John McKnitt Alexander

Male 1733 - 1817  (84 years)


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  • Name John McKnitt Alexander  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
    Birth 6 Jun 1733  Cecil County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21
    Gender Male 
    DAR Number A001210  [8
    Relocated 1754  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1775  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    9 Miles NW of Charlotte, Statesville Road 
    Fact 1 20 May 1775  Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 22
    Signed Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence 
    Military 1778  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 23
    Occupation Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Taylor, then Surveyor, selling hides in Philadelphia 
    Occupation Between 1792 and 1808  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mecklenburg Registrar of Deeds 
    Religion Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Treasurer Presbyterian Synod, Hopewell Presbyterian Church 
    Will 2 Sep 1807  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    LW&T 
    Death 10 Jul 1817  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21
    Burial 10 Jul 1817  Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 14, 21
    • Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetary
    Notes 
    • Marriage might be 1759
    Person ID I34043  MontyHistNotes_2014
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

    Father Captain James Robert Alexander,   b. 1 Jan 1690, Manokin, Somerset, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 15 Jul 1779, New Munster, Cecil, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 89 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret McKnitt,   b. 26 Dec 1693, Manokin, Somerset, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1740, New Munster, Cecil, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1714  New Munster, Cecil, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [24, 25
    Family ID F1831  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Bain,   b. 1740, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1789, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage Sep 1762  Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 10, 11, 20
    • Married during one of his trips to PA
    Children 
    +1. William Bain Alexander, Sr,   b. 25 Apr 1764, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1844, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. Margaret McKnitt Alexander,   b. 3 Apr 1766, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1805, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]
    +3. Mary Jane Bain Alexander,   b. 6 Jul 1768, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1816, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]
    +4. Abigail Bain Alexander,   b. 25 Nov 1770, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1802, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]
    +5. Dr Joseph McKnitt Alexander,   b. 28 Apr 1773, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1841, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F1905  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Jun 1733 - Cecil County, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRelocated - 1754 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Sep 1762 - Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 9 Miles NW of Charlotte, Statesville Road - 1775 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact 1 - Signed Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence - 20 May 1775 - Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - 1778 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Taylor, then Surveyor, selling hides in Philadelphia - - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Mecklenburg Registrar of Deeds - Between 1792 and 1808 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsReligion - Treasurer Presbyterian Synod, Hopewell Presbyterian Church - - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - LW&T - 2 Sep 1807 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Jul 1817 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 10 Jul 1817 - Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [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

    2. [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.

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    8. [S1202] DAR Ancestor A001210, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), John McKnitt Alexander.

    9. [S1232] SAR Application 48429, (Name: Name: Sons of the American Revolution;;), John McKnitt Alexander.

    10. [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: 1186.000; Source type: ElectronicDatabase; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JCF.
      Record for John Mc Alexander

    11. [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: 96.000; Source type: ElectronicDatabase; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: HJW.
      Record for John McKnitt Alexander

    12. [S1974] Foote, William Henry, Rev, Sketches of North Carolina, (Name: Name: Robert Carter; Location: New York; Date: 1846;;), Sketches_of_North_Carolina.pdf.

    13. [S1841] Ancestry.com, SAR Application, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls;;), Volume: 256; SAR Membership Number: 51165.

    14. [S2967] Ancestry.com, Web: North Carolina, Find A Grave Index, 1716-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    15. [S2864] Peak, Texardo McKnight, The McKnight Family and their Descendants, (Name: Location: Austin, Texas, USA; Date: 1969;;), Book found on Heritage Quest.

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    17. [S671] Ferguson, Herman White, Will Abstracts 1791-1868, (Name: Ferguson, Herman White; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1993;), Alexander, John McKnitt, Item 21, Pages 5-6 "Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, *Will Abstracts 1791-1868 BooksA-J, *Tax Lists, 17978, 1798, 1799, 1806 & 1807" book located at Charlotte Public Library, ISBN 0-9620770-2-X.

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      Record for William Bain Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ContentPegFamilyHistories&h=2131804&indiv=try

    20. [S4285] Kinney, Helen C, Family Group Record _ James Alexander, James Robert Alexander family.

    21. [S335] Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA;), Lists of person buried at Hopewell Presbyterian Church http://www.cmstory.org/cemetery/burialrecords.asp?id=76 Website has drilldowns for more info on individuals http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=174139&CScn=Hopewell&CScntry=4&CSst=29&CScnty=1710& 10500 Beatties Fort Road Huntersville, NC.

    22. [S205] Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg_Declaration_of_Independence.

    23. [S215] American Revolutionary War, (Name: Date: 1775-1783;;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.

    24. [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.
      Record for Abigail McKnight

    25. [S93] Alexander Family Tree, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sassytazzy/family/surnames/alexander/marriage/alexandermarrdb1.html.