Jessee Alexander's DNA Haplomarker is R1a1. Only 5% of Alexanders have this type of DNA. They are NOT related to the other 95% of Alexanders who are R1b1.
Jessee married twice and had 8 children the first time and 9 children the 2nd time. The 1st wife's name is not mentioned in his Will and is not known. It is NOT sisters Fanny Ann or Nancy Woolfolk who married a different Jesse Alexander in Wilkes County, North Carolina. The 1st marriage was abt 1805 in Union, South Carolina. The children of this marriage are Myers, Jefferson, Joseph, Charlotte, Simpson, Mary Ann, Caroline and Frances.
Jesse then married abt 1830 Dorcas Henrietta Schular. Their children are Independence Elen Schular(IES) , Barbara, President Polk (PP), Martin Van Buren, LaFayette, twins Isabella and Henrietta Ann, and Paulina. A son named George Washington Alexander was the child of Jessee Alexander and Dorcas Schuylar. He is named in the will as deceased. He was a Union soldier but died in 1862, not long after enlisting. Records state he died in Memphis but a grave has not yet been located.
Jessee Alexander's DNA Haplomarker is R1a1. Only 5% of Alexanders have this type of DNA. They are NOT related to the other 95% of Alexanders who are R1b1.
Jessee married twice and had 8 children the first time and 9 children the 2nd time. The 1st wife's name is not mentioned in his Will and is not known. It is NOT sisters Fanny Ann or Nancy Woolfolk who married a different Jesse Alexander in Wilkes County, North Carolina. The 1st marriage was abt 1805 in Union, South Carolina. The children of this marriage are Myers, Jefferson, Joseph, Charlotte, Simpson, Mary Ann, Caroline and Frances.
Jesse then married abt 1830 Dorcas Henrietta Schular. Their children are Independence Elen Schular(IES) , Barbara, President Polk (PP), Martin Van Buren, LaFayette, twins Isabella and Henrietta Ann, and Paulina. A son named George Washington Alexander was the child of Jessee Alexander and Dorcas Schuylar. He is named in the will as deceased. He was a Union soldier but died in 1862, not long after enlisting. Records state he died in Memphis but a grave has not yet been located.
Family Members
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Jefferson "Jeff" Alexander
1808–1873
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Joseph K Alexander
1814–1848
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Simpson Alexander
1817–1901
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Mary Ann Alexander Nix
1820–1899
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Caroline M Alexander Ray
1822–1889
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Frances E. Alexander Arbuckle
1826 – unknown
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W H R Alexander
1827–1854
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Independence Elen Schular "I.E.S." Alexander
1831–1910
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President P Alexander
1837–1862
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Martin Van Buren "Van" Alexander
1839–1895
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Lafayette Alexander
1841 – unknown
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Isabella "Bell" Alexander Lovelace
1844–1921
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Henrietta E Alexander Alexander
1844 – unknown
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Paulina F Alexander Killgore
1847–1933
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