The other children of James Robert Alexander and Margaret McKnitt, and siblings of Hezekiah and John McKnitt Alexander are:

Theophilus (1714-1768) He was married to Catherine Wallace and had nine children. He served with the Colonial Militia Troops in the Revolutionary War under the command of Captain Thomas Jonson in Cecil County, Maryland, and was a prominent landowner and ruling elder of Rock Presbyterian Church of Lewisville, PA. After his death, his wife and children (with the exception of George, who he left his plantation to), moved to Mecklenburg County, NC. An old stone tavern called the Seven Stars still stands in Cecil County and may have been the site of his home. One of his sons, Joseph was the minister of Bullock’s Creek Presbyterian Church in South Carolina.

Abraham (1720-1778) was also a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration. He never married.

Keziah (1720-1780) married Walter Sharpe and had one child.

Margaret McKnitt (1721-1780) married Jacob Heinrich Alexander (1720-1784). They were both great grandchildren of William Alexander (1625-1689) making them first cousins twice removed. Jacob served in the Revolutionary War.

Jemima (1727-1797) married Thomas Sharpe and had three children. She moved with her brothers John and Hezekiah to Mecklenburg County in 1754. Her son John was a major in Armand’s legion of Light Dragoons in 1778.

Amos (1729-1780) was married to Sarah Mary Sharpe and had fourteen children. He served as a colonel in the Revolutionary Army and was injured in battle and later appointed a justice in Cecil County, MD. Two of his sons, Isaac and Walter also served in the Revolutionary war.

Two children, Jemima and Edith died young.

Theophilus, Abraham, Keziah, Jemima and Amos Alexander: 8th, 9th, 10th great aunts and uncles

Margaret McKnitt and Jacob Heinrich Alexander: 7th, 8th and 9th great grandparents