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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

The birth of Margaret Alexander took place in 1754 in Shearman's Valley, Cumberland, now Perry, county, Pennsylvania, to Hugh Glasson Alexander and Martha Edminston. Margaret Alexander married Captain John Hamilton, and together they had Martha Hamilton. Margaret Alexander's death occurred in 1835 in Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA.

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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
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Spouses(s)

Captain Hamilton
1749 – 1793
Birth Location: New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Children(s)

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

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 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 Year: 22 Aug 1835
    Event Place: Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA
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