Christian (Ludford) Alexander (abt. 1704 - aft. 1760)

Born about 1704 in Albemarle County, Province of North Carolina

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Died after 16 May 1760 after about age 56 in Tyrrell, North Carolina

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Biography

Christian was born about 1704 in Albemarle County, Carolina Province. She was the daughter of William Ledford and Christiana Blount. Note: Most of the records for Christian and her family spell her family name as Ludford.

Christian was named in her father William Ludford's will of October 8, 1732. ^[1]

"Fifthly I give my daughter Christian a cow and a calf".

Christian was likely the fourth of her parents ten children. She was born after 1702 as she was not mentioned in their grandfather's will although her older siblings William and Sarah were named.^[2]

in the 1719 Will of Obadiah Feare, second husband of her grandmother Ann Young Ludford Feare, he leaves bequeaths for Ann's grandchildren. Christian is named after her siblings William, Sarah and Ann. Given that children are often named in order of descending age, she would be the fourth child of her parents.^[3]

1719 Abstract of Will: Obadiah Fear, Pasquotank. June 5, 1719. [grandchildren] William Ludford, Jr., Sarah Ludford, Ann Ludford, Christian Ludford, Jr., Mary, Martha, Tomson, and Thomas Ludford; [Ann's son] Wm. Ludford, Sr. Exr, wife Ann Exx. Test, Edward Linington, Jasper Winshipp, And. Oliver.

Christian married Joshua Alexander about 1723. They had at least eleven children,

In 1741, Christian signed "her mark" as a witness to the Will of Anthony Alexander (her husband's father); her husband Joshua was the Executor. ^[4]

1757 Christian was the Executrix of her husband Joshua's estate. on 3 Mar 1757, Christian and her sons Joseph, Michael, and Joshua submitted a petition for probate to the court for Joshua Alexander, deceased. ^[5]

She passed away in 1760 about 3 years after the death of her husband Joshua Alexander. In her will dated 16 May 1760,^[6], she names eleven of their children: Joshua, William, Michael, Benjamin, Joseph, Ann Mann, Christian Mann, Martha, Sarah, and Ludford and Isaac (twins).

Sources

1. ↑ North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. I; J.R.B. Hathaway, ed. Originally published 1903. Abstract of Wills: pg. 58.
2. ↑ North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790. Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 1999.
3. ↑ North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III; J.R.B. Hathaway, ed. Originally published 1903. pg. 214.
4. ↑ North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. I; J.R.B. Hathaway, ed. Originally published 1903. pg. 165.
5. ↑ Tyrrell County, North Carolina, Estate Records; North Carolina. Superior Court (Tyrrell County); Probate Place: Tyrrell, North Carolina; Estate Records, Ackis, J J - Alexander, Reddick. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
6. ↑ Olds, Fred A. Abstracts of Wills in North Carolina. Oxford: Clearfield Co., 1925.

• 1760 WILL on Ancestry

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Beaman Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.