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Archibald McA/Ninch in early western Pennsylvania |
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The earliest known McA/Ninch pioneer in western Pennsylvania was Archibald McA/Ninch |
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[see "Archibald McNinch, Western Pennsylvania, Ohio River Valley, and Central Ohio", Note 1]. |
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Archibald McA/Ninch was born 1760-1765, in Ireland, and came to Pennsylvania before 1794. |
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He served in the Westmoreland County (Frontier) Rangers in 1794 (aged 30-34) [Notes 2, 3, 4]. |
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Analysis of early census records implies that Archibald and his wife (name unknown) married |
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(probably) ca.1780-1784, probably in Pennsylvania, and that their first two children were |
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(probably) an older son (name unknown), born 1780-1784, and an older daughter, born 1784-1795, |
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with both of them probably born in Pennsylvania [Notes 1, 8 (1810), 9 (1820), 10 (1830)]. |
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Archibald appears on early tax lists in Allegheny County, 1800, and then in Armstrong County, |
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in both 1807 and 1808 [Notes 5, 6, 7]. Allegheny County was erected in 1788, formed with parts |
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of Washington and Westmoreland Counties. Later, in 1800, Armstrong County was set off, with |
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parts of Allegheny (including Buffalo Township), Lycoming, and Westmoreland Counties. |
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With the additional evidence of his sons Andrew and Archibald Jr. in the 1840 census [Note 11], |
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and later census records [Note 13], Archibald’s ‘family table’ can be expanded through 1840: |
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10 or 11 People |
Born |
1810 |
1820 |
1830 |
1840 |
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Penn. [8] |
Ohio [9] |
Ohio [10] |
Ohio [11] |
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Archibald McA/Ninch |
bef. 1765 |
>= 45 |
>= 45 |
60-70 |
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(first?) wife (name unk.) |
bef. 1765 |
>= 45 |
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Unk. Male 1 (oldest son?) |
1765-1784 |
26-45 |
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Unknown female 1 |
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One person? (daughter?) |
1790-1794 |
16-26 |
26-44 |
40-50 |
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Or two different people? |
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Unk. female (daughter?) |
1784-1795 |
16-26 |
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Second Wife? (name?) |
1780-1790 |
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26-44 |
40-50 |
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Unk. Male 2 (second son?) |
1800-1801 |
< 10 |
19-25 |
20-30 |
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Unk. Male 3 (third son?) |
1800-1810 |
< 10 |
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Andrew J. (4th? son) |
b.Oct.1812 |
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10-15 [?] |
15-20 |
20-30 |
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Archibald Jr. (5th? son) |
b.1816-17 |
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< 10 |
5-10 [?] |
20-30 |
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Unk. female 2 (daughter?) |
b.ca.1810 |
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< 10 |
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Unk. female 3 (grand-dau.?) |
1825-1830 |
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< 5 |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XX n.2 / April 2012 / Copyright Frank McAninch / page 2012-13 |