John Alexander
1774–
Putney, Windham, Vermont, United States
The Life of John
When John Alexander was born about 1774, in Putney, Windham, Vermont, United States, his father, Aaron Alexander, was 28 and his mother, Abigail Cutler, was 24.
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Family Time Line
Aaron Alexander
1746–
Abigail Cutler
1750–1816
Abigail Alexander
1770–
Hodges Alexander
1772–1841
John Alexander
1774–
Anna Alexander
1776–1823
Rhoda Alexander
1778–1838
Parents & Siblings
1746–Male
1750–1816Female
siblings
(5)
1770–Female
1772–1841Male
1774–Male
1776–1823Female
1778–1838Female
World Events (3)
1776
Age 2
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 2
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
Age 17
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, German, Dutch; also found in many other cultures: from the personal name Alexander, classical Greek Alexandros, which probably originally meant ‘repulser of men (i.e. of the enemy)’, from alexein ‘to repel’ + andros, genitive of anēr ‘man’. Its popularity in the Middle Ages was due mainly to the Macedonian conqueror, Alexander the Great ( 356–323 bc )—or rather to the hero of the mythical versions of his exploits that gained currency in the so-called Alexander Romances. The name was also borne by various early Christian saints, including a patriarch of Alexandria ( ad c.250–326 ), whose main achievement was condemning the Arian heresy. The Gaelic form of the personal name is Alasdair, which has given rise to a number of Scottish and Irish patronymic surnames, for example Mc Allister . Alexander is a common forename in Scotland, often representing an Anglicized form of the Gaelic name. In North America the form Alexander has absorbed many cases of cognate names from other languages, for example Spanish Alejandro , Italian Alessandro , Greek Alexandropoulos, Russian Aleksandr, etc. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 .) It has also been adopted as a Jewish name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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