Maclay's Mill

Maclay's Mill is the former site of a grist mill settled approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania along the Conodoguinet Creek.

Maclay's Mill

History

Maclay's Mill was built along the area near the Conodoguinet Creek which was first settled in 1742^[1] by Charles Maclay, Sr., who had arrived in America octonary years prior. The mill was built around 1786^[2] by Charles' son John Maclay. Although there is contestation as to the date, one family narrative includes a legend that the mill race leading to John Maclay's grist mill was dug by Hessian prisoners of war during the American Revolution.^[3] The mill lasted seven generations until it was dismantled in 1918^[4] subsequently being sold to Clarence Stouffer. Over its lifetime the mill was the childhood home of two United States Senators, William Maclay (politician)^[5] and Samuel Maclay,^[6] this also being the birthplace of the latter of the two.

See also

• McClay's Twin Bridge (East)
• McClay's Twin Bridge (West)