As far as John, all we know is that a John McLean arrived on the ship The Sarah in 1801 at the same time as our William. He was approximately 8 years old. A John McLean also appeared years later in William's last will and testament. William appoints "William, John McLean's son, as executor....." Later, in a probate record John McLean is mentioned again "William McLean of McLellan's Brook, John McLean's son, as executor....." We know that McLellan's Brook is also referred to as Marshy Hope and it is located on the bottom of the east side of Fraser's Mountain. Our William settled on that mountain primarily on the west side of it and into New Glasgow. We think that the John mentioned in the will might be the same John who came on the Sarah, and that it might be William's brother. But we can't find record of it in New Glasgow. Our William did not get his land from family, he got it from his employer - 100 acres to be exact. So there is no paperwork that we have found to state who his parents were. Our William married Margaret Chisholm of West Branch, East River. Although there were many Chisholms who arrived on that ship, Margaret was not one of them. She was definitely born in Nova Scotia, we have records of her Chisholms. Also, there are many Williams and Johns in the family so sometimes it can be difficult to follow. At one time, someone had thought that the "William McLean, John's son" was referring to the writer's grandson. But at the time the will was written, his grandson William was only a year old, not likely to be appointed an executor. Of course, any help on this is appreciated. We were thinking that perhaps there was a record in Scotland on this family. Sometimes when you get to the point of when they actually arrived in their new land, half of the information is found back where they are from. Hope this makes sense. Thank you, Rob McLean On 25 May 00, at 11:27, Mindy Walker wrote: Rob: If you could post his wife's name, children's names and where they lived, or name of the ship or date of immigration, we may be able to narrow in on John. >From: "McLean" <mclean@ctaz.com> >To: <mindy_walker@hotmail.com> >Subject: McLeans >Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 17:21:14 -0700 > >Our McLeans start with William born about 1790, the one who arrived on the >ship. We have info on all of his children, his wife, wife's parents, etc. >One of his children (of course) John, is my great great grandfather. >Naturally, we have info on John's children. Also most of William's >grandchildren. Have wills, deeds, cemetery records, census records, etc. > >Rob McLean ________________________________________________________ ________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com