Col. Richard McAllister and Mary Dill

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Husband Col. Richard McAllister ^{1 2 3}

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           Died: 7 Oct 1795 3
         Buried:  - Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, York Co, PA

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         Father: Archibald McAllister (      -      ) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Jane McClure (      -      ) 3 4

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       Marriage: 23 Feb 1748 1 3

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Wife Mary Dill ³

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         Father: Matthew Dill (Abt 1698-1750) 5 6 7
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Children

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1 F Jane McAllister ¹

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           Born: 3 Mar 1750 1
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         Spouse: Robert White (      -      ) 1

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2 M Abdiel McAllister ¹

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           Born: 30 Jan 1752 1
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3 F Mary Ann McAllister ¹

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           Born: 12 Feb 1754 1
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4 M Capt. Archibald McAllister ^{1 3 8}

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           Born: 17 Apr 1756 1
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           Died: 1831 or 1832 1 3
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Hayes (      -Bef 1785) 3

         Spouse: Elizabeth Carson (      -      ) 1 3
           Marr: 1785 1

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5 M Matthew McAllister ¹

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           Born: 4 May 1758 1
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           Died: 9 May 1823 1
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         Spouse: Hannah Gibbons (      -      ) 1

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6 F Nancy McAllister ¹

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           Born: 4 Feb 1760 1
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7 F Elizabeth McAllister ¹

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           Born: 10 Oct 1761 1
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8 M Richard McAllister ¹

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           Born: 28 Aug 1763 1
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9 F Sarah McAllister ¹

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           Born: 28 Apr 1765 1
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10 F Margaret McAllister ¹

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           Born: 22 Feb 1767 1
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11 M Jesse McAllister ¹

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           Born: 23 Dec 1768 1
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12 F [Unk] McAllister

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         Spouse: Capt. Patrick Hayes (1743-Abt 1812) 9

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Richard McAllister

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[From Cumberland County, Pennsylvania?] he went to York County, where he bought a large tract of land called "Diggs' Choice." He was a man of eminence and distinction; was made lieutenant of the district by the council of Philadelphia, and had large jurisdiction. He laid out the town of McAllister, later known as Hanover, in York county. He became quite wealthy in the iron and mercantile business.
During the latter part of 1775 the men of York County, as recommended by Congress, were enrolled in militia companies. The companies were consolidated into five battalions to form a regiment of minute men, and Richard McAllister was made colonel. In 1776 Col. Richard McAllister's regiment was sent to join General Washington, and fought gallantly on Long Island.

He moved to the vicinity of Hanover about 1745.

He laid out the town of Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, which was called McAllister until the name was changed to Hanover, about 1825.

Early in the troubles between the colonies and England, he took an active part. He was elected one of the Committee of Observation and Safety in 1775; was chosen a member of the Provincial Conference, of June 18, 1775, which met in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia; was next chosen a member of the Provincial Conference, of January 18, 1776, and next became colonel of the Second Battalion of the York County Associators; was elected by the general assembly of Pennsylvania county lieutenant; on June 4, 1778, to superintend the organization of the militia of York County, and afterward became one of the committee to settle the accounts of the county lieutenants of the state. He was a member of the Supreme Executive Council, of the State of Pennsylvania, during the years 1783-84-85-86, and was a member of the Council of Censors. He was foreman of the jury at the York County Court perhaps more frequently than any other person of his period. He was commissioned justice of the peace and justice of the court of common pleas under the colonial government in March 1771, and under the first constitution of Pennsylvania in 1776, and on September 17, 1784, became presiding justice of the court of the Common Pleas of York County.

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

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

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

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

5 John Gibson, History of York County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886), Pg 399, 660.

6 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 456.

7 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 689.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 115.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 114.