John Ormsby and Jean McAllister

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Husband John Ormsby ¹

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            AKA: [Unk] Ormsby 2
           Born: 1720 - Ireland 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Dec 1805 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Trinity Church, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

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         Father: Oliver Ormsby (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Deborah Barry (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: Jul 1764 1

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Wife Jean McAllister ^{2 3}

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            AKA: Jane McAllister 1
           Born: 1747 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Jun 1799 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Trinity Church, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

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         Father: Archibald McAllister (      -1768) 2 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Jean McClure (      -1804) 2 3

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Children

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1 M John Ormsby, Jr. ⁸

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           Born: 1765 - Fredrigal Place, Bedford, Bedford Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: Aug 1796 8
         Buried: 

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2 M Oliver Ormsby ^{8 9}

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           Born: 25 Feb 1767 - Fredrigal Place, Bedford, Bedford Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Jul 1832 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Mahon (      -      ) 8 9
           Marr: 3 Sep 1801 8

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3 F Jane Ormsby ⁸

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           Born: 1769 - Fredrigal Place, Bedford, Bedford Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Jul 1790 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dr. Nathaniel Bedford (      -1818) 8 10 11

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4 F Sidney Ormsby ⁸

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           Born: 18 Apr 1774 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 8
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           Died: 18 Mar 1844 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Isaac Gregg (      -      ) 8

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5 M John Blakeney Ormsby ⁸

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           Born: 1779 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - John Ormsby

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He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, and came to America, in 1752. He joined the expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1758, under Forbes, as Commissary of Provisions, and Paymaster of Disbursements, for the erection of the second and great Fort Pitt under Stanwix; became an Indian Trader, sustaining severe losses during Pontiac's war and assisted to defend Fort Pitt during the siege. He was one of those to whom the Indians ceded the Indiana grant as indemnity, rendered nugatory by the Revolution; was a member of the Augusta County, Virginia, Standing Committee of Correspondence, appointed at Pittsburgh, May 16, 1775; was one of the four trustees to whom John Penn, Jr., and John Penn deeded the land for Trinity Episcopal Church, September 24, 1787; was identified with the government side in the Whisky Insurrection; owned nearly the whole of what later became the "South Side" of Pittsburgh, and also large tracts on the Juniata. Both he and his wife are buried in the same grave in Trinity churchyard.

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General Notes: Wife - Jean McAllister

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Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 157.

10 —, History of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1876), Pg 140.

11 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part I (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 651.