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Frances, you are not alone in your confusion! I too have encountered references to an "Agnes CRAIGHEAD" (b. 1736 in PA, d. bef. 1801 near Leesburg, Washington Co., TN), supposed daughter of the Rev. Alexander CRAIGHEAD, and the wife of John ALEXANDER. This view, however, is controversial. Notably, Ernest S. Craighead in his careful study of the CRAIGHEAD genealogy acknowledges this claim on the part of some of John's descendants but concludes that "Agnes" and "Nancy" are identical, and that "Agnes CRAIGHEAD" the daughter of the famous Rev., could not have married to John, since "Nancy" a.k.a. "Agnes" (b. ca. 1740 at Middle Octorara, Lancaster Co., PA, d. ca. 1790 at the Waxhaws, NC) was married to William RICHARDSON and George DUNLAP during the years when Agnes was said to have been married to John ALEXANDER. Yet another CRAIGHEAD historian (whose name I cannot locate this morning) argues against the claim that Agnes CRAIGHEAD married John ALEXANDER by noting that Dr. J. G. M. RAMSEY, son of Col. Francis Alexander RAMSEY and grandnephew of John ALEXANDER in whose home John died in 1814, would have mentioned that marriage in his 1918 _History of Lebanon Presbyterian Church_ of Knox Co., TN --especially given that Dr. Ramsey mentions the friendship of John ALEXANDER and another member of the Lebanon church, Robert CRAIGHEAD, stated directly in that history to be the son of the Rev. Alexander. (Note, however, that Dr. Ramsey's narrative cuts both ways, since it also places Robert CRAIGHEAD in such close proximity to John ALEXANDER that a putative sister Agnes, visiting her brother in Knox Co., might plausibly have met and married John.)
As a descendant of John ALEXANDER's daughter Amelia/Amy and Benjamin McNUTT (note that although Dr. RAMSEY describes McNUTT at some length, he does not mention that he married a daughter of John!), I am quite interested in learning who Amy's mother was. She might have been Agnes CRAIGHEAD, daughter of the Rev. Alexander; an Agnes CRAIGHEAD, daughter of somebody else; an Agnes of another origin; or another woman whose name is unknown or known to someone who hasn't publicized that knowledge. I'd be very glad to hear from anyone who has some light or heat to shed on the issue. (If you respond here, please e-mail me notification.)
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