Born about in Manokin, Somerset, Maryland
Ancestors 
Daughter of John McKnitt
and Elizabeth Jane (Wallace) McKnitt
Sister of
Jane (McKnitt) Alexander and John McKnitt Jr.
Wife of
Joseph Alexander
— married
1686 in Of., Somerset, Maryland
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 63
in Somerset, Maryland
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Biography
Abigail McKnitt is thought to have been the sister of John McKnitt who married Joseph Alexander.[1] She was born about 1653 to 1665, and died in 1730.
Born 1667 Manokin, Somerset County, Maryland, United States of America. [2]
Died 23 December 1714. Cecil County, Maryland, United States of America. [3]
Buried Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America. [4]
Joseph's Second Wife
Joseph Alexander, born about 1659, and died before March 9, 1730, in New Munster, Cecil County, Maryland.
He married first about 1679, Jane McKnitt, in Somerset County, Maryland. Jane was the daughter of John McKnitt and Elizabeth Wallace. They were the parents of the following children, all born in Somerset County, Maryland.
A. Sophia Alexander was born 26 Feb 1680, and died after 13 Dec 1726, in Slate Hill, Cecil County, Maryland, but now in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She married her paternal first cousin, Elias Alexander, son of Andrew Alexander, about 1705 in Cecil County, Maryland. B. Francis Alexander was born about 1689, and died in 1781 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. C. Jane Alexander was born about 1691. She married Muley Mackey. D. Abigail Alexander was born about 1693, and died in 1781 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. She married Francis Clapham. E. James Alexander, known as "Yeoman" was born about 1695 in Manokin Hundred, Maryland, and died before 31 May 1779 in Cecil County, Maryland.
Joseph Alexander married as his second wife, Abigail McKnitt,
sister of his first wife, Jane McKnitt, daughters of John McKnitt and Elizabeth Wallace.
The records do not show any children born to this marriage.
Sources
- ↑ Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. Philadelphia, PA: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1948-49. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) 16:88.
- ↑ Source: #S1120633062
- ↑ Source: #S1120633062
- ↑ Source: #S1120633062
Acknowledgements
WikiTree profile McKnitt-13 created through the import of McKnight.ged on Apr 21, 2012 by Curtis Baldwin. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=McKnitt-13.
Acknowledgements
GEDCOM import. McKnitt-40 was created by Michael Brand through the import of Brand Family Tree.ged on Jun 25, 2014.
WikiTree profile McKnitt-11 created through the import of Moore-Martin_merged.GED on Feb 3, 2012 by Kirk Moore.
- Source: S1120633062 Repository: #R1102001526 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
- Repository: R1102001526 Ancestry.com
- Source: S1120633274 Repository: #R1102001526 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=120789476&pid=160
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Patricia Stenbak
Karen Lowe
Leigh (Hoolihan) Murrin
Kirk Moore
Patricia Stenbak
McKnitt-45 and McKnight-17 appear to represent the same person because: looks to be the same person
posted
by Patricia Stenbak
Karen Lowe
McKnitt-40 and McKnight-17 appear to represent the same person because: same name, birth, death
posted
by Karen Lowe
Leigh (Hoolihan) Murrin
McKnitt-11 and McKnight-17 appear to represent the same person because: Hello, these are duplicate profiles of the wife of Joseph Alexander - there are many duplicates of this woman and this is an attempt to reduce them. Thanks
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by Leigh (Hoolihan) Murrin
Kirk Moore
McKnitt-11 and McKnight-17 are not ready to be merged because: The difference in birthplaces
posted
by Kirk Moore
Rejected matches › Jane (McKnitt) Alexander (1698-)
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