Maclay's MillMaclay's Mill is the former site of a grist mill located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania along the Conodoguinet Creek. HistoryMaclay'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 eight years prior. The mill was built around 1786[2] by Charles' son John Maclay. Although there is controversy 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] after 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 alsoReferences
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