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Abigail Alexander (McKnitt)

Also Known As: "McKnight"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Manokin, Somerset County, Maryland, British Colonial America
Death: December 23, 1714 (52)
New Munster, Cecil County, Maryland, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John McKnitt and Elizabeth Jane McKnitt
Wife of Joseph ‘tanner’ Alexander
Mother of James Alexander; Abigail "Closson" Clapham; Francis Alexander; Jane Alexander; William Liston Alexander and 1 other
Sister of John McKnitt, Jr.; Jane Alexander; Esther McKnitt and UNK Campbell

marriage: 1686,Cecil, MD
Managed by: Erin Ishimoticha
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Abigail McKnitt Alexander

BIRTH 1667 Manokin, Somerset County, Maryland, USA

DEATH 23 Dec 1714 (aged 46–47) Cecil County, Maryland, USA

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

Daughter of John McKnitt, II and Elizabeth Jane McKnitt

Wife of Joseph Alexander

Mother of Sophia Alexander; Abigail "Closson" Clapham; Francis Alexander; James "The Yeoman" Alexander; and Abraham Alexander

Sister of Jane Walker; John McKnitt, III and Jean Alexander

Family links: Parents: John McKnitt McKnight (1630 - 1708) Elizabeth Wallace McKnight (1632 - 1708)

Spouse: Joseph Alexander (1660 - 1730)*

Children: James Robert Alexander (1690 - 1779)*

Sibling: John McKnitt McKnight (1660 - 1714)*

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


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Abigail Alexander's Timeline

1662
September 15, 1662
Manokin, Somerset County, Maryland, British Colonial America
1680
February 26, 1680
Somerset, Montgomery, MD, United States
1690
1690
Manokin, Somerset, Maryland, British Colonial America
1693
1693
Somerset County, Maryland
1695
1695
Somerset, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America
1695
Somerset County, Maryland
1704
1704
Cecil, Maryland, British Colonial America
1714
December 23, 1714
Age 52
New Munster, Cecil County, Maryland, British Colonial America
1714
Age 51
Head of Christiana Church Cemetery, Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, United States