William "Tailor Billy" McCandless

Immigrant 1794

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth		Ireland	Scottish descent
Marriage			To Jane Unknown
Death

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 7            Generation 8                      Generation 9
                                                        +--Unknown McCandless I
                                                        |  (????-????)
                  +--William "Tailor Billy" McCandless--+  
                  |  (????-????)                        |
Moses McCandless--+                                     +--Unknown                           
(????-????)       |                                        (????-????)
                  +--Jane Unknown
                     (????-????)
                  
                         

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Children

(all children with Jane [unknown])

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Moses McCandless	M			Jane Hockenberry	Direct line
James "Jimmy" McCandless	M			Unknown
Elizabeth McCandless	F			Joseph Hockenberry
Mary McCandless	F			"Swamp" Robert S. McCandless
Margaret McCandless	F			John "Jack" McCandless

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Ireland	birth- ~1894
possibly Southampton Twp, Cumberland Co, PA	by 1800
Franklin Twp, Butler Co, PA	by 1796

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1800 United States Census, Southampton Twp., Cumberland Co. PA, ancestry.com pg 1. Undated. Line 3: William McCandless household with 1 male age 10-16, 1 male age over 45, 2 females age 10-16, 1 female age 26-45. Uncorroborated; unsure whether this is our ancestor. If so he was born before ~1755, his wife born 1755 -1776, a son & 2 daughters born 1784-1790. From other sources we believe William "Tailor Billy" McCandless immigrated in 1794. From other census we know that his son Moses McCandless was born 1780-1790, in PA. and was in Butler Co. PA by 1820. Southampton Twp. is located around present day Shippenburg.
1	The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County Pennsylvania , 1977, self published by Joseph A. Ferree. Natrona Hgts. PA, p.52: "Three brothers - Robert M., David and William McCandless came with their cousins, the John and Jane (Carothers) McCandless family, from Ireland..." p.53, "William McCandless (Tailor Billy), third of this first group of three brothers, married Jane (surname unknown)..."; lists 5 children including Moses McCandless, married Jane Hockenberry.	(complete text William (Tailor Billy) McCandless, The McCandless and Related Families) (complete text First Group of Three Brothers, The McCandless and Related Families)
2	1895 History of Butler County PA p. 587, Franklin Township First Settlers. "In 1796 a branch of the Centre (township) colony drew lots for the cabins built west of the line...At the same time...the two William McCandless, Robert McCandless (& others), all natives of Ireland, located here. One of the McCandless settlers was a tailor and farmer, the other a distiller and farmer. Both were named William, and in order to distinguish between them the former was known as "Tailor Billy" and the latter as "Stiller Billy".	(See text)
3	1895 History Butler County PA p. 52, Connoquenessing Township Taxables of 1803: William McCandless (tailor) - 400 acres, 1 cow, valuation $410, Tax $1.23.
4	Early bounty Hunters of Butler County, Pennsylvania 1934, ed. David K. Webb & John M. Stevens, Chillicothe, OH pg 16.Wm. McCandless Sept. 18, 1835 - 2 foxes. p.17 Wm. O. McCandless Feb.3, 1837 - 1 red fox; Wm. McCandless Mar. 16, 1837 - 6 red foxes p. 23 Wm. McCandless Jan. 15, 1841 - 1 red fox & 1 grey fox.
5	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A