1565. His wife was Elizabeth Forbes. His son, Wiliam Alexander, had two sons, Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstrey, who was the father of William Alexander, Earl of Sterling, and Thomas Alexander, b. in Scotland 1630, but removed to Ireland 1652 for distaste of the Rump Parliament of Cromwell. "An intense Presbyterian, but loyal to the Catholic Stuarts, of whom he was a blood kinsman."
A daughter, Margaret, m. Joseph Parks, who occupied lands in County Donegal. Daughter, Margaret. A son, William, "remarkable for his carpulency, married and had four sons: Archibald, Peter, Robert and William.
A. Archibald, the eldest, was b. Cunningham Manor, County Donegal, Feb. 4, 1708, and m. Dec. 31, 1734, his first cousin, Margaret Parks, "a pious woman, of a spare frame, light hair and florid countenance." (Foote's Sketches). He did Colonial service; Captain in the Sandy Creek Expedition. Eight children.
I. Eliza, b. in Ireland Oct. 1735. Came with her parents to Pennsylvania 1736, and Augusta County 1747, finally settled on Timber Ridge. She m., about 1754, John McClung of Rockbridge (b. 1732), whose sister Mary m. Judge Samuel McDowell, of Rockbridge. Three children:
1. Joseph, lived and died on Timber Ridge. Left descendants.
2. William, m. sister of Chief Justice Marshall. Was a distinguished Judge in Kentucky. Father of Col. Alexander K. McClung and Rev. John A. McClung, D. D. See "Marshall Family," Virginia.
3. Margaret, the oldest child, was b. October, 1755; "a famous beauty;" m., about 1775, Robert Tate. Died Sept. 23, 1839. Buried at Bethel. Son, James Tate; father of John Addison Tate; father of Margaret Letitia Tate; mother of Josie (Gilkeson) McClure. See Tate Family.
II. William, the second child, was b. at Nottingham, Penn., 1738; married Agnes Reid; nine children, among them Andrew Alexander, 1768-1844, who m., 1803, Anne Dandridge Aylett (1778-1818), daughter of Col. William Aylett and Mary Macon, of King William County,
