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Descendants of Henry Alexander, Sr.




Generation No. 1


1. HENRY1 ALEXANDER, SR.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 was born Abt. 1740 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania9, and died Bef. 1823 in York District, South Carolina10. He married HESTER RUSH11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 April 17, 1766 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania21,22. She was born 1752 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania23,24, and died 1823 in York District, South Carolina25.

Notes for HENRY ALEXANDER, SR.:
[South Carolina Genealogical Society Lineage Chart No. 42 [Jennette May Christopher, P. O. Box 145, Carlisle, S.C. 29031]:
There are two (2) Henry ALEXANDER's listed in the 1790 Pennsylvania Census; ALEXANDER, Henry, page 141-3 male over 16, 1 male under 16, 7 females in Martick (Martic per the USGS) Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - ALEXANDER, James listed on the same page; and, ALEXANDER, Henry, page 253 - 2 males over 16, 2 males under 16, and 2 females in Washington County, Pennsylvania - - ALEXANDER, Joseph and ALEXANDER, Isaac listed on the same page.
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[Alexander, Johnny Dow, see OE address book]
The following information is from the Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Volume 17:
Effective Supply Tax, County of Lancaster, 1779, Martick Township, page 637: Alexander, Henry, on Saba’s & And. Graff’s land – 170 acres and 2 cattle
Effective Supply Tax, County of Lancaster, 1782, Martick Township, page 812: Alexander, Henry, 70 acres, 3 horses and 2 cattle
From the 1790 census comes this information:
[1790 Census] Martick , Lancaster County, Henry Alexander, males 16 and up, 3 - males under 16, 1 - females, 7.
[GAI-NOTE] The USGS reports that Martick is actually the Township of Martic (without a "k").
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[Alexander, Johnny Dow, see OE address book]
[1790 Census] Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Martick Township, Henry Alexander (head): 3 males 16 and up; 1 male under 16, and, 7 females.
[GAI-NOTE:
(m. 16+) Henry, Sr., (m. 16+) John, (m. 16+) Henry Hastings, (m. -16) James, (f. #1) Hester (Rush), (f. #2) Hester [dau], (f. #3) Margaret, (f. #4) Wilmouth, (f. #5) Unknown daughter m. Moore, (f. #6) ??, (f. #7) ??. Where is Herman A.? Could Henry Hastings (age 18) have been married to a first unknown spouse with a daughter, still living at home, accounting for two additional females?]
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More About HENRY ALEXANDER, SR.:
Name 2: Henry Alexander26
Name 3: Henry A. Alexander27
Date born 2: Abt. 174028
Date born 3: Aft. 1740, Pennsylvania29
Date born 4: Abt. 1745, Pennsylvania30
Date born 5: 174531
Date born 6: 1745, Pennsylvania32
Died 2: 179033
Died 3: 1793, York District, South Carolina34
Died 4: Abt. 182035
Died 5: Aft. 1820, South Carolina36
Census: 1790, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Martic Township37
Property 1: 1779, Taxed on 170 acres and 2 cattle, Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania37
Property 2: 1782, Taxed on 70 acres, 3 horses and 2 cattle, Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania37
Residence 1: Abt. 1791, Moved from Pennsylvania to South Carolina38
Residence 2: 1779, Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania39
Residence 3: 1782, Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania39
Residence 4: 1790, Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania39

Notes for HESTER RUSH:
[Barton, Melanie, see OE address book]
A record which may be relevant: in a book entitled "Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810, Vol. 1, re: Christ Church, Philadelphia", p. 223, "1743, June 2 - Rush, John to Wilmouth Camp." From the A. Bertha McGeehan Collection is : "1743, John Rush m. unknown, Lower Dublin Township, Philadelphia" and "1752 Administrations of Philadelphia; Wilmoth Rush, widow of John; money for 2 children of John; Thomas Rush mentioned; Crispen Collet, Byberry, Bond' and "1756, Wilmoth Stuart m., by 1756, to Daniel Stuart."
The name Wilmouth has definitely been handed down. My grandmother, Fay, used it as the name for my aunt, Wilmoth Emmor Moulton. Given the year of birth as 1752 for Hester, I cannot help believing that this John Rush and Wilmoth Camp are her parents.
I have an extensive Rush family genealogy but lack one link to conect our Rush with Benjamin Rush, "the signer", through Silas Crispin and Hester Holme, as well as the Penn family. If John Rush is the son of Hester Crispin Rush, and I think he is, then there is much information available on the Rush line. Available information goes back to John Rush and Susanna Lucas, from England in the 1600s. Holmes, Penn and Crispen go back even farther.
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York County, South Carolina Archives, Will Book "G", page 105, Case No. 7, File No. 67 [typed as found in copy of original (sic omitted)] Probated August 18, 1823:
Will of Hester Alexander - State of South Carolina
South Carolina)
York District)
In the name of God Amen - - I Hester Alexander being weak in body but of Sound and disposing mind and memory thanks be to God for the same and calling to mind the uncertainty of life - - do constitute this my last will and testament in manner and form following, Viz. I give and bequeath to my Grand daughter Sarah Amanda Moore my bed bedsted and furniture and secondly I give and bequeath to my son in law John Moore the balance of my property books of accompt notes of hand and every other species of property whatsoever which I am possessed of in any and every Right of what ever kind and degree and I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint the said John Moore the sole executor of this my last [last is marked through with a single line] will and Testament hereby revoking making null and void all and every former will or wills by me made and declaring this as my last will -----
s/s - Hester (her X mark) Alexander (L.S.)
Signed Sealed declared and published as the last will and testament of Hester Alexander in presence of us who at her request and in her presence have subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto this 28th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three -----
s/s - Ezekiel Morris
s/s - Anne (her X mark) Morris
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More About HESTER RUSH:
Name 2: Esther Rush40
Date born 2: 174541,42
Date born 3: 175243
Died 2: Abt. 1823, York District, South Carolina44
Died 3: 182345,46
Died 4: 1823, South Carolina47
Census: 1800, York District, South Carolina48
Residence: 1823, York District, South Carolina49
Will: February 28, 1823, Made and executed, York District, South Carolina49
Will Probated 1: August 18, 1823, York District, South Carolina49
Will Probated 2: South Carolina50

Marriage Notes for HENRY ALEXANDER and HESTER RUSH:
[PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES, SECOND SERIES, Vol II - Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Brenda Paullo. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/1pa/paarchivesseries/series2/vol2/pa ss2-06.html>. NAMES OF PERSONS FOR WHOM MARRIAGE LICENSES WERE ISSUED IN THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA PREVIOUS TO 1790. Names are listed by bride and groom. Some grooms are shown without a bride mentioned. Date prefixed to each name is that of the issuing of the license, NOT that of the marriage.
Page 252
23 June 1768 Rush, Elizabeth, and John Smith - 19 Sept 1774 Rush, Elizabeth, and Robert Bethell - 2 Jan 1764 Rush, Hannah, and James Curtain - ### 17 Apr 1766 Rush, Hester, and Henry Alexander ### - 2 June 1743 Rush, John - 3 May 1770 Rush, Mary, and George Ingels - 2 Aug 1770 Rush, Mary, and Joseph Tatem - 22 Sept 1761 Rush, Rachel, and Angus Bowies
Page 254
11 June 1761 Rush, Rebecca, and Thomas Scamper - 23 June 1768 Rush, Sarah, and Isaac Powell - 14 Sept 1772 Rush, William, and Catharine Showaker - 30 Sept 1775 Rush, William, and Mary Stoneburner
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6 Sept 1770 Alexander, Adam, and Hannah Bailes - 6 Dec 1764 Alexander, Charles, and Eleanor Johnston - 13 Jan 1773 Alexander, David, and Elizabeth Cochran - 22 Sept 1762 Alexander, Elizabeth, and William Bunn - 6 Jan 1776 Alexander, Hannah, and James M’Crea - ### 17 Apr 1766 Alexander, Henry, and Hester Rush ### - 17 Oct 1772 Alexander, James, and Jane Parker - 8 July 1760 Alexander, James, and Lydia Porter - 10 Jan 1767 Alexander, James and Mary Thompson - 17 July 1771 Alexander, James, and Rachel Craven - 25 July 1761 Alexander, John, and Marg’t Johnson - 31 July 1764 Alexander, Margaret, and Lewis Grant - 18 Dec 1766 Alexander, Sarah, and Jennings Stevenson - 14 Nov 1764 Alexander, Thomas, and Catharine Simpson - 5 Apr 1775 Alexander, Thomas, and Mary Smith
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[GAI-NOTE] William Lowery ALEXANDER married to Sophia (ERWIN):
Some sources (Butner and Martin in particular) list a William as son of Henry and Hester (Rush) ALEXANDER. Offerings, available via internet from several other sources, seem fairly conclusive that Henry and Hester (Rush) ALEXANDER DID NOT have a child, William. It appears that this William is William Lowery ALEXANDER, son of Joseph Lowery and Margaret (Tate) ALEXANDER of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. This William, who married Sophia (Erwin) on June 7, 1808, was born October 8, 1771 in Shippensburg, PA and died August 26, 1850 in Burke County, NC. These two sources, among others, are available: Kristen Ingram <authorlady@earthlink.net> and Donnie Neisler <dneisler@cox-internet.com>. Nothing in our personal family lore indicates that there was a William as son of Henry and Hester (Rush) ALEXANDER.
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More About HENRY ALEXANDER and HESTER RUSH:
Marriage 1: April 17, 1766, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania51,52
Marriage 2: April 17, 1766, Pennsylvania53
Marriage 3: April 17, 1776, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania54
Marriage license: April 17, 1766, Pennsylvania55
     
Children of HENRY ALEXANDER and HESTER RUSH are:
2. i.   UNKNOWN2 ALEXANDER, d. Bef. February 28, 1823.
3. ii.   JOHN ALEXANDER, b. 1768; d. January 02, 1805, Age 37.
4. iii.   HENRY HASTINGS ALEXANDER, b. February 24, 1772, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. August 09, 1842, York District, South Carolina.
  iv.   JAMES ALEXANDER56,57, b. 177458; d. Unknown.
  Notes for JAMES ALEXANDER:
POSSIBLE: [South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XIX, Spring 1991, No. 2, p.113]
James Alexander Died June the 30, 1860. (also see James Calvin ALEXANDER notes)
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POSSIBLE: [Marriages & Deaths, Greenville Newspapers, 1826-1863, p.61]
Died at his residence in the lower part of this District on the 19th ult., James Alexander, Esq., aged 78 years. The deceased was among the oldest and most respected citizens of our district. He was a soldier of the Revolution, in which struggle he fought most gallantly, and for his services he received a pension. He has left a large number of relatives.
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POSSIBLE: [Marriages & Deaths, Greenville Newspapers, 1826-1863, p.169]
Died suddenly at her residence in Greenville District on the 26th ult., Mrs. Mary Alexander in the 81st year of her age. Mrs. Alexander was the widow of the late James Alexander, a Revolutionary soldier well known and highly esteemed in his neighborhood. She has left children and grandchildren and friends who will long cherish the memory of her estimable qualities. She was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church for a great many years before her death.
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  v.   HESTER ALEXANDER58,59, b. 177660; d. Unknown, Arkansas61; m. JOHN FEEMSTER62; d. Unknown, Arkansas63.
5. vi.   HERMAN A. ALEXANDER, b. Bef. 1782; d. October 1826.
6. vii.   WILMOTH CRIPPEN ALEXANDER, b. November 25, 1789, Pennsylvania; d. July 10, 1837, York District, South Carolina.
  viii.   MARGARET "PEGGY" ALEXANDER64, b. March 11, 179065; d. March 13, 185765.
  Notes for MARGARET "PEGGY" ALEXANDER:
[Martin, Patti, World Connect Project, <fcspatti@hotmail.com>]
There is a Margaret Alexander (also an Azariah B. Alexander) buried at Paw Creek, Mountain Lake Island, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, near Charlotte, North Carolina. This Margaret Alexander was born March 11, 1790 and died March 13, 1857. The Azariah B. Alexander was born May 8, 1780 and died January 5, 1834.
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  More About MARGARET "PEGGY" ALEXANDER:
Name 2: Margaret Alexander66
Date born 2: 178066

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