Born in Parish of Strath, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Son of John Mclennan
and Catherine (Mackinnon) Mclennan
Brother of
Abagail (McLennan) Fokes and Laughlin Mclennan
Husband of
Christian Campbell
— married
1813 in Richmond, North Carolina, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 80
in Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States
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| Created 8 Oct 2020
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Biography
McLennan was born on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. In 1801, he and a large group of family and friends immigrated to Richmond County, North Carolina, later moving further south to Florida. The McLennans were Gaelic speakers and Presbyterians. Around 1820, they were invited by Yuchi Chief Sam Story to become the first white settlers in Walton County, Florida. In December, 1834, Neil and his brothers, Laughlin and John, along with some of their families and friends immigrated to Texas, sailing a self-built three-masted schooner from Pensacola, Florida, to the mouth of the Brazos River, where they arrived in March, 1835. After a short stay at present-day Columbus, Texas, Neil obtained a grant of a league of land at McLennan's Bluff (a mile west of present-day Rosebud, Falls County) in Robertson's Colony in July, 1835, where he and his group settled. Laughlin McLennan, Laughlin's wife, and mother, were killed in an Indian raid the following winter, and John was likewise killed in 1838, after which the McLennan group moved to the Robertson Colony's headquarters of Nashville-on-the-Brazos in present-day Milam County. In 1845, Neil McLennan moved his family to a site on the Bosque River near present-day Waco, and he died at his home there in 1867, renowned as "the patriarch of the Bosque."
Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States of America[1]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 October 2020), memorial page for Neill Love “The Pathfinder” McLennan Sr. (2 Sep 1787–Nov 1867), Find A Grave: Memorial #28036632, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Sarah Locklin Taylor (contributor 46921363) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Neil by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Neil:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Neil by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Neil:
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~0.78%
Bob Levens
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member fastbob49
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Teresa (Walker) Walker-Reed :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member TARWBAF
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~0.78%
Gina (Meyer) Knobloch :
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