Hugh Alexander and Lettice Thompson

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Husband Hugh Alexander ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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            AKA: William Alexander 6
           Born: 1724 - near Glasgow, Scotland 2 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1777 - Philadelphia, PA 8 9
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Alexander (Abt 1700-      ) 9 10 11
         Mother: Margaret Glasson (      -      ) 9 10 11

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       Marriage: 1773 7 9

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   Other Spouse: Martha Edmiston (1734-      ) 7 9 12 - 1752 7 9 12

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• Biographical Sketch: John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878).
To read this brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.

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Wife Lettice Thompson ¹³

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            AKA: Letitia [Unk],7 Lettice [Unk],3 8 Mrs. Letitia Thompson,2 Mrs. Lettice Thompson 14
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1797 - Butler Co, PA
         Buried: 

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   Other Spouse: James Thompson (      -      ) 8 9

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Children

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1 M James Alexander ^{2 7 8}

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           Born: Abt 1774 - Sherman's Valley, Cumberland (later Perry) Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1826 - McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jane Sanderson (      -      ) 15
           Marr: 12 Apr 1798 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 15

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2 M William Alexander ^{2 3 7 8}

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           Born: 25 Dec 1777 - Sherman's Valley, Perry Co, PA 3 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Sep 1867 - Clearfield, Clearfield Co, PA 3
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Elizabeth Hutchinson (      -      ) 3
           Marr: Centre Co, PA

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3 F Emily Alexander ^{2 3 7 16}

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           Born: 25 Dec 1777 - Sherman's Valley, Perry Co, PA 3 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 May 1854 17
         Buried:  - McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: James Evans (1775-1846) 5 17
           Marr: 27 Feb 1798 - McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA 5 17

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General Notes: Husband - Hugh Alexander

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It is uncertain whether he was born in Scotland, or in County Armagh, Ireland. He was probably a lad of twelve years when his father's family emigrated to America in 1736. In consequence of the burning of his house and papers by the Indians in 1754 little can be known of his early youth. In accordance with a custom of early times that every boy must learn some useful trade, Hugh Alexander learned those of a Wheelwright and Carpenter-trades especially in demand when the settlers in the wilderness must all be housed by the builder, and clothed with the domestic productions of the spinning-wheel and loom. It is known that he practised these trades while residing in West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, on the Octorara, though at the same time he was also engaged in agriculture. [DJA, 14]

He was born in Scotland and came to Pennsylvania in his youth. He was a farmer of Cumberland County, in that part that later became Perry County. He was a member of the Second Continental Congress and a member of the Pennsylvania House of Assembly, from Cumberland County, in 1776, and a member of the Conference of Deputies and of the Convention of July 15, 1776.

He resided permanently on a tract of 1,100 acres in Shermans valley, now in Perry County, Pennsylvania, then in Cumberland County. When American patriotism was aroused by British oppression, he consecrated his energies to the cause of freedom. He was elected a member of the Provincial Conference convened on the resolution of Congress recommending a change of the provincial governments; the conference met in Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, June 18, 1776. He was also a member of the convention of the state of Pennsylvania, which met in Philadelphia July 15, 1776, and adopted the first free constitution of the state. He died suddenly in Philadelphia, while attending the Assembly, the first legislature of the infant State under that original Constitution, as a representative of Cumberland county. (See Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, vol. 3, pp. 679, 680; Gordon's History of Pennsylvania; and the Alexander Family Record).

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General Notes: Wife - Lettice Thompson

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After her husband's death she and two children, James and Emily, moved to western Pennsylvania, locating their home in Allegheny County, where she died.

His widow, with her two children, James and Emily, moved to McKeesport, Pennsylvania. The children were there married, and the mother died in Butler County, at the home of a son who was born to her first marriage. [CBRWC, 30]

1 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 15.

2 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 22.

3 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 174.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 590.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1014.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 237.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1015.

8 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 26.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 30.

10 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 11.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 444.

12 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 18.

13 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 107.

14 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 1015.

15 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 23.

16 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 26, 111.

17 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 111.