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From: Ellen Klingman Pettay <>
Subject: MacLELLAN /MacCLELLAND
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:50:09 -0500 (EST)

NCSCOTS friends,

Virginia Green posted a message about John Machelland. That's close
to the spelling of one of my Scottish lines. I would love to hear
from Virginia and anyone else whose lines might connect with ours.
Our Scots probably came here after the Battle of Culloden (April 16,
1746); they were here before the Revolutionary War.

Here is a synopsis of our line:

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John CLELLAND / MacLELLAN / MacCLELLAND was born 23 Feb 1809 in (West)
Virginia. His parents are James CLELLAND / MacLELLAN / MacCLELLAND and
Masse WILSON.

Although the surname was eventually "Americanized" to CLELLAND by John
(and his son, John Charles, used the surname CLELLAND
exclusively) John's own surname is spelled variously in different civil
records as CLELLAND / MacLELLAN / MacCLELLAND. Therefore, we're collecting
info on all three spellings, hoping to piece together our family tree
eventually, so all my ancestors will be remembered by our children.

MacLELLAN is a Gaelic name (from the Highlands of Scotland) that is spelled
many different ways in English, depending on who was taking the census.
I have an entire page of various ways of spelling this surname (about 100).
MacLELLAN is sept #113 of Clan Donald.

Was it James or his father who served in the Revolutionary War with
George Washington? (Family tradition)

We have info to share. Thanks!

---Ellen

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Ellen Klingman Pettay Faculty Council Office Ballantine Hall 010
Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 47405-6601 U.S.A.
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