Abdiel McAllister

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Husband Abdiel McAllister ^{1 2}

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           Born: 30 Jan 1752 1 2
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           Died: 1792 2
         Buried:  - Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, York Co, PA

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         Father: Col. Richard McAllister (1725-1795) 1 3 4 5
         Mother: Mary Dill (      -Bef 1795) 2 4

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General Notes: Husband - Abdiel McAllister

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Revolutionary War: he was a Lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Col. William Irvine and Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hartley. His commission was signed by John Hancock, Jan. 9, 1776. He went with Montgomery's expedition to capture Quebec and Montreal; was taken prisoner, at Isle Aux Noix, Lake Champlain; paroled, Aug. 3, 1776, by General Carlton, of the British Army, and was exchanged Nov. 24, 1778.
In 1789, he leased of John Steinmetz, of Philadelphia, a tract of forge land containing 3000 acres, known as Spring Forge, in Paradise township, York County, Pennsylvania, the rent to be one hundred and thirty pounds per annum, payable half yearly. He died in 1792, leaving all his lands and moneys to his father, Richard McAllister, of Hanover, York County.

1 John Gibson, History of York County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886), Pg 592.

2 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 13.

3 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 424.

4 Samuel T. Wiley & W. Scott Garner, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Gresham Publishing Co., 1892), Pg 443.

5 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 12.