Maj. Hugh McAlister and Sarah Nelson

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Husband Maj. Hugh McAlister ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Maj. Hugh McAllister 3
           Born: 1736 - Little Britain Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 3 4
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           Died: 22 Sep 1810 4 5
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         Father: Hugh McAlister (      -Abt 1769) 6
         Mother: [Unk] Harbison (      -      ) 6

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Sarah Nelson ^{3 7}

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           Died: 6 Jul 1802 5
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Children

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1 M Robert McAlister ⁹

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            AKA: Robert McAllister 8
           Born: 
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           Died: 26 May 1828 - ? Tuscarora Valley, Juniata Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Thomson (      -      ) 5 8 9

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2 M Hugh McAlister ^{5 7}

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           Born: Abt 1769
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           Died: 16 Jul 1843 5
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         Spouse: Catharine Elliot(t) (      -1811) 5 7
           Marr: 12 Mar 1795 5

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3 M John McAlister ⁵

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         Spouse: Polly Lyttle (      -      ) 5

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4 M Judge William McAlister ^{5 11}

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            AKA: Hon. William McAllister 10
           Born: Aug 1774 or 1775 - Lost Creek Valley, Juniata Co, PA 3 12
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           Died: 21 Dec 1847 5
         Buried:  - Lost Creek Cemetery, near McAlisterville, Juniata Co, PA

         Spouse: Sarah Thompson (1783-1862) 3 12
           Marr: 2 Nov 1802 12

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5 F Nancy McAlister ¹³

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           Died: Dec 1797 13
         Buried:  - Lost Creek Presbyterian Church

         Spouse: William Mitchell (      -      ) 13
           Marr: 1796 13

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6 F Mary "Polly" McAlister ⁵

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         Spouse: John Allen (      -      ) 14

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General Notes: Husband - Maj. Hugh McAlister

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His father emigrated from Ireland to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1730.

He joined the forces of Forbes in the French and Indian War. He served as sergeant, lieutenant and captain in the army of the Revolution, and was commissioned major of the Seventh Battalion of the Militia in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1783. At the close of the Revolution he retired to his farm in Lost Creek Valley, in Juniata County, Pennsylvania.

He settled upon his land in Lost Creek Valley in 1756. He joined the forces of Captain Forbes, and served until the close of the Indian hostilities which then resulted from the conspiracy of Pontiac. The families then living in Lost Creek were again compelled to flee to Sherman's Valley, Carlisle, and other places of safety, where their friends were congregated in greater numbers. At this time several of the men of the settlement were out with the forces of Captain Forbes. These families of McAlister, Mitchell and others buried their pots and kettles, and taking the few things they could carry and tying packages upon their cattle, slowly and painfully made their way to Sherman's Valley and joined their friends. Hugh McAlister and his brother William were, in 1776, enlisted in Captain John Hamilton's forces, which joined Washington's forces the day after the capture of the Hessians at Trenton. Hugh was successively promoted to be lieutenant, captain and major. At the close of the war he was in command of the forces stationed at Potter's Fort (in what is now Centre County), and commanded an expedition sent to punish the Indians for depredations committed near Great Island (now Lock Haven) at the close of the Revolution, and settled upon his farm and lived peacefully the remainder of his days.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1052.

2 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 153, 159.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 17.

4 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 153.

5 Editor, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 834.

6 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 153, 159, 177.

7 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 159.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 1200.

9 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 14, 153.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 16.

11 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 14, 106.

12 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 106.

13 Editor, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 833.

14 Editor, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 835.