Sir
Alexander
Mackenzie
KB
Born in Luskentyre House, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
Son of Kenneth Mackenzie
and Isabella (MacIver) Mackenzie
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Geddes Mackenzie
— married
18 Feb 1812 in her mothers house, John Street, Bedford Row, London by licence.
Descendants 
Father of
Julie McKenzie, Geddes Margaret Mackenzie, Alexander George Mackenzie and George Mackenzie
Died
at age 56
in Mulnain near Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Biography
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- Alexander Mackenzie (1764-1820) was the son of Kenneth Mackenzie & his wife Isabella MacIver.
- Sir Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish explorer. He is known for his overland crossing of what is now Canada to reach the Pacific Ocean in 1793. This was the first east to west crossing of North America north of Mexico and predated the Lewis and Clark expedition by 10 years.
- Explorations
- 1789 Mackenzie River expedition to the Arctic Ocean
- 1792–93 Peace River expedition to the Pacific Ocean
- Knighted
- In 1801 the journals of his exploratory journeys were published. He was knighted for his efforts on the 10 February 1802 (dubbed at St James's Palace).
- He served in the Legislature of Lower Canada from 1804 to 1808.
- Marriage and Family
- In 1812, Mackenzie returned to the United Kingdom where on 12 Feb 1812, he married the fourteen-year-old Geddes Mackenzie, joint heiress of Avoch. As she was a minor they were married by special license, registered in the Church of England parish church, Saint Andrew, Holborn, London. The witnesses were John Inglis, Margaret Mackenzie and John Mackenzie who signed the register[1]. They had two sons and a daughter, all of whom were born in Avoch, Ross-shire:
- Geddes Margaret, born 2 May 1816, baptized 17 Jun 1816, Avoch[2]
- Alexander George, born 14 Feb 1818, baptized 2 May 1818, Avoch[3]
- George, born 10 Nov 1819, baptized 24 Dec 1819 in St Cuthbert's Edinburgh[4], also registered in Avoch[5]
- Burial in Avoch Parish Church, Avoch, Cromartyshire, Scotland
Sources
- ↑ "London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938," database with images, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry au Record 1623 #643231 : accessed 29 February 2024), Sir Alexander Mackenzie marriage to Geddes Mackenzie on 18 Feb 1812 in Saint Andrew, Holborn: Holborn Circus, City of London, England; citing London Metropolitan Archives, London, England, UK, London Church of England Parish Registers, Reference Number P69/AND2/A/01/MS 6671/8.
- ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms," database, National Records of Scotland, (ScotlandsPeople : accessed 29 February 2024), Geddes Margaret Mackenzie, 17 Jun 1816, U, Mackenzie / Mackenzie, Avoch; citing Parish Number 059, Ref 10/141.
- ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms," database, National Records of Scotland, (ScotlandsPeople : accessed 29 February 2024), Alexander George Mckenzie, M, 2 May 1818, Alexr Mckenzie / Mckenzie, Avoch; citing Parish Number 059, Ref 10/144.
- ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms," database, National Records of Scotland, (ScotlandsPeople : accessed 2 March 2024), George Mackenzie 24 Dec 1819, M, Alexander Sir & Mackenzie Geddes, St Cuthbert's, Edinburghshire, Scotland; citing Parish Number 685/2, Ref 140/519.
- ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms," database, National Records of Scotland, (ScotlandsPeople : accessed 29 February 2024), George Mackenzie, 24 [ie 21] Dec 1819, M, Alexander Mackenzie / Geddes Mackenzie, Avoch; citing Parish Number 059, Ref 10/147.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexander:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexander:
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~1.56%
Deanna Lilley
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PV8597584 [compare], yourDNAportal DEA9e329061, Ancestry member dmlilley9
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~0.78%
Lisa (LaVallie-McKay) Tapp :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Corene Rose :
MyHeritage DNA
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Alexander may have had three siblings: Murdoch, Margaret and Sybilla. Margaret is conjectured to have married James Dowie (sic), On her grave memorial in Greyfriars Private Cemetery he records: "This Stone is Erected by Capt James Douie of the Wellington Revenue Cutter, in gratefull and affectionate Remembrance of Margaret MacKenzie his Spouse who died April 1815 &c whose Remains are here inter'd". Geddes Margaret Mackenzie (Alexander's daughter with his Scottish wife, Geddes Mackenzie) was also memorialized on the same stone https://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?grave=138555
In his will James states his wishes thus: "assign convey dispose and make over to and in favor of Mrs Mackenzie or Dowie my Wife, Sir Alexander Mackenzie of Avoch Knight my Brother in Law..." https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D267232
Contact with Stornoway Historical Society may provide information about Alexander's siblings. Information about his two children to Metis, Julie and Andrew might be had from article and correspondence between Judy Parry and Pia Goddard in the September 2006 edition of the Clan Mackenzie Canada Newsletter, http://www.electricscotland.com/mackenzie/images/news40.pdf see also Metis website at http://www.agt.net/public/dgarneau/metis34.htm
There are extensive relationships and marriages between Downie and Mackenzie families in Stornoway in the late 18th C. It is not unusual that Margaret Mackenzie might have married James Dowie. A marriage record has not been identified
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