Captain Ezra Alexander

Male 1739 - 1800  (61 years)


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  • Name Ezra Alexander  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Title Captain 
    Birth 26 Feb 1739  Cecil County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Fact 1 20 May 1775  Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Signed Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence 
    Will 16 Feb 1798  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    LW&T 
    Burial 1800  Pineville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Polk Family Cemetery
    Alexander, Ezra (1739-1800)
    Alexander, Ezra (1739-1800)
    Created by: William Clifford
    Record added: May 24, 2005
    Find A Grave Memorial# 11017496
    Death 6 Jul 1800  Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    Notes 
    • Findagrave entry says he was the son of Andrew Alexander, not Elias Alexander.
      Check birth date - after mother died?
    Person ID I35067  MontyHistNotes_2014
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

    Father Elias Elijah Alexander,   b. 26 Feb 1679, Somerset, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1747, York County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sophia Alexander,   b. 1687, Somerset, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1726, Cecil County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1709  Somerset, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F1849  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Polk,   b. 1744, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1814, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 1775  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Redemption Alexander  [Father: natural]
     2. Paris Alexander  [Father: natural]
     3. Dorcas Alexander  [Father: natural]
    +4. Eleazar Alexander,   b. 23 Nov 1763, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1810, Maury County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]
    +5. James Alexander,   b. 1765, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1804, Pineville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Augustus Alexander,   b. 20 Aug 1772, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1849, Sharon, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Peggy Henderson Alexander,   b. May 1773, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1774, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]
    +8. Mary Ann Alexander,   b. 10 Oct 1781, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1851 (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]
    +9. Polly Ann Mary Alexander,   b. 31 Aug 1785, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1833, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F2980  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Feb 1739 - Cecil County, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 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 MapsWill - LW&T - 16 Feb 1798 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1800 - Pineville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Jul 1800 - Charlotte, 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

  • Headstones
    Alexander, Ezra (1739-1800)
    Alexander, Ezra (1739-1800)

  • Sources 
    1. [S671] Ferguson, Herman White, Will Abstracts 1791-1868, (Name: Ferguson, Herman White; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1993;), "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.

    2. [S1844] Polk Family Cemetery, (Name: Name: Findagrave; Location: Pineville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina,USA;;).

    3. [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: 509.000; Source type: ElectronicDatabase; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CCM.
      Record for Mary Polk

    4. [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;;), SAR Membership Number: 76863.

    5. [S4030] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Mary Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=792573&indiv=try

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

    7. [S3451] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1692; Birth city: Somerser Co; Birth state: MD.