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Ancestry chart segment

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

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Children

(children withSusannah Brannan)

Places of Residence

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 an unknown daughter.
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

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 is appointed guardian. This is his brother-in-law Thomas Branand, brother of widow Susannah Branand St. Clair.

Conjecture

• In the Letters of Administration of Joseph St. Clair, the script appears in places to say "Archibald St. Clair, son". This would seem to indicate that Joseph St. Clair was the father of Archibald St. Clair. However, the circumstances of appointing a guardian (presumably for young children), and the coincidence of the widow's name being Susanna, all point to the deceased being Joseph the son of Archibald St. Clair. It is possible that the script read as "son" is actually "sen", designating Archibald Sr. Or, "son" may be the equivalent of "Jr.", and refer to Archibald, son of Archibald St. Clair. Or, it may indicate that Joseph, son of Archibald, had a son named Archibald.

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