Alexander Bain (MacRae) McRae (1777 - 1849)

Born 7 Oct 1777 in Scotland

Husband of Effey McRae — married 6 Jan 1814 in North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1849 at age 71 in Scotland, Telfair, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Descendant of Malcolm MacRae.

Alexander (MacRae) McRae was born in Scotland.

Alexander (MacRae) McRae migrated from North Carolina to Georgia.

Alexander was born in 1777 to Malcolm MacRae and Isabel Bain. He had at least 3 siblings: Hugh, Nancy, and John.

He emigrated from Scotland to North Carolina at the age of 3 (about 1774) with his family.

He married in 1814 to Effy McRae (parents unknown-possibly Christopher McRae & Nancy Ann Campbell or John McRae & Margaret Campbell?). He was about 36 years old. They had about 13 children together:

1. Margaret Bain McRae
2. Nancy Bain McRae
3. Malcom Nicholson McRae
4. William A McRae
5. Daniel Fraser McRae
6. James Duncan McRae
7. Murdock Hugh McRae
8. Isabella Mary McRae
9. Sarah C McRae
10. Elizabeth J McRae
11. John Colin McRae
12. Farquhard W McRae
13. Susannah Green McRae

He received a grant of four land lots and settled in Telfair County about 1815, where part of the town of McRae now stands.

Alexander is noted to be one of the oldest settlers in Telfair County and founded the town of McRae. He was one of the first builders of the steamships on the Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers.

• Fact: Residence (1840) Telfair, Georgia

He passed away in 1849 at the age of 71.

• Fact: Burial (1849) McRae Family Cemetery, Scotland, Telfair, Georgia

Links

FamilySearch PID: LJYV-6KF
Find A Grave: Memorial #7304368 Headstone Photo: Yes

Clan MacRae

• Clan Macrae Category on WikiTree
• [:Space:Clan_Mackenzie_Castles#Eilean_Donan|Eilean Donan Castle on WikiTree]
• Great Flying Scots Blog: Our Own Castle: Eilean Donan
• Clan Macrae on Wikipedia
• Clan MacRae Society of North America
• History of Clan Macrae with Genealogies by The Rev. Alexander MacRae, B.A., Curate of St. Helen's, Bishopgate, London; 1899; Dingwall: A.M. Ross & Company

Sources

• History of Telfair County from 1812-1949 (Mann, Georgia, 1949), page 7
• Georgia Memoirs, Vol 2, Chapter 6: The Bench and Bar of Georgia, Taylor County - Telfair County Sketches, by The southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895; page 873. entry for Alexander B. McRae in the record of Malcolm Nicholson M'Rae.
• Families of Southeastern Georgia by Jack N Averitt, Clearfield, 2001; pages 133-134 (this excerpt was originally published as Volume III of Georgia's Coastal Plain: Family and Personal History, New York, 1964)
• Georgia ad Florida Biographies - Souvenir Sketches F.A. Battey & Company, Chicago. 1889. page 176. entry for Alex B. McRae & Effie McRae in the record of Walter M. Clements.
• About the Alexander Bain and Effey McRae McRae Family Notes by Carter M. Stout, deceased; shared by Winnie Begin 6 Sep 2003
• Media McRae Family Bible - Death Records
• Media McRae Records List
• Media McRae Family Bible - Marriage Records
• "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDJS-CLB : 4 December 2018), A. B. Mcrae in entry for Susan G. Mcrae, 1926.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 November 2019), memorial page for Alexander Bain McRae (7 Oct 1777–9 Jun 1849), Find A Grave Memorial no. 7304368, citing McRae Family Cemetery, Scotland, Telfair County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by T. McRae (contributor 46549948).

See Also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 November 2019, 21:03), entry for Alexander Bain McRae(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LJYV-6KF); contributed by various users.
• "Public Member Trees mhdunnam", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/62488236/person/42092151305/facts : accessed 12 November 2019), profile for Alexander Bain MacRae
• "Public Member Trees kih1962/ageorgiaangel", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/150712581/person/432141868795/facts : accessed 12 November 2019), profile for Alexander Bain McRae (of Clain MacRae?)
• "Public Member Trees Josie Petersen", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/102205709/person/190049914599/facts : accessed 12 November 2019), profile for Alexander Bain McRae

Acknowledgement

MacRae-282 was created by Mary Helen Dunnam through the import of Foster - Hall - May 2014.ged on 26 May 2014. WikiTree profile Macrae-122 created through the import of Rankin-Ridgdill Family Tree.ged on Oct 4, 2011 by Elizabeth Rankin. Gordon Mac Rae proposed a merge of Macrae-122 and MacRae-282 and Mary Helen Dunnam completed the merge on 22 Oct 2014. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mary and others.