Alexander McGrew

Bef 1715 - Aft 1776  (~ 61 years)

• Name	Alexander McGrew  [1]
  Birth	Bef 1715  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 11 Oct 1776	South Carolina   [1]
  Notes	Wynema McGrew, in her book titled THE JAMES MCGREW FAMILY, 1744-1797(Second Edition, 1999, Hattiesburg, MS), writes that she had made the following TENTATIVE conclusions about Alexander and Margaret McGrew and their offspring, using data collected from a variety of sources (some of which may be considered factual and some speculative). Alexander and Margaret McGrew may have married in Ireland, and appear to have been the parents of six children, places of birth unknown. They were probably from in or near Omagh City, County Tyrone, Ireland, the McGrew family having come to Omagh City from Scotland before the mid-fifteenth centery. The name McGrew probably originated form the sept of MacGrewar or MacGruer of the Clan Gregor. Esther McGrew Hardin instead suggested that the family descended from Quaker families originally from Pennsylvania. Many McGrew's can be found in Orange County, North Carolina records. Additionally, in the corner of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, many members of the Blackburn, Means and McGrew families were all kin. James Mims, on his online "Digging the Roots of the Mims Family Tree" has a third theory, showing him as Alexander MacGRUER, born 7 Oct 1706 in Iverness, Scotland, and married to Margaret TATE, also of Inverness. Both were shown as dying in South Carolina. Wynema lists the probable children of Alexander and Margaret are: 1) Mary McGrew b. ca 1737 d. bef. 1776, married Grove YOUNG. [Note: Janice McAlpine (mcalpage@cox.net) emailed that Mary's husband was actually named Legros Young, and that he died on 5 Mar 1878 in Cambden District, South Carolina]. 2) John McGrew b. ca 1739 d. ca 1818, married Elizabeth CLARK 3) James McGrew b. ca 1744 d. ca 1797, married Constantia (Constance) TILLET 4) Peter Alexander McGrew b. ca 1745 d. ca 1792, married Margaret McCLAIN 5) Margaret McGrew b. bet 1746-1749 d. ca 1805 6) William McGrew b. 23 Apr 1752 D. 1815, appears to have wed Mary GOODWYN She noted that on 4 July 1755, Alexander McGrew petitioned for 550 acres of land in South Carolina, and had 11 persons in his household. On 5 August of that same year, a plat for 350 acres of middle ground between Broad and Wateree Rivers was found with a certificate dated 10 Oct 1755. In his Will, dated 11 Oct 1776, he names five children--four by relationship, James, Peter, William and Margaret, one by implication of relationship, John--and also his own wife Margaret. His will was probated 7 Feb 1977 in Craven District, SC. Alexander does not name Mary as a child. Wynema cites Caroline T. Moore, comp "Abstracts of the Wills of the State of South Carolina 1760-1784" Privately Published, 1969), pg. 292, as her source for this information. (pp. 2-7)
  Person ID	I21622	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	Margaret ???,   b. Aft 1715   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. John McGrew,   b. Abt 1739   d. Abt 1818, Alabama (Age ~ 79 years)   2. James McGrew,   b. Abt 1744   d. Abt 1797, St. Stephens, Mississippi Territory (Age ~ 53 years)
  Family ID	F1378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - Aft 11 Oct 1776 - South Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S202] McGrew, Wynema THE JAMES McGREW FAMILY (1744-1797) Second Edition, 1999, p. 2 (Reliability: 3).