Alexander Abercromby (1707-?) was baptized on 27 May 1707 at Alloa Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, the second son of Alexander Abercromby (1675-1753) of Tullibody and Mary Duff (1680-1743). He was an older brother of James Abercromby (1708-1775), the South Carolina attorney general. On 15 November 1733, when he was described as a “merchant in Alloa,” Alexander married Rebecca Colquhoun [Calhoun] (1714-1750), daughter of the deceased Mr. Alexander "Colhoun," merchant in Glasgow, Scotland, and Anne Galbraith, at Alloa Parish. Alexander and Rebecca had two children baptized at Alloa Parish: Alexander, called “Sandy” who became a Writer to the Signet [lawyer], baptized on 24 August 1741, and Mary, baptized on 31 May 1743. Rebecca was buried at Alloa churchyard on 26 January 1750. Rebecca was an unusual given name in the Abercromby family of eighteenth century Scotland. It is interesting that Rebecca Abercrombie (1739-1825) of Laurens County, South Carolina married Hastings Dial (1732-1809) who was granted land in now-Laurens County on the same day in 1767 that James Abercrombie, who is thought to have been her brother, was first granted land there. In October 1744 the SC Gaztte reported that Alexander Abercromby (1707-?) was returned to Charleston, South Carolina with the sea captain James Abercrombie (1717-1760) after an exchange of prisoners with the Spanish at Havana, Cuba. A few months later, in a letter dated 13 December 1744 from Robert Pringle, a Scot and Charleston merchant, to Alexander Mckennsey in Hampton, Virginia, Pringle wrote, “...I take the liberty to recommend to your acquaintance the bearer of this, Mr. Alexander Abercrombie, a very worthy agreeable gentleman, who comes to your place, with a small cargoe of new rice and oranges the produce of this province... P.S. Shall be very glad to be favour’d with a line from you by Mr. Abercrombie who returns here directly.” In an undated letter that Alexander Abercromby (1707-?) wrote to his sister Helen Abercromby (1713-1791) around 1755 after their father’s death when he was already in Norway or one of the Scandinavian countries, he says that he was not a concerned party in his father’s estate, but heard from his eldest brother, George Abercromby (1705-1800) of Tullibody, that his children had been left 500 pounds. He wrote, "I think Mr. Duff of Hatton has left a fine character behind him and has done the greatest justice to his children of any gentleman in our country by providing all his children so bountifully," and complains, “I think it is a very hard case that one child should have all and the rest of the family little or nothing in comparison.” This refers to the practice of primogeniture in which the eldest son inherited all property. His older brother George inherited Tullibody. In this letter Alexander also mentions that he wants his brother George to send his son "Sandy" [Alexander Abercromby (1741-1804)] who "will be fourteen years of age this Harvest...over to me" along with some of his son's inheritance from his grandfather, which "I propose to lay it out in the trade of this place" and "after he has learned the language... with my inspection [he will] be able to manage business himself." In this letter Alexander also mentions his wife and daughter Mary, so he must have remarried after Rebecca’s death in 1750. But Alexander's (1707-?) son Sandy must not have followed his father's wishes, but instead chose a different career as a lawyer in Scotland. By 1770, when his son Alexander Abercromby (1741-1804) was admitted to the Society of Writers to H. M. Signet, his father, Alexander (1707-?), was described as a “merchant in Norway.” Alexander (1707-?) may have died before 1775 when his brother James Abercromby (1708-1775) made his will because James left bequests to Alexander’s children, Alexander (1741-1804) and Mary Abercromby Dawson (1743-?), who stayed in Scotland, but not to Alexander (1707-?), although James did leave an annuity of five pounds sterling payable every New Years Day to Alexander Abercromby, a "weaver," who has not been identified.