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Alexander Rutherford Walker 1719 – 1775 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 February 1719

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1775

Death Location: Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: John Scotland,

Mother: Katherine ,

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

Alexander Rutherford Walker was born in 1719 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Alexander Walker I of Wigton Scotland, and Katherine Jane Kate Knight McKnight McKnitt McKnaught, Daughter of John McKnitt McKnitt, II \Sarah McKnight ,. Alexander Rutherford Walker passed away in 1775 in Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Alexander Rutherford Walker was born in 1719 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Alexander Walker I of Wigton Scotland, and Katherine Jane Kate Knight McKnight McKnitt McKnaught, Daughter of John McKnitt McKnitt, II \Sarah McKnight ,.
  • Alexander Rutherford Walker passed away in 1775 in Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Scotland,
1650 – 1734
Birth Location: Wigtown Bay, Wigtownshire, Scotland, Collector of Customs(Inland Reserve) at Cavon, then Armagh, then Dundolly, Northern Ireland
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Katherine ,
1650 – 1744
Birth Location: Wigton, Scotland, Jane McKnight may have familial ties to William Wallace (Braveheart) of Scotland: for more research, reference Beyond Braveheart
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Children(s)

Alexander Walker's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Walker
1719 – 1775
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Alexander Walker I of Wigton Scotland,
1650 – 1734
Wigtown Bay, Wigtownshire, Scotland, Collector of Customs(Inland Reserve) at Cavon, then Armagh, then Dundolly, Northern Ireland
Katherine (Jane Kate Knight McKnight McKnitt McKnaught, Daughter of John McKnitt McKnitt, II \Sarah McKnight) ,
1650 – 1744
Wigton, Scotland, Jane McKnight may have familial ties to William Wallace (Braveheart) of Scotland: for more research, reference Beyond Braveheart
Grandparents
Dr. (Rev. George Walker Sr., soldier and Anglican priest, Govenour of Londonderry, son of Gervase Walker and Ealifia) Mary,
1600 – 1677
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Great Staughton,Huntington, England
Lady (Elizabeth Ursula) Stanhope\Stanhoppe-Walker,
1617 – 1654
Melwood, Owston parish, Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England
John (McKnight (Mc) Knitt)
1627 – 1708
Turnbery Castle, Dundonald, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Lady (Jane) Alexander
1632 – 1708
Ulster, Donegal, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
James McNitt\McKnight
1598 – 1650
Jane Alexander
1610 – 1691
Robert Alexander
1600 – 1677
Catherine Graham
– 1659
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Stirling)
1567 – 1640
Janet\Jane Stirling
1572 – 1649
John Alexander
1580 – 1611
Janet Erskine
1580 – 1649

Alexander Walker's Timeline

2 Records

1719
17 February 1719
Birth of Alexander Rutherford Walker in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1775
1775
Age 56
Death of Alexander Rutherford Walker in Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America
Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 February 1719
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1775
    Event Place: Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America
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