Alexander Carlyle

Son of Adam "The Elder" Carlyle

Alexander Carlyle1

M, d. before 1 May 1727

Family

Marriage*He married Margaret McClester, daughter of John McClester and his 1st wife, 1720 at Somerset Co, MD.1

Death* before 1 May 1727 Alexander Carlyle died before 1 May 1727 at Somerset Co, MD. The estate of Mr. Alexander Cairlyle was valued at £375.11.0 Appraisers: George Scott & Ja. Makmorie. Creditors: Alexander Stewart and Alexander Wordie. Next of kin: Levin Gale & William Grayson. Admin/Extrs: Huett Nutter and his wife Margaret Nutter.2

Family Margaret McClester b. c 1700, d. 27 Jan 1733/34

Children

• 1. Adam Carlyle5 b. c 1725
• 2. John Carlyle5 b. c 1727

Biography

From Spencer, Richard Henry. “The Carlyle Family.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, 1910.

ADAM CARLILE, of Limekilns, son of Edward and Margaret (Young) Carlile, b. 1638, m. Grizel Menzies of Culteraws. Their children were:

• 2. Alexander Carlyle, who emigrated to Maryland prior to 1712, and settled in Somerset County, where he became a large landholder and m. 6 Sept. 1720, Margaret McAlister of that county. He died in 1726, leaving two sons, Adam, b. 13 Feb. 1724/5, and John, b. 28 Feb. 1725/6, d. s. p. Adam Carlyle, the eldest son, after the death of his mother in 1733, went to Scotland to live and m. Philadelphia Carruthers of Holmains. On the death of his uncle John in 1742, he inherited Limekilns, but was ruined by the failure of a bank at Ayr in 1766. His six sons, Alexander. Adam, John, James, George and William d. s. p.

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From Scots On the Chesapeake, 1607-1830. Page 26.

Alexander Carlyle & Margaret McAlister [sic: McClester]

Comments:

CARLYLE, JOHN- born 6 Feb 1620, son of Alexander Carlyle [actually, he was son of Alexander's brother Dr. William Carlyle and wife Rachel Murray], merchant, res. Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, settled in Alexandria, VA, married (1) Sarah Fairfax and (2) Sybil West, died in 1780.
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References

• Somerset Parish records. < FamilySearch > “Alexander Carlile was married to Margrit MaClester the sixth day of 7br [September] 1720.”
• Spencer, Richard Henry. “The Carlyle Family.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, 1910, pp. 201–12. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1915700. Accessed 2 Nov. 2022. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1915700.pdf
• https://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p1025.htm#i102432
• Scots On the Chesapeake, 1607-1830. Page 26. < AncestrySharing >