Archibald St. Clair

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Immigrant before 1801


Date Location Notes Sources
Birth 1770-1780 Ireland
Marriage Wife was born 1770-1780, died 1840-1850
Death 1840-1850 Center Twp., Butler Co., PA

Ancestry chart segment

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

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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
Joseph St. Clair M 1800-1810 Susanna Brannan
Archibald St. Clair, Jr. M 1800-1810
Margaret St. Clair F 1796-97 James Irvin Hogue Direct line
Jane St. Clair F ~1796 John McDeavitt b.~ 1799
Mary St. Clair F [unknown] Thompson
Rachel St. Clair F [unknown] Matthews
Elizabeth St. Clair F Christy McMichael

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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.
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1 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.
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2 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.
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1 Book: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895, page 581, indicates that the original settlers of Centre Twp. came there in 1796 and included James Hoge, with 150 acres, and Archibald St. Clair, with 400 acres.
2 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.
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3 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
4 1895 History of Butler County PA by Brown & Co., p. 58 re. Middlesex Twp, Taxables of 1803
Archibald St. Clair (distillery)...400 acres; 1 cow, 3 horses or oxen;valuation $512; tax $1.54
5 I895 History of Butler County PA by Brown & Co, p. 581 re. Centre Twp Pioneers.
Archibald St. Clair participated n the lottery for 400 acre tracts of land in 1796.
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6 I895 History of Butler County PA by Brown & Co, p. 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."
7 1895 History of Butler County PA p. 587, 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)
8 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.
9 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.


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10 Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams]
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