Record of the descendants of John Alexander

Hugh Alexander. 33
Attorney General of Pennsylvania under Governor
Porter, son of Rev. J. P. Johnson, of Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Children: 1, Fannie Alricks; 2, Hannah Ianthe ;
3, Martha Alricks ; 4, Ovid Frazer. Residence, Har-
risburg, Pa.
SECTION IV.— THE FAMILY OF JOHN HAMILTON.
John Hamilton, of " Fermanagh," married, February
14, 1805, his cousin, Francesca Blair Edmiston, daughter
of Dr. Samuel Edmiston, brother of Martha Edmiston,
who married Hugh Alexander. Dr. Edmiston married
Martha, daughter of Rev. Dr. Samuel Blair, of Chester
county. Mrs. Blair was Francesca Van Hook, daughter
of Lawrence Van Hook, Common Pleas Judge of New
York, 1664.
Mrs. Hamilton died March 4, 1818, at Fermanagh,
and was buried at Mifflintown.
" John Hamilton was of particularly fine personal
presence, fair, ruddy, auburn hair, a stature of six feet,
and an intelligent Christian gentleman." To these were
added the intellectual culture of academic and collegiate
education. Though often solicited, and highly qualified
to occupy official stations, he always declined, in favor
of agricultural pursuits on his fine paternal estate at
Fermanagh, where he lived from his marriage till his
death, June 2, 1851, aged sixty-nine; buried at Mif-
flintown.
CHILDREN.
1. Samuel Edmiston ; 2, John Andrew — died;
3, Hugh Alexander ; 4, Margaret Mitchel ; 5, Martha
Edmiston — died; 6, Thomas A. — died; 7, Francesca
Blair; 8, Hugh; 9, Van Hook.
1. Samuel Edmiston Hamilton married Sarah Hawk,
of Juniata county, August 6, 1839.