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Alexander "Sawney" Stinson 1710–1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1710

Birth Location: Scotland

Death Date: 1789 or 1791

Death Location: Buckingham County, Virginia

Father:

Mother: Mary Hogg

Spouse(s): Joanna Hooper

Children(s): George Stinson

The story of Alexander "Sawney" Stinson began in 1710 in Scotland. Alexander "Sawney" Stinson married Joanna Hooper, and had children including George Stinson. Alexander "Sawney" Stinson passed away in 1789 in Buckingham County, Virginia.

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Biography

  • The story of Alexander "Sawney" Stinson began in 1710 in Scotland.
  • Alexander "Sawney" Stinson married Joanna Hooper, and had children including George Stinson.
  • Alexander "Sawney" Stinson passed away in 1789 in Buckingham County, Virginia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Mary Hogg
1685–1793
Birth Location: New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
MH

Spouses(s)

Joanna Hooper
1708–1793
Birth Location: Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
JH

Children(s)

George Stinson
1750–1821
Birth Location: Buckingham, Virginia
GS

Alexander Stinson's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Stinson
1710–1789
Birth Place: Scotland
Parents
Mary Hogg
1685–1793
New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Stinson's Descendants

1.
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Alexander ("Sawney") Stinson (1710–1789 or 1791) m. Joanna Hooper (1708 or 1728–1793)
  1. 1. George Stinson 1750–1821 m. Phoebe Barksdale 1760–1836
    1. 1. Martha ("Patsy") Stinson 1789–1844 m. Robert Kilgore 1788–1851
      1. 1. Elizabeth ((Eliza) Kilgore) Heard 1818–1885 m. Ephraim ("E.Q." Quarles Heard) (Joseph) 1811–
        1. 1. Mercyletteries (A) Heard 1837–1893 m. James (Causley) Young 1832–1896
      2. 2. George (Allen) Kilgore 1819–1907
      3. 3. Talitha (C) Pryor 1823–1869
      4. 4. William Killgore 1810–1855
      5. 5. Mary (Ann) Tippit 1816–1887
      6. 6. Susan Whitworth 1825–

Alexander Stinson's Timeline

2 Records

1710
1710
Birth of Alexander "Sawney" Stinson in Scotland
Scotland
1789
1789 or 1791
Age 79
Death of Alexander "Sawney" Stinson in Buckingham County, Virginia
Buckingham County, Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1710
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1789 or 1791
    Event Place: Buckingham County, Virginia
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