Family Data for Relative
Member of the 7 Brothers, 2 Sisters (New Munster) family

Grandmother: --------- Alexander, b. Birmingham, AL, 1897, d. Dallas, TX, 1981

Great-grandfather, latest male Alexander: George Alphonso Alexander, b. Lowndes Co., AL, 1864, d. Birmingham, AL, 1940, married Annie Lee Silk, b. Shelby Co., AL, 1869, d. Birmingham, AL, 1925

GG-grandfather: Zeno Alexander, b. Cabarrus Co, AL, about 1825, d. 1878, Birmingham, AL, married Lucy Ann Nixon, b. about 1825, d. Birmingham, AL, 1894

GGG-grandfather: Alphonso Alexander, b. Mecklenburg Co, NC, 1783, d. Cabarrus Co, NC, 1852, married Hessey McKinley b. Mecklenburg Co, NC, 1795 d. Cabarrus Co, NC, 1871

GGGG-grandfather: William Sample Alexander, b. PA, ~1751, d. Mecklenburg Co, NC, 1801, married Elizabeth Alexander (his cousin), b. MD or NC, ~1755

GGGGG-grandfather: Hezekiah Alexander, b. Cecil Co., MD, 1722, d. Mecklenburg Co, NC, 1801, married Mary Sample b. PA, ~1753, d. Mecklenburg Co, NC, 1805

6G-grandfather: James Alexander (yeoman/tanner), b. MD, ~1690, d. Cecil Co, MD, 1779, married Margaret McKnitt (probably a cousin), b. MD, 1692, d. Cecil Co., MD, ~1733/1740

7G-grandfather: Joseph Alexander (known as the tanner), b. Ireland, ~1660, d. Cecil Co., MD, 1730, married [1] Abigail McKnitt, b. Ireland, ~1653, d. Cecil Co., MD, ~1729

Documentation Available for this direct line:

Joseph Alexander 'tanner': Transcriptions:

• Last Will & Testament. Cecil County, Maryland. Wills: 20: 235 Will Book AA-1, Page 222. Will dated 13 Dec 1726, probated 9 Mar 1730. New Munster, Cecil County, Maryland Deed Book 2, pg 280-283. Dated 18 May 1714, Thomas Stevenson to Matthew Wallace, James Alexander, Arthur Alexander, David Alexander, James Alexander and Joseph Alexander.
• A Joseph Alexander Register Report that includes documentation & information gathered on three generations of his descendants through both of his wives.

James Alexander 'yeoman/tanner': Transcriptions:

• Last Will & Testament. Cecil County, Maryland. Wills: Liber C.C., Folio 10. Page 67. Will dated 17 June 1772, probated 31 May 1779. Alexander Bible pages from DAR files of Ezekiel Alexander. [jpg images]

Hezekiah Alexander: Transcriptions:

• Census Records 1790-1800
• Hezekiah Alexander, Last Will & Testament, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Will Book A, 6, page 23. [Ferguson’s transcription] Will dated 8 August 1796, probated July 1801.
• Mary (Sample) Alexander, Last Will & Testament, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Will Book 16, page 47. [Ferguson’s transcription] Will dated 30 Sept 1803, probated October 1805.

William Alexander: Transcriptions:

• Census Records 1790-1820.
• William S. Alexander, Last Will & Testament, Cabarrus County, North Carolina Will Book __, Page __
• A William Sample Alexander/Elizabeth Alexander Register Report that includes documentation & information gathered on five generations of their descendants.

Alphonso Alexander: Transcriptions:

• Census Records 1830-1850 (including 1860 & 1870 for his widow, Hessey (McKinley) Alexander.
• Alphonso Alexander, Last Will & Testament, Cabarrus County, North Carolina Will dated August 1851, probated April 1852. Final estate settlement receipts, 1859 Cabarrus County.
• Photographs of tombstones of Alphonso Alexander & wife, Hessey McKinley Alexander, Rocky River Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Zeno Alexander: Transcriptions

• Census Records 1850-1870 (including 1880 for his widow, Lucy (Nixon) Alexander.
• 1876 letter to family (transcription and jpg)
• Zeno Alexander 1877 Probate file, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama

George Alphonso Alexander: Transcriptions:

• Census Records 1910-1930
• George A. Alexander 1940 Death Certificate. Annie Lee (Silk) Alexander 1925 Death Certificate. Photographs of tombstone, Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.