Samuel McClay and Sarah McClelland
Husband Samuel McClay 1 2
AKA: William McClay,3 Samuel McCloy 4 Born: - Ireland Christened: Died: 1838 - ? Washington Co, PA 5 6 Buried:Marriage: - Chester Co, PA
Wife Sarah McClelland 4
AKA: Sarah McClellan 7 8 Born: - Ireland Christened: Died: 1842 - ? Washington Co, PA 5 6 Buried:
Father: James McClelland ( - ) 9 Mother:
Children
1 F Margaret McClay 3 5 11
AKA: Margaret McCloy 10 Born: Christened: Died: 1876 - Allegheny Co, PA 3 Buried:Spouse: Robert Dinsmore (1806-1880) 3 11 12
2 F Elizabeth McClay 13 14 15
AKA: Elizabeth McCloy 10 Born: Christened: Died: 1872 16 Buried:Spouse: William Morrow (1807-1892) 13 15 17
3 M John McClay 2 7
AKA: John McCloy 10 Born: 1809 - Hopewell Twp, Washington Co, PA 5 6 Christened: Died: Jan 1895 - Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 Buried:Spouse: Jane Smith ( -Bef 1841) 6 18 Marr: 26 Apr 1838 6 18Spouse: Jane Welch ( - ) 18 Marr: 15 Sep 1841 6 18Spouse: Sarah Taggart ( -Abt 1858) 6 19 Marr: 1857 6 18Spouse: Margaret C. Brownlee ( - ) 6 10 18 Marr: 15 Dec 1869 18
4 M David McClay 20
AKA: David McCloy 10 Born: 11 Jun 1811 - Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA 21 Christened: Died: 5 Apr 1887 21 Buried:Spouse: Margaret McElroy ( - ) 21 Marr: 31 Jan 1840 21
5 M Robert McClay 5
AKA: Robert McCloy 10 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
6 M William McClay 5
AKA: William McCloy 10 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
7 F Sarah Jane McClay 5
AKA: Sarah McCloy 10 Born: Christened: Died: 1838 10 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Samuel McClay
He was born in Ireland, and, at the tender age of ten years, resolved to seek his fortune in the New World. Embarking on a sailing vessel, he commenced his voyage to America, and after a stormy passage of many weeks landed at New York; thence proceeded to Pennsylvania, where he worked out his passage, as was the custom of the time. (The transportation companies would bind out their passengers until their wages had paid the expenses of the passage across the ocean.) When he had paid the debt, he commenced life for himself, and settled in Chester County. He married and they remained in Chester County until they had accumulated a little wealth, and then removed to Washington County, where they purchased a small tract of land (110 acres), which they at once engaged in clearing and improving. Their children managed this part of the work, as his health began to fail, and he had to occupy himself in the less arduous business of teaming and stock trading.
The entire family were active and zealous members of the Covenanter Church. In politics, he was active in the interests of the Whig party.
He emigrated to America about 1800, and in 1808 located in Washington County, Pennsylvania. On the 24th of November in that year he purchased one hundred and one acres of land of Alexander Patterson, situated on Brush Run, a branch of Buffalo Creek. This land was part of a tract which was warranted to Henry Martin, and surveyed as "Labrador," and for which a patent was granted March 22, 1788. [HWC 1882, 690]
General Notes: Wife - Sarah McClelland
At the time of her marriage, she was a resident of Chester County, Pennsylvania; her family had at an early day come from Ireland to the shores of America.
1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 652, 920, 1382.
2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 562, 588.
3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1071.
4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 690, 875.
5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 920.
6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 562.
7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 652, 920.
8 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 557, 562.
9 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 875.
10 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 690.
11 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 618.
12 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 568, 920.
13 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 688.
14 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 920, 1460.
15 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 868.
16 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 869.
17 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 421, 920, 1460.
18 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 921.
19 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 921, 1138, 1290.
20 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 920, 1382.
21
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1382.
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