John Adam Alexander ¹⁴³

  General Notes:

The 1830 Federal Census for Martick Township, Lancaster Co., PA, page 113 records John Alexander as head of household with the following people: 1 male (20-30), 1 female (20-30), 1 female (<5).

The 1860 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA, Mt. Nebo P. O., page 511, dated July 13, 1860 records John (59 - PA) and Susan (46 - PA) Alexander with children Maris (20), Martha (17), Mary (14), Samuel (13), Rebecca J. (9), John A. (6), and Calvin (4). They are living next door to Elijah Hagen whose daughter, Jane Maybury Hagen, will marry Samuel in 1870. John is listed as a farmer and has real estate valued at $2,000 and personal property at $800.

The 1870 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA, page 14A, dated July 12, 1870 records John (66 - PA) and Susan (54 - PA) Alexander with children Mary A. (24), Samuel (22), Rebecca (18), John A. (16), Calvin (14), and Wilmer (2). Jane Maybury Hagen, daughter of Elijah Hagen, has moved with her family to Conestoga Township; however, she will marry Samuel in Oct 1870. John is listed as a farmer and has real estate valued at $12,000 and personal property at $3,000.

Birth and death dates and other various personal facts came from the book Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, PA in a personal biographical sketch on his son, Samuel Alexander.

From Cemetery Records of Martic Township compiled by Jenne Renkin in Dec 1978
Mt. Nebo Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Row 7
John Alexander, father, 10/27/1803 - 12/21/1877, 74y2m4d
Susan Alexander, w/o John, mother, 9/2/1815 - 5/23/1880, 64y8m21d
Jason Alexander, s/o John & Susan, 1/27/1844 - 4/20/1847, 3y2m23d

John married Susan Zarocher about 1829. (Susan Zarocher was born on 2 Sep 1815 in Pennsylvania, died on 23 May 1880 in Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA and was buried in Mt. Nebo Presbyterian Cemetery, Lancaster Co., PA ... aka Clarks Family Burying Ground.)