John McKnitt Alexander

1733 - 1817  (84 years)

• Name	John McKnitt Alexander  [1]
  Born	6 Jun 1733	Cecil County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Group	Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
  	DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran
  Group	Veteran of Revolutionary War or Patriot
  	Revolutionary War Patriot or Soldier.
  Died	10 Jul 1817	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina   [1]
  Buried	Aft 10 Jul 1817	Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I2040	DNA Family 1 Genealogies
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	James Alexander,   b. 1 Jan 1684/85, Pocomoke, ____, Maryland ,   d. 31 May 1779  (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Margaret McKnitt,   b. 26 Dec 1693, Somerset County, Maryland ,   d. Between 1736 and 1745, Somerset County, Maryland  (Age 42 years)
  Married	Abt 1713
  Family ID	F1084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Bain,   b. Abt 1740,   d. 16 Mar 1789  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Alt. Marriage	1759
  Married	Sep 1762  [1]
  Children	1. William Bain Alexander,   b. 25 Apr 1764, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. 23 Jan 1844  (Age 79 years)   2. Margaret Alexander,   b. 3 Apr 1766, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Jul 1805, Stone House, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 39 years)   3. Jean Bain Alexander,   b. 6 Jul 1768, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. 18 May 1816  (Age 47 years)   4. Abigail Bain Alexander,   b. 25 Nov 1770, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. 14 May 1802, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina  (Age 31 years)   5. Dr. Joseph McKnitt Alexander,   b. 28 Apr 1773, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. 18 Oct 1841  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	4 May 2006
  Family ID	F266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 10 Jul 1817 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Buried - Aft 10 Jul 1817 - Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John McKnitt Alexander was  in North Carolina by 1752.  He was  the Secretary of Mecklenburg Convention of 1775 and a signer of the 1775 Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Alexander-Davidson Bible.