Alexander Reid (1648 - 1718)

Born 30 May 1648 in Ulster, Ireland

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Died 14 Oct 1718 at age 70 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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"Among the pioneers of Augusta County, were three brothers, of Scottish extraction, who came from the County Down, in Ireland, where they were born -Thomas, John and Andrew Reid. (They were the sons of Alexander and Sarah Milne Reid.) ^[1]

"The oldest of these brothers, Thomas Reid, married a highland woman, named McKean, and had by her three children, two of whom married their cousins, daughters of their uncle, John Reid, Sr., who bore the title of Colonel. ^[1]

"These two were John Reid, Jr., who married his uncle John's daughter, Martha; and Nathan Reid, who married his uncle John's daughter, Sarah. . . ^[1]

"The third brother, Andrew Reid, Sr., had, among others, a son, Andrew Reid, Jr., who married the same Sarah, daughter of his uncle, Colonel John Reid, Sr., and Martha Nisbet, and the widow of his uncle Thomas Reid's son, Nathan." ^[1]

Alexander was born in 1648, the son of Andrew and Elizabeth Hall Reid.

He married first Sarah Milne and they had children: Andrew (Sr.), John (Sr.) and Thomas.

Alexander married second Jonet Proug.

He died in 1718.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} [1] Thomas Marshall Green Historic Families of Kentucky Regional Publishing House, 1959, (Originally Published 1889 in Cincinnati) pp.160-161

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