Va., and Rev. Archibald Alexander, D. D., LL. D., (1772-1851), President of Hampden Sidney College and founder (1812) of Princeton Seminary.
Capt. Archibald Alexander m., second, 1757, Jane McClure, daughter of James McClure, of Augusta County, See p. 125.
B. Peter Alexander d. in Londonderry. His wife and children came to America, settling probably in Tennessee or Kentucky.
C. Robert Alexander, a Master of Arts of Trinity College, Dublin, came to Augusta 1743, and in 1748 established, near Old Providence Church, on land now owned by Samuel Finly McClure, the Augusta Academy, "the first classical school in the Valley," the beginning of Washington and Lee University. He m. Esther Beard, daughter of Thomas Beard, who d. in Augusta, 1769. He died testate 1783. Ten children.
I. Eleanor, m., June 26, 1790, Samuel Wilson.
II. Sarah, m., April 5, 1786, John Wilson.
III. Peter, m., March 27, 1787, Jennie, daughter of Samuel Steele, of Augusta County. Em. to Woodford County, Ky.
IV. Robert, m., Jan. 28, 1796, Jane Beard, daughter Mary Martha, m. April 2, 1855, second wife, William C. McClure.
V. William, m., Nov. 29, 1793, by Rev. John Brown, Sarah Henry.
VI. Ann; VII. Esther. VIII. Hugh; IX. James; X. Thomas.
D. William Alexander, wife Martha, died intestate Augusta, 1755. Six children: William, who died 1768, James, John, Agnes, Mary, George.
James Alexander, m. Sept. 11, 1759. He died testate 1809. Five sons and five daughters, viz: Andrew, m., Sept. 16, 1788, Nancy, daughter of John Hamilton; Gabriel; James; John, m., Nov. 27, 1788, Sarah Gibson; William; Dorcas, m., Feb. 19, 1794, Samuel Pilson, Jr.;
