Alexander Witherspoon

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Alexander Witherspoon

Also Known As: "Wydderspun", "Wethirspunn"
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Birthplace: Brighouse, Ayshire, Scotland
Death: 1569 (53-54)
Brighouse, Ayrshire, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Son of Andrew Wedderspoyn and Mareon Wilson
Husband of Catherine Witherspoon
Father of Griselda Gib; Elizabeth Hamilton; John Witherspoon; Henry Wydderspun and Susannah Carruthers
Brother of Robert Witherspone; John Witherspone; Bartholemew Witherspoon and Isabella Wethirspunn

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About Alexander Witherspoon

"'Sandy' Wydderspun, as he is called in a lease of Aug. 22d, 1531, 6s.3d land in Sandyhill"

--Witherspoon, Joseph B. The History and Genealogy of the Witherspoon Family (1400-1987). Fort Worth, Tex: Miran Publishers, 1988. Print. p. 11. E1

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Alexander Witherspoon's Timeline

1515
1515
Brighouse, Ayshire, Scotland
1535
1535
1537
1537
1540
1540
Brighouse, Ayrshire, Scotland
1545
1545
1555
1555
Holmains Wood, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1569
1569
Age 54
Brighouse, Ayrshire, Scotland