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John Alexander

John Alexander

Born
1787-02-12 12:00:00
Died
1862-09-15 12:00:00
Gender
Male

Family lore has John born 12 Jan 1787 and sailing from Belfast in 1818 to Canada with brothers Robert and Thomas. 

My ancestor John married Elizabeth McCullough, also of Ireland, born 1797 or 1798.  Parents and marriage location unknown for both.   U.S. records confirm Ireland birth for both (despite family stories of being from Scotland), a search for land on the Canadian side of the St. Lawrence River, happenstance settling in Louisville, St. Lawrence, New York, USA, death of Elizabeth 07 Dec 1856 and of John 15 Sep 1862 in Louisville.

Stories place brother Robert in New York (state? city?) and Thomas in Virginia, but I'm unable to connect any of the myriad Alexanders of those names in those locations to John. 

Children of John and Elizabeth born in NY State: 

  • James 1819,
  • Isabelle 1821 m. John Corrigan,
  • Samuel 1823 m. Sarah McCurry,
  • William Drummond 1824 m. Margaret Ann Williamson, 
  • Eliza 1827,
  • Jane 1828,
  • Mark 1834 m. Eleanor Rodgers,
  • Mary Ann 1835 m. James Gilmore,
  • David 1837 m. Lucinda Stearns,
  • Charles W. 1838. 

Lots of naming pattern consistency with a McCullough family of Larne with Drummond ancestry who immigrated to Michigan via St., Lawrence County, NY, USA about 1824.  Y-DNA links with US males tracing to a Samuel Alexander of Limerick and Raloo.  FTDNA Alexander Surname Project includes one of John's descendants in "Glasgow to PA" group.

Associated communities

Antrim

County Antrim, or Aontroim in Irish, is located on the north-east shore of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland.  It has beautiful rugged landscape and is home to the World Heritage Site, Giant’s Causeway.  Our county town is Antrim town and we have a population of approximately 618,108.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Benvarden, Coleraine, 2015

    Location: Antrim

    36 Benvarden Road, Dervock, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT53 6NN

  • 11 Crocus St

    Location: Antrim

    11 Crocus St, Belfast Ireland

  • Carrick-a-Rede Bridge

    Location: Antrim

    Co. Antrim

  • Armoy

    Location: Antrim

Timeline events in this community

  • 1850s

    George McFall

    <p>Occupation</p>

    1857-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Robert Curran, Sr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1806-1871), wife Catherine (c. 1799-1879, their son Capt. Robert Curran, Jr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1836-1890)

    <p>A brief timeline of the Family of Mr. Robert Curran, Sr. a Whitesmith/Blacksmith of Portaferry, Co. Down, his wife Catherine, and their son, Capt. Robert Curran, Jr., also of Portaferry, Co. Down, Ireland.</p>

    1840-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1820s

    McSherry Family (Seafarers, not family of Farmers of same village also named McSherry) of Killough, Co. Down, later of Belfast, c. 1807-1891

    <p>Devout Irish-Catholic Ship Captain, Master Mariner and Pub/Tavern Inn/Hotel Owner Richard McSherry of Killough and Ardglass areas of Eastern County Down (husband of Mary Adair, presumably also from somewhere in County Down), both later moving to Belfast (15 Corporation Square, 20 Gamble Street, 58/60 Tomb Street, and 35/39 Dock Street) all in the Old Sailortown neighborhood) of Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland. </p>

    1825-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

John Alexander