John McKnitt Alexander and Jean Bane

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Husband John McKnitt Alexander ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1733 - New Munster, Cecil Co, MD 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Jul 1817 2
         Buried:  - Hopewell Church Cemetery

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         Father: James Alexander (Abt 1695-1779) 3 4
         Mother: Margaret McKnitt (      -      ) 5 6

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Jean Bane ³

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            AKA: Jane Bain 7
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Hopewell Church Cemetery

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         Father: William Bain (      -      ) 7
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M William Bane Alexander ³

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            AKA: William Bain Alexander 7
           Born: 1768 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1845 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Violet Davidson (      -      ) 7

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2 M Dr. Joseph McKnitt Alexander ^{3 7}

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           Born: 1774 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1841 7 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dovey Winslow (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - John McKnitt Alexander

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He removed from Maryland to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, about the year 1754, when twenty-one years of age. From being a tailor by trade he became a surveyor, a wealthy landholder, a prominent and influential citizen, a leading patriot, and an active member of the Church courts. For twenty-five years he very constantly attended the Synod of the Carolinas, and was its treasurer for many years. Besides being Secretary of the Convention, and a signer of the Declaration of 1775, he took an active part in the Revolutionary struggle.

He was born in New Munster, Cecil County, Maryland. He joined the group in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in 1754. He was appointed a magistrate and elected to the Provincial Assembly in 1772. He was secretary of the Mecklenburg Convention of May, 1775, and a signer of the "Declaration of Independence"' that emanated therefrom. He was a delegate to the Assembly at Hillsboro in August, 1775, and to the Halifax Assembly in April, 1776, engaged in preparation of a State Constitution. In 1777 he became first member of the State Senate from Mecklenburg under the new constitution. His name also appears as one of the first trustees of Liberty Hall Academy under the 1777 Charter, which had been organized by his nephew, Rev. Joseph Alexander, as "Queen's Museum" about 1766.

He and his wife were the parents of two sons and five daughters.

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General Notes: Wife - Jean Bane

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from Pennsylvania

1 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 211.

2 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 54.

3 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 208.

4 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 6, 53.

5 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 205.

6 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 53.

7 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 62.

8 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 210.