Wesley E. Pippenger provides the following information excerpted from his book, "John Alexander--A Northern Neck Proprietor, His Family, Friends and Kin" (Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., 1990), pp. 95-101.
Robert Alexander I was married after 9 SEP 1677 when the LWT of Capt. John Ashton was written in Westmoreland County [WC Deeds, Patents, Accounts, Depositions, 1665-1677, pp. 346-346a], and before 30 OCT 1683 when his wife Priscilla relinquished her dower in a sale of land by her husband to George Lisle [John Mercer Land Title Book, p 157a]. John Mercer, in his land book, also hows that on 11 JUN 1683 Robert Alexander, son and heir of John Alexander, conveyed 300 acres of his Potomack Creek patent to George Loyle/Lisle. [Westmoreland Co. Deeds & Wills No. 4, pp. 160-161], but that the actual conveyance happened much earlier, as on 20 FEB 1680, Robert Alexander, for 3,400 lbs. tobacco already received from George Lisle of Stafford, planter, conveyed 300 acres on the north side of Potomack Creek, formerly sold to Thomas Browne and John Pimmet, that which was part of a 12,80 acre patent dated 25 OCT 1669. [LVA, Archives and Manuscripts Division, Stafford County Court Records, 1680, Acc. No. 23514, pp. 26a-27].
We find that in a court held 25 JUN 1701, William Fitzhugh Junr., Gent., by virtue of a power [of attorney] from Robert Alexander, Gent., acknowledged a sale of 100 acres of land from him to John Bruton and also by vertue of a power from Frances, wife of Robert, acknowledged her relinquishment of dower. [Westmoreland Co. Court Orders, Bk. 1698-1705, p. 120].
Another Stafford County deed proves a wife, as in 1701, Robert Alexander, son and heir of John Alexander, and Frances his wife, for part of a tract patented by said John Alexander on 25 OCT 1669 [also see William and Mary Historical Quarterly, Vol. IX pp. 54, 252].
When Robert Alexander dated his will 22 DEC 1703, which was proved 1 JUN 1704 in Stafford County [SC WBZ pp. 292-294], he made no mention of wife Frances, so it is presumed she predeceased him.
The oldest known Alexander Family cemetery sits just inside the gate of the property lately known as Caledon, or Cedar Grove Farm, which now sits in the southeastern portion of King George County, not far above the Nice Bridge.
Robert Alexander I was married after 9 SEP 1677 when the LWT of Capt. John Ashton was written in Westmoreland County [WC Deeds, Patents, Accounts, Depositions, 1665-1677, pp. 346-346a], and before 30 OCT 1683 when his wife Priscilla relinquished her dower in a sale of land by her husband to George Lisle [John Mercer Land Title Book, p 157a]. John Mercer, in his land book, also hows that on 11 JUN 1683 Robert Alexander, son and heir of John Alexander, conveyed 300 acres of his Potomack Creek patent to George Loyle/Lisle. [Westmoreland Co. Deeds & Wills No. 4, pp. 160-161], but that the actual conveyance happened much earlier, as on 20 FEB 1680, Robert Alexander, for 3,400 lbs. tobacco already received from George Lisle of Stafford, planter, conveyed 300 acres on the north side of Potomack Creek, formerly sold to Thomas Browne and John Pimmet, that which was part of a 12,80 acre patent dated 25 OCT 1669. [LVA, Archives and Manuscripts Division, Stafford County Court Records, 1680, Acc. No. 23514, pp. 26a-27].
We find that in a court held 25 JUN 1701, William Fitzhugh Junr., Gent., by virtue of a power [of attorney] from Robert Alexander, Gent., acknowledged a sale of 100 acres of land from him to John Bruton and also by vertue of a power from Frances, wife of Robert, acknowledged her relinquishment of dower. [Westmoreland Co. Court Orders, Bk. 1698-1705, p. 120].
Another Stafford County deed proves a wife, as in 1701, Robert Alexander, son and heir of John Alexander, and Frances his wife, for part of a tract patented by said John Alexander on 25 OCT 1669 [also see William and Mary Historical Quarterly, Vol. IX pp. 54, 252].
When Robert Alexander dated his will 22 DEC 1703, which was proved 1 JUN 1704 in Stafford County [SC WBZ pp. 292-294], he made no mention of wife Frances, so it is presumed she predeceased him.
The oldest known Alexander Family cemetery sits just inside the gate of the property lately known as Caledon, or Cedar Grove Farm, which now sits in the southeastern portion of King George County, not far above the Nice Bridge.
Wesley E. Pippenger provides the following information excerpted from his book, "John Alexander--A Northern Neck Proprietor, His Family, Friends and Kin" (Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., 1990), pp. 95-101.
Robert Alexander I was married after 9 SEP 1677 when the LWT of Capt. John Ashton was written in Westmoreland County [WC Deeds, Patents, Accounts, Depositions, 1665-1677, pp. 346-346a], and before 30 OCT 1683 when his wife Priscilla relinquished her dower in a sale of land by her husband to George Lisle [John Mercer Land Title Book, p 157a]. John Mercer, in his land book, also hows that on 11 JUN 1683 Robert Alexander, son and heir of John Alexander, conveyed 300 acres of his Potomack Creek patent to George Loyle/Lisle. [Westmoreland Co. Deeds & Wills No. 4, pp. 160-161], but that the actual conveyance happened much earlier, as on 20 FEB 1680, Robert Alexander, for 3,400 lbs. tobacco already received from George Lisle of Stafford, planter, conveyed 300 acres on the north side of Potomack Creek, formerly sold to Thomas Browne and John Pimmet, that which was part of a 12,80 acre patent dated 25 OCT 1669. [LVA, Archives and Manuscripts Division, Stafford County Court Records, 1680, Acc. No. 23514, pp. 26a-27].
We find that in a court held 25 JUN 1701, William Fitzhugh Junr., Gent., by virtue of a power [of attorney] from Robert Alexander, Gent., acknowledged a sale of 100 acres of land from him to John Bruton and also by vertue of a power from Frances, wife of Robert, acknowledged her relinquishment of dower. [Westmoreland Co. Court Orders, Bk. 1698-1705, p. 120].
Another Stafford County deed proves a wife, as in 1701, Robert Alexander, son and heir of John Alexander, and Frances his wife, for part of a tract patented by said John Alexander on 25 OCT 1669 [also see William and Mary Historical Quarterly, Vol. IX pp. 54, 252].
When Robert Alexander dated his will 22 DEC 1703, which was proved 1 JUN 1704 in Stafford County [SC WBZ pp. 292-294], he made no mention of wife Frances, so it is presumed she predeceased him.
The oldest known Alexander Family cemetery sits just inside the gate of the property lately known as Caledon, or Cedar Grove Farm, which now sits in the southeastern portion of King George County, not far above the Nice Bridge.
Robert Alexander I was married after 9 SEP 1677 when the LWT of Capt. John Ashton was written in Westmoreland County [WC Deeds, Patents, Accounts, Depositions, 1665-1677, pp. 346-346a], and before 30 OCT 1683 when his wife Priscilla relinquished her dower in a sale of land by her husband to George Lisle [John Mercer Land Title Book, p 157a]. John Mercer, in his land book, also hows that on 11 JUN 1683 Robert Alexander, son and heir of John Alexander, conveyed 300 acres of his Potomack Creek patent to George Loyle/Lisle. [Westmoreland Co. Deeds & Wills No. 4, pp. 160-161], but that the actual conveyance happened much earlier, as on 20 FEB 1680, Robert Alexander, for 3,400 lbs. tobacco already received from George Lisle of Stafford, planter, conveyed 300 acres on the north side of Potomack Creek, formerly sold to Thomas Browne and John Pimmet, that which was part of a 12,80 acre patent dated 25 OCT 1669. [LVA, Archives and Manuscripts Division, Stafford County Court Records, 1680, Acc. No. 23514, pp. 26a-27].
We find that in a court held 25 JUN 1701, William Fitzhugh Junr., Gent., by virtue of a power [of attorney] from Robert Alexander, Gent., acknowledged a sale of 100 acres of land from him to John Bruton and also by vertue of a power from Frances, wife of Robert, acknowledged her relinquishment of dower. [Westmoreland Co. Court Orders, Bk. 1698-1705, p. 120].
Another Stafford County deed proves a wife, as in 1701, Robert Alexander, son and heir of John Alexander, and Frances his wife, for part of a tract patented by said John Alexander on 25 OCT 1669 [also see William and Mary Historical Quarterly, Vol. IX pp. 54, 252].
When Robert Alexander dated his will 22 DEC 1703, which was proved 1 JUN 1704 in Stafford County [SC WBZ pp. 292-294], he made no mention of wife Frances, so it is presumed she predeceased him.
The oldest known Alexander Family cemetery sits just inside the gate of the property lately known as Caledon, or Cedar Grove Farm, which now sits in the southeastern portion of King George County, not far above the Nice Bridge.
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