Record of the descendants of John Alexander

James Alexander. 189
PART III.
THE ALEXANDER-VANCE CONNECTION,
OF VA.
Rachel Alexander was third child and eldest
daughter of John and Margaret G. Alexander.
About the year 1763 she married Joseph Vance, of
Martinsburg, Berkley Co., Va. After her marriage,
her brother, James Alexander, of Kishacoquillas Valley,
Pa., granted her and her husband a valuable tract of
land, on the east side of Spring Run, on condition that
they would come and live near to him. They accepted
the offer, and removed to Pennsylvania, but after
receiving a deed for the land, and residing on it one
year, they returned to Virginia, through fear of the
Indians, who were then troublesome in that part of
Pennsylvania.
They finally settled on a plantation near Honeywood
Mills, on the Potomac, about six miles north-east of
Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Va. The county records
contain a deed of a plantation in that vicinnity, from
Hannah Vance to Joseph Vance, dated in 1783. The
family had, however, resided there many years before
the date of that deed.
The children of Joseph and Rachel Vance were :
1. Samuel Vance. 2. John Vance.
3. Alexander Vance. 4. Joseph Vance.
5. Rachel Vance. 6. Jane Vance.