John McLellan (abt. 1765 - aft. 1809)

Born about 1765 in Loch Baghasdail, South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Husband of Ann McNeil — married about 1785 in Loch Baghasdail, South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Descendants

Died after 30 Aug 1809 after about age 44 in Princetown, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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John McLellan was born in Scotland.

John McLellan lived in Prince Edward Island.

Biography

John McLellan, called “Eachurn” (for MacEachern?), was born with the Gaelic name Iain Mac Gill’Fhaolain at Glaith Liath, Lochboisdale, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire, Scotland, say 1760; and died at Grand River, Lot 14, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, after 30 August 1809.^[1] He was married, but the name of his wife is unknown. Using some limited available onomastic evidence, it was possibly Ann [McNeil?] (Áine Mac Néill in Gaelic).^[2]

Like the Gillis family, the McLellans arrived in Prince Edward Island (then called the Island of St. John) on 8 September 1791 aboard the ship Queen, a 200 ton brig captained by William Morrison, which arrived at the Island from Greenock, Scotland.^[3]

John McLellan is listed among the first Catholic settlers of Sacred Heart Parish, Alberton.^[4] In the P.E.I. Census of 1798 for Lot 14, John McLellan and family resided there; the household included two males under 16, one male aged 16 to 60, two females under 16, and one female aged 16 to 60.^[5][6]

On a plan of Lot 14, drawn up 30 August 1809 by John McGregor, John McLellan (no. 11), lived on 100 acres of land with three dwelling homes built on his property that was leased in 1805 from Samuel Cunard.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ St. Paul’s Anglican Church Recs. includes a reference to a John MacLellan, who drowned 27 June 1811; and was bur. in the cem. of St. Paul’s 18 July 1811, but this may be an entirely different person.
2. ↑ Nancy McNeill of Barbara Weit, who m. Jonathan McDougald (brother of Ann “Nancy” McDougald), was known to be related to Alexander McLellan, John’s son (Fr. William Cameron’s Genealogical Notes, ca. 1907, states, “ ‘Ewen Yon’ Jonathan married Nancy McNeill from Barbara Weit - related to Alex McLellan’s ‘Euchun’ [?].”
3. ↑ Ernest McDonald, ed., “Mission of St. Patrick[,] Grand River West,” The Burke Chronicles: The Story of the Beginnings of Roman Catholic Parishes on Prince Edward Island to 1885 (Charlottetown, P.E.I.: The Author, 2007), p. 124.
4. ↑ Ernest McDonald, ed., “Mission of St. Patrick[,] Grand River West,” The Burke Chronicles: The Story of the Beginnings of Roman Catholic Parishes on Prince Edward Island to 1885 (Charlottetown, P.E.I.: The Author, 2007), p. 124.
5. ↑ Duncan Campbell, History of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1875), p. 213, found at Google Books.
6. ↑ "1798 St. John's Island Heads of Household Census" (Lot #14), found at The Island Register.
7. ↑ 1809 John McGregor’s Lot 14 P.E.I. Map, Public Archives of Prince Edward Island.

• "The Descendants of Donald MacDougall and Katy McDonald," by Phil MacDougall at The Island Register.
• "Genealogy Notes From Lots 14 & 16" The following information is taken from an old copybook written by Father William Cameron. The copybook and a cover letter was sent to the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation in Charlottetown on 13 Feb. 1991 by John J. Burns, Vienna, Va. The original material was handwritten in about 1900/1901 when Willie Cameron was a young boy, and it supposedly represents material dictated to him by his grandmother, Nellie Brown. The photocopied copybook contains information concerning Grand River, Lot 16, the Barbara Weit River area and Indian River. Nelly Brown (actually Helen or Ellen Brown), the person who dictated these notes to Father Willie Cameron, and who was the widow of Donald MacDonald Esquire, died 22 Jan. 1902, aged 94 years. She was buried in St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Grand River on 24 Jan. 1902 by Father John T. Murphy. Nelly's husband, Donald MacDonald Esquire died 14 April 1859, aged 49 years and was buried on 15 April 1859 in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Grand River, by Father James MacDonald. Found at The Island Register.