Name: rankin2cs -- Unraveling Rankins

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Sources
1. Title:   http://home.swbell.net/tjgriffi/weir/alexander_rankin.pdf
2. Title:   Rick Hoover Dec. 22, 1998 http://genforum.genealogy.com/rankin/messages/244.html [richoov@aol.com]

Notes
a. Note:   <u><http://home.swbell.net/tjgriffi/weir/alexander_rankin.pdf></u>. Two of Alexander Rankin's sons were martyred for Presbyterianism in Scotland: one was killed on a highway and the other suffocated in a smokehouse. Their names are unknown. Shortly thereafter, he fled with his family to Ulster, Ireland in 1688.
  Alexander and his sons <b>Alexander</b> and William were in Londonderry in July 1689 during the Siege of Londonderry. <b>Alexander (the younger) served as a Lieutenant and was killed during the siege. </b>Alexander Rankin (the elder) was one of 145 signatories on a petition of thanks to Almighty God to William and Mary, King and Queen of England, France and Ireland, for their timely assistance in raising the siege.
b. Note:   Some sources say it was Alexander Sr. who d. 1689.

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