Sally's youngest brother James was born in N. Ireland, but it's uncertain whether the older children were born in Scotland or N. Ireland. While in N. Ireland, they lived in Derry (if you're Irish) or Londonderry (if your English or Scottish), and in Country Antrim. Sally's parents, and his youngest siblings, sailed from Londonderry to Perth Amboy, NJ in 1810 and arrived in Nelson early in 1811.

We're not sure when Sally and Sam married, nor when they came to the US. There's a tradition that they were married aboard the ship, but no solid evidence. But we know their eldest child, Archibald, was born in Lancaster Co., PA in 1803. By 1806, they were living on a farm Sam bought near Stroudsburg, PA (which then was in Northampton Co., but now is in Monroe Co.) Sam started buying land on the north bank of the Cowanesque River, just east of what became the Boro of Nelson, Tioga Co., PA, from an early (but only stayed briefly) settler, Daniel Strait. He completed the purchase in 1810. At time it was wilderness, with no roads and only a few scattered cabins.