John Alexander and Jane Byers

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Husband John Alexander ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Peter Alexander 3
           Born: 14 Aug 1753 - Ireland 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Aug 1805 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 4
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Alexander (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Isabella Marks (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 8 May 1781 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 2

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Wife Jane Byers ^{1 2}

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           Born: 27 Apr 1758 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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         Father: Hon. John Byers (      -      ) 4
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Maj. John Byers Alexander ^{2 4 5}

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           Born: 21 Apr 1782 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1840
         Buried:  - St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Syndey Smith (      -      ) 3 4
           Marr: 22 Apr 1806 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 4

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2 M James Alexander ^{2 4}

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           Born: 22 May 1783 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Thomas Alexander ^{2 3 6}

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           Born: 9 Oct 1784 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Isabella Alexander ^{2 6}

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           Born: 2 Sep 1786 2
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Andrew Carothers (      -      ) 6

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5 F Rebecca Alexander ^{2 6}

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           Born: 9 May 1788 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Aug 1854 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Eli Coulter, Esq. (Abt 1791-1830) 3

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6 M William Alexander ^{2 6}

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           Born: 7 May 1790 - Dickinson Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Jun 1865 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Aughinbaugh (      -1850) 8
           Marr: 5 Dec 1803 8

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7 M Hon. Samuel Alexander ^{2 3 9 10}

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           Born: 20 Sep 1792 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Jul 1845 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Anna Susanna Blaine (      -      ) 10 12
           Marr: 1820 13

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8 M Robert Alexander ²

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           Born: 13 Aug 1794 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Aug 1794 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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9 F Jane Mary Alexander ^{2 6}

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           Born: 11 Oct 1795 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rev. William Anderson (      -      ) 2

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10 F Margaret Elizabeth Alexander ^{2 6 14}

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           Born: 8 Dec 1800 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1850 14
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hon. Joseph Henry Kuhns (1800-Aft 1882) 14
           Marr: 1825 14

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General Notes: Husband - John Alexander

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He came to Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, after 1760. He entered the army of the Revolution, and distinguished himself in the service; was commissioned second lieutenant of Capt. Abraham Smith's company, Col. Wm. Irvine's Sixth Pennsylvania battalion, raised in the Cumberland Valley, January 9, 1776; first lieutenant March 23, 1776; captain of Seventh regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, March 20, 1777; was appointed paymaster First Pennsylvania, August 27, 1778; transferred to the Fourth Pennsylvania, January 17, 1781. He is believed to have attained the rank of colonel, but he resigned July 11, 1781, for the purpose of marrying\emdash his betrothed being opposed to his remaining. He was major of the militia at Carlisle, September, 1794, during the Whiskey Insurrection. [NQ 1884, 20]

His ancestors were Scotch-Irish, and they had emigrated to America before the Revolution. The family were Whigs and patriots during the war of the Revolution.

His father settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, on his emigration from the North of Ireland, where he was born. He was one of five brothers, four of whom came to America, the other remaining in Ireland to care for the widowed mother.

He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

1 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 19.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 246.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 315.

4 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 20.

5 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 311.

6 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 21.

7 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 509.

8 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 247.

9 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 21, 148.

10 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 644, 662.

11 Conway P. Wing, D.D., History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations (Philadelphia, PA: James D. Scott, 1879), Pg 167.

12 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 148.

13 Conway P. Wing, D.D., History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations (Philadelphia, PA: James D. Scott, 1879), Pg 166.

14 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 329.