Ancestry of
Richard Nixon

37th U.S. President

Alexander McComas

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Richard Nixon — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 172 
  • Father:
  • Daniel McComas 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1695 
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  • Death Date:
  • from 18 Oct 1760 to 4 Feb 1761 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Baltimore County, Maryland 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Day
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Nov 1713 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Baltimore County, Maryland 
  • Children:
  
  

  Sarah McComas

  Elizabeth McComas

  Alexander McComas Jr. (Ahnentafel No:86 )

  Mary McComas

  Priscilla McComas

  Daniel McComas

  • Notes: 

  • Some publications state that Alexander had a son David. However, Alexander McComas did not list David as one of his children listed in his 1760 will.

    Alexander McComas's will also mentions his wife Hannah and his brother Daniel McComas.

• Additional marriages for Alexander McComas

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  • Spouse:
  • Hannah Whitaker
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Aug 1728
  • Marriage Location:
  • Baltimore County, Maryland

• Sources for Alexander McComas

  • ¹ Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999, FHL 5077629, Image 201, Will of Alexander McComas, dated 18 OCT 1760, proved 04 FEB 1761.
  • ² Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995, FHL No 7835986, Image 346, Birth record for daughter Mary McComas.
  • ³ Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995, FHL No 7835986, Image 348, Marriage of Alexander Maccomus and Hannah Wittacre.
  • ⁴ Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995, FHL No 7835986, Image 349, Birth record for son Aquila McComas.
  • ⁵ Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995, FHL No 7835986, Image 330, Marriage of Elecksander Mecomas and Elizabeth Day.
  • ⁶ Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995, FHL No 7835986, Image 332, Birth record for daughter Sarah Mecomass.
  • ⁷ The American Genealogist, 1970, Vol. 46, p. 88.
  • ⁸ Barnes, Robert W., Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. (1996), 434-435.
  • ⁹ Myers, Thomas M., The Norris Family of Maryland, New York: William M. Clemens Publisher (1916), 74.
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 148.