Alexander FamilySource: The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jul., 1902), pp. 60-66Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and CultureStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915489 .

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and Hannah. He had probably three sons at least: (1) William4 Hamlin, clerk of Prince George in 1714, and (2) John' Hamlin, who in 1723 sold the plantation called Maycocks, consisting of 250 acres, on James river, in the parish of Martin Brandon, and bounded as described in Roger Drayton's deed to Capt. John Hamlin, dated December 13, 1696. (3) Richard' Hamlin married Ann Harrison, daughter of Thomas Harrison (and Elenor, his wife), and had issue, according to Harrison's will, proved in 1720: (1) Thomas, (2) Martha, (3) Richard, (4) Eliza. (5) Sarah, married Francis Eppes. (2) John' Hamlin, brother of Wil- liam' Hamlin, married Ann, daughter of Major Charles Goodrich, and had issue: (1) John, (2) Peter, (3) Charles, to whom the plantation at Merchant's Hope Chapel belonged; (4) Hubbard, (5) William', (6) Ann, (7) Mary Irby, wife of John Irby. Makes his brothers, Thomas Ravenscroft and William Hamlin and wife, executors. His will was proved by his relict, Ann Hamlin, May 11, 1725.

From Bristol parish register (Prince George county) we learn these facts: August 13, 1737, Capt. William Hamlin was added to the vestry. [This was probably William", son of John Hamlin.] In 1740 he is men- tioned as clerk of the court of Prince George. In 1741 Charles Hamlin was one of the land processioners. Born 11 August, 1733, baptized 20 October, Anne, daughter of Thomas and Phebe Hamlin.

ALEXANDER FAMILY. (Continued fromT Vol. X., p. 185.)

ERROR.-For "Will of Philip T. Thornton," in 5th line from bottom of page 184, read "Will of Philip Thornton Alexander."

The following is a detailed account, by Miss Letitia H. Alexander, of Louisville, Ky., of the descendants of 81 Gerard Alexander, son4of Col. Williams Alexander, of Effingham, in Prince William county. He had two wives, and issue by both. For convenience sake, the old num- bering is not followed:

DESCENDANTS OF GERARD ALEXANDER.

1 GERARD5 ALEXANDER, son of Capt. William4 Alexander (of "Effingham House") and his wife, Sigismunda Mary Massie, was born in Prince William county, Va., on June 25, 1784. He came to Kentucky before 1821, and settled near the present town of Brandenburg, Ky. Died on his farm, near that town, July 2, 1834, and is buried in the grave-yard on the farm.

DESCENDANTS BY HIS FIRST WIFE.

He married for his first wife Eleanor Brent Lee, only child of Thomas Lee and his wife, Eleanor Brent. She died November 9, 1807. They had issue one son, 2 Thomas Ludwell6 Alexander.

2 THOMAS LUDWELL6 ALEXANDER, born in Prince William county, Va., October 26, 1807, died in Louisville, Ky., March 11,

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1881. He married, first, April 21, 1834, Ann Clark Bullitt, daughter of Thomas Bullitt, of Louisville, Ky., and his wife, Diana Moore Gwathmey. She was born May 9, 1816, and died at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., June 27, 1835. They had issue one son, 3 Thomas Bullitt7 Alexander.

3 THOMAS BULLITT7 ALEXANDER, born January 21, 1835, died August 22, 1880, in Brittany, France. He was captain, UT. S. A., resigned at the beginning of the civil war and went South, and was captain, C. S. A., at the time of the surrender. Was one of President Davis' body-guard.

2 THOMAS LUDWELL8 ALEXANDER married, second, May 16, 1844, in New Orleans, La., Maria Brooke Kelly, daughter of William Kelly and his wife, Maria Brooke. She was born May 27, 1822; died December 16, 1848. They had issue one son, 4 Thomas LudwellT Alexander.

4 THOMAS LUDWELL7 ALEXANDER, born July 13, 1847, and died, unmarried, near Louisville, Ky., January 22, 1870.

2 THOMAS LUDWELL6 ALEXANDER, married, third, April 30, 1850, Sallie Rudd, daughter of Capt. James Rudd, of Louisville, Ky., and widow of Roderick W. Fetter. Issue: 5 Richard Henry Lee7 Alexander, 6 Duncan Stewart7 Alexander, 7 Charles Carroll7 Alexander, 8 Gerard7 Alexander, 9 George Hancock7 Alexander, 10 William Rudd7 Alexander, 11 Junius Beverly7 Alexander, 12 Richard Rudd7 Alexander.

5 RICHARD HENRY LEE7 ALEXANDER, born in St. Louis,, Mo., February 15, 1851; died, unmarried, at Sacramento, Cal., Feb- ruary 9, 1875. Lieutenant Seventh U. S. Cavalry (Custer com- manding).

6 DUNCAN STEWART7 ALEXANDER, born at Fort Snelling, Minn., August 12, 1852; died December 9, 1852.

7 (CHARLES CARROLL7 ALEXANDER, born in Louisville, Ky., November 30, 1853; died March 5, 1864.

8 GERARD ALEXANDER7, born at Harrodsburg, Ky., March 11, 1856. Married February 5, 1889, Marion White, daughter of Dana White and Marion Josephine Kidder. They had issue: (1) Thomas Ludwell8 Alexander, born January 1, 1890, died July 20, 1895; (2) Gerard8 Alexander, born December 8, 1891; (3) Dana White" Alexander, born September 16, 1893; (4) Marion Josephine8 Alexander, born November 16, 1895.

9 GEORGE HANcooK7 ALEXANDER, born in Louisville, Ky., November 15, 1857. Married, April 12, 1898, Carrie Vertres

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Holt, daughter of Judge William H. Holt, of Frankfort, Ky. They have issue, Sallie bolts Alexander, born December 26, 1899.

10 WILLIAM RUDDT ALEXANDER, born at Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C., January 10, 1860; died July 13, 1862.

11 JUNIUS BEvERLY7 ALEXANDER, born at Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C., October 29, 1861; died November 3, 1866.

12 RICHARD RUDDT ALEXANDER, born in Louisville, Ky., January 10, 1864; died November 15, 1864.

Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, in his obituary of COL. THOMAS LUDWELL ALEXANDER, U. S. A., gives the following facts: En- tered U. S. Military Academy July, 1826, graduated in class of 1830. Entered Sixth Regiment U. S. Infantry as brevet second lieutenant, promoted to grades of second lieutenant and first lieutenant 1837, and captain 1838, in same regiment in which he served until promoted to the grade of major of Eighth In- fantry 1853, and in 1861 was promoted to the grade of lieuten- ant-colonel of the Fifth Infantry. Gen. Buckner further says: "The earlier years of his military career were passed in what was then our extreme western frontier in Missouri and. Iowa. After two years of active service he was selected by Brigadier-General Atkinson as his aid-de-camp, and was with him at the battle of "Bad Ax" August 2, 1832, and was selected by the commanding general to conduct Black Hawk, who commanded the Sacs and Fox Indians to Washington after his capture. He was ordered against the Seminole Indians in Florida, and participated in that campaign from 1839 to 1842. At the conclusion of this campaign he was ordered to superintend the removal of the Seminole chief, Tiger Tail, and his band to the West, and was stationed in their midst, at Fort Towson, to hold them in sub- jection. From Fort Towson he was ordered to join General Scott in Mexico. From the lower Rio Grande he moved with his company to the rendezvous near Vera Cruz. The landing was effected by North's division on March 9, 1847. In the landing Capt. Alexander's colors were the first displayed on the beach. He bore an active and distinguished part in the siege of Vera Cruz, the battle of Cerro Gordo, Cherubusco, and the capture of the City of Mexico. In recognition of his services he received August 20, 1847, the rank of the brevet major "for gallant and meritorious couduct in the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco." At the close of the war with Mexico he was assigned to frontier

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duty in Kansas and Minnesota, until 1854, when he organized the Military Asylum at Harrodsburg, Ky. He remained here until appointed lieutenant-governor of the Soldiers' Home, near Washington, D. C., in which position he remained until March 8, 1864., when he was retired on the score of age. He was a char- ter member of the Aztec Club.

DESCENDANTS BY HIS SECOND WIFE.

1 GERARD" ALEXANDER, son of Capt. William4 Alexander, mar- ried March 7, 1810, for his second wife, Elizabeth Henry Alex- ander, daughter of Richard Barnes Alexander and his wife, Elizabeth Toy Whiting, both of whom were born in Virginia, and came to Kentucky and settled near Gerard Alexander.

Elizabeth Henry Alexander was born in Virginia June 28, 1794, and died in Owensboro, Ky., August 15, 1860, and is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky., in the lot of her son, Junius B. Alexander. Issue: 2 Eleanor Lee" Alexander, 3 Junius Brutus" Alexander, 4 Cecilia Geraldine6, 5 Armistead Mason6, Alexander, 6 Andrew Jackson6 Alexander, 7 Maria Beverley" Alexander, 8 Gerard" Alexander, 9 Frances Harriet" Alexander, 10 Richard Barnes" Alexander.

2 ELEANOR LEE6l ALEXANDER (named for the first wife), born April 28, 1813, married May 27, 1830, Edwin Foote, born May 9, 1805, died 1874, son of William Foote and Sarah Alexander, sister of Gerard Alexander. She died July 3, 1841, and is buried at the farm, Saratoga, near Brandenburg, Ky., beside her father. They had issue: 11 Ludwell Alexander7 Foote, 12 Vir- ginius7 Foote, 13 Ann Taylor7 Foote, 14 Gerard Alexander7 Foote.

11 LUDWELLT ALEXANDER FOOTE, born April 30, 1831, in Fau- quier county, Va., married August 23, 1855, Susanna Pearson Stuart, born April 10, 1832, in Kentucky, daughter of Dr. Charles Stuart and his wife, Katherine Brown. They had issue, 15 Edwin Stuart8 Foote, 16 Preston Work8 Foote, 17 Elizabeth Massie8 Foote, 18 Gerard Alexander8 Foote, 19 Arthur Wallace8 Foote, 20 Eleanor Lee8 Foote, 21 Nannie Anderson8 Foote.

15 EDWIN STuART8 FOOTE, born February 27, 1858, married March 16, 1880, Anna Henderson, daughter of Peyton J. and Nannie Henderson. They have issue, (1) Grace Foote, (2) Cecilia Tyler Foote, (3) Roberta Foote, (4) Ernest HI. Foote.

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16 PRESTON WORK8 FOOTE, born September 27, 1859, marriel August 1, 1880, Ada Cox, daughter of John and Elizabeth Cox.. They have issue, (1) Junius Alexander Foote, (2) Preston C. Foote, (3) Everett W. Foote, (4) Ada May Foote.

17 ELIZABETH MASSIE8 FOOTE, born September 16, 1861, mar- ried October 26, 1880, Virgil G. Babbage, son of John C. and. Elvira Babbage. They have issue, (1) Taylor F. Babbage, (2) Wallace F. Babbage, (3) Clara Allen Babbage, died infant; (4) Jennie L. Babbage, died in infancy; (5) Edwin Stuart Babbage, (6) Virgil A. Babbage, (7) Ludwell Alexander Foote Babbage, died infant; (8) Eldred Allen Babbage, (9) Tula Daniel Bab- -bage.

18 GERARD ALEXANDER8 FOOTE, born June 2, 1863, married. August 2, 1883, Anna Cox, daughter of John and Elizabeth Cox. They have issue, (1) Edwin Cox Foote, (2) Susan Elizabeth Foote, (3) Emma C. Foote, (4) Bertha Lee Foote.

19 ARTHUR WALLACE8 FOOTE, born July 10, 1865, married September 4, 1892, Martha W. Gross, daughter of Abram and Eliza Gross. They have issue, (1) Eva Foote, (2) Pelham, Foote, (3) Mary E. Foote, (4) Percy B. Foote.

20 ELEANOR LEE8 FOOTE, born September 27, 1868, married. August 9, 1892, Robert V. Board, son of Judge Milton and Susan Board. They have issue, (1) Ludwell Milton Board, (2) Irene Board, (3) R. V. Board, (4) Mary Stuart Board.

21 NANNIE ANDERSON8 FOOTE, born November 26, 1871, mar- ried first, H. W. Gross, November 15, 1892. Had one child, (1) Arline M. Gross. Married secondly August 2, 1894, Marion Ross,. son of David M. and Dorcas Ross. They have issue, (1) Susan F. Ross, (2) Mary Elton Ross.

12 VIRGINIUS7 FOOTE, born April 10, 1833, married Anne Woolfolk, and died without issue September 5, 1887.

13 ANN TAYLOR7 FOOTE, born July 18, 1837, married June 27, 1864, in Louisville, Ky., John Alexander Anderson, who was born in Washington county, Pa., June 26, 1834, died in Liver- pool, England, May 18, 1892; elected to Congress from the first district of Kansas in 1878, and served continuously to March 4,. 1890. March 4, 1890, appointed consul-general to Cairo, Egypt. Ann Taylor Foote (Anderson) died November 22, 1885. They had issue, 22 John Byers8 Anderson, 23 William Caldwell8 An- derson, 24 Cecil Gerard8 Anderson.

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22 JOHN BYERS8 ANDERSON, born in Germantown, Pa., Octo- ber 4, 1865, married June 6, 1888, in Manhattan, Kan., Joe Fer- guson, born July 29, 1866. They have issue, (1) John Alexan- der Anderson, Jr., born May 4, 1890, died January 12, 1892; (2) Harrison Rea Anderson, born January 24, 1893; (3) Bev- erly Caldwell Anderson, born August 13, 1895; (4) Mary An- derson, born January 22, 1898.

23 WILLIAM CALDWELL8 ANDERSON, born Junction City, Kan., November 9, 1872.

24 CECIL GERARD8 ANDERSON, born August 27, 1880. 14 GERARD ALEXANDER7 FOOTE, born -, 1840, died January

8, 1864. Enlisted 1860 in First Missouri Infantry, C. S. A.; wounded at the fight at Champion Hills; lost his hand at Ken- nesaw Mountain; was shot through the lungs at the battle of Franklin, Tenn.; died in hospital af the wound. Entered as pri- vate; was promoted for "gallant and meritorious conduct in ac- tion" to be second lieutenant of his regiment.

3 JUNIUS BRUTUS6 ALEXANDER, born in Prince William county, Va., December 25, 1814, died in New York city January 9, 1893. Married, December 22, 1836, Lucy Fitzhugh Dade, daughter of Gen. Lawrence Taliaferro Dade and Ann Mayo. She was born June 8, 1816, at "Powhatan," on the James river, and died in St. Louis, Mo., January 15, 1864. They had issue: 25 Ellen Lee7 Alexander, 26 Anita Mayo7 Alexander, 27 Law- rence Dade7 Alexander, 28 Ludwell Brooke7 Alexander, 29 Wel- come T.7 Alexander, 30 Armistead Mason7 Alexander, 31 Ernest lopkins7 Alexander, 32 Francis Dade7 Alexander, 33 Lucy Fitz-

hugh7 Alexander, 34 Elizabeth Henry7 Alexander. 25 ELLEN LEE7 ALEXANDER, born February 8, 1839, married,

May 2, 1867, John Henry Fitzhugh Mayo, of Richmond, Va.; born June, 1827; died April, 1894; son of Robert Atkinson Mayo and Sarah Taliaferro. Served in Fifteenth Virginia Cav- alry, C. S. A., and as commissary under General Stevenson at Mobile, with rank of major. They had no children.

26 ANITA MAYO7 ALEXANDER, born February 14, 1841, mar- ried October 22, 1862, James P. McAfee, of Kentucky. They had issue: (1) Jennie Moore8 McAfee, born December 8, 1863; mar- ried, January 5, 1887, William B. Bates, of Tennessee. No children. (2) Lucy Dade8 McAfee, born March 8, 1866; mar- ried, February 24, 1892, L. D. Brewer, of Harrodsburg, Kly. They have issue: Junius Alexander Brewer, born May -, 1894,

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died in infancy; Lawrence Condit Brewer, born December 2, 1895; Robert Darland Brewer, born July 25, 1901. (3) Ellen Fitzhugh8 McAfee, born March 23, 1868; married, May 13, 1891, Robert Lee Courtney. (4) Mary McAfee8, born August 20, 1870. Unmarried.

27 LAWRENCE DADE7 ALEXANDER, born May 12, 1843; mar- ried, June 12, 1866, Orline St. John, daughter of Newton St. John and Maria J. Pope, of Mobile, Ala. They have issue: (1) St. John8 Alexander, born in New York city, April 9, 1867; married, October 23, 1895, Eugenie Louise Leonard; (2) Clin- ton8 Alexander, born in New Rochelle, N. Y., August 27, 1868 (died in infancy); (3) Orline8 Alexander, born at Clifton, S. I., November 6, 1870; (4) Ernest Alexander, born Staten Island, September 27, 1872 (died in infancy); (5) Lucy8 Alexander, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 3, 1874; married, November 17, 1896, Edward A. Whistler Everett; two children; (6) Lawrence Dade8 Alexander, born in New York city, September 7, 1878.

28 LUDWELL BROOKE7 ALEXANDER, born July 21, 1845, died June 25, 1868. Unmarried.

29 WELCOME T.7 ALEXANDER, M. D., born February 4, 1848; married, October 15, 1879, Aimee Gabrielle Thayer. They have issue: (1) Ludwell Brooke8 Alexander, born December 25, 1880; (2) Aimee Gabrielle8 Alexander, born August 15; 1882;- (3) Lee Francis8, born August 22, 1888.

30 ARMISTEAD MASON7 ALEXANDER, born May 12, 1850; died May 16, 1889. Married Virginia E. Norton, of Lexing- ton, Ky.

31 ERNEST HOP1KINS7 ALEXANDER, born September 13, 1852; died March 1, 1855.

32 FRANCIS DADE7 ALEXANDER, born March 7, 1855. Unmar- ried.

33 Lucy FITZHUGH7 ALEXANDER, born August 10, 1857, died September 7, 1858.

34 ELIZABETH HENRY7 ALEXANDER, born October 21, 1860, died November 4, 1860.

(To be Continued.)

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