REFN: 5802AN
Alexander Lineage Lines Early Immigrant to America coming before 1750 "Wil
liam Alexander, prob came from Scotland before 1675, settled in Somerset C
o., Md., where he was an extensive land trader in land; He m. and had iss
ue of record: (1) William Alexander, engaged in land deals with his fathe
r. A William, perhaps his son,, is listed as a corporal in Talbot's Co. M
d. Militia in 1748. There was a large colony of Alexander's in this Easte
rn Shore country as early as 1665; they resided there for about a centu
ry and finally dispersed to other sections, some to Cecil County, Md.
A William Alexander is mentioned frequently in Clayton Torrence, Old Somer
set on the Eastern Shore of Maryland: A Study in Foundations and Founde
rs (Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1973; reprint o f 1935 ed.).