William Alexander
- Title of Nobility: Lord Stirling
American
Lineage
- Daughter: Catherine Alexander Duer
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1726/12/04 | Mary Spratt Provoost Alexander, wife of James Alexander, gives birth to a son, William Alexander, in New York City, Province of New York. | Born | |||||
| 1761/00/00 | William Alexander begins building his manor complex on a 700 acre tract of land purchased from his father James Alexander. The buildings were not finished until after the Revolutionary War. | Home | Stirling, Lord, Manor Site | Basking Ridge | |||
| 1765/00/00 | William Alexander sells the Stirling Mine to Robert Ogden. | Owner | Sterling Hill Mine | Ogdensburg | |||
| 1777/10/04 | American Commander | Cliveden, Chew House | Philadelphia, PA | Battle of Germantown | |||
| 1777/12/00 | Lord Sterling uses the Curie house as his headquarter during the winter of 1777-1778. | Patriot Commander | Stirling, Maj Gen Lord, Quarters | Valley Forge National Historical Park | |||
| 1778/07/13 | Col Alexander Hamilton testifies at Charles Lee's Court-martial, 6 sessions are held at the Old Paramus church (razed) from July 10th to the 15th. | Presiding Judge | Paramus Reformed Church Historic District | Ridgewood | Battle of Monmouth | ||
| 1780/09/29 | Board of Senior Officers find Andre guilty of being behind American lines "under a feigned name and in a disguised habit" and order that he "ought to be considered as a Spy from the enemy ... it is their opinion, he ought to suffer death." | Board of Inquiry | Capture of Major Andre | ||||
| 1783/01/15 | William Alexander, Lord Stirling dies in Albany. He is buried in the Churchyard of Trinity Church. | Died | Trinity Church | New York City |
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