Alexander
"Sawney"
Stinson
Born about [location unknown]
Son of John Stinson
and Mary (Hoggs) Stinson
Husband of
Joanna (Hooper) Stinson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Stinson, Alexander Stinson, David Stinson, Elizabeth (Stinson) Adcock, Joseph Stinson, Cary Stinson Sr and Joanna (Stinson) Adcock
Died about
at about age 76
in Buckingham, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jan 2015
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Biography
Alexander Stinson performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.
Alexander Stinson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A204929.
As a young man, Alexander was indentured in Williamsburg, Virginia to a tavern owner.
He is thought to have married Joanna (Hooper) Stinson.
Alexander and Joanna had 9 children, who were:
- Joseph Stinson
- David Stinson (m. Anne Bryant)
- George Stinson
- Alexander Stinson, Jr. (m. Ann Baker)
- Cary Stinson, Sr. (m. unk.)
- John Stinson
- Elizabeth Stinson
- Anna Stinson
- Joanna Stinson (m. Edmond Adcock)
In 1739 Alexander was appointed as a road surveyor in Goochland County, VA. In 1743 he received a grant for land along Cattail Creek in what is now Buckingham County, VA (and was then Goochland County) from King George II.
Sources
- Goochland County Road Orders 1728-1744, by Nathaniel Mason Pawlett. Virginia Highway & Transportation Research Council. 1975, rev. 2004.
- DAR#A204929
- reference: So Obscure a Person, by Edna Barney
- https://books.google.com/books?
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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%
~6.25%
Jeanette (Hester) Brewer 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WM9905107 [compare], Ancestry member sherri30625
-
~0.78%
Eddie Gorham :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A669235 [compare], Ancestry member EddieGorham
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~0.78%
David Adcock :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A524419 [compare], Ancestry member daadcock
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~0.78%
Nancy (Armistead) Dudley :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ndudley1
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Sherri (Brewer) Smith :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H516956 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Mike Stinson :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Janet Sommer :
23andMe, GEDmatch A865878 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
J. Riner :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PQ1502266 [compare], Ancestry member honeybee1885
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~0.39%
Dale Gorham :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A956632 [compare], Ancestry member BamaDale
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~0.39%
Richard Sommer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sommer_gc
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #655262
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~0.39%
Todd Stephenson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A051663 [compare], Ancestry member wtodduga
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~0.39%
LM Gragg :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A306614 [compare], Ancestry member lgragg6147
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~0.39%
Theresia Adcock :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member A708340
-
~0.39%
James Casper :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A836278 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Randy Quick :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A985556 [compare], yourDNAportal RANdb5b1058, Ancestry member rlquick73
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch HE7016916 [compare], yourDNAportal RANdb5b1058, FTDNA kit #159815
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~0.39%
Donna (McGill) Perkins :
Living DNA
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