I'm pulling my hair out trying to find a "Mrs. Sarah Alexander" that appears in GW's financial accounts, apparently a widow by 1765, the date when she appears as receiving money for a slave. A "Sarah Alexander" appears in the Va. Gazette as having recently died in June 1771 and may be the one. The advertisement was placed by Charles Mynn Thruston, who himself was married to an "Ann[e] Alexander," the daughter of a "Col. Alexander of Gloucester." The advertisement is seeking "William Wirt," the apparently missing husband of "Martha Alexander." Gloucester works well, but I can't find any Col. Alexander there; he needs to be dead by 1765. At this point I'm considering him as a possible husband to Sarah, and they the parents of Ann.--? I've looked at all the Alexanders in the Va. Gazette, Swem, Family Search, and web search. Any help or leads will be greatly appreciated. -- Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. Senior Associate Editor Papers of George Washington University of Virginia [log in to unmask] http://www.virginia.edu/gwpapers _George Washington: A Biographical Companion_ published by ABC-CLIO in 2002: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~feg3e/GWBio/ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html