Hugh Alexander and Martha Edmiston

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Husband Hugh Alexander ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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            AKA: William Alexander 6
           Born: 1724 - near Glasgow, Scotland 2 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1777 - Philadelphia, PA 8 9
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Alexander (Abt 1700-      ) 9 10 11 12
         Mother: Margaret Glasson (      -      ) 9 10 11 12

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       Marriage: 1752 7 9 13

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   Other Spouse: Lettice Thompson (      -Aft 1797) 14 - 1773 7 9

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• Biographical Sketch: John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878).
To read this brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.

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Wife Martha Edmiston ^{7 9 13}

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            AKA: Martha Edmeston,2 Martha Edmonson 15
           Born: 1734 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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         Father: David Edmiston (1700-1771) 9 13
         Mother: Margaret Donnel (      -      ) 9

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Children

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1 F Margaret Alexander ^{2 9 16 17}

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           Born: 1754 - Sherman's Valley, Cumberland (later Perry) Co, PA 18
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Dec 1835 18
         Buried:  - Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown, Juniata Co, PA

         Spouse: Capt. John Hamilton (1749-1793) 17 19 20 21
           Marr: Dec 1772 16

         Spouse: Andrew Mitchel (1754-1825) 18 22
           Marr: Jun 1795 18 22

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2 M John Alexander ^{2 9 15 23}

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           Born: Abt 1756 - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Nov 1816 - Little Valley, Mifflin Co, PA 15
         Buried:  - Presbyterian Cemetery, East Kishacoquillas, Mifflin Co, PA

         Spouse: Margaret Clark (      -1834) 2 15 24
           Marr: 1780 15

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3 M David Alexander ^{2 9 25}

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           Born: Abt 1760 - Sherman's Valley, Cumberland (later Perry) Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Summer, 1822 25
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Miller (      -      ) 2 25
           Marr: 1780 - Tioga, Tioga Co, PA 2

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4 F Mary Alexander ^{2 9 26}

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           Born: 1762 26
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Oct 1838 26
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Robert Clark (Abt 1739/1769-1819/1849) 2 24 27
           Marr: 1780 2

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5 M Hugh Alexander ^{2 9 28 29}

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           Born: 6 Aug 1765 - Madison Twp, Perry Co, PA 29
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jan 1835 29
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jemima Patterson (1765-1843) 2 29 30 31
           Marr: Abt 1787

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General Notes: Husband - Hugh Alexander

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It is uncertain whether he was born in Scotland, or in County Armagh, Ireland. He was probably a lad of twelve years when his father's family emigrated to America in 1736. In consequence of the burning of his house and papers by the Indians in 1754 little can be known of his early youth. In accordance with a custom of early times that every boy must learn some useful trade, Hugh Alexander learned those of a Wheelwright and Carpenter-trades especially in demand when the settlers in the wilderness must all be housed by the builder, and clothed with the domestic productions of the spinning-wheel and loom. It is known that he practised these trades while residing in West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, on the Octorara, though at the same time he was also engaged in agriculture. [DJA, 14]

He was born in Scotland and came to Pennsylvania in his youth. He was a farmer of Cumberland County, in that part that later became Perry County. He was a member of the Second Continental Congress and a member of the Pennsylvania House of Assembly, from Cumberland County, in 1776, and a member of the Conference of Deputies and of the Convention of July 15, 1776.

He resided permanently on a tract of 1,100 acres in Shermans valley, now in Perry County, Pennsylvania, then in Cumberland County. When American patriotism was aroused by British oppression, he consecrated his energies to the cause of freedom. He was elected a member of the Provincial Conference convened on the resolution of Congress recommending a change of the provincial governments; the conference met in Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, June 18, 1776. He was also a member of the convention of the state of Pennsylvania, which met in Philadelphia July 15, 1776, and adopted the first free constitution of the state. He died suddenly in Philadelphia, while attending the Assembly, the first legislature of the infant State under that original Constitution, as a representative of Cumberland county. (See Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, vol. 3, pp. 679, 680; Gordon's History of Pennsylvania; and the Alexander Family Record).

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General Notes: Wife - Martha Edmiston

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from Lower West Nottingham, Cecil Co, MD

1 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 15.

2 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 22.

3 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 174.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 590, 755.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1014.

6 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 237.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1015.

8 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 26.

9 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 30.

10 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 11.

11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 755.

12 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 444.

13 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 18.

14 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 107.

15 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 590.

16 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 27.

17 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 461, 499.

18 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 29.

19 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 184.

20 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 18.

21 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 28.

22 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 521.

23 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 41.

24 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 42.

25 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 89.

26 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 78.

27 Editor, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 1016.

28 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 590, 825.

29 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 102.

30 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 825.

31 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 179.