Dykes Alexander (senior)
Dykes Alexander (1724 – 10 April 1786, Needham Market) was a Suffolk banker active in the Quaker congregation there.[1] He founded the bank Alexander & Co. in Needham Market in 1744.
Family life[edit]
Dykes married Martha Biddle on 18 December, 1747 in Kingston upon Thames. She became a Quaker minister in about 1750 and remained active as such until her death in 1775. She was the daughter of John and Abigail Biddle, Quakers in Esher, Surrey.[2] They had nine children:
- Samuel Alexander: 7 October 1749:
- Martha
- 7 February, 1760, Mary[3]
- Sarah
- 14 July 1763: Dykes
- William
- Abigail
- 3 January 1768: William
- Ann
References[edit]
- ^ "The Descendants of un-named Alexander" (PDF). Pennyghael. Kinloch Hotel. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Alexander, Mary; Alexander, William (1811). Some Account of the Life and Religious Experience of Mary Alexander, Late of Needham Market. London: C. Peacock.
- ^ Alexander, Mary; Alexander, William (1811). Some Account of the Life and Religious Experience of Mary Alexander, Late of Needham Market. London: C. Peacock.