Alexander Allair

From The Peopling of New York City

Alexander Allair

Alexander Allair was born in 1702 and died in 1782^[1]. His parents were Alexander Allaire and Jeanne Dows^[2]. His wife was named Mary van Uytendaele and they lived in Westchester County^[3]. I was able to find an article in one of the historical newspapers that involved Alexander Allair and it described how two of his slaves had run away and he would pay a good amount of money to whoever found them. This tells me that the living conditions that Mr. Allair offered were most likely terrible for his slaves and they were seeking any way out^[4]. ^[5]

Alexander Allair has been the most difficult of my immigrants to find information on. Looking in the New York Public Library i searched for as much information on Alexander Allair as I could but could not find much. It was frustrating that I was able to find a pretty good amount of information about the rest of my immigrants but Mr. Allair seemed to have left very little information behind.

References

1. ↑ ancestry.com
2. ↑ ancestry.com
3. ↑ ancestry.com
4. ↑ New-York Gazette, or Weekly Post-Boy, published as The New-York Gazette, Revived in the Weekly Post-Boy; Date: 07-18-1748; Issue: 287; Page: [3]
5. ↑ New-York Gazette, or Weekly Post-Boy, published as The New-York Gazette, Revived in the Weekly Post-Boy; Date: 07-18-1748; Issue: 287; Page: [3]