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Alexander Donald 1730–1806 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 May 1730

Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1806

Death Location: Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA

Father: Alexander Esquire

Mother: Grizel Giels

Spouse(s): Margaret Clanton, Margaret Clanton, Margaret Clanton

Children(s): James Donald, John Donald, Hezekiah I

The story of Alexander Donald began in 1730 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom. Alexander Donald married Elizabeth Trotter, Margaret Dearest Clanton, and had children including Hezekiah Donald I, James Edminston Andrew Donald, John Andrew Donald, Robert Alexander Donald. Alexander Donald passed away in 1806 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Alexander Donald began in 1730 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Alexander Donald married Elizabeth Trotter, Margaret Dearest Clanton, and had children including Hezekiah Donald I, James Edminston Andrew Donald, John Andrew Donald, Robert Alexander Donald.
  • Alexander Donald passed away in 1806 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Alexander Donald's Ancestors

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Alexander Donald
1730–1806
Birth Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Donald , Esquire
1710–1795
Glasgow, Argyll, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grizel Giels
1701–
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William (McIntosh) Donald
1670–
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
David Jr.
1650–1700
Amelia Maclaren
1655–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Donald*
1565–
Bessie Hamiltoun
1622–1680

Alexander Donald's Descendants

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Alexander Donald (2 May 1730–1806) m. Margaret (Dearest) Clanton (1714–1780) m. Margaret (Dearest) Clanton (1714–1780) m. Margaret (Dearest) Clanton (1736–1780)
  1. 1. James (Edminston Andrew\*) Donald 1738–1800
    1. 1. Alexander Donald 1790–1857 m. Martha White 1785–
      1. 1. Robert (H.) Donald 1818–1891 m. Mary (Jones) Donald 1830–1858
        1. 1. Thomas (Wesley\^) Donald 1858–1931 m. Sarah ((Sally) Martha) James 1860–1946 m. Sarah ("Sallie" Martha) James 1860–1946
  2. 2. John (Andrew) Donald 1760–1840
  3. 3. Hezekiah (Donald) I 1740–1816

Alexander Donald's Timeline

3 Records

1730
2 May 1730
Birth of Alexander Donald in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1736
1736
Age 6
Alexander Donald was married
None
1806
1806
Age 76
Death of Alexander Donald in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 May 1730
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1736
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1806
    Event Place: Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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