Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Archibald McAllister and Jean McClure




Husband Archibald McAllister 1 2 3 4 5

           Born:  - ? Scotland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1768 - West Pennsborough Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 6
         Buried:  - Meeting House Springs, near Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
       Marriage:  - near Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA



Wife Jean McClure 2 6

            AKA: Jane McClure 3 4 7
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Aug 1804 8
         Buried:  - Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, York Co, PA


Children
1 M John McAllister 2 6

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Catharine McKnight (      -      ) 9


2 M Col. Richard McAllister 1 2 4 10

           Born: 1725 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Sep 1795 4 10
         Buried:  - Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, York Co, PA
         Spouse: Mary Dill (      -Bef 1795) 4 11
           Marr: 23 Feb 1748 1 4 11


3 M James McAllister 2 12

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary McConnell (      -      ) 13
         Spouse: Sally Vance (      -      ) 13


4 M Archibald McAllister 6 14

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



5 M Andrew McAllister 2 15

           Born: 1731 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1804 2 15
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Margaret Young (Abt 1743-1804) 2 16


6 M Daniel McAllister 6 17 18

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1767 - West Pennsborough Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 19
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth McDowell (      -      ) 18 19 20


7 F Mary McAllister 2 21 22

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John McKnight (1725-1768) 7 21
         Spouse: [Unk] Rannells (      -      ) 7


8 F Jean McAllister 2 6

            AKA: Jane McAllister 7
           Born: 1747 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Jun 1799 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - Trinity Church, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
         Spouse: John Ormsby (1720-1805) 7
           Marr: Jul 1764 7


9 F [Unk] McAllister

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: [Unk] Williamson (      -      ) 2


10 M David McAllister 6

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Phanwill Rannells (      -      ) 23



General Notes: Husband - Archibald McAllister


He came from Scotland to America in 1746, and settled at Big Spring, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

He and his brother, came from Scotland about 1732, the former settled near Big Spring, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and the latter went to Virginia.

Of Archibald McAllister, the emigrant and founder of this branch of the family, very little is known, except that about 1730 he owned a large tract of land in the Cumberland Valley, and was a strict Presbyterian. He was one of the organizers of the First Presbyterian Church, at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. From whence he came in Scotland is not known.
The grant to Archibald McAllister in Cumberland County, originally contained between eight and nine hundred acres. He built a grist-mill, the second one west of the Susquehanna.

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Sources


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

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

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 10.

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 9.

6 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 10.

7 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 35.

8 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 10, margin note.

9 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 21.

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

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

12 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 10, 27.

13 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 27.

14 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 6.

15 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 10, 37.

16 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 37.

17 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 85.

18 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 515.

19 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 34.

20 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 80.

21 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 147.

22 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 10, 35.

23 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 36.


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