James Alexander

1691 - 1756  (65 years)

• Name	James Alexander  [1]
  Birth	1691	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1756	New York, New York, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Manhattan, New York, New York, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I44471	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Sprat,   b. 17 Apr 1693, New York, New York, USA d. 18 Apr 1760 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	New Jersey, USA
  	Mary was widow of Samuel Provoost. Their son John, by his marriage with Eve Rutgers, had a son Samuel who became the first Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York
  Children	1. Catherine Alexander,   b. 4 Dec 1724   d. 18 Jun 1801, New York, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Major General William Alexander,   b. 1726, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA d. 15 Jan 1783, Albany, Albany, New York, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elizabeth Alexander,   b. 15 Dec 1726, New Jersey, USA d. Sep 1800, Livingston Manor, Sullivan, New York, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1691 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Death - 1756 - New York, New York, USA Burial - - Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Marriage - - New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S3626] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Name: Oxford University Press; Location: Oxford;), Alexander, James (1691–1756) by Paul David Nelson (2004).