More on Samuel Arbuthnot, 1758(9)-1844, Generation One

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Samuel Arbuthnot 
Born 20 February 1758 or 1759 in Northern Ireland

Immigration Bef. 1790 from Ireland to Pine Township, PA
Military service Bet. 15 May - 14 December 1793 PA Militia from Westmoreland County, PA
Farmer & Timber-man, Pine Township, nr. Wexford, PA.
Died 20 February 1844 in Gibsonia, PA

It is unknown the exact date of when Samuel arrived in the United States from Northern Ireland.  It is believed that he arrived with two brothers.  We do know that he had sent his first wife to America before he came.  He had married her in Ireland.  It was said that he sent her to the new land dressed as a widow along with their only son, William.   Samuel never saw his wife and son again as she had fallen in love with the captain of the ship who sailed her and her son to the new world.  It is assumed that Samuel came to America looking for his wife and child.  Since he was not able to locate her, he then married a second time.

John McMarlin was not very happy with his daughter falling in love with a man who was so much older than she, let alone being divorced.  He was very much against the idea of Samuel marrying his daughter, Mary.  So Mary and Samuel eloped to western Pennsylvania where they settled in Pine Township, Allegheny County.  There they raised all of their children.

When Samuel died, he left his estate to his youngest.  The middle children moved to Tama County, Iowa sometime in 1850 and 1853.  My ancestors were there in Salt Creek, Tama County, Iowa, when they heard the cry, "Pikes Peak or Bust!"

Home of Samuel Arbuthnot in Ireland
Location in Ireland is unknown.

Sources for Samuel Arbuthnot:

U.S. 1830; Census: Place: Pine, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll  144; Page: 356.

U.S. 1840; Census Place:  , Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll  439; Page: 55.

    1840 Census listed Sam’l Arbuthnot as a veteran.

State Census: Pennsylvania Census, 1772-1890.  Pine Township, Allegheny County, 1840, page 117.  Age 81.  [Served in the PA Militia 1793]

A Census of Pensioners For Revolutionary or Military Services 1841, chapter Census of Pensioners, section Pennsylvania-Western District, page 117.

Official Arbuthnott Family Association, Kittybrewster.com US Table 1 Samuel Arbuthnot. 

From the DAR-GRC database:

Title: Pennsylvania DAR GRC report ; s1 v333 : cemetery surveys in Allegheny County / Massy Harbison Chapter (s1 v333, page 48 - Library Catalog)
Location: PENN COUNTIES ALLEGHENY GRC-1962 S1-V333

Title: Pennsylvania DAR GRC report ; s1 v189 : list of soldiers and widows of soldiers granted Revolutionary War pensions by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania / compiled by Harry E. Cope ; edited and indexed by Mrs. Daniel L. Whitehead, Regent, Phoebe Bayard  (s1 v189, page 43 - Library Catalog)  Location: PENN MILITARY 1775-1783 GRC 1976 S 1 V 189

Marriage of Samuel Arbuthnot:

First to Unknown, in Ireland;

Second to Esther McMarlin, Born 21 March 1779 Ireland, Died 28 September 1852.  Her father was John McMarlin.

Burial for Samuel and Esther Arbuthnot:

United Presbyterian (old) Churchyard, Pine Creek Township, Gibsonia, Pensylvania.  The church yard is located between the church and a motel.  Anne Dyni, historian for the community of Niwot, Boulder County, Colorado, has visited the Pine Creek Cemetery in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania and sent me these photos of Esther and Samuel's graves.  Thank you so very much Anne, we had feared that these graves had been removed for the building of the motel.  We very much appreciate your contribution to our family.

Pine Creek Cemetery, Gibsonia, PA

Grave of Esther McMarlin Arbuthnot

Grave of Samuel Arbuthnot, first generation of our Arbuthnot family.

Esther and Samuel's graves as they are today.