John McLain was born on April 9, 1801[1] in Pennsylvania[2] to William McLain and Mary Barker
John married Mary Kettering around 1823.
According to the 1850 census, John lived with Mary and their children, Jacob, Barbara, John, Juliann, William, Adam, David, Henry, and Samuel in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.[2]
John died on February 24, 1871. He is buried in the New Buda Cemetery in Davis City, Iowa.[1]
↑ 2.02.1 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44J-7LT : 5 April 2020), John Mc Clean, Broadtop, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 65, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: