Alexander
D.
Ritchie
III
Born in Amelia, Prince Edward, Virginia Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Alexander Ritchie II
and Mary (Wilson) Ritchie
Brother of
Susannah Richey, Mary Richey, James Alexander Ritchie, John Richey, Elizabeth Richey, Hugh Richey and Elizabeth (Riche) Halfacre
Husband of
Elizabeth (Doherty) Ritchie
— married
29 May 1792 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 82
in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States
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Biography
When Alexander B III RITCHIE was born on June 29, 1764, in Farmville, Virginia, to Alexander Ritchie, and Mary Wilson. He married Mary Elizabeth Doherty on May 29, 1792. He died on November 14, 1848, in New Tazewell, Tennessee, having lived a long life of 84 years.
Alexander was born in 1764, reportedly in Amelia, Prince Edward Co., Virginia. Also reportedly, at the age of 12, he enlisted in the service of his country in the Revolutionary War, serving by one source as some sort of "scout" and by another as a drummer and bugler. He likely accompanied his parents, Alexander II and Mary Wilson, to Claiborne Co., Tennessee in early 1800's as early pioneers of what was then a part of western North Carolina. He inherited the farm established by his father at his father's death in 1818. The farm remains as one of Tennessee's finest Century Farms today.
Sources
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Alexander Richey [Alexander Ritchie]; Birth Year: 1764; Spouse Name: Elizabeth Doherty; Marriage Year: 1792
Know Your Family, Ritchie Family Tree 1961 1810 United States Federal Census Name: Alexander Ritchie; Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Prince Edward, Virginia; Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2; Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 2; Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1; Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1; Numbers of Slaves: 11; Number of Household Members Under 16: 3; Number of Household Members Over 25: 3; Number of Household Members: 17
1840 United States Federal Census Name: Alexander Richie; Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Claiborne, Tennessee; Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1; Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1; Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1; Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1; Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2; Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2; Total Free White Persons: 3; Total Slaves: 1; Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4
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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. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Keith Richey
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 12 markers, haplogroup Richey, FTDNA kit #68078
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~1.56%
Jim Sneed :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Jill (Halfacre) Ducatman :
23andMe, GEDmatch M618093 [compare]
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~1.56%
Sebastian Tedrow :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
James Tedrow :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jer Wilcoxen :
23andMe, yourDNAportal DAV80c29410
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A711223 [compare], Ancestry member bruinjer
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~0.78%
Scott Wilcoxen :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Jane (Snead) Simms :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Jbsimms123
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK58817
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Kim (Langhans) Richey
Kathleen (McHarness) Holmes
Richey-148 and Ritchie-3035 appear to represent the same person because: propose merge of Alex R III Richey 148 and Alex R 3rd Ritchie 3035. Then I will add rest of children. My info comes from old Ritchie Bibles still in hands of various Ritchie family members. (Just a note: They also list folks with Richey spelling.)
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by Kathleen (McHarness) Holmes
Kim (Langhans) Richey
Ritchie-674 and Richey-148 appear to represent the same person because: Only difference is the spelling of "Richie" and "Richey"
posted
by Kim (Langhans) Richey
Rejected matches › Alexander Richey (aft.1756-) › Alexander Richey (abt.1690-bef.1749) › Alexander Richey (abt.1748-) › Alexander Richey › James Alexander Richey (1826-1902) › Robert Alexander Richey (abt.1805-) › Alexander Ritchie II (1739-1818) › Alexander Ritchie (1772-)
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