Capt. Archibald McAllister and Elizabeth Carson
Husband Capt. Archibald McAllister 1 2 3 4
Born: 7 Apr or 17 Apr 1756 1 4 Christened: Died: 1831 or 1832 - Fort Hunter, Susquehanna Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 1 2 4 Buried: - Fort Hunter, Susquehanna Twp, Dauphin Co, PA
Father: Col. Richard McAllister (1725-1795) 1 2 5 6 Mother: Mary Dill ( -Bef 1795) 2 7
Marriage: 14 Sep 1780 1 8
Other Spouse: Margaret Hays (1761-1779) 4 - 9 Apr 1778 8
Other Spouse: Sarah Bella Chambers (1759-1834) 8 9 10 - 6 May 1826 11
• Biographical Sketch: from Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898).
To read a brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.
Wife Elizabeth Carson 1 2 8
Born: 25 Feb 1763 8 Christened: Died: 1822 8 Buried:
Father: John Carson, Sr. ( - ) 8 Mother: Elizabeth Wood ( - ) 8
Children
1 M George Washington McAllister 8
Born: 21 Dec 1781 - Londonderry Twp, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: 18 Mar 1850 12 Buried: - Bryan Co, GASpouse: Catharine McCleod ( -1807) 13 Marr: 16 Feb 1804 13Spouse: Mary Bowman ( - ) 13 Marr: 7 Apr 1813 13Spouse: Joannah Clemintina Black ( - ) 13 Marr: 26 Oct 1828 13Spouse: Charlotte Henry ( - ) 14 Marr: 21 Jan 1840 14
2 M Thomas Gates McAllister 8
Born: 26 Aug 1784 - Fort Hunter, Susquehanna Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: 7 Feb 1809 8 Buried:
3 F Amelia Mary McAllister 15
Born: 31 Aug 1786 - Fort Hunter, Susquehanna Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Sela Payne ( - ) 16
4 F Matilda Willis McAllister 8 17
Born: 26 Aug 1787 or 1788 - Fort Hunter, Susquehanna Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 8 17 Christened: Died: 1858 8 17 Buried:Spouse: John Bowes Cox, Sr. (1780-1831) 16 17 Marr: 10 Dec 1809 16
5 M John Carson McAllister 2 8 18 19
Born: 21 Sep 1790 8 Christened: Died: 1862 or 1866 2 8 Buried:Spouse: Frances Harris Hanna (1791-1868) 2 18 19 20 21 Marr: 27 Oct 1812 19 21
6 M Richard McAllister 8
Born: 20 Sep 1792 - Fort Hunter, Susquehanna Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: 3 Dec 1822 22 Buried:Spouse: Jane Barry ( - ) 23 Marr: 1819 23
General Notes: Husband - Capt. Archibald McAllister
He was a captain in the Revolutionary War, and fought at Monmouth and Germantown. In the latter battle, though but 21 years of age, for gallantry, Gen. Washington, on the field, presented him with a pair of silver mounted pistols.
In 1785 he bought Fort Hunter, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and lived there the rest of his life, where three succeeding generations of his descendants lived and died, and their remains sleep in a private cemetery. He owned nearly a thousand acres of land in one tract, was wealthy, and while a practical farmer, yet devoted some time to fancy and theoretical farming. He was one of the three largest landholders in the eastern part of the State, and was a strict Presbyterian and a strong Jacksonian democrat.
He served in the Revolutionary War under the direct command of Washington, from whom he afterward received many letters, which were kept in the family for many years.
About 1750 he settled at Fort Hunter above Harrisburg, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a place later called Rockville.
Notes: Marriage
They were the parents of six children.
1 John Gibson, History of York County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886), Pg 592.
2 Samuel T. Wiley & W. Scott Garner, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Gresham Publishing Co., 1892), Pg 443.
3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 115.
4 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 14.
5 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 424.
6 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 12.
7 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 13.
8 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 17.
9 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 181.
10 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 6.
11 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 10.
12 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 68.
13 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 69.
14 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 70.
15 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 17, 71.
16 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 71.
17 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 239.
18 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 84.
19 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 53.
20 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 501.
21 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 18.
22 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 74.
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Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 76.
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