Capt. Archibald McAllister and Sarah Bella Chambers

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Husband Capt. Archibald McAllister ^{1 2 3 4}

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           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

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         Father: Col. Richard McAllister (1725-1795) 1 2 5 6
         Mother: Mary Dill (      -Bef 1795) 2 7

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       Marriage: 6 May 1826 8

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   Other Spouse: Margaret Hays (1761-1779) 4 - 9 Apr 1778 9

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Carson (1763-1822) 1 2 9 - 14 Sep 1780 1 9

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• 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.

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Wife Sarah Bella Chambers ^{9 10 11}

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           Born: 1759 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 1834 - Cincinnati, OH 8
         Buried: 

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         Father: Col. James Chambers (1743-1805) 10 12 13
         Mother: Katharine Hamilton (1737/1738-1820) 11 14

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   Other Spouse: Andrew Dunlop (1764-1816) 8 9 10 15 - 18 Nov 1790 8

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. Archibald McAllister

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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.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Bella Chambers

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After McAllister's death, she left Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania, and went to reside at Ludlow's station, now Cincinnati, Ohio, where she died.

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

9 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 17.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 181.

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

12 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 4.

13 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 311.

14 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 122.

15 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 190.