History of the Clan MacLean from its first settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the present period

The Family of John MacLean. 393
pleasure, but would require a large volume. The name has been fully identi-
fied in the geography of the United States. Illinois has a McLean county,
containing 1,155 square miles, with a population of 75,000. In that county
is a post village of the same name. McLeansborough is the county seat of
Hamilton county, same state. One of the counties of Western Kentucky is
named McLean. It contains 825 square miles, and a population of 7,500.
There is a McLean county in Dakotah. Minnesota has a McLean township in
Ramsey county. Ohio has a McLean post-office in Fayette county, and a
McLean township in Shelby county. Tompkins county. New York, has a
McLean post- village. McLain is the name of a post-ofiice in Harvey county,
Kansas. McLane is a post-office in Erie county, Pennsylvania ; and in Craw-
ford county, same state, is McLean's Corners. McLeansville, a post-office in
Guilford county, North Carolina. McLeansville, a village in Jackson county,
Tennessee. McClains, a post-office in Wirt county. West Virginia.
Space is herewith given to record the genealogy of one American family —
that of John MacLean. The evidence points that he belonged to the Mac-
Leans of Killran, in Argyleshire, a cadet of the family of Lochbuie, and
probably of the Kingerloch branch or sept. John was born about the year
1738; and about 1760 left his native country for the north of Ireland. Here
he became acquainted with and married Margaret Lynn. The name is an
Irish one, and is the same as Flynn, or O'Flynn. In 1765, he emigrated to
America, and settled on a farm on Goose Creek, in Loudon county, Virginia.
Here he lived until all his children were born and grown to the years of ma-
turity ; then removed to the vicinity of Uniontown, Pennsylvania ; and in
1807, to Monroe, in Butler county, Ohio. In August, 1813,* he purchased
120 acres of land, situated in the south-west corner of section 12, Lemon
township, on which he then lived, for $900. In April, 1814, he added 18 acres
of contiguous land for $135. f In October, 1817, in ascending the stairway
of his house, he slipped and fell to the bottom, from the effects of which he
died, Januai-y 4, 1818, and is buried in the graveyard near Monroe. His last
will and testament is dated October 8, 1817, and probated February 11, 1818.
In this will, he properly remembers all his offspring, and makes them equal
h^irs. He remembers an old faithful servant in the family, and his brother
James. The estate was appraised at $3,486.56. His name is attached to the
will in two places, and is spelled "John Mclean." He was known as a man of
kindness of heart and generous impulses, and swayed by the principle of
* Book D., p. 23, of Evcords of Uutler Co., O. t Ibid., p. 253.