Alexander FamilySource: The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Apr., 1901), pp. 252-254Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and CultureStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920049 .

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252 WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY.

2, Beverley Randolph, born June 5, 1844. Married Mary Eveline Russell, of Ohio; two sons and one daughter.

3, Jane Randolph.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM MORAY AND SARAH (SEYMOUR) RAN-

DOLPH.

1, William Seymour, born September 28, 1857. Married, October 19, 1881, Lucy Cunningham, of Hardy county, W. Va.; two daughters.

2, Felix Seymour, born March 29, 1859. Married, September 22, 1891, Lelia Littell, of Virginia; one son and two daughters.

3, Richard Beverley, born May 28, 1861. Unmarried. 4, Emma Stark, born March 1, 1863. Married, June 5, 1890,

Benjamin Daily, of Moorefield, W. Va.; one son and two daugh- ters.

5, Mary Meade, born June 28, 1870. Married, April 20, 1892, Albert Livingston Johnson, of Cumberland, Md.; two sons and two daughters. CHILD OF HARRIET ISABEL (RANDOLPH) AND JOHN PICKETT.

1, George Randolph, born in Goochland county, Va., March 31, 1861; died at Fort Klamath, Oregon, October 31, 1885. Civil engineer. IUnmarried.

ALEXANDER FAMILY.

(Continued from Vol. IX., p. 54.)

Since the last installment, the editor has visited the court- house at Manassas, Prince William county, and the court-house at Fairfax. At the former place he found in the proceedings of the District Court for 1798 a full statement of the suit of Birch vs. Alexander, together with the wills of John Alexander, proved October 25, 1677, of 5 Robert3 Alexander and 7 John4 Alexander. At Fairfax he found the will of 8 Col. GerarJ4 Alexander. These wills render a brief restatement of the last installment advisable.

3 ROBERT2 ALEXANDER (Jphn') and Frances, his wife, had issue 5 Robert, 6 Charles, "who died intestate and without issue."

5 RO6ERT3 ALEXANDER (Robert,2 John3), born 1688; died in 1735. Married Anne Fowke, daughter of Col. Gerard Fowke, of Alexandria, and had issue 7 John, 8 Gerard, 9 Sarah, 10 Parthe-

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ALEXANDER FAMILY. 253

nia, who married (1) Dade Massey, (2) Townshend Dade. The latter (Dade) in his will, proved at Fairfax October 15, 1781, names wife Parthenia, two married daughters, Ann West and Sarah Triplett and son Townshend. It was witnessed by Lee Massey, Charles Little, Francis Alexander. Ann, daughter of Townshend Dade, married George West;, will proved April 18, 1786. 11 Anne married John Hooe.

7 JOHN ALEXANDER4 (Robert3, Robert2, John'), born July 26, 1711, married, December 31, 1731, Susanna (born December 29, 1717; died October 6, 1788), daughter of Thomas Pearson, gent. His will was dated October 6, 1763, and names children 12 Charles, 13 John, 14 Simon, 15 Robert, 16, Thomas, 17 William, 18 Ann, 19 Elizabeth.

12 CHARLES5 ALEXANDER (John4, Robert3, Robert2, John1), born July 20, 1737; died 1806; will dated February 22, 1802, proved June 14, 1806. Married Frances Brown, and had issue 20 Charles, married Mary Bowles Armistead; 21 John, died un- married; 22 William Brown, married Susan, daughter of John Brown; 23 Gustavus Brown; 24 Richard Brown; 25 Lee Massey; 26 Frances, married, 1800, William Thomas Swann. See Hay- den, 180-182, for full particulars as to descendants of Charles5 Alexander.

8 GERARD4 ALEXANDER (Robert3, Robert2, John1) in 1753 docked the entail of a tract of 6000 acres left to him by his father, 5 Robert3, and settled other lands in the counties of Frederick and Fairfax to the same uses. His will was proved in Fairfax September 16, 1761. It names wife Mary and disposes of houses and lots in Alexandria; chair and horses; names daughter Nancy; to son Robert land in Loudoun county; other sons, Philip, George, Gerard and daughter Mary Ann. Wit- nesses, Andrew Riddell, James Hamilton, Francis Dade, Jr. Hence he had issue by Mary Dent( ?), his wife, 27 Nancy, 28 Robert, 29 Philip, 30 George Dent, 31 Gerard, 32 Mary Ann.

29 ROBERT5 ALEXANDER (Gerard4, Robert3, Robert2, John'), married Mariamne Stoddert(?), and had two sons, 33 Robert, 34 Walter Stoddert Alexander. Will dated 1788, proved Febra- ary 18, 1793.

30 PMHLIP5 ALEXANDER (Gerard4, Robert3, Robert2, John1) married -, and had issue 35 Philip, 36 George, 37 Gerard, 38 Austin. Will dated May 10, 1785; proved May 17, 1790.

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31 GEORGE DENT5 ALEXANDER (Gerard4, Robert3, Robert2, John1) died without lawful issue. His will bears date September 15, 1777.

32 GERARD5 ALEXANDER (Gerard4, Robert3, Robert2, John') married, it is said, Elizabeth Ashton, daughter of Col. William Alexander, of Effingham, and his wife Sigismunda Mary Massey, born December 22, 1773, and had issue 39 Edward, 40 Philip, 41 Frances, 42, Henry, 43 Henrietta, 44 Sigismunda, 45 Sally, 46 Nancy, 47 Mary, 48 Gibbons. (Hayden.)

(To be Contintued.)

WOODSON FAMILY.

In the Richmond Standard for January 17, 1880, and article appeared on the Woodson Family, prepared by Mr. R. A. Brock, of Richmond city, from data furnished him by various corres- pondents. The editor proposes to publish a new account based as far as practicable on the county records and other contempo- rary authorities, giving dates, etc. But it is fair to say that Mr. Brock's account, though apparently chiefly traditional, and with- out dates, has been found so trustworthy that, where the editor has found nothing in conflict with the statement, he has re- printed Mr. Brock's statement just as he has found it, indicating the same by quotations.

In the census of the inhabitants for Virginia taken in 1625, 1 JOHN WOODSON and Sarah his wife are mentioned as living at Flower de Hundred, or, as it was sometimes called, Peirsey's Hundred, on the south side of James River, in what is now Prince George county. They came to Virginia in the ship George in the year 1619. (Hotten's Emigrants to Virginia.)

According to tradition, John Woodson came from Devonshire. Owing to the loss of records, we have nothing further till about 1679, when 2 Rol5ert2 Woodson and 3 John2 Woodson. brothers, appear among the tithables of Curls, a plantation on the north side of James River, above Flower de Hundred. Pre- sumably they were sons of John Woodson and Sarah his wife.

According to his deposition, 2 ROBERT2 WOODSON was born in 1634. "He married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Ferris." There is a grant of land, 21 October, 1687, to Mr. Robert Wood- son, Mr. Richard Ferris, Mr. Giles Carter, William Ferris and Roger Comins for 1785 acres, at White Oak Swamp, on north

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