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Janetta Waddel Alexander (1782-1852) was the daughter of famed Presbyterian preacher James Waddel (1739-1805) and his wife, Mary Gordon, of Lancaster and Louisa County, Virginia. Janetta was married to Archibald Alexander (1772-1851), also a Presbyterian preacher. Archibald served as president of Hampden-Sydney College for nine years, from 1797-1806, and was the pastor of Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church in 1812. He was the first pastor of Princeton Theological Seminary, serving from 1812-1851.

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