William Alexander of Virginia
Descended from James II (see William and David McIlvaine of Pennsylvania).
5. William Cunningham, 6th Earl of Glencairn = Janet Gordon
6. Elizabeth Cunningham = Alexander Cuninghame, 5th of Craigends
7. William Cuninghame, 6th of Craigends = Elizabeth Stewart
8. William Cuninghame, yr. of Craigends = Elizabeth Napier
9. Alexander Cuninghame, 7th of Craigends = Janet Cuninghame
10. Janet Cuninghame = John Alexander of Blackhouse
11. William Alexander, Lord Provost of Edinburgh = Marione Louisa de la Croix
12. William Alexander was born in 1729 and died 1819 in Kentucky. He lived first in France but removed to America in 1783, settling at Staunton, Virginia. From there he removed to Kentucky in 1811. He married (1) Christian Aitchison and (2) Agatha de la Porte.[1]
Sources
Gens. 10-12: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, 2 vols. Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1877. ii. 25-26.
[1] http://history.ky.gov/pdf/Publications/KentuckyAncestorsv45.n1.pdf
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Descended from James II (see William and David McIlvaine of Pennsylvania).
5. William Cunningham, 6th Earl of Glencairn = Janet Gordon
6. Elizabeth Cunningham = Alexander Cuninghame, 5th of Craigends
7. William Cuninghame, 6th of Craigends = Elizabeth Stewart
8. William Cuninghame, yr. of Craigends = Elizabeth Napier
9. Alexander Cuninghame, 7th of Craigends = Janet Cuninghame
10. Janet Cuninghame = John Alexander of Blackhouse
11. William Alexander, Lord Provost of Edinburgh = Marione Louisa de la Croix
12. William Alexander was born in 1729 and died 1819 in Kentucky. He lived first in France but removed to America in 1783, settling at Staunton, Virginia. From there he removed to Kentucky in 1811. He married (1) Christian Aitchison and (2) Agatha de la Porte.[1]
Sources
Gens. 10-12: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, 2 vols. Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1877. ii. 25-26.
[1] http://history.ky.gov/pdf/Publications/KentuckyAncestorsv45.n1.pdf
Copyright © 2014 Kelsey Jackson Williams