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  • Name Alexander Smith 
    Birth
    • 4) The 90+ page manuscript by JKTS shows that Alexander Smith carme from Scotland versus England (but no town/specific area is listed). Alexander was sometimes shown with his Scottish name of Sander Smith.-Bill Davidson
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1653  Lancaster County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    In Greer's "Early Virginia Immigrants" page 304, an Alexander Smith is mentioned as brought to Lancaster by John Robinson in 1653-W&M Quarterly Vol 10 No 3 July 1930 p 214-220 
    Tithables 1658  Lancaster County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Alexander Smith- William & Mary Quarterly Vol 10 no 3 pp 214-220 
    Fact 1661  Lancaster County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Appointed constable
    W&M Quarterly Vol 10 no 3 214-220 
    Land Deed 1665  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cuthbert Potter deeded to Alexander Smith 700 acres lying on Great Swamp, beginning at a marked white oak standing by Mattapony path near the plantation of John Smith (In 1713 the deed for this land then lying in Middlesex recorded in Middlesex Deed Book 1703-1720 p 312 by John Smith, granson of Alexander - W&M Quarterly Vol 10 No 30 214-220 
    Death 1696  Middlesex County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Alexander Smith will 1696 Middlesex Co VA
    Alexander Smith will 1696 Middlesex Co VA
    Middlesex. Court Records 1698–1754, Court Records 1675–1698
    p 77
    "Middlesex, Virginia, United States Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PH-Z9XR : September 15, 2023), image 449 of 627; Virginia. County Court (Middlesex County).
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    Person ID I821  Smith Smyth Schmidt Smythe Smitt
    Branches/DNA
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    Group GRP-R-M269-2 Smith Branch: Alexander Smith d 1695 VA 2. John 3 Samuel 4 Samuel (Kit# 1680****/ ), Group GRP-R-M269-2 Smith Branch: Alexander Smith d 1696 Middlesex Co VA 2 John 3 Samuel 4 John (Kit# 1941****/ ), Group GRP-R-M269-2 Smith Branch: Alexander Smith d 1696 Middlesex Co VA 2 John 3 Samuel 4 Samuel (Kit# 1176****/ ), Group GRP-R-M269-2 Smith Branch: Alexander Smith d 1696 Middlesex VA( ), Smith Branch: Alexander Smith d 1696 VA 2. John 3 Samuel 4 John( )
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    Autosomal Group
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    Last Modified 15 Sep 2023 Help  

    Father Unknown Smith 
    Notes 
    • John Smith and Alexander Smith as sons of unknown is not confirmed, but is alluded to in Smiths of Middlesex County, Virginia
      Mrs. P. W. Hiden
      The William and Mary Quarterly
      The William and Mary Quarterly
      Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jul., 1930), pp. 214-220 (7 pages)

      We need a male Smith descendant of John Smith to do a YDNA test.
    Family ID F45000  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Notes 
    • 1) Alexander Smith had two sons, John Smith and Samuel Smith. Samuel died young around 1687 and never married. It is probably not critical to show Samuel....but that would certainly make any tree on this family more complete/accurate. Alexander also had a daughter named Rachel Smith (married John Wyatt, and not William Wyatt like some researchers show). So....three total children.

      2) The wife of Alexander Smith is unknown. Mary Ann Cocke seems to be just a wild guess by some researchers. Excellent researcher (and Y DNA donor) Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith (JKTS) always hated it when anyone listed a name for Alexander’s wife.

      3) The father of Alexander Smith is unknown. -Bill Davidson
    Children 
    +1. Lt John Smith   d. 1696, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Samuel Smith   d. 6 Apr 1696
     3. Rachel Smith
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    Jonathan and sister Lucinda
    Descendant of Alexander SMith b 1696 Middlesex Co VA
    Family ID F392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Mar 2019 Help 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - In Greer's "Early Virginia Immigrants" page 304, an Alexander Smith is mentioned as brought to Lancaster by John Robinson in 1653-W&M Quarterly Vol 10 No 3 July 1930 p 214-220 - 1653 - Lancaster County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTithables - Alexander Smith- William & Mary Quarterly Vol 10 no 3 pp 214-220 - 1658 - Lancaster County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact - Appointed constable W&M Quarterly Vol 10 no 3 214-220 - 1661 - Lancaster County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand Deed - Cuthbert Potter deeded to Alexander Smith 700 acres lying on Great Swamp, beginning at a marked white oak standing by Mattapony path near the plantation of John Smith (In 1713 the deed for this land then lying in Middlesex recorded in Middlesex Deed Book 1703-1720 p 312 by John Smith, granson of Alexander - W&M Quarterly Vol 10 No 30 214-220 - 1665 - Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1696 - Middlesex County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Alexander Smith- Middlesex County, Virginia
    Alexander Smith- Middlesex County, Virginia
    Smiths of Middlesex County, Virginia
    Mrs. P. W. Hiden
    The William and Mary Quarterly
    The William and Mary Quarterly
    Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jul., 1930), pp. 214-220 (7 pages)