Joseph St. Clair

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Joseph St. Clair is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Son of Archibald St. Clair Brother of Margaret St. Clair

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1800-1810	expect Center twp., Butler Co. PA
Marriage			To Susannah Brannan (daughter of William Brannan)
Death	Bef. Apr. 1833

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6             Generation 7               
 
                                             
                                               
                    +-- Archibald St. Clair 
                    |   (????-???)            
 Joseph St. Clair --+                          
 (1800/10-????)     |                              
                    +-- [unknown]
                        (1770/80-1840/50)          
                                               
  Sources: 

Children

(children with Susannah Brannan)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
William W. St. Clair	M	25 Apr. ~1828	Center Twp, Butler Co, PA	Nancy unknown	had child Elizabeth E. who died young
Mary St. Clair	F	~ 1830	Center Twp, Butler Co, PA
John St. Clair	M	~1831	Center Twp, Butler Co, PA

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Center Twp, Butler Co, PA	1830

Photos

Gravestone of William St. Clair family engraved on 3 sides; Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Prospect, Butler Co. PA

Engraving for William W. St. Clair (25 Apr 1830-13 Sept 1894)

Engraving for Elizabeth E. St. Clair, (28 Jan 1860-15 May 1868)

Engraving for Nancy unknown St. Clair (7 Nov 1830-15 Feb 1876)

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1830 United States Federal Census, Center Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 13. Family of Joseph St. Clair: 1 male <5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female <5, 1 female 20-30. This corresponds to Joseph St. Clair, Susannah Brannan St. Clair, William W. St. Clair (age 2) and Mary St. Clair (age 0).
1A	1840 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 23. Census is not dated. Family of Susan St. Clair: 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 30-40. This corresponds to Susannah Brannan St. Clair, William W. St. Clair (age 12), Mary St. Clair (age 10), and John St. Clair (age 9). Joseph St. Clair has died.
2	1850 United States Federal Census, Franklin Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 23. Census dated 14 Aug 1850. Lines 30-32: Susannah St. Clair,46, widow, $500 real property; Wm. W., 22, farmer; John, 19. All b. PA. This is the widow of Joseph St. Clair, Susannah Brannan.
3	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.
4	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 Amount of articles kept by the widdow $45.06; A. the apraisment $252.95 1/2. (See full transcription)
5	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams]	N/A
6	Gravestone transcription, William W. St. Clair family stone, Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Prospect, Butler Co. PA, June 2007 by Elizabeth W. Williams. This stone had engraving on 3 sides: William W. St. Clair, Born Apr. 25, 1830, Died Sep. 13, 1894 Note: The birth year is off by 2 years from census data. We would expect the census to be closer to correct. Nancy St. Clair born Nov. 7, 1830, died Feb 15, 1876. Elizabeth E. St. Clair born Jan 28, 1860, died May 15, 1868.
7	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)
8	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. Daughters received one dollar each; son Thomas received all real estate and remainder of personal property. See full text, at right.	(See full text)
9	Butler County Cemetery Inventory, Vol. 2 North Central Twps., Wolf Creek U. P. Cemetery. St. Clair, Mary, daughter of J. & S. St. Clair, died 04-03-1845, (aged?) 15/-/9
10	1880 United States Federal Census, District 42, Franklin Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 20. Census dated 11 June 1880. Lines 1-12: John St. Clair, 48, carpenter; Marry Ann, 47, wife, keeping house; Thomas J., 21, son, farmer; Euphany A., 19. dau., at home; Josephene, 17, dau., at home; attended school; Elmer, 14, son, att'd school; Horatio, 12, son, att'd school; Flora, 9, dau., att'd school; Mary, 6, dau., att'd school; Elmira, 3, dau.; John, 5 mo., son; Susana, 78, sister. All and all parents b. PA. Susana is John's mother, not his sister. Although this census taker lists Susana's parents as b. in PA, her sister Elizabeth lists her father b. England and mother b. Ireland.

Source notes

• Among the identifiable names in the Ltrs. of Admin. of Joseph St. Clair are his father Archibald; his brothers John, Robert and Archibald Jr.; John McDavitt, husband of his sister Jane St. Clair; Samuel, J. W., and James Thompson (sister Mary St. Clair married a Thompson). It appears that Joseph died relatively young (age 22-32 yrs) with minor children; Thomas Brandon was appointed guardian. Thomas Branand was his brother-in-law, brother of his widow, Susannah Brannand St. Clair.

Conjecture

• In the Letters of Administration of Joseph St. Clair, the script appears in one place to say "Archibald St. Clair, son"; but elsewhere to be "Archibald St.Clair, sen." It could be that Joseph had a son Archibald, but more likely that both these entries designate Archibald Sr., father of Joseph. In both entries, the articles from the estate are farm equipment, an unlikely bequeath to a young child.