John Maclean

John Maclean

b: ABT 1500
d: ABT 1545
Biography
According to the Seanachie, 1838:

"John Maclean was married a second time to a daughter of the chief of Clanrannald, by whom he had also two sons, Charles and Lachlan. He had likewise two sons by a daughter of Mac-Iain of Ardnamurchan, whom he had taken upon the prospect of marriage if she pleased him; at the expiration of two years (the period of her "noviciate"), he sent her home to her father; but his offspring by her were reputed lawful children "because their mother was taken upon a prospect of marriage". To the eldest of these two sons, a reputed warrior of his day, and a constant follower of Sir Lachlan Mor, his father gave the lands of Inverscadell; but it does not appear that he left any issue to inherit his property, for those lands at his death became the property of his half-brother Charles, eldest son, by Clanrannald's daughter, of John the 4th laird. John was succeeded by his eldest son, Allan."

[But is this the right John? It is very tidy that Allan son of Ewen should inherit Ardgour, then John son of Allan etc. But new research written up in 'Warriors and Priests' by Maclean-Bristol suggests that the situation was a great deal more complex, and that Lachlan son of Ewen inherited Ardgour, was than disinherited by the Crown, and that the next Baron of Ardgour, though only for a very few years, was John son of Terlach son of Ewen, before the estate was passed, by Hector Mor, Chief of Clan Maclean, to this Allan's grandson, also called Allan, who became the 5th of Ardgour.]
Facts
  • ABT 1500 - Birth -
  • ABT 1545 - Death -
Ancestors
   
Ewen Maclean
ABT 1440 -
 
   
  
  
 
John Maclean
ABT 1500 - ABT 1545
  
 
  
 
   
  
  
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Allan Maclean
Birth
Death
Marriageto Daughter MacGhlasraich
FatherEwen Maclean
MotherDaughter Chisholm
PARENT (F) Daughter MacGhlasraich
Birth
Death
Marriageto Allan Maclean
FatherMac a Ghlasraich
Mother?
CHILDREN
MJohn Maclean
BirthABT 1500
DeathABT 1545
Marriageto Daughter MacDougall
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) John Maclean
BirthABT 1500
DeathABT 1545
Marriageto Daughter MacDougall
FatherAllan Maclean
MotherDaughter MacGhlasraich
PARENT (F) Daughter MacDougall
Birth
Death
Marriageto John Maclean
FatherMacDougall
Mother?
CHILDREN
MAllan Maclean
BirthABT 1530
Death
Marriageto ?
MEwen Maclean
Birth
Death
Evidence
[S23465] 'A History of Clan Maclean' by J P Maclean, 1889
[S22954] 'The Clan Gillean,' 1899, by Alexander Maclean Sinclair - Chapter on Macleans of Ardgour.
[S22776] 'Warriors and Priests: History of the Clan Maclean 1300-1570' by Nicholas Maclean-Bristol, 1995
Descendancy Chart
John Maclean b: ABT 1500 d: ABT 1545
Allan Maclean b: ABT 1530
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Ewen Maclean b: ABT 1550 d: ABT 1590
Allan Maclean b: ABT 1580 d: 1645
John Crubach Maclean b: ABT 1600
Ewen Maclean b: ABT 1635
Allan Maclean b: 1668 d: NOV 1756
John (Ewen) Maclean b: ABT 1701 d: MAR 1739
Hugh Maclean d: 1768
10 Alexander Maclean b: 15 APR 1764 d: 8 SEP 1855
Margaret Hope , Lady b: 24 JUN 1772 d: 16 SEP 1831
Ewen Maclean b: ABT 1736
Donald Maclean b: ABT 1700 d: 1731
Archibald Maclean b: ABT 1703
Allan Maclean b: ABT 1705
James Maclean b: ABT 1706 d: 1 JUN 1761
Isabel Maclean b: ABT 1700
Margaret Maclean b: ABT 1702
Mary Maclean b: ABT 1704
Florance Maclean b: ABT 1744 d: 17 JUL 1815
10 James Maclean b: 5 FEB 1769
10 Barbra Maclean b: 20 APR 1777 d: FEB 1809
10 Hugh Maclean b: 9 MAY 1779
10 John Maclean d: NOV 1837
10 Isabel Maclean b: 29 MAR 1769 d: 27 AUG 1843
John Maclean b: AFT 1756
10 Ann Maclean b: 12 DEC 1773 d: 16 JAN 1864
John Major Skinner , Lieut General b: 16 FEB 1752 d: 10 OCT 1827