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Alexander Rutherford Walker 1719 – 1775 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 February 1719

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1775

Death Location: Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: John Scotland,

Mother: Katherine ,

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Early life: Alexander Rutherford Walker arrived in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland in 1719, born to John Alexander Walker I of Wigton Scotland, and Katherine Jane Kate Knight McKnight McKnitt McKnaught, Daughter of John McKnitt McKnitt, II \Sarah McKnight ,. Alexander Rutherford Walker concluded life in Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America in 1775.

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John Scotland,
1650 – 1734
Birth Location: Wigtown Bay, Wigtownshire, Scotland, Collector of Customs(Inland Reserve) at Cavon, then Armagh, then Dundolly, Northern Ireland
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Katherine ,
1650 – 1744
Birth Location: Wigton, Scotland, Jane McKnight may have familial ties to William Wallace (Braveheart) of Scotland: for more research, reference Beyond Braveheart
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 17 February 1719
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1775
    Event Place: Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America
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