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Lt. Alexander Rankin 1635–1703 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1635

Birth Location: Sorn Parish Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 12 Feb 1703

Death Location: Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania

Father: James Rankin

Mother: Marion Steadman

Spouse(s): Maria Reid

Children(s): Martha Rankin

Lt. Alexander Rankin was born in 1635 in Sorn Parish Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of James Rankin And Marion Lindsay Steadman. Lt. Alexander Rankin married Maria Agnes Reid, and had children including Martha Rankin. Lt. Alexander Rankin passed away in 1703 in Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania.

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Biography

  • Lt. Alexander Rankin was born in 1635 in Sorn Parish Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of James Rankin And Marion Lindsay Steadman.
  • Lt. Alexander Rankin married Maria Agnes Reid, and had children including Martha Rankin.
  • Lt. Alexander Rankin passed away in 1703 in Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania.

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Lt. Rankin's Ancestors

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Lt. Rankin
1635–1703
Birth Place: Sorn Parish Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
James Rankin
1595–1667
Ayrshire, Scotland
Marion (Lindsay) Steadman
1604–1659
Dunfermline Fife Scotland
Grandparents
Andrew Rankins
1570–1616
Middleton, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Patoun
1574–1638
Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
William Steadman
1578–1605
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Katherine Wilson
1573–1689
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
James Rankin
1540–1600
Jane Phelps
1542–1600
James Paton
1550–1604
Margaret Drysdale
1550–1615
William Steadman
1532–1606
Margaret Anderson
1532–1606
John Wilson
1540–1610
Katherine Morris
1554–1592
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Andrew Rankins
1570–1616
Margaret Patoun
1574–1638
William Phelps
1522–1620
Jean Phelps
1525–1625
George Patoun
1525–1604
Janet Stevenson
1530–1604
Alexander Drysdale
1528–1578
Lady Stevin
1528–1615

Lt. Rankin's Descendants

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Lt. (Alexander) Rankin (1635–12 Feb 1703) m. Maria (Agnes) Reid (1633–Abt. 1659)
  1. 1. Martha Rankin 1662–1695 m. Rufus (Otha) Nealey 1660–1756
    1. 1. Robert Neely 1675–1756 m. Isabell Tait 1675–1721
      1. 1. James (Neeley) Sr. 1713–1779 m. Sarah (Jane) Mason 1732–1783
        1. 1. Anna (Jean) Neely 1755–1822 m. Thomas (Jones) Sr. 1752–1817

Lt. Rankin's Timeline

2 Records

1635
1635
Birth of Lt. Alexander Rankin in Sorn Parish Ayrshire, Scotland
Sorn Parish Ayrshire, Scotland
1703
12 Feb 1703
Age 68
Death of Lt. Alexander Rankin in Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania
Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1635
    Event Place: Sorn Parish Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Leadie-land Symingtoune, Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Poll Tax Returns, 1694

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Feb 1703
    Event Place: Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania

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