Alexander McClean (1746 - 1834)

Born 20 Nov 1746 in Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Holmes) McClean — married 26 Oct 1775 in Glades Cox S Creek, Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 1834 at age 87 in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

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The McCleans traced their ancestry to the Isle of Mull in Scotland. Their oldest known ancestor was said to be Old Dougall of Scone around the 12th century. The founder of Clan McClean was MacGilleain who flourished around 1250; the name "Gilleain" means "servants of Saint John". MacGilleain was a distinguished man who held much property in Upper-Mull and along the whole northern coast of that island.

Colonel Alexander McClean was a surveyor who, with his brothers Archibald, Moses, and Samuel, ran the New Castle Circle between Pennsylvania and Delaware. The McClean brothers also surveyed the Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and what was then Maryland and Virginia (later West Virginia).

Colonel McClean also located the temporary position of the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, and ran her western boundary to Lake Erie. In addition, he did much of the surveying in northwestern Pennsylvania when that part of the province was opened for settlement.

The colonel was elected a member of the supreme executive council for the purpose of effecting the formation of Fayette County from a part of Westmoreland County, and was instrumental in that action. He was appointed the new county's first register and recorder, a position he filled until his passing. Altogether he was very prominent in the affairs of his state and community.

Adapted from "Genealogical and personal history of Fayette County, Pennsylvania". Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912.

Entry 550 Family of Colonel Alexander McClean and Sarah Holmes

"Colonel Alexander McClean was born on November 20, 1746, in Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. He was the son of William MacLean (Entry 491) and Elizabeth Rule.

Alexander worked as a Surveyor.

He was buried in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania in 1834. Alexander died in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania on December 07, 1834m at the age of 88.

We thank Nancy Fontinel for sharing the data on the descendants of Col. Alexander McClean.

He married Sarah Holmes. They had eight sons.

Sarah was born in Storystown, Somerset, Pennsylvania on April 14, 1750. Sarah was buried in Prebyterian Burial Grounds, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania in March 1832. She reached 81 years of age and died in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania on March 26, 1832." [8]

Name

Name: Alexander /McClean/^[2][3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 20 Nov 1746

Place: Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA^[4][5]

Death

Death:

Date: 03 Jan 1834

Place: Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA^[6][7]

File File: Media Format: jpg. Alexander McClean-DAR Record.

• Fact: Burial (1834) Historic Presbyterian Public Cemetery, Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
• Fact: Occupation Surveyor
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch *** CAUTION: the DAR has records for TWO men named ALEXANDER MCLEAN who may've served in the revolutionary war. There are many other men named ALEXANDER MCLEAN living in 18th century colonial America who did not serve in the revolutionary war. Check your sources before changing or merging these families. Search DAR here: https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=1 ***

Here is the DAR ancestor webpage for this patriot, COL ALEXANDER MCLEAN of Pennsylvania, his wife SARAH HOLMES, their family and descendants: https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A077923

MCLEAN, ALEXANDER Ancestor #: A077923

Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE, COLONEL

Birth: 12-2-1746 PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA CO PENNSYLVANIA

Death: 1-7-1834 UNIONTOWN FAYETTE CO PENNSYLVANIA

Pension Number: *S13898

Service Source: *S13898; HADDEN, HIST OF UNIONTOWN , PP 782-783; ELLIS, HIST OF FAYETTE CO, P 670; PA ARCH, 1ST SER, VOL 9, PP 566-567

Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT, SUBLT; COMMISSARY; MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY 2) JUSTICE OF THE PEACE; SURVEYOR FOR PA

RESIDENCE 1) County: WESTMORELAND CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA 2) County: FAYETTE CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA

SPOUSE 1) SARAH HOLMES

Children listed by the DAR: ELIZABETH married THOMAS HADDON ANN married JOHN WARD JOSEPH married NANCY SALTER STEPHEN married NANCY MCCLEAN EPHRAIM married THOMSIN SLACK

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The McCleans traced their ancestry to the Isle of Mull in Scotland. Their oldest known ancestor was said to be Old Dougall of Scone around the 12th century. The founder of Clan McClean was MacGilleain who flourished around 1250; the name "Gilleain" means "servants of Saint John". MacGilleain was a distinguished man who held much property in Upper-Mull and along the whole northern coast of that island.

Colonel Alexander McClean was a surveyor who, with his brothers Archibald, Moses, and Samuel, ran the New Castle Circle between Pennsylvania and Delaware. The McClean brothers also surveyed the Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and what was then Maryland and Virginia (later West Virginia).

Colonel McClean also located the temporary position of the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, and ran her western boundary to Lake Erie. In addition, he did much of the surveying in northwestern Pennsylvania when that part of the province was opened for settlement.

The colonel was elected a member of the supreme executive council for the purpose of effecting the formation of Fayette County from a part of Westmoreland County, and was instrumental in that action. He was appointed the new county's first register and recorder, a position he filled until his passing. Altogether he was very prominent in the affairs of his state and community.

Adapted from "Genealogical and personal history of Fayette County, Pennsylvania". Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912.

Citation Fayette County PA Archives Bibles ..... McCLEAN/HADDEN Bible: Selected entries from the Journals of Josiah V Thompson 1923 Notes V10 Page 122

Henryetta McDermitt was born the 28th day of February 1827 A.D. Josephine Armstrong McDermitt born August 15, 1830

William McClean and Elizabeth Rule were married Feby 20, 1732. 1. William McClean was born Dec 26, 1733 2. Archibald McClean was born Oct 26, 1736 3. Moses McClean was born Jany 10, 1737/8 4. John McClean was born May 11, 1740 5. James McClean was born July 29, 1742 6. Samuel McClean was born Sept 30, 1744 7. Alexander McClean was born Nov 20, 1746 8. Elizabeth McClean was born Feby 16, 1749 & died Sept 17, 1758 9. Joseph McClean was born July 1, 1752 & died Oct 6, 1776 about 11 o'clock AM The above was taken from my Father's family bible & transmitted to me by my brother Moses, then at Chilicothy and entered here at the request of Betty Hadden for preservation or aid to memory 30th August 1832 Alexr McClean. Alexander McClean died on the 7th December 1834 Stephen McClean died Oct 3, 1867 between 12 & 1 o'clock at night Ephraim McClean died Sept 28, 1873.

Sally Holmes was married to Alexander McClean 26th October 1775 & died 26th March 1832 aged 81 yrs 11 months & 12 days. 1. Ann McClean was born 7th Sept 1776 about 4 o'clock in the evening 2. Joseph McClean was born 17th Nov 1777 about 3 o'clock 3. Elizabeth McClean was born 27th Mch 1779 about 7 o'clock 4. William McClean was born 14th eve Oct 1780 about 8 o'clock in Uniontown. 5. Alexander McClean was born 17th Sept 1782 at midnight 6. Ephraim McClean was born 23d July 1784 at 9 o'clock in the morning 9 *. Stephen McClean was born 23d Sept 1786 at 9 o'clock in the morning 10. John McClean was born 23d Feby 1788 at 9 o'clock in the morning

V10 Page 123

11. Richard Brown McClean was born 17th May, 1790 at 4 o'clock in the morning. 12. Moses McClean was born 11th Mch 1793 & died 25th July 1832 at 33 minutes after eleven at night. He had requested Betty Hadden (his sister) to take notice of the time of his departure. I am now in my 86th year. I leave this as a memorandum that will not be easily forgotten. 30th August 1832 Alexr McClean

Deaths Thomas Hadden died at Union Town 1st June 1826 about 10 o'c PM Blair Hadden died 18th Apr 1811 at min after 3 o'c PM Samuel Hadden died 15th Dec 1811 3 o'clock AM Stewart Hadden was killed by the Indians on the return from a voyage up the Missoury [sic] River about 600 miles above the mouth of said river on the 4th day of July 1827 & was buried at Peraza Dushane in Sat Louie. Elizabeth Beeson Hadden died Jany 29, 1897 at 11:30 Friday night.

Thomas Hadden was born Apr 19, 1770, died June 1, 1826 Elizabeth Hadden was born Mch 27, 1779, died May 23, 1856 Alexander M. Hadden was born Dec 24, 1803, died Apr 22, 1856 Alexander McClean was born Sept 17, 1782, died Oct 24, 1871 Armstrong Hadden was born Feby 2, 1808, died Oct 19, 1872 John Marshall Hadden was born Apr 1, 1799, died Dec 21, 1876 H.B. Hadden was born Mch 16, 1819, died May 21, 1879 Sarah McClean Hadden was born , died Oct 25? 1886?

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see: http://www.pagenweb.org/~somerset/hbs/chapter7.htm

History of Bedford and Somerset Counties by Blackburn and Welfley

Chapter 7 - Volume 2, pages 80 – 132

"When the land office was opened in April, 1769, for the survey and sale of lands in the purchase of 1768, it gave appointment to many surveyors. These were appointed as deputy surveyors and appear to have been assigned to districts. This region fell within the district of Colonel Alexander McLean. He was one of the seven brothers, all of whom were surveyors. Being then an unmarried man, he may have changed his residence from place to place as suited his employment. He must, at least for a time, have resided either in this settlement or in that of the Stony Creek Glades. In 1775 he married Sarah Holmes, who was the stepdaughter of Colonel Richard Brown, who then lived about two miles northeast of Somerset. McLean, however, does not seem to have continued to reside in these parts for any very great length of time, for in the spring of 1776, he settled near where Uniontown, in Fayette county, now is. But his work as a surveyor continued here for many years. Up to the outbreak of the Revolutionary war fully two hundred and fifty surveys are found drafted in the survey book, and these represent only a small part of the lands settled on, for many of the settlers were poor and could not at the time pay the necessary fees and expenses to have their lands surveyed. They simply held them under improvement rights, their being on them and in possession being usually looked on as a sufficient title to keep others off."

Sources

1. ↑ McClean-183 was created by Chad Kent through the import of Chad Kent 2014.ged on May 2, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S-481537315 Page: Database online. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pubmembertrees&h=407725388&indiv=try Note: Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Rule CONT http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=1098
3. ↑ Source: #S-481537315 Page: Database online. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pubmembertrees&h=-717619102&indiv=try Note: Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth RULE CONT http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=1098
4. ↑ Source: #S-481537315 Page: Database online. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pubmembertrees&h=407725388&indiv=try Note: Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Rule CONT http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=1098
5. ↑ Source: #S-481537315 Page: Database online. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pubmembertrees&h=-717619102&indiv=try Note: Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth RULE CONT http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=1098
6. ↑ Source: #S-481537315 Page: Database online. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pubmembertrees&h=407725388&indiv=try Note: Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Rule CONT http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=1098
7. ↑ Source: #S-481537315 Page: Database online. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pubmembertrees&h=-717619102&indiv=try Note: Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth RULE CONT http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=1098

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