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- Alexander Breckenridge married, October 6, 1767, Magdalene Gamble, of one of the pioneer Scotch-Irish Presbyterian families of Virginia. She was born January 10, 1746, perhaps in, Virginia. She had two brothers in Washington County, Virginiosias Gamble, who succeeded Robert Doak as agent for the sale of Dr. Thomas Walker's lands in Wolf Hill tract, and Moses Gamble. Both brothers finally settled on Little River, Blount County, Tennessee, where many of their descendants live today. This family connection held a reunion at the old Gamble home on Little River near Maryville, Blount County, September 25, 1909. Josias Gamble married Ann Gammel or Gamwell, October 8, 1772. Her Bible is still preserved among her descendants, bearing the inscription on its flyleaf, "Ann Gamble, her Book, given by her mother at their parting in Pennsylvania,Chester County, New London Township." The wife of Moses Gamble was named Elizabeth. The family migrated from the North of Ireland, but its original seat is said to have been Northumberland, England, before its residence in Ireland. Correspondence with Blount County, Tennessee, descendants elicited the statement that Magdalene (Gamble) Breckenridge and her brothers were the children of John Gamble, who in turn was the son of Josias Gamble; but the author has had no means of verifying this statement. Another statement of interest, made by a descendant of Robert Breckenridge,son of Magdalene, son of Magdalene (Gamble) Breckenridge, is that she was full cousin to the Mitchell family, allied with the Doak family, as heretofore shown. This is probably true, and if so, demonstrates that the senior line of the Breckenridge men for two generations chose its wives from one family group, represented by the Doak, Mitchell, and Gamble connection.
Note: Several Gamble marriages in Blount Co, TN in subsequent years from this marriage.
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1746 - Abt 1805 (58 years)
