Archibald St. Clair

Immigrant before 1790/1796

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1770	Ireland	see source notes
Immigration	by 1790-1796	from Ireland ; ship & port of entry unknown	see Source Notes below
Marriage			Wife was born ~1770 in Ireland, possibly died 1840-1841 (not in will of 1841)
Death	1840-1850	Center Twp., Butler Co., PA

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6             Generation 7               
 
                                                
                                                 
                      +-- Archibald St. Clair  
                      |   (~1770-???)             
 Margaret St. Clair --+                          
 (1796-????)          |                               
                      +-- [unknown]
                          (1770-80 - 1840-50)          
                                               
Sources: 

Children

(children with Unknown)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
John St. Clair	M	1780-90		Elizabeth [unknown]
Robert St. Clair	M	1790-1800		Eleanor Wright
Margaret St. Clair	F	1796-97		James Irvin Hogue	Direct line
Jane St. Clair	F	~1796		John McDeavitt b.~ 1799
Joseph St. Clair	M	1800-1810		Susanna Brannan
Archibald St. Clair, Jr.	M	1800-1810
Mary St. Clair	F			[unknown] Thompson
Rachel St. Clair	F			[unknown] Matthews
Elizabeth St. Clair	F			Christy McMichael

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Ireland	born ~1770
Centre Twp., Butler Co. PA	1796

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1820 United States Federal Census, Center Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 2. Family headed by Archibald Sinclair: 1 male 10-15, 2 males 16-25, 1 male >44, 2 females <10, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 16-25, 1 female >44.
2	1830 United States Federal Census, Center Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 13. Family headed by Archibald St. Clair: 1 male 20-30, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 50-60.
3	1840 United States Federal Census, Centre Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 13. Family headed by Archibald St. Clair: 1 male 70-80; 1 female 70-80. Family headed by John St. Clair; 1 male 10-15, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 50-60.
4	Will of Archibald St. Clair, 1841, Butler Co. Register of Wills, Estate Files #S-88; Microfilm at Butler Public Library, Vol. B p.308. Names daughter Elizabeth & husband Christy McMichels, son John St. Clair, Archibald Hoge, "my daughters", Signed 16 Apr. 1841. Executor Hugh Stevenson, Witnesses James Stevenson, Henry Stevenson. (See transcription}
5	Letters of Administration, Joseph St. Claire, Center Twp., Butler Co. PA 15 Oct 1836, microfilm, Weir Rm.,Butler Public Library. A)Note of claim for $7.61 3/4 from __McJunkin, (received by?) David McCandless on 12 Apr. 1833 Pg A)Amt. received by the widdow, $45.06, on 27 Feb. 1834. (with signature/mark, Susannah -her mark S-St Clair) Pg1) Names James Cornelius, Administrator, John Welsh, Register Pg 2)Administrator Claims credit for following disbursements: widow, Maurice (Bredew?) former Register, Wm McJunkin, Archibald St. Clair, Archibald St. Clair Jr., Peter(Fleager), J. W.Thompson, Thomas Brandon guardian, Robert Hockenberry; John Welsh Register fees, John Sullivan C O court. Pg 3-4 Vandre List 18 Oct 1832 James Cornelius, John St. Clair, Archibald St. Clair son, John Thomspson Jun., Widdow, Wm. West, John Reed, James Adams, John Adams, Wm. McClymonds, Robert St. Clair, John St. Clair, Samuel Thompson, Archibald St. Clair Jun, John McDavitt, Simon Grossman, John Culberson, Wm. Hinds, James Thompson, Adam Albert, James Cornelius, John Thompson (p?,jr?), John Rose<brAmount of articles kept by the widdow $45.06; A. the apraisment $252.95 1/2. (See full transcription)
6	I895 History of Butler County PA by Brown & Co. Pg. 58 re. Middlesex Twp, Taxables of 1803 Archibald St. Clair (distillery)...400 acres; 1 cow, 3 horses or oxen;valuation $512; tax $1.54 Pg. 581 re. Centre Twp Pioneers. The original settlers of Centre Twp. came there in 1796. Archibald St. Clair participated in the lottery for 400 acre tracts of land in 1796; also James Hoge, with 150 acres. Pg. 582 re. Centre Twp: "Archibald St. Clair established a distillery early in this century....Archibald St. Clair...and fully ninety percent of the sixty men, who made their homes here in 1796, were natives of Ireland, unpolished diamonds, strong in body and in mind, who opened the way to teeming prosperity." Pg. 587, re. Centre Township Pioneers. "In 1796 a branch of the Centre (township) colony drew lots for the cabins built west of the line.. This plan worked admirably, and within the year the following named tract owners were actual residents: ... James Hoge, 150 acres; George McCandless, 400; James McCandless, 400; John McCandless, 400; Robert McCandless, no land taxed; ...Archibald St. Clair, 400; ...The men named located in this township, while (others) who formed part of the company of sixty colonists, located in what is now Franklin township. ...	(See text, pg 581-582) (Link to extracts)
7	1883 History of Butler Co. by Waterman, p.340 "Archibald St. Clair, of Irish birth, settled one mile west of Unionville, about the year 1801. His children were John, Robert, Joseph, Archibald, Margaret (Hoag), Jane (McDavitt), Mary (Thompson), Rachel (Matthews), Elizabeth (McMichael). Mrs Hoag is the only survivor. Robert St. Clair married Eleanor Wright, and lived on the old Wright homestead.
8	Early Bounty Hunters of Butler County, Pennsylvania by David K. Webb & John M. Stevens, Chillicothe OH 1934, Southwest PA Genealogical Services, Laughlintown, PA , p.7 Fev. 23, 1808 Archibald St. Clair 1 wolf
9	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams]	N/A
10	1880 United States Federal Census, Brady Township, Butler County, PA, Enumeration district 30. Date of census 10 June 1880. Page 5, lines 17-23, family 38: George Gibson, white male, age 35, married, farmer, b. Ireland, parents b. Ireland Mary E. Gibson, white female, age 35,wife, married, keeping house, b. PA, parents b. PA George Hines, white male age 54, brother-in-law, single, b. PA, father b. Ireland, mother b. PA; George is marked as maimed, crippled, bedridden or otherwise disabled. Eli Hines, white male age 50, brother-in-law, single, works on farm, b. PA, father b. Ireland, mother b. PA. Elzirah Robison, white female age 18, (no relationship listed),single, domestic servant, in school, all b. PA Idie Robison, white female age 10 (no relationship listed), single, servant, in school, all b. PA Mchel (sic) Gibson, white male age 30, single, (no relationship listed), works on farm, all b. Scotland Lines 24-25, family 39: Margaret Hoge, white female age 84, mother-in-law, widow, b. PA, parents b. Ireland Margaret Douglas, white female age 22, granddaughter, single, all b. PA The presentation implies that these two families are related and living in adjacent housing. For the second household, the "granddaughter" relationship is that of Margaret Douglas to Margaret Hoge, but "mother-in-law" is apparently an attempt to characterize Margaret Hoge's relationship to George Gibson. She is in fact grandmother to the children of George Gibson's wife's sister (Eleanor Jane Hines Robison).
11	Will of Mary Cornelius extract. Mary Cornelius of Worth Twp., Butler Co., PA, names sisters Susannah St. Clair & Elizabeth Hines, sister-in-law Margaret Cornelius. Executor S. M. Cornelius. Signed 3 July 1868, filed 16 Feb. 1870. Contributed by personal correspondant Ann Badger.
12	Will of William Branand, Butler Library Wills Abstract Series B-267 1843. William Branand, Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA names son Thomas, daughters Betsy Hines, Polly Cornelius, Susannah St. Clair. Executor, son Thomas Branand. Witnesses James I. Hogue, Joseph Kelly, William McNees. Signed 5 Dec. 1840. Filed 11 Dec. 1843. Full text: daughters receive one dollar each; son Thomas receives all real estate and remainder of personal property.	(See full text)
13	1850 United States Federal Census, Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA, page 49. Census dated 26 Sept 1850. Lines 18-23: Archibald St. Clair, 56, farmer, $3000 real property, b. Ireland; Hester, 53, female; William, 18; Archibald, 16; Mary, 14; Rebecca, 12. All b. PA except as noted. Note: Indiana Co. PA is two counties east of Butler, but the age is in the correct range for Archibald Jr. If this is a correct match, then Archibald St. Clair (this page) was still in Ireland in 1794.
14	Marriage Record Rachel St. Clair, data posted on RootsWeb without source: Marriage Record for Rachel St. Clair, Spouse: David Matthews; Officiant: Rev. I. Niblock; County and State: Butler Co. PA; Notes: Connoq'g Centre Twp. See: http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/marriages/cgi-bin/marriage.cgi?main_id=892948&database=Marriage%20Records&return_to=http://userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages/&submitter_id=

Source notes

• The 1820 census places Archibald St. Clair's birth date before 1776; the 1830 census places it between 1770-1780; the 1840 census places it between 1760-1770. These could only be accurate, depending on census dates, if he were born in 1770.
• The 1830 census provides a 10-year range (1790-1800) for the birth date of Archibald's son Robert St. Clair. The birthplace of Robert St. Clair is listed as PA by his son Robert, Jr. in the 1880 census. Archibald St. Clair arrived in Center Twp., Butler Co. PA in 1796, so if son Robert were born after that date, then we assume Center Twp. as the place. Archibald St. Clair's whereabouts in America (or how long he was in the country) prior to 1796 are unknown. If son robert St. Clair were born between 1790 & 1796, then possibly in eastern PA; or possibly the PA citation in 1880 is faulty knowledge/memory on Robert, Jr.'s part. In any case, if Robert St. Clair, Sr. had been born in Ireland, Robert St. Clair, Jr. would surely have known that. We can assume an American birthplace, probably PA, for Robert St. Clair, and thus an immigration date for Archibald St. Clair of by at least 1790.
• Will of Archibald St. Clair: names Archibald Hoge, who is St. Clair's grandson through his daughter Margaret St. Clair and James Irvin Hogue.
• Birth order of the sons and daughters are presented as in the 1883 History of Butler Co. The birth date ranges are calculated from census (1820-1840). If the birth order is incorrect, then the birth date range will be incorrect also. The 1850 census for Archibald St. Clair, b. 1794 in Ireland, if represents a son of Archibald St. Clair (of this page), then the birth order is indeed incorrect.

Research

• NO known relationship. The Presbyterian Banner, publ. 1860-1898, on microfilm (1871-1898) Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. "Death Notices & Marriages January-February 1872" extracts publ. Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 38, No. 3, 2012, p.40. "ST. CLAIR, JAMES to Amanda J., daughter of John Anthony, Esq. all of Indiana, Pa. - by Rev. A. McElwain, Jan. 4th.
  ST. CLAIR, JOHN P., son of Thomas St. Clair, M. D. to Mattie J., daughter of Sheriff J. R. Dougherty, all of Indiana, Pa. - by Rev. A. McElwain, Jan. 4th