Alexander Cunningham (abt. 1715 - 1778)

Born about 1715 in York County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Esther Mary (Michaux) Cunningham — married 1739 in Goochland County, Virginia Colony

Descendants

Died Nov 1778 at about age 63 in Prince Edward County, Virginia

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Biography

Alexander Cunningham, Jr. was born circa 1715, in Virginia, a son of Alexander Cunningham and Lydia Audelberta Bell. ^[1]

Goochland, Virginia was founded in 1728 as the first county formed from Henrico shire, followed by Chesterfield County in 1749. Goochland originally included all of the land from Tuckahoe Creek, on both sides of the James River, west as far as the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Children of Alexander Cunningham and Mary Esther Michaux include several Patriots of the American Revolutionary War:

• Jacob Cunningham, married Lucy C. Walker, in 1798, in Prince Edward County, Virginia. ^[2] Parents of George Walker Cunningham

• Judith Cunningham, born circa 1739, died July 13, 1805, married Theodrick Carter

• Major William Cunningham, born April 10, 1741, died 1806, in Smith County, Tennessee, married Elizabeth Watkins ^[3]

• Josiah Cunningham ^[4] married Mary Michaux on September 18, 1769, in Prince Edward county, Virginia. ^[5]

• Mary Cunningham, married John Carter of Halifax ^[6]

• Elizabeth Cunningham, born 1745, in Prince Edward county, Virginia, died before 1780

• Susannah Michaux Cunningham, born circa 1747, in Prince Edward County, married Captain George Booker as his second wife. ^[7]

• Sergeant Nathaniel Cunningham, born 1754, died August 16, 1832, in Putnam County, Indiana, married Elizabeth "Betsey" Sneed ^{[8] [9]}

• Corporal John Michaux Cunningham, born circa 1758, died December 7, 1844, in Prince Edward County, Virginia, married Margaret Hill ^[10]

• Paul Michaux Cunningham, born circa 1760 died January 20, 1845, in Prince Edward County, Virginia ^[11]

Alexander Cunningham, Jr. died November, 1778, in Little Mountain Creek, Prince Edward County Virginia

Alexander was born about 1690.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Alexander-Cunningham-Jr/334903551290005267
2. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HV3Q-NB6Z : 29 January 2020), Jacob Cunningham, 1798
3. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A028677
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5J-ZH1 : Thu Jul 20 16:05:40 UTC 2023), Entry for Josiah Cunningham, 1830
5. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/2WC9-3YM
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/40470189
7. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A012061
8. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A028651
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #30995009 Nathaniel Cunningham
10. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A028644
11. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/paul-michaux-cunningham-24-20h06xh

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Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Cunningham-832 created through the import of Jessica Green.ged on Oct 3, 2011 by Jessica Green
• Source: S500068 Michael Frankel Frankel Web Site

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