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Margaret Alexander (McKnitt)

Also Known As: "McKnight"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Manokin, Somerset County, Maryland
Death: July 31, 1736 (42)
New Munster, Cecil, Maryland
Place of Burial: Head of Christiana Church Cemetery, Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John McKnitt, Jr. and Jane McKnitt
Wife of James Alexander and James Alexander
Mother of Amos Alexander; Margaret McKeen; Edith Alexander; Theophilus Alexander; Jemima Alexander, I, died young and 11 others
Sister of Jane Abigail Alexander
Half sister of Robert McKnight; John McKnitt; Katherine Brevard; Mary McKnight; Ester McKnight and 3 others

Managed by: Pam Wilson (on hiatus)
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Historical records matching Margaret Alexander

Margaret Alexander (born McKnitt) in WikiTree
Margaret McKnitt (born Mcknitt) in WikiTree
Margaret Alexander (born McKnitt) in MyHeritage family trees (Holderness)
Margaret Abigail MCKNITT in Filae Family Trees
Margaret McKnitt 6th Gg in GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index
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Immediate Family

About Margaret Alexander

James Alexander, born 1695 in Manokin Hundred, Somerset, MD; died 15 Jul 1779 in Elkton/Munster, Cecil Co, MD. He was the son of Joseph Alexander and Abigail McKnitt. He married 23. Margaret McKnitt 1714 in Cecil Co, MD.

23. Margaret McKnitt, born 26 Dec 1693 in Manokin Hundred, Somerset, MD; died Bet. 1736 - 1745 in Cecil Co, MD. She was the daughter of John McKnitt, Jr. and Jane Wallis.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bruckner/knox/profiles/mar...

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hjackwell...

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52811051&ref=wvr

Margaret and James were the parents of nine children:

Edith/10 Jan 1718 Keziah/9 May 1720 (Mrs Walter Sharpe) Hezekiah South/13 Jan 1721 Ezekial/17 Jun 1724 Jemima/9 Jan 1727 (Mrs James Sharpe) Margaret/6 Jun 1736

Other children listed below

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Alexander&GSf...


Some genealogists think she may have been a McKnitt, sister to Margaret, the first wife of James.

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Find A Grave Memorial# 52811051

Margaret and James were the parents of nine children:

Edith/10 Jan 1718 Keziah/9 May 1720 (Mrs Walter Sharpe) Hezekiah South/13 Jan 1721 Ezekial/17 Jun 1724 Jemima/9 Jan 1727 (Mrs James Sharpe) Margaret/6 Jun 1736

Other children listed below

Family links: Parents: John McKnitt McKnight (1660 - 1714) Jane Wallace McKnitt (1662 - 1698)

Spouse: James Robert Alexander (1690 - 1779)*

Children: Theophilus Alexander (1714 - 1768)* Hezekiah Alexander (1721 - 1801)* Jemima Alexander Sharpe (1727 - 1797)* Amos Alexander (1729 - 1780)* John McKnitt Alexander (1733 - 1817)* Ann Alexander Moore (1736 - 1802)*

Siblings: Mary Katherine McKnitt Brevard (1689 - 1734)** Margaret McKnitt Alexander (1693 - 1736) Jean McKnight Alexander (1698 - 1726)* Sarah McKnitt Wallace (1701 - 1773)**

Burial: Head of Christiana Church Cemetery Newark New Castle County Delaware, USA

Family Data Collection - Births Family Data Collection - Births Name: Margaret Mcknitt Father: John Mcnitt Mother: Jane Alexander Birth Date: 1693 City: Manokin Hundred County: Somerset State: MD Country: USA

Family Data Collection - Births Family Data Collection - Births Name: Margaret Mcknitt Father: John Mcknitt Mother: Jane Wallis Birth Date: 26 Dec 1693 City: Manokin County: Somerset State: MD Country: USA

Family Data Collection - Individual Records Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Margaret Mcknitt Spouse: James Alaxander Parents: John Mcknitt, Jane Wallis Birth Place: Cecil, MD Birth Date: 26 Dec 1693 Death Place: Somerset, MD Death Date: 1736

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: James Alexander Gender: male Birth Place: MD Birth Year: 1695 Spouse Name: Margaret McKnitt Spouse Birth Place: MD Spouse Birth Year: 1693 Marriage State: MD Number Pages: 1

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: James Alexander Gender: male Birth Place: MD Birth Year: 1690 Spouse Name: Margaret McKnitt Spouse Birth Place: MD Spouse Birth Year: 1693 Marriage Year: 1713 Marriage State: MD Number Pages: 1

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19 Jan 2017 from Smart Matches My Heritage
added from James Alexander. Sister of Joan Laidey Alexander (born Russell). Katherine NacDonald Alexander was adopted by the Russells.
Ginnie Hopper Oldham

Margaret and James were the parents of nine children:

Edith/10 Jan 1718
Keziah/9 May 1720 (Mrs Walter Sharpe)
Hezekiah South/13 Jan 1721
Ezekial/17 Jun 1724
Jemima/9 Jan 1727 (Mrs James Sharpe)
Margaret/6 Jun 1736

Other children listed below

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Margaret Alexander's Timeline

1693
December 26, 1693
Birth of Margaret Alexander
Manokin, Somerset County, Maryland
1712
June 10, 1712
Birth of Edith Alexander
Cecil, Maryland, United States
1714
March 13, 1714
Birth of Theophilus Alexander
Cecil County, Maryland
1715
February 10, 1715
Birth of Jemima Alexander, I, died young
Elk River, Cecil County, Maryland
1716
November 10, 1716
Birth of Esther Alexander
Cecil, Maryland, United States
1717
1717
Birth of Francis Alexander
Cecil, Maryland, United States
1720
May 9, 1720
Birth of Keziah Sharpe
Cecil County, Maryland
1720
Birth of Margaret McKeen
Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
1725
June 17, 1725
Birth of Ezekiel #1 Alexander
New Munster, Cecil, Maryland, United States
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