. Genealogical gleanings of Siggins, and other Pennsylvania families; a volume of history, biography and colonial, revolutionary, civil and other war records including names of many other Warren County pioneers. ofhalf a century. Judge Shippen had in his possession a draft of old FortVenango made by his uncle about 1758. The ruins of thisfort are still to be seen; the picture of the ancient Block-house appears in this volume,—it stood in the center of thefort which was about 100 feet square, and was surroundedby a deep ditch connected with the nearby stream by a sub-terranean passage—the benef
. Genealogical gleanings of Siggins, and other Pennsylvania families; a volume of history, biography and colonial, revolutionary, civil and other war records including names of many other Warren County pioneers. ofhalf a century. Judge Shippen had in his possession a draft of old FortVenango made by his uncle about 1758. The ruins of thisfort are still to be seen; the picture of the ancient Block-house appears in this volume,—it stood in the center of thefort which was about 100 feet square, and was surroundedby a deep ditch connected with the nearby stream by a sub-terranean passage—the benefits of such an arrangement areapparent. John S. McCalmont and James L. Connelly also RobertLamberton, were Judges of Venango County. Samuel , who was born in 1823, was a prominent memberof the Bar and an ardent advocate of Prohibition, was alsoa member of the Legislature. He was a cousin of GeneralAlfred McCalmont. Sometime in 1804, Rev. Andrew Hemphill with WilliamConnelly as guide, travelled from Titusville to Franklinalong the old Trail holding religious meetings and organ-izing classes at Pithole, Pioneer, Franklin and other riversettlements; the Dawsons, Kinnears, Siggins, Greggs, and. OLD BLOCK HOUSE. Other Families 37 others were among the attendants at these meetings. Alden came to Western Pennsylvania in 1815 andbecame the first President of Meadville College. He wasalso missionary to the Indians. Alden and Levi Dodd andJohn Martin, William Parker, William Raymond, NancyKinnear, who married William Raymond, and Robert Mc-Calmont were all instrumental in organizing and conduct-ing a Union Sunday School. The first one started in Ven-ango County was about 1824. The first newspaper wasedited and published by Alexander McCalmont and JohnEvans. 38 SlGGINS AND SIGGINS GENEALOGY. The Norman origin of the Siggins family has been es-tablished. The first of the name of whom we have record,Chief Seguin, was with William the Conqueror at BattleHastings in
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