Elisibeth Jean (Muirhead) McLean (1781 - 1845)

Born Nov 1781 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Wife of William McLean — married about 1800 in Rerrick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1845 at about age 63 in Pictou,Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Biography

Elisibeth Muirhead was born in 1781 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of William Muirhead. She was baptized 20 Nov 1781 at the parish in Urr, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. in the county of Dumfries.^[1]

In about 1803 she married William MacLean, also from Dumfries, apparently in Rerrick Parish, Kirkbright, Scotland (see research notes) ^[2] Together they had at least 7 children.

1. Janet MacLean (1803–1867)
2. William MacLean (1813–1873)
3. John Edward MacLean (1818–1867)
4. Martha McLean (1826–1895)
5. Jessie McLean (1829– )
6. Nancy McLean

The family to Nova Scotia, British Colony between 1801 and 1817. ^[2]

Elisabeth MacLean died on January 17, 1845 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

Name Variations

• Elizabet McLean
• Elizabeth McLean
• Elisth. McLean
• Elizabeth MacLean

Research Notes

• see Needs Source in the sources section below for items that require research or information copied from free sources (like Familysearch.org)
• Although family stories suggest they immigrated in 1801, their son William MacLean, born in 1813, was said to have been born in Dumfries, Scotland on his death certificate. ^[3]
• There was a record for William McClune and Betty Muirhead on 13 Feb 1800 at the Rerrick parish (Reference number 879/ 10 170)
• There was one child, Jean McClune christened to the couple on 3 Dec 1800 at the same parish (879/ 10 96), meaning it is possible they immigrated in 1801 and changed the spelling of their last name.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
   FamilySearch Record: XYLT-45J (accessed 30 June 2022)
   Elisibeth Muirhead baptism on 20 Nov 1781, daughter of William Muirhead, in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Needs Source Fact(s) require source
3. ↑ "Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2PZ-JXB : 1 February 2020), Elizabet McLean in entry for William MacLean, 1873.

See Also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 Jun 2022, 11:02), entry for Elisabeth Muirhead, (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRJH-1WS), requires login, or view open record (https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LRJH-1WS); contributed by various users, including L.Hutton

Cemetery located in Durham, on the other side of the river from the church (on West River East Side Road near Sylvester Road, beside the Durham Community Hall). Recorded in 1956.

"HAGGIS The McCulloch Heritage Centre", Ritchie Records ANTG-1 to PK-1, File number: PD01, (http://haggis.mccullochcentre.ca/document/2167), p. 28, Contributor: Susan Parker; Tags: cemetery, Durham, Durham Cemetery, Ritchie Cemetery Records.

buried with husband William in Durham Cemetery, Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1845, age 63.