Archibald St. Clair - Revision history

Liz: The Presby. Banner 1872, marriage notices, James & John P. St. Clair, Indiana PA

2013-06-08T09:05:42Z

The Presby. Banner 1872, marriage notices, James & John P. St. Clair, Indiana PA

Mouser: /* Sources */ Added image to bounty hunter source.

2012-03-18T04:31:15Z

‎Sources: Added image to bounty hunter source.

Liz: Source 14: Marriage "record" for Rachel St. Clair toDavid Matthews, from Rootsweb; no source given

2012-01-14T04:41:25Z

Source 14: Marriage "record" for Rachel St. Clair toDavid Matthews, from Rootsweb; no source given

Liz: additional note wording, 1850 census Archibald (Jr.?)

2008-04-25T01:04:27Z

additional note wording, 1850 census Archibald (Jr.?)

Brady: add 1850 census for Archibald Jr.

2008-04-25T00:36:23Z

add 1850 census for Archibald Jr.

Liz: Source note re. incorrect birth order per 1850 census of Archibald St. Clair (Jr.?)

2008-04-25T00:25:05Z

Source note re. incorrect birth order per 1850 census of Archibald St. Clair (Jr.?)

Liz: Source note re. birth order of children

2008-04-25T00:10:23Z

Source note re. birth order of children

Liz: Source note re. immigration date; Immigration as component of vitals chart

2008-04-13T17:07:38Z

Source note re. immigration date; Immigration as component of vitals chart

Liz: /* Sources */ add John St. Clair to 1840 census extract

2008-04-11T14:02:17Z

‎Sources: add John St. Clair to 1840 census extract

Liz: 1880 census fro Margaret St. Clair: mother b. Ireland

2008-04-10T17:44:12Z

1880 census fro Margaret St. Clair: mother b. Ireland

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		+	* 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.<br>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

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 | '''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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 | '''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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 * Family headed by John St. Clair; 1 male 10-15, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 50-60.
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 |'''Will of Archibald St. Clair, 1841''', Butler Co. Register of Wills, Estate Files #S-88; Microfilm at Butler Public Library, Vol. B p.308.<br>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.<br>[[Will of Archibald St. Clair, 1841|(See transcription}]]
-| [[Image:Will of Archibald St.Clair 1841.jpg|50px|left]][[Image:Will of Archibald St Clair 1841 p2.jpg|50px|left]]
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 |'''Letters of Administration, Joseph St. Claire''', Center Twp., Butler Co. PA 15 Oct 1836, microfilm, Weir Rm.,Butler Public Library.<br>A)Note of claim for $7.61 3/4 from __McJunkin, (received by?) David McCandless on 12 Apr. 1833<br>Pg A)Amt. received by the widdow, $45.06, on 27 Feb. 1834. (with signature/mark, Susannah -her mark S-St Clair)<br>Pg1) Names James Cornelius, Administrator, John Welsh, Register<br>Pg 2)Administrator Claims credit for following disbursements:<br>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.<br>Pg 3-4 Vandre List 18 Oct 1832<br>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.
 <br>[[Letters of Administration Joseph St. Clair, Transcribed|(See full transcription)]]
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+|[[Image:Ltrs Admin Joseph St Clair A.jpg|50px|center]][[Image:Ltrs Admin Joseph St Clair p1.jpg|50px|center]][[Image:Ltrs Admin Joseph St Clair p2.jpg|50px|center]][[Image:Ltrs Admin Joseph St Clair p3.jpg|50px|center]][[Image:Ltrs Admin Joseph St Clair p4.jpg|50px|center]]
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 |'''I895 History of Butler County PA''' by Brown & Co. <br>''Pg. 58'' re. Middlesex Twp, Taxables of 1803<br>''Archibald St. Clair'' (distillery)...400 acres; 1 cow, 3 horses or oxen;valuation $512; tax $1.54<br> ''Pg. 581'' re. Centre Twp Pioneers.<br>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.  <br> ''Pg. 582'' re. Centre Twp:<br> "''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."<br> ''Pg. 587'', re. Centre Township Pioneers. <br> "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. ...
 |[[1895 History of Butler Co., p. 581 Centre Township Pioneers|(See text, pg 581-582)]]<div style="text-align: center">[[Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895|(Link to extracts)]]</div>
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 |'''1883 History of Butler Co.''' by Waterman, p.340<br>"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.
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 |'''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<br> Fev. 23, 1808  Archibald St. Clair  1 wolf
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 | '''Personal correspondence''' from [[Elizabeth Ann Wilson|Elizabeth Wilson Williams]]]
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 * Margaret Douglas, white female age 22, granddaughter, single, all b. PA<br><br>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).
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 |'''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.<br> Contributed by personal correspondant Ann Badger.
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 |'''Will of William Branand''', Butler Library Wills Abstract Series B-267 1843.<br>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.<br>Full text: daughters receive one dollar each; son Thomas receives all real estate and remainder of personal property.
-|[[Will of William Branand 1840|(See full text)]]<br>[[Image:Will of Wm Branand 1840.jpg|50px|left]]
+|[[Will of William Branand 1840|(See full text)]]<br>[[Image:Will of Wm Branand 1840.jpg|50px|center]]
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 | '''1850 United States Federal Census''', Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA, page 49.  Census dated 26 Sept 1850.<br>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.<br>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.
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 Notes: Connoq'g Centre Twp. <br> 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=
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 |  Mary St. Clair  || F || || || [unknown] Thompson  || || <sup class="reference">[7]</sup>
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-| Rachel St. Clair  || F || || || [unknown] Matthews  || || <sup class="reference">[7]</sup>
+| Rachel St. Clair  || F || || || [unknown] Matthews  || || <sup class="reference">[7][14]</sup>
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 |  Elizabeth St. Clair  || F || || || Christy McMichael  || || <sup class="reference">[4][7]</sup>
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 | '''1850 United States Federal Census''', Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA, page 49.  Census dated 26 Sept 1850.<br>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.<br>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.
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-| '''1850 United States Federal Census''', Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA, page 49.  Census dated 26 Sept 1850.<br>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.<br>This is two counties east of Butler, but the age is in the correct range for Archibald Jr.
+| '''1850 United States Federal Census''', Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA, page 49.  Census dated 26 Sept 1850.<br>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.<br>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.
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 |'''Will of William Branand''', Butler Library Wills Abstract Series B-267 1843.<br>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.<br>Full text: daughters receive one dollar each; son Thomas receives all real estate and remainder of personal property.
 |[[Will of William Branand 1840|(See full text)]]<br>[[Image:Will of Wm Branand 1840.jpg|50px|left]]
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 | '''Birth'''  || ~1770 || Ireland ||see source notes || <sup class="reference">[1][2][3][7]</sup>
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-| '''Immigration'''  || by 17790-1796 ||from Ireland ;<br>ship & port of entry unknown||see Source Notes below || <sup class="reference">[6][7]</sup>
+| '''Immigration'''  || by 1790-1796 ||from Ireland ;<br>ship & port of entry unknown||see Source Notes below || <sup class="reference">[6][7]</sup>
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 | '''Marriage''' || || || Wife was born ~1770 in Ireland, <br>possibly died 1840-1841 <br>(not in will of 1841) || <sup class="reference">[1][2][3][10]</sup>
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                         +-- ''Archibald St. Clair''
-                        |   (????-???)
+                        |   (~1770-???)
    [[Margaret St. Clair]] --+
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 * Margaret Douglas, white female age 22, granddaughter, single, all b. PA<br><br>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).
 | [[Image:1880 census pa butler brady d30 pg5.jpg|50px|center]]
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 * 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.
+* 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.
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 |  [[Robert St. Clair]]  || M || 1790-1800 || ||  [[Eleanor Wright]]  || || <sup class="reference">[5][7]</sup>
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 | [[Margaret St. Clair]] || F ||1796-97 || || [[James Irvin Hogue]] || Direct line || <sup class="reference">[7]</sup>
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 |  [[Jane St. Clair]]  || F ||~1796 || ||  [[John McDeavitt]] b.~ 1799 || || <sup class="reference">[7]</sup>
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 |  Mary St. Clair  || F || || || [unknown] Thompson  || || <sup class="reference">[7]</sup>
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 * 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]].
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 | '''Birth'''  || ~1770 || Ireland ||see source notes || <sup class="reference">[1][2][3][7]</sup>
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 | '''Marriage''' || || || Wife was born ~1770 in Ireland, <br>possibly died 1840-1841 <br>(not in will of 1841) || <sup class="reference">[1][2][3][10]</sup>
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 ===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.
 * Will of Archibald St. Clair: names [[Archibald Hoge]], who is St. Clair's grandson through his daughter [[Margaret St. Clair]] and [[James Irvin Hogue]].
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-| '''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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