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Margaret Alexander 1754 – 1835 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Mar 1754

Birth Location: Shearman's Valley, Cumberland, now Perry, county, Pennsylvania

Death Date: 22 Aug 1835

Death Location: Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Hugh Alexander

Mother: Martha Edminston

Spouse(s): Captain Hamilton

Children(s): Martha Hamilton

In 1754, Margaret Alexander entered the world in Shearman's Valley, Cumberland, now Perry, county, Pennsylvania, born to Hugh Glasson Alexander and Martha Edminston. Margaret Alexander married Captain John Hamilton, and had children including Martha Hamilton. Margaret Alexander passed away in 1835 in Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1754, Margaret Alexander entered the world in Shearman's Valley, Cumberland, now Perry, county, Pennsylvania, born to Hugh Glasson Alexander and Martha Edminston.
  • Margaret Alexander married Captain John Hamilton, and had children including Martha Hamilton.
  • Margaret Alexander passed away in 1835 in Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hugh Alexander
1724 – 1777
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Martha Edminston
1733 – 1771
Birth Location: Lower West Nottingham, Cecil, Maryland, USA
ME

Spouses(s)

Captain Hamilton
1749 – 1793
Birth Location: New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
CH

Children(s)

Martha Hamilton
1776 – 1830
Birth Location: Londonderry, Ireland
MH

Margaret Alexander's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Alexander
1754 – 1835
Birth Place: Shearman's Valley, Cumberland, now Perry, county, Pennsylvania
Parents
Hugh Glasson Alexander
1724 – 1777
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Martha Edminston
1733 – 1771
Lower West Nottingham, Cecil, Maryland, USA
Grandparents
John (E.) Alexander
1691 – 1777
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret Glasson
1700 – 1777
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
David (C.) Edmiston\Edmundson\Edminston\Edmondson
1700 – 1771
West Nottingham, Cecil, Maryland, United States
Margaret Donnel\O'Donnell\Donal
1700 – 1754
Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Alexander
1630 – 1720
Margaret Peadie
1648 – 1703
Samuel Honorable)
1681 – 1718
Hannah Preble
1663 – 1761
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Donnell\O'Donnell,
1645 – 1717
Alice CHADBOURNE-MOULTON
1667 – 1744

Margaret Alexander's Descendants

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Margaret Alexander (17 Mar 1754 – 22 Aug 1835) m. Captain (John) Hamilton (17 Jun 1749 – 28 Aug 1793)
  1. 1. Martha Hamilton (5 Aug 1776 – 16 Mar 1830) m. *James Blackwood (1764 – 15 Aug 1830)
    1. 1. William (A) Blackwood* (9 Jul 1799 – 29 Dec 1872) m. Mary (Ann Coates) Cromby* (3 March 1800 – 12 April 1872)
      1. 1. Therron Blackwood (abt 1822 – 7 August 1876) m. Mary (Caroline) McMillin (abt 1826 – 1886)
        1. 1. Martha (Jane) Blackwood (28 June 1856 – 27 November 1911) m. Ethridge (L "eith") Wall (4 June 1846 – 01 JUL 1916)

Margaret Alexander's Timeline

2 Records

1754
17 Mar 1754
Birth of Margaret Alexander in Shearman's Valley, Cumberland, now Perry, county, Pennsylvania
Shearman's Valley, Cumberland, now Perry, county, Pennsylvania
1835
22 Aug 1835
Age 81
Death of Margaret Alexander in Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA
Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Mar 1754
    Event Place: Shearman's Valley, Cumberland, now Perry, county, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, Women in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Aug 1835
    Event Place: Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA
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