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A r McALLISTER McALLISTE F AMIL Y r G ri Nobility of Ancestry and Prowess v of of This Family F C v Surpassed By None 1 l By ny Elenor Lexington ton I When in doubt doub t how to spell McAllister I lister r. r try U r some Rome of or the following or or- Mcalester c lestel Me nr l Me tc lIstel M McCollIster l I Chir Tin Chi r f last Jast form is frequently l found in Colonial Colo Colo- nial records of or Pennsylvania Me Me- tr is the Ow incite pronunciation f Sr the ortho orthography raphy a as blue I I hl bl oil od flows nl In the veins of oC the McAllisters Mc le- I 11 AIU t n as can cun bt hp- found foul and In nobility no nor of oC ance ancestry try uT in bravery bra p Pry in military mill mili the family I Is surpassed tary prowess by hy none clone As a matter of fact the McAllister tel 1 history begins h gln with the clan Mellon McDon- h. h ld IJ In on lL tails ll rigs IS hat t. t Sr I r in rin Britain mothe mo the and the McDonalds l c. c n. n O t nam mp tl nn can cl m no- no l 11 ancestry le-ancestry tr ru ay aiti ih t 1 the li-i li t ted cd ed Kingdom To 10 begin with the McDonalds then 1 this name is a compound com of or two too Gaelic Gae Gae- Gaelic lic Ilc words 1 the world and andall andall I Ia all a mighty powerful all oll or the son on of designated by 11 the prefix Mac meaning menning son of or became In time McDonald Un Ua which has h s been changed to 0 O. O means the the grandson of For example Ua- Ua is now nn The McDonald pedigree pe traces back backi i to t kings l oC or Norway taking tat ing in by h the way war Thane of oC Argyle called King of or The Isles and nn Isabella y sister of King Ing Robert Bruce of or Alexander Alexander Alex Alex- Master Alaster Is h the th Gaelic form COlm B ander and the new nett Inn elan McAllister was founded about 1200 1260 by or ot Alexander tl er MacDonald l He lie was waR succeeded sue sue- Mac a worthy worth son gon 1 by In of or this line had hall S Allaster D Descendants Karl Earl ot or Argyle At gyle for foi forthe charters charl from Crom the the Iho lands lanas of or Loup and antl louse House louseL e L was one seat seal of the McAllis tors tars Archibald l and Alexander Alax are tho the Alexander r came canto from Crom Immigrants to Loup off orf Al' Al later he hc 1730 1736 two years oeal's S ton N. N C. C returned home to marry his sweetheart sweetheart sweet sweet- McNeill who died on tho the heart Mary ary back hack The romantic story voyage ti about his his- third wife to pass over Is wife number two too for a moment born bor on this vo voyage a a. a an and that t she was wa lu th the different times on Alexander at Al being annoyed by ly the the childs child's over way wh why don dont don't t said to the mother why crying The writer doubts you It It that n a McAllister could be he l so O rough and ind rude and lie Ue the to a sharp reply is true IT fT the story It H. H deserved the wife ho bo shell she'll mind sir yet An And sure enough July 11 It of or ye re the baby ball of or the voyage oy ge l became c me She wife number three 81 AI Alexander's Alexanders ol rR 1 name or was It il the second 8 one was Flora Mc l I Fayetteville Alexander lexander sot settled tied near of or trust offices f 1 K C C. and held hEl many man colonel of the Cumberland Cumberland'S I lIe Idle was war of oC 01 the Provincial Provin Provin- Provincial I member r S militia County rs and es at or 1775 cial Ial congresses one of or th the committee Halifax HanCox member ot or Korth Cam Caro Carolina and of safety 1787 He Ile was on one of th the senate 1 Tina lina of or the and nl many r oll nt 01 me the iho f rn am y nr are uie burled buried or of UI gen generations generations' i e churchyard in in tho in taco in what t place t f. f I i Tt- fe not known lato from flom 1 Ii r 5 Archibald came Caine In 1 JO 1 30 he het Scotland d about acres in Cumberland t J mill n ant part of v Pa and his hiR standing err dr w were r a l t 1 hf his house Is IR still of the one TT TIt IT was I a mho ago R O f fen rew years of the First t I Presbyterian Pr h 2 Sen church founders CO of or Carlisle I t IT Ile hold held office olTIe t f H lit lits s of collector ole ClOI ta liL and anti In 1 1749 j 4 wn was urns and hI his r wife ta l s Jane Jan numbered Il nine ni n of It 01 sevonT seven se dren 1111 n bt became rich richI T were sons one wP of oC i I I bu the sines the P iron ilon king icing In ot or 7 ht's I N Is a matter a o hUt but all ff nr t to its his posterity pastern but pr p. Is worth while I is the fact that ho In what f hit 1 atm army amts 1 7 5 a aNaA was m lit tn the I i colonel and anti a n member of oC Ul the committee committee commit commit- I tee tc of safely this ho hl Q had b been n justice tice of oC the tho peace and he hI heMas I tins Mas also afro Judge e of or the court of common rt l pleas Ills His Is wi wife was wag Mary ITar Dill o of or f 11 I DI burh and they the hall hail n a dozen children chit chil rh dren en n lacking on one Q In Tn 1 he hr began be the settlement of M ofa a I a town to now nom known Imo as Hanover t r. r Pa J JI This was as r as a a wild scheme I III Folly Archbald Arch Archi Archibald anti and called McAllisters lc els I bald grandson OI of the th pilgrim was captain of oC a Pennsylvania hann company although alt lOu h only and at nt Monmouth twenty one he displayed such gallantry gallan gallan- l try that Washington thanked him tier Jer- t on tho the Held field fave n e him a It pair of mounted silver pistols ono one still being extant He lie k kept pt an inn near neRt Practical the i ri j 1 Ul ri f t l Farmer Amon treasured relics J Jo of o this line are letters front from Washington Washing Washing- i ton nn and ono one from Stephen GIrani Girard J thanking Archibald c l for a n gift rt of or po po- tn toes Tic The McAllisters r of the west of west of the iho lands of gold nail and sunshine sunshine arc arc descendants de- de de dl descendants of Alexander Alex nd I of or Nelll Neill McAllister Mc Mc- Ie- Ie n J Allister lII tho the fourth from the pilgrim father Cather according to one tradition tm rg Neill was as an on officer in the Continental r army anti and a n member of lh the Society ty of oi the Cincinnati Characteristics of the McAllisters lers r and nOll Ot I r are great physical sh strength ure ma Ot Of one branch of or th the family it itis t. t t is said that tenth both men and ana wom women n have havi marked Scot Scottish features sandy features sandy halt hair bi bright ht complexions complexion eyes cs always alv y y blue and Corch foreheads ads of ot the tha same pe peculiar pc- pc Y r. culiar shape They are straight as is t Indians until bent by years ors hut but their 1 a amoral moral mora I characters never I bend before o othe the difficulties of ot life lIro lie Ile l knows nowR his iris own mind 1 and stands to it Immovably Immo wild said of of on one of or therace the thc therace race applies equally equall to to many others oth I I of the li lineage cn They have tempers r all their theli own quick but hut of short durntion duration dura durn- tion and th tine the McAllisters never n bear leal malice Flora Annie l David Ilu Hugh h. h Malcolm Mal Mal- cohn colm Archibald an and l Guthrie Guthric ore are fir fo- fa favorite route family names and G George Georgo w 1 Washington t lon Intermarriages are arc with willi the t 2 l galls 8 McKays and all nil the others hc beginning with whir Me Mc or 01 Mac T Grahams Cam Camerons Dral Drakes es and Hodges s 's hava ha been lIcen taken Into the family fam- fam mn i ily I by hy mn marriage al also o the Lees Lee Lea ls Lo sand x s and Campbells of or YI Virginia The rile coat arms Illustrated I is hlo- hlo quarterly rl First at argent arsent gent a lion linn r rampant gulps gales f second c or a a. dexter cleter dC I arm In to armor armOl Ce s 's U the hand holding a crt S crosslet cross let fIle lw gales gules third 01 or a n 1 or 01 gall galley Y I oars and sails Rails sable Rahle flags na gales r fourth vert a n salmon Crest a hand in armor holding 1 a crosslet cross cro mchee gulfS gales Motto MoHo Per Mare Per Pel Tetras Terras A second motto Cotto Is IJ sometimes used used used-Fos- FOI 1 For For- r titer r. r and the supporters rf of the tho McAllister McAllister Me-AI- Me lister th shield I l are IP dexter a n bear benr pierced r rIn In th ha back with will an a n arrow sinister ter 1 t an eagle proper i assigned to This Is the coat armor r the McAllisters of or Loup and nna I I r Rouge Ii i |