Alexander Cunningham

Alexander Cunningham

• Birth: 1498 - Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland
• Death: May 30 1579 - Dublin, Fingal, Ireland
• Parents: seen as Cuthbert Cunningham, Marriota Douglas
• Wife: Mary Robinson
• Children: Alexander Cunningham, Helen Cunninghame, John Cunningham, Joseph Cunningham, David Cunningham

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Generation No. 1

1. ALEXANDER1 CUNNINGHAM was born 1498 in Scotland. He married MARY ROBINSON. She was born in Scotland.

Child of ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM and MARY ROBINSON is:

• 2. i. JOHN2 CUNNINGHAM, b. 1529, Scotland; d. 1602, Scotland.

Disputed Origins

July 2014

From Geni member David Erin Patrick:

The Clan Cunningham International genealogist confirmed that Alexander Cunningham IS the son of Sir Cuthbert Cunningham and Marion Douglas.

Update August 2019

According to The Scots Peerage Sir Cuthbert Cunningham, 3rd Earl of Glencairn did not have a son named Lord Alexander https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun04paul/page/235 Stirnet's account of the family concurs https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4rz/cunningham02.php

Notes

Ayrshire is a county on the west coast of Scotland, on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. It has not been an administrative unit since 1975, when, under regionalisation, it became part of the Region of Strathclyde and was divided into four districts: Cumnock and Doon Valley; Cunninghame; Kilmarnock and Loudoun; and Kyle and Carrick. In 1996, under a further reorganisation of local government in Scotland, Strathclyde region and its Districts were swept away, and Ayrshire was divided into three districts: East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, and South Ayrshire.

The subject matter of the Ayrshire History Web Site is the history of the county and its people, and the local history of its parishes, towns and villages..

Notes

https://drlindallabin.wordpress.com/2015/02/22/cunningham-connection/

4.Hugh B. Cunningham was the son of 5a.Mary Rebeka Burns (1668-1749) and 5.Alexander Cunningham (b. 1653 or 1663 in Dublin, Ireland or Scotland; d. 1749 or 1747 in Ireland; married 1701 in Leinster, Ireland). Alexander was the son of 6a.Rachel Bruce (1611-1651) and 6.David Cunningham (b. 1607 in Scotland; d. 1691 in Ireland; married 1651 in Leinster, Dublin, Ireland). David and his family were evidently sent to Ireland to settle in the Ulster Plantation scheme of King James I of England (James VI of Scotland). His parents were 7a.Nancy Mary Blessington (1570-1640) and 7.Joseph Cunningham (b. 1568 in Scotland; d. 1637 in Scotland or Ireland; married 1605 in Leinster, Dublin, Ireland). Joseph’s parents were 8a.Sarah Wallace (1531-1631) and 8.John Cunningham (b. 1520 in Scotland; d. 1602 in Ireland; married in 1566 in Leinster). John was the son of 9a.Mary Robinson (1503-1528) and 9.Alexander Cunningham (b. 1498 in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland; d. 1579 in Ireland or Scotland; married 1528 in Leinster). So, my 9th great grandfather connects our family to Kilmaurs, Ayrshire and the estates of the Earls of Glencairn, the traditional holdings of the Cunningham family. More later.

links

• Descendants of Alexander Cunningham http://www.genealogy.com/users/s/a/m/Briana-S-Sams/FILE/0002page.html (Dead link)
• http://www.montyhistnotes.com/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyID=F1... cites
• 1. [S575] UK, Extracted Probate Records, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.Original data - Electronic databases created from various publications of probate records.Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of probate records.;).
• 2. [S2174] Millennium File, Heritage Consulting, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;). 3. [S414] Kilmaurs History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmaurs. Kilmaurs is new name for Cunninghame
• 4. [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Cunningham Robert #021834 http://thepeerage.com/p2184.htm#i21834.
• 5. [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Cunningham Cuthbert #109737 http://thepeerage.com/p10974.htm#i109737.
• 6. [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Cunningham William #028523 http://thepeerage.com/p2853.htm#i28523.
• 7. [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Borthwick Catherine #145414 http://thepeerage.com/p14542.htm#i145414.
• 8. [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Boyd Elizabeth #109569 http://www.thepeerage.com/p10956.htm#i109560.
• 9. [S782] The Douglas Archives, (Name: The Douglas Archives; Location: http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/index.php;), Douglas Archibald http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I2665....