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Captain Archibald "Ersbell" Alexander

Born 4 Feb 1708 in Cunningham Manor, Co. Down, Ulster, Ireland

Ancestors

Son of William Alexander Sr. and Janet (McNutt) Alexander

Brother of Robert Alexander, William Alexander Jr., Peter Alexander and James Alexander

Husband of Margaret (Parks) Alexander — married [date unknown] (to Jul 1753) [location unknown]

Husband of Jane (McClure) Alexander — married 1757 [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of Elizabeth (Alexander) McClung, William Parks Alexander, Joseph Parks Alexander, Hannah (Alexander) Lyle, Phoebe (Alexander) Paxton, Mary (Alexander) Trimble and John Alexander

Died Jan 1780 at age 71 in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Archibald was born in 1708. He married 1) Margaret Parks on 31 DEC 1734 in Ireland. They had 7 children:

Elizabeth
William
Ann
Joseph
Hannah
Phoebe
Margaret

Archibald married 2) Jane McClure in 1757 at Augusta County, Virginia. They had children:

Isabella
Mary
Margaret
John
James
Samuel
Archibald
Jane

He was captain in "The Sandy Creek Voyage" against the Indians in 1756.

Archibald, eldest son of William Alexander was born at Cunningham Manor on 4 Feb 1708. In 1736 he accompanied his brother Robert to America, settling in New Providence, in Pennsylvania. About 1747 he removed to Rockbridge in Virginia. He married twice, with 2 sons, 5 daughters by first wife and 4 sons 3 daughters by second wife.

Sources

1779/1780 WILL of Archibald Alexander, Rockbridge, Virginia
Matthew David Wolfe
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Archibald_Alexander_%284%29
Find A Grave
Source: https://www.geni.com/people/Archibald-Alexander-I/6000000006164925153
Source: Sons of the American Revolution, Supplemental Application
National Number: 33672, State Number: 2298 The Illinois Society of the S.A.R. The application of David Marquis Clarke, October 9, 1920.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40433616
Source: S118 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R1
Source: S149 Author: Kinard, June. comp. Title: Early Immigrants to Virginia from the 1500s and 1600s Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000; Repository: #R1
Source: S60 Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999; Repository: #R1
[1] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Brothers, Birth, Child page 593, 594

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Archibald 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 Archibald:

~0.78% ~3.12% William Roberts : 23andMe, GEDmatch M288340 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A472543 [compare], Ancestry member waroberts1943
~0.78% Judith Minter : 23andMe
~0.78% Jim Campbell : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #268175
~0.39% Jason Burger : 23andMe, GEDmatch M775470 [compare]
~0.39% Destry Harmon : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A628692 [compare], Ancestry member buffettrebel
~0.39% ~0.78% Mark Tandy : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T706019 [compare]
~0.39% Jill Wright : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A773669 [compare]
~0.39% ~0.39% Pamela Tandy : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A427856 [compare], Ancestry member tandypamela
~0.39% Jeff Lewis : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JeffreyLewis61