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December 2007
Generations 1,2,3,4,5 etc. are numbered 1,3,5,7,9 etc. Additional spouses are 2,4,6,8 etc.
Compiled by Gordon Speer, 3304 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, IL 61081
1 Robert McCLELLAN (1716-8/24/1789) m. 1754 Nicholes (Nicola) GORDON (1730-1799)
He was born in Kirkcudbright, Scotland. They made their home in Micklemox,
Parish of Butte until June 1774, when they emigrated to Springfield, VT by
way of Dublin, New York City, Albany, Manchester, and Brumley.
Vermont declared itself independent in 1777.
In 1784 they moved again to what is now Hebron, New York.
He died in Salem and is buried in the Revolutionary War Cemetery there.
She is buried in the old cemetery in Cambridge.
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This life's a tale,
An empty song.
'Tis but a breath,
However long.
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3 William McCLELLAN(8/1755-2/19/1834) m.3/2/1786 Jannet THOMPSON(5/15/1766-10/7/1808)
William was born in the town of Micklenox and in the year 1769 moved to the
Newtown in the Parish of Twenholm in the Stewartry of Galloway, Scotland,
North Britain near Kirkcudbright. He came to America with his parents and
siblings in 1774 on the ship Goldenrule. Buried in New Hebron Cemetery, NY
5 Robert McCLELLAN
7 William W. McCLELLAN
7 James R. McCLELLAN
5 James McCLELLAN (4/4/1794-2/8/1869) m. Hannah NELSON (9/13/1794-8/12/1855)
7 Jane McCLELLAN (5/6/1814-2/8/1873)
7 William Nelson McCLELLAN (8/6/1820-8/20/1890)
7 Mary McCLELLAN (8/11/1822-8/8/1905)
7 John R. McCLELLAN (4/14/1824-8/12/1850)
7 (Samuel) Nelson McCLELLAN (11/9/1826-7/28/1898) m. 9/30/1856 Margaret MACKLIN
(9/16/1836-4/22/1898) Somonauk, IL
9 James C. McCLELLAN (2/12/1859- ) m. Mary WORTH
11 Margaret Ethel McCLELLAN
11 Verna Hazel McCLELLAN
11 Cora Madge McCLELLAN
9 Margaret McCLELLAN (3/22/1861- ) m. Hoyt WILCOX
9 Elizabeth McCLEllan (11/11/1864- ) m. Ellsworth WILCOX
9 Mima C. McCLELLAN ( - ) m. 9/13/1917 A. H. VANHOHLEN
9 Jennie McCLELLAN (1/2/1869-4/24/1903)
9 John R. McCLELLAN (8/22/1871- ) m. 10/7/1896 Irene HUBBARD
11 Lois Margaret McCLELLAN
11 Mima Elma McCLELLAN
11 Kenneth Nelson McCLELLAN
11 Ralph Raymond McCLELLAN
11 Preston Russell McCLELLAN
11 Dorothy Elizabeth McCLELLAN
11 Gladys Birdella McCLELLAN
11 Cyril McCLELLAN
11 Clifford Alden McCLELLAN
9 Alfred Nelson McCLELLAN (11/23/1873- )
9 Mattie May McCLELLAN (3/22/1876- )
9 William Ralph McCLELLAN (9/16/1880- ) m. 1/10/1909 Lucy SHIPMAN
11 Melvin Wendell McCLELLAN
13 Barbara McCLELLAN m. ..... Sheppard
11 Margaret Iona McCLELLAN
11 Beth McCLELLAN
11 Willard McCLELLAN
7 James McCLELLAN (9/18/1830-2/11/1911) m. Emmeline Amanda STEWART
(5/8/1842-3/20/1918) Monmouth, IL
9 Theresa Agnes McCLELLAN(8/14/1863-3/23/1942) m.12/31/1885 Alexander Skinner FRENCH
(11/8/1855-3/21/1933) Goldfield, IA early pioneer farmers in section 16
11 Walter Burton FRENCH (6/8/1888-10/17/1951) m. 8/31/1938 Mary ADAMS THOMPSON
Goldfield, IA well driller/plumber
11 Alta Grace FRENCH (7/27/1891-9/26/1956) United Presbyterian missionary to Egypt
11 John Max FRENCH (10/20/1898-11/11/1971) m. 6/29/1953 Marjorie LENNING Goldfield, IA farmer
11 Frances May FRENCH (4/4/1903-10/22/1986) m. 8/3/1927 Harland Russell SPEER
(11/4/1903-7/23/1997) University City, MO teacher and school administrator
13 Roberta Ann SPEER (1/25/1930- ) m. 6/17/1952 Rev. Donald Milton PARKINSON
Santa Ana, CA, Wauwatosa, WI Presbyterian Minister, West Bend, WI
13 Gordon Eugene SPEER (12/25/1933- ) m. 9/3/1955 Elizabeth Lucille GLENN
Sterling, IL science teacher
9 William Stewart McCLELLAN (1/15/1866- ) m. Magdalen TURNBULL
9 Ernest Stewart McCLELLAN (5/20/1868-12/18/1946) m. 10/12/1892 Lulu Bell KNOX
(6/22/1867-10/26/1940) Monmouth, IL farmer
11 Ruth Margaret McCLELLAN (12/1/1893-1/5/1922) m. 10/1/1913 Walter Jonathan JONES
(5/7/1884-6/16/1970) Nampa, ID
13 Robert McClellan JONES (9/8/1914-10/5/1977) m. Arlene Carolyn WAHLSTROM
14 m. 2nd 8/18/1953 Edith Alberta McCAIN (5/26/1918-7/9/2005) Nampa, ID
15 Janette Elaine JONES (11/6/1956- ) m. 8/4/1979 Warren Loren LAYTON
(9/20/1956- ) Federal Way, WA
13 Gladys Ruth JONES (3/17/1919-4/15/1942) m. Paul Ernest COMSTOCK
11 Mary Emmeline McCLELLAN (4/1/1895-6/10/1993) m. 8/27/1925 H. Bruce ELLIOTT artist in CA
13 Robert ELLIOTT m. Suzie Children: Mike, Judy, Cathy
11 Mary Catherine McCLELLAN (9/27/1914-8/16/2004) m. 9/19/1987 Leland Saust ALLEN (4/7/1913- )
Monmouth, IL farmer
9 Mary Boyd McCLELLAN (6/23/1873- ) m. Rev. A.A.SAMPSON ( -4/11/1924)
9 Grace Annette McCLELLAN (1/5/1876-11/29/1895) Monmouth College student, age 19
9 Harry McCLELLAN (12/6/1884- ) m. Ethel StCLAIR chemistry teacher
10 m. 2nd Helen TAGGART
7 Margaret A. McCLELLAN (4/11/1833-7/3/1910)
7 Sarah E. McCLELLAN (3/27/1836-8/1/?)
5 "Deacon" John McCLELLAN
7 William McCLELLAN stayed in Hebron, NY on the old family homestead
7 James McCLELLAN
7 John T. McCLELLAN
5 William Gordon McCLELLAN (1808-1878) m. Sally Ann CLEVELAND (1808-1833) Cambridge, Woodlawn Cemetery
7 ..... McCLELLAN m. ..... LAMB
6 m. 2nd Minerva McEachern Cambridge, NY, Woodlawn Cemetery
5 ..... McCLELLAN m. Rev. Alexander BULLIONS Cambridge, NY
5 ..... McCLELLAN m. Alexander McGEOCH Argyle, NY
5 ..... McCLELLAN m. Jonathan MOREY Stillwater, NY
5 ..... McCLELLAN m. Daniel MOREY Stillwater, NY-.....
4 m. 2nd 1/1811 Rachel ARMITAGE (1773-4/18/1857) Turnpike Cemetery, Cambridge
3 Robert McCLELLAN (1766-1/6/1829) m. Mary THOMPSON (3/15/1768-6/20/1839) Hebron, NY
5 Sarah (Sally) McCLELLAN(12/11/1794-6/14/1884) m. Alexander BEVERIDGE(5/4/1793-6/2/1874) Hebron, NY
5 "Colonel" William McCLELLAN (10/30/1796-1/7/1872)
7 Robert H. McCLELLAN
7 John A. McCLELLAN
7 Andrew McCLELLAN
7 Donald McCLELLAN
7 Jane McCLELLAN m. ..... REA
9 Ida REA m. ..... McNIGHT West Hebron, ME
5 Robert Gordon McCLELLAN (9/17/1799-11/11/1864) m. 2/19/1829 Nancy CRUICKSHANK (8/12/1804-3/5/1854)
7 Peter Cruickshank McCLELLAN (10/26/1829-4/25/1898) m. 9/7/1864 Isabel BEVERIDGE Somonauk, IL
9 Mary Ella McCLELLAN (11/9/1869- ) m.10/11/1894 Rev. John Ewing BRADFORD Miami U, Oxford, OH
7 Robert McCLELLAN (9/10/1832-10/21/1856)
7 Mary McCLELLAN (8/2/1834-10/22/1836) age 2
7 David Martin McCLELLAN (5/23/1837-3/6/1913) Amsterdam, NY
9 Arthur D. McCLELLAN Stables, LA
9 Anna G. McCLELLAN m. ..... ARGERSINGER Port Richmond, Staten Island, NY
7 Margaret McCLELLAN (5/25/1839-11/14/1921)
6 m. 2nd 1/28/1857 Margaret LIDDLE
7 Delliplane McCLELLAN (1/17/1860-2/13/1913) Kansas City, MO
5 John McCLELLAN
7 Mary Jane McCLELLAN m. ..... YOUNG
7 Laurie McCLELLAN
5 Phebe McCLELLAN m. ..... ARMSTRONG
5 Nancy McCLELLAN
5 Gordon McCLELLAN
3 John McCLELLAN (1758-3/21/1851) m Sarah THOMPSON (1773-3/6/1840) sister of Mary, but
not related to Jannet. Their graves are in the Turnpike Cemetery south of Cambridge, NY
5 Robert McCLELLAN
7 Edward McCLELLAN
7 Francis McCLELLAN
7 James McCLELLAN
5 William McCLELLAN
7 Henry McCLELLAN
7 John McCLELLAN
7 Belle McCLELLAN
5 Maria McCLELLAN (1805-7/10/1867) m. ..... GIFFORD and/or ..... SMITH
5 Nancy McCLELLAN m. ..... WEBSTER
5 Sarah McCLELLAN(7/23/1793-5/13/1833) m.10/17/1811 Rev. David FRENCH(8/11/1783-3/30-1855)
North Buffalo, PA
For detail and descendants see: The Family of David FRENCH, by Robert Hughes French.
3 Grisey McCLELLAN (1769-1792) m Colen MAXWELL Salem, NY
5 George MAXWELL
3 Mary McCLELLAN (1771-10/10/1849) m. John HALL (1764-1828) Argyle, NY, Old Church Cemetery
3 Nancy "Agness" McCLELLAN (1772-4/29/1832) m. John CREE
4 m. 2nd John MOODIE West Hebron, NY New Hebron Cemetery