The Alexander family motto is "Per Mare, Per Terra" meaning "By sea, By land" 
and it is of Greek origin, meaning "helper of mankind, defender of men" -
descending from the ancient Dalriadan tribe of the west coast of Scotland. 
Though the name is Greek in origin it is most commonly found in Scotland, 
introduced there by Queen Margaret late in the 11th century who named one of 
her sons Alexander - subsequently three kings of Scotland carried the name.



The Adair family motto is "Loyal Au Mort" meaning "Loyal Until Death". Adair 
was a place name in the County of Limerick, Ireland.  It is derived from the Celtic 
and Gaelic, Ath a ford, or Dair - the oak tree: so it literally means the ford of the 
oak tree. I am adding the immediate family of James and Rebecca Montgomery Adair, to 
include their children and spouses.

 

This history is dedicated to our Dad.



Mike and I started this "family tree" just about two years ago - he turned it 
over to me because, as he said - "You have nothing else to do"! So, this tree 
has been a lot of fun to put together and I hope you find it informative. I've 
researched and followed clues along the way. I could not have done this tree 
without the help of many of our various "Alexander's". I am indebted to the 
following : Augustus, Mary Perry and Don Alexander - without Augustus' written 
history, we would be nowhere, Don's descendant tree and Mary Perry Alexander's 
family file were huge helps; Mom, for her family knowledge; Linda, for her 
writing talent; Karen Johnson Bagford, who has worked with me on numerous 
lines, especially of her Rev. John Alexander, Jr. line; Sally Donald, who gave 
me info on her descent from William Jefferson Alexander; Julian Don Alexander 
II, who has a wealth of Alexander papers, pictures and information much of it 
from his Augustus Alexander line; Robert Underhill, for his Alexander line; 
Bruce Reynolds, for her help in South Carolina research; and others who are 
noted in citations! The Birmingham Public Library has a fantastic collection of 
records in their Southern History Department, and I've done a ton of research there - 
it'll have to do until I can get to SC to do more! Where not noted as researched by 
or sent to me by someone else, all research has been done by me.


A note about the flags: Sally is correct that historically, Northern Ireland 
is a part of the United Kingdom and as such, should be represented by the 
flag of the British Isles. I am using the flags of Ireland and Scotland to 
represent our heritage.

Mike has re-typed Augustus W. Alexanders' family history - I have added 
the history to this site for those that don't have it. Thanks Mike - I know it was a 
lot of work!

Great new addition to the pages is the highlighting of "family lines" - all blood 
relatives of Alexander Alexander are highlighted in teal, the direct descendants of 
Hon. John Alexander are in navy,  the direct descendants of 
Washington Alexander are in purple, and the direct descendants of Rev. John 
Alexander, Jr. are in lime - so you can follow only the line you are interested in 
without having to wade thru all the folks that Karen and I are always, always working 
on!! 


Any corrections, additions or music you'd like to hear - let me know, as it's 
always a "work in progress"!
Mary


News: Obituaries I collected in SC are located in photo albums!
 






   







   


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