Does anyone have any info on Richard McAllister of Chester County, listed below, and specifically with regard to his involvement in early Hanover settlements? I found a letter in an old family home in Lycoming county PA that ties a Hayes family as descendant from him and I can't place a generation or two in between. Curiously the letter was found in the attic of an old Humes home in my family, in an account book from a Gallagher who married a Hayes woman. It's an interesting accounting of Gallagher's life farming from 1876 to 1889 that includes business with other surnames of mine. The letter detailing the McAllister/Dill line is especially curious as Mary Dill was a daughter of Capt. Matthew Dill, another descendant of mine and finding this in a Humes attic a few hundred miles from where the Dills lived is a bit odd. It claims descent from Richard and his Revolutionary service but I can't make out the next generation or two. Name: Richard McAllister aka McAlaster Birth: 1725 in Chester Co., PA Death: 7 SEP 1795 in Hanover, PA Supposedly founded Hanover, PA Colonel, PA Militia Father: Archibald McAllister Mother: Jean McClure Marriage 1 Mary Dill b: 1728 in Monaghan Co., Ireland

Didn't find anything in my Chester resources, but will include the following area wills (although none contain the name Richard McAllister) McALLISTER, ARCHIBALD, Berks Co.April 8, 1808.Adm. to Daniel MOYER, a friend.----- \ Cumberland Co; MCALLISTER, ARCHIBALD, West Pennsborough Township. September 7, 1768/28 November 1768. Wife Jean.Son John, son Andrew.Sons Richard, James and Archibald.Daus. Mary and Jean. Granddau. Mary McKnight.Granddaus. Mary, Elizabeth and Jean, daus. of son DanielMcAllister.Grandson Archibald, son of son James.Ex.: son Andrew McAllister.Wit: Oliver Kilgore, Susanna Williams. B. 2-3. Cumberland Co also had mentions of the name Dill, in the same timeframe - late 1700s/early 1800s...they are the McDills in Lanc and Mont. Cos (+ a few Dills)...and, some in Phil. Co. Not at all a common name, so Cumberland might be a good place to look....found a Matthew Dill there, too. CRANE (CREAN), ESPY, Middleton. September 22, 1804. October 15, 1804.Sister Elizabeth Crane.Sister's son Espy Vanhorn, son of Joseph Vanhorn.Bros. William and George.Three sisters Mary intermarried with James Hamilton, Jane widow of Joseph Vanhorn, and Anne intermarried with Matthew Dill.Children of said sister Anne.Bro. Richard Crane.Sister's dau. Mary Vanhorn.Father Richard Crane.Exs.: George McMullen and Patrick Davidson.Wit.: Richard Crean, Geo. Logue. G. 69-70. Lots of mention of the name Matthew in Mont. Co, and a will in York; October 10, 1750 October 27, 1750Dill, Matthew. Executors: Mary and James Dill. York County.Wife: Mary Dill. Children: James, Thomas, Matthew, Mary, John, Nancy, and Sarah. S. > Does anyone have any info on Richard McAllister of Chester County, listed > below, and specifically with regard to his involvement in early Hanover > settlements? . The letter detailing the McAllister/Dill line is especially curious as Mary Dill was a daughter of Capt. Matthew Dill, Name: Richard McAllister aka McAlaster Birth: 1725 in Chester Co., PA Death: 7 SEP 1795 in Hanover, PA Supposedly founded Hanover, PA Colonel, PA Militia Father: Archibald McAllister Mother: Jean McClure -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/406 - Release Date: 8/2/2006

>Not at all a common name, so Cumberland >might be a good place to look....found a Matthew Dill there, too. Thanks. There were at least three generations of Mathew Dills, and probably more in later generations. The Dills are fairly well documented but I'm sure there is more to learn. >Lots of mention of the name Matthew in Mont. Co, I'm curious about the Montgomery County references as I thought they were in York and Cumberland by the time Montgomery was founded. The MacDills in Lancaster seem to be different but are married into my Robert Bailey line. Here's some notes from my gandfather's research through much fo the last century: "There is a faily tradition Mathew Dill first setled in one of the Hundreds around the present site of Wilmington, Delaware. Early records of that section show several families by the name of Dill, but do not establish any connection with "Captain Mathew." (I suspect that one reason there are issues documenting him may be because his grave shows George Mathew Dill, but he appears to have been known by Mathew Dill, and this may also confuse attempts to relate him to cousins in Delaware or ancestors in Ireland or Scotland. Most references have him as Capt. Matthew Dill.) From "The Abridged Compendium of America Genealogy, Vol 1 by Virkus. "Capt. Matthew DILL (1698-1750) from Ireland, 1735, took up lands in Chester Co., Pa., 1735, moved to Dillsburg, York Co., Pa., 1740, served in colonial wars, marr'd Mary DILL; Children, Col. Matthew (1726-1812),Am. Rev., marr'd 1st Jane Bracken; James (ca 1720-1796), one of the wealthiest men in York Co., Pa., large land owner, tavern keeper, mem. York Comm. of Observation, 1774, marr'd 1st ______; Capt. Matthew was buried on his land in old graveyard just west of the site of the present Dillsburg. Immigration date: BET. 1728 - 1732." "The first authentic record of Mathew Dill, so far discovered, is found in the original taxassessment lists of Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1732. . . . Mathew Dill is taxed continuously in the same township until 1742, when his name fails to appear on the rolls. However, on April 23, 1735, there was surveyed to him some 150 acres of land, in the county." "Just before the French and Indian War, George Matthew Dill was one of five commissioners along with Benjamin Franklin, appointed to make a treaty with the natives at Crogan Fort near the Susquehanna River in lower Cumberland County. He later took part in the French and Indian War, commissioned as Captain in Colonel Benjamin Chambers regiment, Lancaster County, PA from 1743 to 1747. He was Justice of the Peace and Justice of Court of Common Pleas of York County, PA." See: Index of Ancestors of Society of Colonial Wars, 1922, page 146.History of York County, PA by John Gibbons, pps 399, 400, 660. "He was also associated with Benjamin Franklin in the purchase of lands. In 1749 he was one of eight justices of the peace and justices of court of common pleas of York Co. , PA. His four sons and all available adult grandsons served in the Revolution as commissioned officers (sons only).Some descendents served in the War of 1812." Capt. Mathew Dill was the elder, said to be married to a Mary Hamilton. But this is confusing as other notes claim he was married to a Mary Crane. If so that appears to have been a generation or two earlier than the Crane sisters you cited. It appears his grandson was the one married to Anne Crane. Capt. Mathew Dill arrived with his children circa 1728-34 and appeared in the Middle Octorara church testimony in 1734 support of the moral character of James Carnachan. He was appointed an early Sheriff of York and Cumberland Counties, apparently by Ben Franklin, and appears likely to have been involved in some of the ousting of unauthorized settlers with Cumberland Sheriff John Potter. Dill's family founded Dillsburg and ran a tavern that stands today under recent renovations by a York County historical society housed there. Mathew was an elder in the church, and was said to be from Monaghan in Ulster. There's a reference to him as "landed gentry" in an Ancestry.com Deluxe Euro database that I'd love to get the details from if anyone has the full deluxe European Ancestry subscription. I suspect part of the family money comes from the Hamiltons who appear to have been one of the early landowners who brought Scots in to Ulster early in the 1600s. I've noticed that early Hamiltons in the US were Governors of PA, NJ, Jamacia and Nova Scotia. The Dills were obviously well off when they arrived and there is speculation they were involved in linen. I've found other Dills involved in early 17th century trade with Barbadoes and there is a Delaware Dill family said to be related. Mathew's son Col. Mathew Dill, is in my direct line and I have an original copy of his will with various notes written on it via his brother and son involving transactions related to it. I've been assuming Col. Mathew's sister Mary was the one married to McAllister but it may be a daughter of his son or grandson. The letter I have said a daughter of Capt. Mathew Dill and Anna Crain, but that links the Captain to the wife of his grandson Matthew as far as I can tell. Spelling I've seen in the Col.'s hand uses one t in Mathew so that's my preferred spelling for the first two. The letter I found, apparently from late 1800s, says Nancy McAllister Hays was a great grand-daughter of Col. Richard McAllister born 1723, died 1793. He is said to have been in the Minutemen of York County and to have fought in the battle of Long Island and in the campaign of New Jersey, and a member of the committee of Safety in 1776. The reference from WorldConnect claiming he was born in Chester County and said to have founded Hanover PA was the part I found very curious. It appears Elizabeth Snyder Hays Gallagher was a granddaughter of Patrick and Nancy Hayes, and that Nancy was probably Nancy McAllister Hays, daughter of Richard. I think then Mathew Hays married Lane Snyder and that Elizabeth was their child. It's very hard to follow the notes and to read some of them. >CRANE (CREAN), ESPY, Middleton. September 22, 1804. October 15, 1804.Sister Elizabeth Crane.Sister's son Espy Vanhorn, son of Joseph Vanhorn.Bros. William and George.Three sisters Mary intermarried with James Hamilton, Jane widow of Joseph Vanhorn, and Anne intermarried with Matthew Dill. Which county or Middletown was this? I've seen Middletowns in or near Berks, also near Hanover or Paxton Twp in what became Lancaster and Dauphin County, and I think I've seen others. I'd love to date the Mary Crane married to James Hamilton as we have a Mary wife of James Hamilton presumed to be Mary Miller but unconfirmed, and it might be she was a Crane instead. That would make a lot of sense. There were Hamiltons associated with Middle Octorara (where the Dills were early on), Leacock and Pequea, but a few James in various generations and a few lines. A James Hamilton that became Gov. of SC in post colonial times is descended from one of those lines. My line is described as of Leacock but appears not to have shown up there until around 1760s. I'd also like to ID the parents of these Crane sisters. It looks likely there is an Espy in the line. Probably from this tree: 1 George Espy d: 1761 + Jane Taylor 2 John Espy b: 1716 2 Josiah Espy b: 1718 d: 1762 + Buell 3 Josiah Espy b: 10 Mar 1742 + Ann Kirkpatrick 4 William Espy b: 2 Jun 1776 d: 28 Jul 1850 + Susanna Gray d: 10 Jul 1854 4 Margaret Espy d: 4 Sep 1851 + Samuel Elder 4 Prescilla Espy d: 29 Sep 1845 + Robert McClure 4 Josiah Espy d: 13 Apr 1811 4 James Snodgrass Espy d: 21 Sep 1872 4 John E. Espy d: 26 Apr 1831 3 Susan Espy + John Patton 3 Mary Espy b: ABT 1745 d: 1818 + James McClure 3 Martha Espy b: 1747 + Lazarus Stewart 3 George Espy d: Apr 1814 3 Prescilla Espy b: 1753 3 Robert Espy b: 1755 3 Samuel Espy b: 1757 + Elizabeth Crane 2 William Espy b: ABT 1720 2 Mary Espy b: 1722 + John Woods 2 Elizabeth Espy b: 1725 + James Foster 2 Jane Espy b: 1725 2 James Espy b: 1727 d: 1787 2 David Espy d: Jun 1795 2 George Espy b: 1732 2 Anne Espy b: 1736 + William Crane OK, this link below helps clarify my Crains at least, which seem well documented here over many generations and apparently descendant from William and Anne Espy Crane: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=ja1506&id=I02642 1 William Crain b: 1704 d: 1780 + Jean Milton b: 1705 d: 15 FEB 1753 2 Richard Crain b: ABT 1725 d: BEF 1790 + Jean Espy b: 1725 3 Abner Crain + Hannah ?? 4 Mary Jane Crain 4 William Crain 3 Elizabeth Crain + James Forster 3 Espy Crain d: OCT 1804 3 George Crain + Margaret Fleming 3 Jane Crain d: BEF 1804 + Joseph Van Horn 4 Espy Van Horn 4 Mary Van Horn 3 William Crain + Elizabeth Fleming 3 Ann Crane + Matthew Dill b: 1726 d: 1812 4 Matthew Dill b: 1785 d: 1847 + Mary McCartney b: 1784 d: 1871 5 James Dill b: 1825 d: 1885 + Rebecca Conrad b: 1830 d: 1907 4 James Dill 4 John Dill 4 Thomas Dill 3 Richard M. Crane b: 1745 d: 1819 + Sarah "Sally" Fleming 3 Mary Crain b: 15 JUL 1752 d: 8 JAN 1824 + James Hamilton b: 24 MAY 1754 d: 15 FEB 1837 4 Cynthia Hamilton b: 15 JUL 1780 d: 4 MAY 1837 + Carson Graham b: 1786 d: 1850 4 John (Hon.) Hamilton b: 21 JUN 1782 d: 27 OCT 1857 + Catherine Brown b: 13 MAR 1789 d: 29 SEP 1862 4 Richard Hamilton b: 10 MAR 1784 d: 18 DEC 1844 + Ann Reynolds b: 4 JUN 1789 d: 17 SEP 1830 + Mary Elliott b: 29 SEP 1798 d: 10 OCT 1841 4 Hugh Hamilton b: 1 JUN 1785 d: 15 JUL 1862 + Mary "Polly" b: 1797 4 Jane Hamilton b: 12 SEP 1787 d: 12 APR 1816 + James Campbell d: 1846 4 James Hamilton b: 6 NOV 1789 d: 22 NOV 1853 + Margaret Lamb Hamilton b: 1808 d: 1891 4 Milton Hamilton b: ABT 1790 4 Mary Hamilton b: 4 MAY 1792 d: 6 AUG 1824 + Joseph Van Horn 2 Elizabeth Crain b: 1732 d: 1830 + John Bole b: 1727 + George Espy b: 1732 d: 1787 3 Annie Espy + James Todd b: 15 MAR 1819 3 John Espy b: 1769 d: 1843 + Margaret Huston 3 Elizabeth Espy b: 1771 3 George Espy b: 1773 + Rebecca Glenn 4 Thressa Espy b: 14 FEB 1814 d: 1885 4 Augustus Espy b: 16 JUN 1816 d: 1838 4 Ada Espy b: 19 MAY 1817 + John Piper III 4 Caroline Rebecca Espy 3 Jane Espy b: 1774 + Samuel White d: 6 JUN 1862 4 Henry White 4 Wilson White 4 Washington White 4 James White d: 7 JAN 1841 4 Mary White + Nathaniel Griest 5 Molly Griest + Cam Euwer 4 Amanda White + Abel North Russell 4 Adelle Jane White b: 1827 + George (Doctor) Newcomer b: 1816 4 George Espy White 3 Christina Espy b: 1775 + John Hawks 2 Ambrosius "Ambrose" Crain b: 1734 d: ABT 1800 + Sarah Cunningham 2 Susan Crain b: 1737 + George McMillen b: 1735 d: 1786 3 Thomas McMillen b: 1775 d: 1825 + Elizabeth Lynn b: 1774 d: 1823 4 Thomas McMillen b: 1806 d: 1869 + Mary Hathaway b: 1812 d: 1899 2 George Crane , Sr. b: 1739 d: 12 MAY 1796 + Elizabeth Jean Sturgeon b: 1738 d: BEF 1787 3 George Crane b: 1761 d: 1798 + Martha Ritchey b: 1756 d: 21 JAN 1828 4 Elizabeth Crain b: ABT 1786 + Thomas Boal 4 Nancy Crain b: 1787 + Isaac Harrision , Jr. 4 Joseph Crane b: 1 JUL 1789 4 Andrew Lee Crain b: DEC 1791 + Sarah Gaddis b: 10 MAR 1791 4 Martha Crain b: 1793 4 Frances Crain b: 1795 3 William Crane b: 4 MAY 1763 d: 8 JAN 1802 + Mary Sawyer b: 1763 d: 19 JAN 1836 4 Jane Crain b: ABT 1794 + James Brown 4 Joseph A. Crain 4 Margaret Crain + William Brown 4 Mary "Polly" Crane b: 31 MAY 1789 d: 4 MAR 1845 + David Sewell b: 25 MAR 1782 d: 17 AUG 1838 4 William Sawyer Crain b: 6 NOV 1791 d: 9 JUN 1877 + Martha Steele Brown b: 10 NOV 1796 d: 5 OCT 1871 4 David Crain b: 1795 4 Nancy Crain b: 21 OCT 1799 d: 9 NOV 1881 + William James Johnson b: 17 DEC 1789 d: 23 SEP 1845 + Joseph Robb b: 19 APR 1788 d: 22 JUN 1866 4 John Boal Crain b: 2 NOV 1800 d: 11 MAY 1881 + Margaret Allen b: 11 AUG 1804 d: 12 APR 1849 + Elizabeth Davidson b: 9 AUG 1804 d: 19 FEB 1891 4 Eliza Weir Crain b: 3 DEC 1803 d: 22 MAR 1875 + John Ward b: 16 SEP 1799 d: 15 FEB 1880 4 James S. Crain b: 1806 3 Jean\Jane Crane b: 1765 d: 18 JUN 1803 + Andrew Robinson b: 1760 d: 8 JUN 1846 4 Nancy Robinson b: 4 APR 1791 d: 15 DEC 1834 4 George Robinson b: 23 MAR 1793 4 Robert B. Robinson b: 15 DEC 1794 d: 26 FEB 1834 4 Joshua Robinson b: 20 JAN 1796 d: 27 DEC 1874 + Nancy Youtz b: 1815 4 William Crain Robinson b: 29 JUN 1797 d: 11 DEC 1879 + Jannette Lytle b: 3 JUN 1802 d: 25 APR 1881 4 Mary Robinson b: 23 JUL 1799 d: 16 JAN 1876 + John Lemon b: 26 APR 1806 3 James Crane b: 1767 + Margaret McClure 3 Lydia Crain b: 1770 + James Ainsworth b: 5 FEB 1770 d: 1830 4 John Ainsworth b: ABT 1797 + Sarah (Vail) Jenkins 4 George Crain Ainsworth b: 1800 d: 21 JUL 1862 + Matilda Cox b: 1812 d: JAN 1889 4 Samuel Ainsworth d: BEF 1850 + Mercy Searles b: 1805 4 Nancy Ainsworth b: 11 NOV 1803 + James Lucas b: 4 JUL 1798 4 James Ainsworth b: 1806 d: 1823 4 Joseph Ainsworth b: 1810 d: 1877 + Mary A. Beetle b: 1821 d: 1875 4 Martha Ainsworth b: 1820 4 Margaret Ainsworth + Nathan Anderson 4 William S. Ainsworth b: 1811 d: 27 MAY 1862 + Susan Mitten b: 1808 + Caroline Vance b: DEC 1821 4 Elizabeth Ainsworth b: 1824 + Henry Van Riper b: 1820 3 Jeremiah Crain b: 1772 + Anna Cochran + Martha Sturgeon b: 1734 2 Joseph Crain b: 1741 d: FEB 1789 + Mary Moore b: 1744 d: 8 APR 1789 3 Andrew Crane b: 1765 d: 1826 + Jane Strain d: 1821 4 William S. Crain b: 5 SEP 1812 d: AFT 1883 + Maryette Taylor b: APR 1819 3 Jean "Jane" Crane b: 22 DEC 1767 d: 9 MAY 1830 + John Barnett b: 1754 d: 2 SEP 1797 3 George Crain b: 1769 d: NOV 1824 + Sarah McCalmont b: 3 NOV 1792 d: 26 DEC 1874 3 William Crain b: 1771 d: 17 SEP 1852 3 Sarah Crain b: 1773 + William Knox 4 Joseph Crane Knox b: 1791 3 John Crain b: 25 NOV 1773 d: 1870 + Linda "Lydia" Reeder 4 Jacob Reeder Crain b: 1805 d: 1843 + Mary Golden b: 1819 d: 1893 4 Joseph Milton Crain b: 2 SEP 1807 d: 11 OCT 1876 + Dulcena Ann Donovan b: 14 OCT 1812 d: 30 SEP 1853 4 John A. Crain b: 1813 + Anna Bacon b: 1821 4 Richard Crain + ?? Morton 4 Jackson Crain b: 1819 + Susan Miller b: 1821 + Nancy Mulholland b: 1788 4 Lydia R. Crain b: OCT 1822 + William S. Reyburn b: DEC 1820 4 Mary Jane Crain b: 1823 + Orlando Serviss d: BEF 1850 4 Jonathan M. Crain b: 1825 + Margaret b: 1839 4 James H. Crain b: AUG 1827 + Nancy "Nannie" Wilson b: MAR 1839 4 Nancy M. Crain b: 1832 + John Keifer b: 1840 d: 1892 3 Joseph Crain b: 1775 3 Richard Moore (Colonel) Crain b: NOV 1777 d: 17 SEP 1852 + Elizabeth Whitehill b: 6 MAR 1770 d: 2 OCT 1848 4 Joseph (Dr.) Crain b: 25 DEC 1803 d: 18 APR 1876 + Rebecca Gibson Wills b: 23 JAN 1811 d: 16 SEP 1850 + Eleanor "Ellen" J. Chambers b: AUG 1819 d: 1901 4 Eleanor "Ellen" R. Crain b: 18 JUL 1805 + William Wilson Rutherford b: 23 NOV 1805 d: 13 MAR 1873 4 Mary Adeline Crain b: 1 MAY 1807 d: 3 MAR 1881 + Alexander Tracey (Dr.) Dean d: 4 NOV 1844 + Joseph (Dr.) Junkin 4 Elizabeth Crain b: 18 MAR 1809 d: 30 OCT 1874 + Leopold N. Wikoff b: 30 AUG 1800 d: 30 OCT 1874 4 Agnes Crain b: 24 NOV 1810 3 Mary Crain b: 1779 3 Agnes Nancy Crain b: 1783 + James Humes b: 1781 d: 1844 4 Mary Humes + Robert Barr 4 Agnes E. Humes b: 1808 d: 1881 + Dr. Samuel A. Houston b: 1805 + Isaac Harrison , Jr. 2 William Crain b: 1742 d: 8 JAN 1802 + Anna Espy b: 1736 d: 12 DEC 1802 3 Jane Crain b: 1768 3 Sally Crain b: 1770 3 John Crain b: 1772 3 Thomas Crain b: 1774 3 Benjamin Crain b: 1776 Then there's another Crane line in my tree which also seems likely to connect to this other one, but not per any of the above tree. A Pfoutz ran a ferry near Harrisburg (near one of the Middletowns) and they had a valley on the western side of the Susquehanna. They migrated up river to Lycoming where they married into one of the Humes lines of mine. Descendants of Mary Ann Crane 1 Mary Ann Crane 1742 - 1813 .. +John Leonard Pfoutz 1742 - 1813 ........ 2 John M Pfouts 1782 - 1857 ............ +Solome Sarah Richards 1790 - 1874 ................... 3 Mary Ann Crane Pfouts 1818 - 1911 ............................. 4 Robert Alpheus Sebring 1848 - 1942 ............................. 4 Richard Michael Sebring 1852 - 1937 ............................. 4 John Pfouts Sebring 1847 - 1924 ............................. 4 Elminna Sebring 1850 - 1926 ....................... +Jonathan Sebring 1816 - 1902 ............................. 4 Sarah Foretta Sebring 1845 - 1917 ................................. +Hamilton Bailey Humes 1844 - 1913 ........................................ 5 Mary Humes 1861 - 1884 ........................................ 5 Samuel Humes 1870 - 1904 ............................................ +Jessica Cole Prindle 1870 - 1948 ........................................ 5 Mary Sebring Humes 1868 - 1884 ............................. 4 Mary Belle Sebring 1857 - 1923 ............................. 4 Edson Sebring 1855 - 1920 ............................. 4 Elmira Sebring 1851 - 1926 ............................. 4 Edgar Sebring 1853 - 1854 ............................. 4 William Edward Sebring 1842 - ............................. 4 Robert Alpheus Sebring 1848 - 1942 ............................. 4 Richard Michael Sebring 1852 - 1937 ............................. 4 John Pfouts Sebring 1847 - 1924 ................... 3 Peter Richards Pfouts 1820 - 1870 ................... 3 James McClure Pfouts 1825 - 1860 ................... 3 Eleanor Temperance Pfouts 1832 - 1914 ................... 3 Michael Crane Pfouts 1822 - 1864 ................... 3 Leah Amanda Pfouts 1830 - 1916 ................... 3 Margaret Elizabeth Pfouts 1827 - 1911 ........ 2 Jacob W Pfouts 1792 - 1872 ........ 2 Rachel Pfouts 1787 - 1850 ........ 2 Sarah Pfouts 1776 - 1817 ........ 2 Ann Pfouts 1790 - 1827 ........ 2 Margaret Pfouts 1779 - 1809 ........ 2 Benjamin Pfouts 1785 - 1808 One of the things I was trying to place with McAllister/McAlaster is whether he may have come over with the Dills circa 1720s but he was credited as born in Chester County. Also the claim he founded Hanover is interesting as many of the Scots in my tree are from around East and West Hanover Twp in Lancaster (later Dauphin) near Middletown, Highspire and Paxtang.