2. 2. Rachel (P) King 1804–1877
        3. 3. Sidney (Claborn) King 1804–1866
        4. 4. Adrial (M) King 1801–1869
        5. 5. John (Bruce King) Sr 1798–1876
        6. 6. Brice (Ridley) King 1800–1880
      12. 12. Sophia Bruce 1782–1820
      13. 13. Constantine (Bruce (Twin to) Alexander) 1797–1834 m. Sophia (Williams) (Williamson) 1811–
      14. 14. Peregrine (Pickle) Bruce 1786–1841
    2. 2. George Bruce –1808 m. Temperance 1755–1810
      1. 1. Benjamin Bruce 1806–1808
  3. 3. Barbara Bruce 1730–1788

Alexander Bruce's Timeline

2 Records

1688
21 Jul 1688
Birth of Alexander Bruce in Kinaird, Scotland
Kinaird, Scotland
1760
07 Nov 1760
Age 72
Death of Alexander Bruce in Nottoway County, Virginia, USA
Nottoway County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Jul 1688
    Event Place: Kinaird, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: St. Andrews St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 07 Nov 1760
    Event Place: Nottoway County, Virginia, USA
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