Randall Alexander buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, East Derry, NH |
[Note: I will be doing a series of genealogical
sketches on the early Nutfield settlers in advance of the 300th
anniversary of Nutfield for Founders Day, April 12 – 14, 2019 in Derry, New
Hampshire. If you have additional notes
on the first few generation of the ALEXANDER family, please comment below or
send me an email at vrojomit@gmail.com
and I will edit this sketch. These
sketches will be used and distributed to the public and to descendants at the
Founders Day activities.]
ALEXANDER
Randall Alexander was one of the first sixteen settlers in Nutfield,
having followed Rev. James MacGregor from Northern Ireland. He was one of the
signers of the Shute Petition. He was married
to Janet or Jenet, maiden name unknown.
Their children are recorded in the Londonderry records. He died in 1770 at age 83. His brothers were James (settled in Pelham,
New Hampshire) and John Alexander (settled in Londonderry) who also came to the
colonies.
Randall Alexander was granted a sixty acre lot of land on 19
August 1721.
Randall Alexander was born about 1687 in Northern Ireland,
and died 13 October 1770 in Londonderry, New Hampshire; married Janet Unknown,
and had nine children. He is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Derry, New
Hampshire.
Children:
1.
Robert, born 14 November 1720, died about 1765
(estate inventory on 11 October 1765)
Was a scout under Captain John Goffe in 1746 (see NH State Papers,
Volume XIV, page 16). Married Mary
Unknown, with children: Jane born 18
October 1747, Janet born 15 September 1749, John born 9 June 1753, Hugh born 14
May 1756, William, Sally, and Mary born 27 August 1751,
2.
Mary, born 5 March 1722; married James Miller
and removed to Belfast, Maine around 1770.
She died 25 October 1798 in Belfast.
3.
Isabel, born 16 February 1723; married Samuel Morrison,
born in Ireland as the son of Samuel Morrison (another Nutfield grantee) and
Margaret Henry.
4.
David, born 9 April 1728 and died 13 August 1746
5.
John, born 22 April 1730; married Elizabeth
Unknown
6.
Samuel
7.
Randall, removed to Antrim, New Hampshire where
he died in 1826 at age 92
8.
William
9.
Jane
For more information:
History of Londonderry, by Rev. E. L. Parker, pages 44
History of Windham in New Hampshire, by Leonard Morrison, page
305
Click here for links to the sketches of all sixteen first Nutfield settlers:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/p/nutfields-first-16-settlers.html
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "ALEXANDER - Early Nutfield Settler", Nutfield Genealogy, posted February 1, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/02/alexander-early-nutfield-settler.html: accessed [access date]).
That's my Great Grandpa. Born in Ireland. Came here from Ireland Fascinating.
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