Josiah Alexander
1752 - 1818 (65 years)-
Name Josiah Alexander [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 3 Aug 1752 New Munster, Cecil, Maryland, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7] Gender Male Burial 1818 Elizabethville, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 4] - Old Stone Church Cemetery
Death 14 Jul 1818 Centre Hall, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 4] Person ID I25501 MontyHistNotes_2014 Last Modified 27 Nov 2025
Father Captain James Robert Alexander, b. 1 Jan 1690, Manokin, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. Bef 15 Jul 1779, New Munster, Cecil, Maryland, USA (Age < 89 years) Relationship natural Mother Abigail McKnitt, b. 1700, Manokin, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. 1778, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 78 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1745 New Munster, Cecil, Maryland, USA [8] Family ID F1844 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Orr, b. 1756, Cecil County, Maryland, USA d. 22 Nov 1825, Centre Hall, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 69 years) Marriage Mar 1775 Potter, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA [3] Children 1. Abigail Alexander, b. 17 Jan 1782, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 13 Oct 1846, Greenfield, Wayne, Michigan, USA (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F9863 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Nov 2025
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Event Map 
Marriage - Mar 1775 - Potter, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA 
Burial - 1818 - Elizabethville, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
Death - 14 Jul 1818 - Centre Hall, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S302] Alexander, John Brevard, MD, Mecklenburg County Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers of theHopewell Section, (Name: Name: Observer Printing and Publishing House; Location: Charlotte,North Carolina; Date: 1897;;), Reminiscences of the Pioneers and Their Descendants and Families http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/alexander_j_b/default_alexander_biographical_sketches.htm, 01002603 LC F264.88A3.
- [S1770] Old Stone Church Cemetery Pennsylvania, (Name: Name: Findagrave; Location: Elizabethville, Daupin, Pennsylvania, USA;;).
- [S18] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online. Source number: 730.000; Source type: ElectronicDatabase; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CCM.
Record for Josiah Alexander - [S1771] Ancestry.com, Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1681-2011, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2012;;), Database online.
Record for Josiah Alexander - [S2129] Will of Elizabeth Orr Alexander, Information found on ancestry.com.
- [S4285] Kinney, Helen C, Family Group Record _ James Alexander, James Robert Alexander family.
- [S301] John McKnitt Alexander Descendants, (Name: Location:http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/mecklenburg/fam_alexander_john_mcknitt_desc.html;;), http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/mecklenburg/fam_alexander_john_mcknitt_desc.html.
Source: Mecklenburg County Biographical Sketches of the EarlySettlers of the Hopewell Section, by J. B. Alexander, M.D. Charlotte, NC, 1897, Chapter 2, Page 10-23, Transcribed and submitted by Nancy Piper - [S2941] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 1182.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JCF.
- [S302] Alexander, John Brevard, MD, Mecklenburg County Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers of theHopewell Section, (Name: Name: Observer Printing and Publishing House; Location: Charlotte,North Carolina; Date: 1897;;), Reminiscences of the Pioneers and Their Descendants and Families http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/alexander_j_b/default_alexander_biographical_sketches.htm, 01002603 LC F264.88A3.