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1G:3. Archibald McA/Ninch, born 1760-1765, Ireland (prob. Ulster Prov., (northern) Ireland),

Westmoreland Rangers, 1794; went west to Scioto and Franklin Counties, Ohio;

1G:4. William McAninch, born before 1765 (poss. Colonial Pennsylvania, or northern Ireland),

went to eastern Tennessee and Kentucky with Daniel McAninch (1G:1);

1G:5. William McAninch, born 1770-1775 (Ireland? Pennsylvania?), acquired 432 acres in (North)

Buffalo Township, Allegheny County, 1796 (Armstrong County, 1800); wife Margaret;

1G:6. Henry McAninch, born 18 May 1777, in Pennsylvania, land in Buffalo Twp., married Mary

Lucas from adjacent Indiana County, went west to Washington and Jackson Counties, Ohio.

Two of these, (1G.1) Daniel McAninch, b.ca.1750 (1748-1752), and (1G.4) William McAninch,

(b.bef.1765), are fellow travelers (related?, brothers?, cousins?), and (after 1790) went together

down the Great Valley of the Shenandoah to eastern Tennessee and Lincoln County, Kentucky.

However, there are no proven family connections (yet) among the other four McA/Ninch men:

(1G:2) John McAninch, b.ca.1760; (1G:3) Archibald McNinch, b.1760-1765, went to Ohio;

(1G:5) William McAninch, b.1770-1775, wife Margaret, one child, a son born 1810-1820;

and (1G:6) Henry McAninch, b.1777, married Mary Lucas, sold out in 1807 and went to Ohio.

The 1790 Census (First Census of the United States)

The First Census of the United States was authorized by an Act of Congress on March 1, 1790

(1 Stat. 101). It recorded the population of the whole country as of Census Day, August 2, 1790,

as mandated by Article 1, Section 2, of the Constitution and applicable laws. In the first census,

the population of the United States was enumerated to be 3,929,214 inhabitants.[Note] [2]

Two of these early McA/Ninch men in western Pennsylvania, both spelled "McAninch", were

listed on the 1790 census in two different townships in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania:

Daniel McAninch ("3 1 4 0 0", eight people), in Washington Township, and

John McAninch ("1 1 3 0 0", five people), in Derry Township, 15-20 miles between them. [1]

The Official Census date was 2 Aug. 1790, but no dates were recorded on the census records, so,

actual date(s) are unknown, although believed to be in the period April through September 1790.

The five-digit numerical counts reported for each household on the 1790 Census records are

(1st digit) Free white males, 16 years and upward, including heads of families,

(2nd digit) Free white males under 16 years (for example, a son, born 1775-1790),

(3rd digit) Free white females, of any age (for example, wives, sisters, daughters, nieces, etc.),

(4th digit) Other free persons, and (5th digit) Slaves

Daniel McAninch and John McAninch both reported no ‘Other free persons’ and no Slaves.

Daniel McAninch and John McAninch probably did not know each other, living in two different

townships, 15-20 miles from each other. Daniel and his family were in Washington Township

in 1790, on the west side of the county, along the Allegheny River frontier. At the same time,

John McAninch and his family were in Derry Township, on the east side of the county, where

Hannas Town was settled on the Forbes Road, where the road came into the county from the east.

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"Daniel McAninch and John McAninch in the 1790 Census", Copyright Frank McAninch

McAninch Family History Newsletter, v.XXXII (32) n.1 / June 2024 / page 2024-04