Clan Gillean

334 The Clan Gillean.
Mary was married to Alexander, son of Donald
Maclean of Calgary. Catherine was married to
John, son of Archibald Og Maclean of Heisker.
The Rev. John Maclean was an excellent poet.
He died on March 12th, 1756. He was buried
with his father at Kilninian. Alexander, son of
the Rev. John Maclean, was born in 1722. He
was licensed to preach in 1745, and became min-
ister of Kilninian and Kilmore in 1750. He
married, in 1750, Christy, daughter of Donald
Maclean of Torloisk, by whom he had John,
Donald, Lachlan, and two daughters. John was
a captain in the American War, and was drowned
near Halifax. Lachlan was a major-general in
the army. He died in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Lachlan, second son of Ewen of Treshnish, mar-
ried Jean, daughter of Donald Maclean of Calgary,
by whom he had one son and several daughters.
His only son was drowned while on his passage
from Mull to Glasgow. Hector, third son of Ewen
of Treshnish, was born in 1696. He became minis-
ter of Coll in 1733. He received a visit from Dr.
Johnson in 1773. He married Janet, daughter of
Hector Maclean, tacksman of Knock in Coll, by
whom he had three children; Allan, Florence, and
Margaret. Allan was a lieutenant in the army,
and was lost at sea on his passage from New York
to Scotland. Florence was married to Captain
Lachlan Maclean, of the Coll family, and Mar-
garet, to Alexander Maclean of Mingary. The
Rev. Hector Maclean died in April, 1775. John,