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Alexander Hughan Carson 1752 – 1823 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1752

Birth Location: Pennsylvania

Death Date: 1823

Death Location: Beaver City, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States

Father: William Carson

Mother: Sarah Cassidy

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Gilchrist

Children(s): William Carson, Sarah Carson

The story of Alexander Hughan Carson began in 1752 in Pennsylvania. In 1776, Alexander Hughan Carson resided in Washington, Pennsylvania, USA. In 1800, Alexander Hughan Carson resided in Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA. Alexander Hughan Carson married Elizabeth Sarah Gilchrist, and had children including William C Carson, Sarah (Sally) Carson. Alexander Hughan Carson passed away in 1823 in Beaver City, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Alexander Hughan Carson began in 1752 in Pennsylvania.
  • In 1776, Alexander Hughan Carson resided in Washington, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • In 1800, Alexander Hughan Carson resided in Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Alexander Hughan Carson married Elizabeth Sarah Gilchrist, and had children including William C Carson, Sarah (Sally) Carson.
  • Alexander Hughan Carson passed away in 1823 in Beaver City, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Carson
1729 – 1791
Birth Location: Girthon, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sarah Cassidy
1725 –
Birth Location: Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Gilchrist
1755 – 1823
Birth Location: Dunbar Twp, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

William Carson
1794 – 1864
Birth Location: Beaver City, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sarah Carson
1795 –
Birth Location: Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
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Alexander Carson's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Carson
1752 – 1823
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Parents
William Carson
1729 – 1791
Girthon, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sarah (J) Cassidy
1725 –
Ireland
Grandparents
Alexander (Harvey) Carson
1685 – 1795
Tyrone, Ireland
Eleanor (Jane) McDuff
1652 – 1712
Wilmarnock, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Carson
1674 – 1742
Susie McDuff
1677 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Rev Carson
1652 – 1718
Margaret (McClintock)
1655 – 1717

Alexander Carson's Descendants

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Alexander (Hughan) Carson (1752 – 1823) m. Elizabeth (Sarah) Gilchrist (Abt. 1755 – Bef. Feb 1823)
  1. 1. William (C) Carson (26 Nov 1794 – 14 Dec 1864) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Chidester (Abt. 1800 – 19 May 1870)
    1. 1. Matthew (Rankin) Carson (06 Sep 1823 – 19 Dec 1861) m. Lucetta (Walton) ALLEN (16 Nov 1819 – 20 Aug 1887)
      1. 1. William (Barnabus) Carson (30 May 1846 – 28 Jan 1896) m. Anna A (Oct 1850 – )
        1. 1. Carrie Carson (Apr 1874 – )
        2. 2. Nettie Carson (Sep 1880 – )
        3. 3. Victor (S) Carson (Jul 1888 – )
      2. 2. Charles (Alexander) Carson (30 Sep 1848 – 05 Apr 1899) m. Harriet ("Hattie" Clarice) Folks (9 Oct 1849 – 28 Mar 1928)
        1. 1. Aleatha (Fay) Carson (19 Apr 1876 – 17 May 1963) m. John (Cook) Boynton (23 Aug 1860 – )
        2. 2. Emma (Dee) Carson (20 Jun 1882 – 15 Aug 1972)
        3. 3. Nellie (Lee) Carson (6 Jul 1884 – 7 Oct 1945)
        4. 4. Sarah (“Sadie” Matilda) Carson (Oct 1885 – )
        5. 5. Josephine (Lucetta) Carson (21 Jul 1887 – 7 Jul 1965)
        6. 6. Cecil (Ann) Carson (25 Oct 1894 – 22 Feb 1963)
      3. 3. Mary (Elizabeth) Carson (Feb 1851 – 19 Apr 1930) m. William (Benjamin) Pride (Abt. 1838 – ) m. Benjamin (S.) Jones (Abt 1821 – )
        1. 1. Charles (Allen) Pride (Abt. 1871 – )
        2. 2. Elmer (William) Pride (9 Jan 1872 – 25 Jun 1958) m. Maude Christ
        3. 3. Grace (Hatty) Pride (1874 – )
        4. 4. William (Jennings) Pride (abt 1876 – )
        5. 5. Martha Reeder (abt 1866 – )
        6. 6. John (Summers) Jones (Abt. May 1880 – )
        7. 7. Darwin (Lester) Jones
        8. 8. Ernest (Arthur) Jones
      4. 4. Emma (Amelia) Carson (1854 – 01 Dec 1940) m. Rev. (Albert) Vandaveer (1852 – 21 Mar 1926)
        1. 1. Robert (Allen) Vandaveer (28 Apr 1874 – 31 Oct 1875)
        2. 2. Albert (Jennings) Vandaveer (13 Sep 1875 – 05 Dec 1940) m. Minnie (Claire) Mills (27 Feb 1878 – 21 Feb 1936) m. Alma (Florence) Carson (08 Oct 1885 – 24 Feb 1976)
        3. 3. Miram (Lily) Vandaveer (07 Oct 1877 – 26 Jul 1957) m. Lucas (Lee) Wilson (Oct 1870 – 1934)
        4. 4. Homer (C) Vandaveer (15 Oct 1879 – 30 Jan 1880)
        5. 5. Bertha (A) Vandaveer (14 Oct 1880 – 14 Jan 1882)
        6. 6. Heber (Clark) VANDAVEER (22 Jun 1884 – 03 Feb 1972) m. Sarah (Ethel) Googe (26 Mar 1882 – 08 Aug 1967)
        7. 7. Ralph (Garrett) Vandaveer (14 Jul 1891 – 02 Dec 1957) m. Mayme (Maude) Mosley (28 Nov 1897 – 23 Mar 1989)
      5. 5. James (Jennings) Carson (12 Jun 1855 – 21 Sep 1926) m. Mary Mendenhall (abt 1852 – 1889) m. Alice (Rae "Allie") Seneff (18 May 1871 – 14 Mar 1960)
        1. 1. John (Winfred) Carson (23 FEB 1882 – 10 FEB 1883)
        2. 2. Matthew (Leonard) Carson (01 Oct 1883 – 1952) m. Alice (E.) Seneff (abt 1888 – )
        3. 3. Alma (Florence) Carson (08 Oct 1885 – 24 Feb 1976) m. Wesley (Shropshire) Neal ( – 07 Aug 1925) m. Albert (Jennings) Vandaveer (13 Sep 1875 – 05 Dec 1940)
        4. 4. Dwight (Harold) Carson (29 Jan 1893 – 7 Jun 1979) m. Dorcas Riddlesperger (5 Jul 1894 – 05 JUL 1984)
        5. 5. Eva (Rae) Carson (1895 – 1898)
        6. 6. Sadie (Eudora) Carson (29 Aug 1898 – Jan 1983)
        7. 7. Emma (Virginia) Carson (11 Apr 1904 – 31 Mar 2001) m. Melvin (Elsworth) Taylor (7 Aug 1903 – Apr 1981)
        8. 8. Infant (Son) Carson (17 Jun 1910 – 17 Jun 1910)
      6. 6. Sarah ((Sadie) Clotilda) Carson (16 August 1858 – 25 Feb 1897) m. John (Thomas) Norton (Abt. 1855 – 26 Feb 1897)
        1. 1. Ethel Norton (9 Oct 1887 – Jun 1970)
        2. 2. Kelvin Norton (2 Dec 1888 – )
        3. 3. Sadie Norton (4 Feb 1897 – 21 May 1981) m. William (Jackson (Jack)) Jamison (2 Apr 1897 – 16 May 1965)
      7. 7. Matthew (Rankin) Carson (08 Jan 1862 – 30 Sep 1950) m. Louisa (Fredericka) Bleich (16 Nov 1865 – 15 April 1919)
        1. 1. Maud Carson (Jul 1885 – )
        2. 2. Emma (Julia Dryke) O'Leary (abt 1887 – 10 Jan 1977) m. John (Thompson) Altman (24 April 1883 – 17 July 1940)
    2. 2. Alexander Carson (30 Jan 1825 – 10 Nov 1850) m. Caroline Fisher (7 February 1824 – 7 December 1880)
    3. 3. William (C) Carson (28 Dec 1825 – 14 Oct 1861) m. Elizabeth ((Eliza)) Cross (Oct 28 1828 – 23 Mar 1912)
      1. 1. Arthur (Melancthon) Carson (Abt. 1849 – Abt. 1925) m. Cordelia (Sarah) Lasher (8 Oct 1857 – 13 Feb 1941)
        1. 1. Waid (Edwin) Carson (8 Aug 1876 – Abt. 1946)
        2. 2. Elizabeth ((Bessie) Eliza) Carson (17 Sep 1878 – Nov 1967) m. Cornelius (C.) Staats (21 Feb 1874 – 17 Oct 1935)
      2. 2. Ellen ((Ella) Eliza) Carson (29 Aug 1851 – ) m. James (H) Mcconnell (11 Mar 1838 – 1 December 1903)
        1. 1. Paul (Carson) McConnell (25 Jan 1892 – 7 Apr 1975) m. Edith Field (16 Jan 1899 – 29 Jul 1959)
      3. 3. William (L (Clyde)) Carson (19 Jun 1854 – 19 Apr 1929)
      4. 4. John (M.) Carson (Abt. 1858 – )
      5. 5. Anna ((Annie) M) Carson (Abt. 1859 – )
      6. 6. Albert (Edwin) Carson (20 Nov 1861 – 01 May 1922)
    4. 4. Ephraim (Chidester) Carson (25 Apr 1833 – 29 Oct 1880)
    5. 5. David (Byers) Carson (Abt. 1837 – 15 Sep 1867) m. Susan Marrion (Sep 1839 – 10 Nov 1914)
      1. 1. Isabel Carson (7 Nov 1860 – 27 Dec 1918)
      2. 2. Theodore (Fruelingheuysen) Carson (10 June 1862 – 18 March 1927)
      3. 3. Sterling (David) Carson (Apr 1867 – 20 Oct 1925)
    6. 6. John (G) Carson (02 Jul 1840 – 23 Feb 1858)
    7. 7. Theodore Carson (Oct 1842 – 22 May 1862)
  2. 2. Sarah ((Sally)) Carson (1795 – )

Alexander Carson's Timeline

7 Records

1752
1752
Birth of Alexander Hughan Carson in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
1776
1776-1800
Age 24
Alexander Hughan Carson resided here in Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
1800
1800-1904
Age 48
Alexander Hughan Carson resided here in Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
1823
Abt 1823
Age 71
Alexander Hughan Carson resided here in Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
1823
17 Aug 1823
Age 71
Death of Alexander Hughan Carson in Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
1823
1823
Age 71
Death of Alexander Hughan Carson in Beaver City, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States
Beaver City, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States
1823
29 Aug 1823
Age 71
Alexander Hughan Carson - Probate in Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1752
    Event Place: Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1776-1800
    Event Place: Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Lists of inhabitants in Washington County, Pennsylvania, 1800 or before

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1800-1904
    Event Place: Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863
    [2] Beaver County, Pennsylvania History

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Abt 1823
    Event Place: Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, Probate Records, 1803-1917; Index to Register's Office, 1803-1965; Author: Beaver County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Beaver, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, Revolutionary War Battalions and Militia Index, 1775-1783

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Aug 1823
    Event Place: Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, Probate Records, 1803-1917; Index to Register's Office, 1803-1965; Author: Beaver County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Beaver, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1823
    Event Place: Beaver City, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 29 Aug 1823
    Event Place: Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, Probate Records, 1803-1917; Index to Register's Office, 1803-1965; Author: Beaver County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Beaver, Pennsylvania
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