Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Charles Brown Alexander

Male 1772 - 1812  (40 years)


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  • Name Charles Brown Alexander  [1
    Birth 1772  Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Oct 1812  Alexandria, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I42575  Tree1
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Father Charles Alexander,   b. 20 Jul 1737, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1806, Preston Plantation, Alexandria City, Virginia - Probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Frances Browne,   b. 1751, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1823, Preston Plantation, Alexandria City, Virginia - Probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1770  Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F21096  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Bowles Armistead,   b. 1783, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1864, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1800  Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Gustavus Brown Alexander,   b. 1793, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1860, Saint Paul's Parish, King George County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. William Fontaine Dr. Alexander,   b. 30 Oct 1811, Alexandria, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1862, Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F26327  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • ALEXANDRIA LODGE NO. 39
      ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 1783-1788

      CHARLES ALEXANDER, was a descendant of John Alexander, for whose family Alexandria was named, Charles was the son of Charles and Francis Brown Alexander. His mother was the daughter of the Rev. Richard Brown of Port Tobacco, Maryland, the sister of Dr. William Brown of Alexandria, and the granddaughter of Dr. Gustavus Brown, one of the three physicians attending Washington at his death and the 5th Grand Master of Masons in Maryland.. Charles and his wife lived at Mount Ida in the north end of Alexandria; their son, Dr. William Fontaine Alexander, married Maria
      Blackburn Washington, a great-great-niece of George Washington, at Mount Vernon in 1834. (Taken from Our Town, 1749-1865, page 65)

  • Sources 
    1. [S74] Genealogies of Virginia Families Vol. I, from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine.

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