Andrew Alexander

Abt 1660 -

• Name	Andrew Alexander
  Birth	Abt 1660	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Hypothesis based on possible family connection with George and John Alexander
  Gender	Male
  Departure	11 Jul 1684	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Shield of Stockton
  Arrival	29 Sep 1684	Patuxent River, Maryland, USA
  Role	Nov 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant
  Legal	14 Aug 1685	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Petitioned the Board of Proprietors on behalf of George and John Alexander for laying out 812 acres
  Legal	13 Jul 1686	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Andrew Alexander, attorney for George and John Alexander to Thomas Gordon
  Property	9 Mar 1686/87	Essex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Owned land in the Blew Hills adjacent to that of James Coole Sr for whom a warrant was issued
  	L(EJ): Folio 227-228 (PEASJ003) also indicates him holding land with Robert Fullerton adjacent to a plot surveyed for Robert Burnet of Lethentie near the Blew Hills, sometime between 1685 and 1688 (probably by the previous record about April 1687)
  Residence	May 1690	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  Property	1 May 1690	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Deed by George Willoks purchasing headland from Andrew Alexander (and 3 servants) and Collen Campbell (his family and servants)
  Residence	Jan 1696/97	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Occupation	1698	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Schoolteacher, with the children of John Harriman amongst his pupils
  Residence	1705	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I45190	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1660 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Shield of Stockton - 11 Jul 1684 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 29 Sep 1684 - Patuxent River, Maryland, USA Legal - Petitioned the Board of Proprietors on behalf of George and John Alexander for laying out 812 acres - 14 Aug 1685 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Andrew Alexander, attorney for George and John Alexander to Thomas Gordon - 13 Jul 1686 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Owned land in the Blew Hills adjacent to that of James Coole Sr for whom a warrant was issued - 9 Mar 1686/87 - Essex, New Jersey, USA Residence - May 1690 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed by George Willoks purchasing headland from Andrew Alexander (and 3 servants) and Collen Campbell (his family and servants) - 1 May 1690 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - Jan 1696/97 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Schoolteacher, with the children of John Harriman amongst his pupils - 1698 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1705 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Possibly a relation of Dr John and George Alexander.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, pp83-84. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p210. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, L(EJ): Folio 179 (PEASJ003). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p189. [S3683] Hatfield, Edwin F., History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, p249.