Quick Facts on Hezekiah Alexander

General

Birthdate:           1721, 1722 or 1728 (date on tombstone looks like 1722)

Birthplace:          Cecil County, Maryland (2^nd generation American)

Parents:              James and Margaret McKnitt Alexander

Married:              1752, Mary Sample, daughter of Esther and William Sample

Occupation:       Listed in Mecklenburg Deeds as Blacksmith, and then as Planter

Death:                July 16, 1801 

Mecklenburg Community Involvement

1768 Appointed County Magistrate by Royal Governor William Tryon

1771 Founder and Trustee of Queens College (Queens Museum), Also served as Queens College’s first treasurer

1775  (May 20)  Participant in the Mecklenburg Convention.  Signer of the “Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence”

1775  (May 31)  Member of Group who drew up Mecklenburg Resolves

1776 Made a Member of the Mecklenburg Committee of Safety

1776 Member of the Council of Safety

1776 Elected as a delegate to the Fifth Provincial Congress in Halifax

1776 Served on the committee appointed to draft 1^st State Constitution and Bill of Rights

Children of Hezekiah and Mary Sample Alexander 

There has been debate about an 11th child, Joseph (1776-1851), however there is no mention of Joseph in either Hezekiah’s or Mary’s wills.

Spouses of the Children of Hezekiah & Mary

The Charlotte Museum of History & Hezekiah Alexander Homesite
3500 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, NC 28215
Phone: 704.568.1774
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