Elias
Elijah
Alexander
Sr.
Born in Princess Anne, Somerset, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of Andrew Alexander
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Abigail Alexander [half]
Husband of
Ann (Taylor) Alexander
— married
about 1699 in Somerset, Maryland [uncertain]
[uncertain] Husband of
Sophia Alexander
— married
1709 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Martha (Alexander) Flenniken, Arthur Alexander, Andrew Alexander, Abraham Alexander and Ezra Alexander
Died
at age 70
in Slate Hill, York, Pennsylvania
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Nov 2011
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Biography
Elias Elijah Alexander was born on 26 Feb 1679 in Princess Anne, Maryland to Andrew Alexander.[1] He married first Anne Taylor about 1699 in Somerset, Maryland. Children: Esther, Abraham, Andrew, Elias, Zebulon, Isaac, Jedediah, Mary, Elias, Francis. After Anne died he married second Sophia Alexander about 1709 in Cecil County, Maryland. Elias was Sophia's first cousin, the son of her father's brother, Andrew Alexander. Children: William, Andrew, Abraham, Ezra, Jedidiah, Isaac, Francis. He died on 31 Aug 1749 in Slate Hill, Pennsylvania.
Research Notes
The source for Elias's death date (1749), his marriage to Sophia, and Jane McKnitt being his mother is Ancestry.com's family data collection. Which is basically a collection of family trees put on ancestry.
The William-Morrison Register says Elias son of Andrew Alexander married Sophia McKnitt.
Sources
- ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z7-MS9 : 11 February 2018), Andrew Alexander in entry for Elias Alexander, 26 Feb 1679; citing Somerset, Somerset, Maryland; FHL microfilm 14,363
See also:
- York County, Pennsylvania Wills, Eleas Alexander, executor for Jeddiah Alexander. Siblings of Jeddiah: Isaac, Francis, William, Eleas, Esther.
- Alexander, C. C., & Alexander, V. W. (1990). Alexander Kin. Southern Historical Press.
- Will of Joseph Alexander, 1726
- Find A Grave: Memorial #107162029
- Records of a family of the house of Alexander from 1640 to 1909 #38 pg. 8 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062959358&view=1up&seq=38&skin=2021
- Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).
- Ancestry.com. The Morrison-Williams register [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data:The Morrison-Williams register : 4780 full names in compact display showing family relationships by generations, with vital statistics and Revolutionary service indicated where known : no eulogies : mainly Morrison, Williams, Sharp (Sharpe), Westcott, McKnight and Owen : also Mann, Grant, Frank, Gill, Jones, Batte, Alexander, Brown, Davis and many others : with complete index of outside names. Atlanta, Ga.?: unknown, 1991.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elias by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elias by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Phillip Alexander
:
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~0.39%
Robert Taylor :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A819011 [compare], Ancestry member tonyantaylor123
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~0.39%
Janie (Elms) Matthews :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A476196 [compare], yourDNAportal JAN8f86655e, Ancestry member FamilyGatherer23
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Categories: Maryland Founders and Settlers | Frederick County, Province of Maryland | Somerset County, Province of Maryland
Born 26 Feb 1679 in Princess Anne, Somerset, Son of Andrew Alexander [uncertain],,,, have just added a Source that confirms these two and their connection. Records of a family of the house of Alexander from 1640 to 1909 #38 pg. 8 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062959358&view=1up&seq=38&skin=2021