Am hoping that someone can help me identify the mother of the Rev. Adam Clarke, LL.D. (1760-1832) The Rev. Adam Clarke was born in the spring of 1760 at Moybeg, Kilcronaghan, Londonderry, Ireland, and was the son of John Clarke, M. A., of Trinity College, Dublin, and a Miss MacLean. As to the identify of this Miss MacLean, the following is provided: "Mrs. Clarke was of Scotch origin, a descendant of the M'Leans of Mull, in the Hebrides, - a hardy race, remarkable for muscular strength. A brother of Mrs. Clarke, the Rev. I. M'Lean, 'could bend iron bars with a storke of his arm"..... The great-grandfather of Mrs. Clarke, Laughlin M'Lean, was chief of his clan, and laird of Dowart. Dr. Clarke ever cherished a tender veneration for his mother. According to his description, she was not a beauty, but a sensible woman; something above the average height, graceful in moving, and remarkably erect even in old age.... Mrs. Clarke, at the time of her marriage, was a decided Presbyterian; her husband, with equal strength of principle, an Episcopalian.... Their eldest son, named Tracy, after his relative, the Rev. John Tracy, rector of Kilcronaghan, was bred to the medical professions. Some passages in his remarkable history will be noticed further on. Of their daughters, the eldest married the Rev. W. M. Johnson, LL.D., rector of St. Perrans Uthnoe, in Cornwall; and another became the wife of Thomas Exley, Esq., M. A., of Bristol." Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Linda Bennion

Hi Linda. Might be worth trying :- http://books.google.com/books?id=BtQKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=john+clarke+ma+of+trinity+college+dublin&source=web&ots=JxDmGBYJsF&sig=6NdDxtgpaMLD4pW3BT5IeL5BClY#PPR20,M1 Looks like your Miss MacLean is Hannah MacLean from Coll, descended from the MacLeans from Mull. The extracts in your posting would appear to come from 'Memoirs of Adam Clarke continued by his daughter, Mary Ann Clarke Smith.' Hope this helps. Ian Thomas W Bennion wrote: > Am hoping that someone can help me identify the mother of the Rev. Adam Clarke, LL.D. (1760-1832) > > The Rev. Adam Clarke was born in the spring of 1760 at Moybeg, Kilcronaghan, Londonderry, Ireland, and was the son of John Clarke, M. A., of Trinity College, Dublin, and a Miss MacLean. As to the identify of this Miss MacLean, the following is provided: "Mrs. Clarke was of Scotch origin, a descendant of the M'Leans of Mull, in the Hebrides, - a hardy race, remarkable for muscular strength. A brother of Mrs. Clarke, the Rev. I. M'Lean, 'could bend iron bars with a storke of his arm"..... The great-grandfather of Mrs. Clarke, Laughlin M'Lean, was chief of his clan, and laird of Dowart. Dr. Clarke ever cherished a tender veneration for his mother. According to his description, she was not a beauty, but a sensible woman; something above the average height, graceful in moving, and remarkably erect even in old age.... Mrs. Clarke, at the time of her marriage, was a decided Presbyterian; her husband, with equal strength of principle, an Episcopalian.... Their eldest son, named Tr! ac! > y, after his relative, the Rev. John Tracy, rector of Kilcronaghan, was bred to the medical professions. Some passages in his remarkable history will be noticed further on. Of their daughters, the eldest married the Rev. W. M. Johnson, LL.D., rector of St. Perrans Uthnoe, in Cornwall; and another became the wife of Thomas Exley, Esq., M. A., of Bristol." > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Linda Bennion > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

Ian, This is wonderful - thank you! I had not seen this. What I had was his (Rev. Adam Clarke's) obituary from The Gentleman's Magazine. Now this should keep me busy for awhile. Should have some Coll data to send you within the next month. Still trying to transfer some of the information. Thanks again, Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Phillips" <ian.phillips@ukonline.co.uk> To: <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Clarke+Maclean > Hi Linda. > > Might be worth trying :- > > http://books.google.com/books?id=BtQKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=john+clarke+ma+of+trinity+college+dublin&source=web&ots=JxDmGBYJsF&sig=6NdDxtgpaMLD4pW3BT5IeL5BClY#PPR20,M1 > > Looks like your Miss MacLean is Hannah MacLean from Coll, descended from > the MacLeans from Mull. > > The extracts in your posting would appear to come from 'Memoirs of Adam > Clarke continued by his daughter, Mary Ann Clarke Smith.' > > Hope this helps. > > Ian > > > > Thomas W Bennion wrote: >> Am hoping that someone can help me identify the mother of the Rev. Adam >> Clarke, LL.D. (1760-1832) >> >> The Rev. Adam Clarke was born in the spring of 1760 at Moybeg, >> Kilcronaghan, Londonderry, Ireland, and was the son of John Clarke, M. >> A., of Trinity College, Dublin, and a Miss MacLean. As to the identify of >> this Miss MacLean, the following is provided: "Mrs. Clarke was of Scotch >> origin, a descendant of the M'Leans of Mull, in the Hebrides, - a hardy >> race, remarkable for muscular strength. A brother of Mrs. Clarke, the >> Rev. I. M'Lean, 'could bend iron bars with a storke of his arm"..... The >> great-grandfather of Mrs. Clarke, Laughlin M'Lean, was chief of his clan, >> and laird of Dowart. Dr. Clarke ever cherished a tender veneration for >> his mother. According to his description, she was not a beauty, but a >> sensible woman; something above the average height, graceful in moving, >> and remarkably erect even in old age.... Mrs. Clarke, at the time of her >> marriage, was a decided Presbyterian; her husband, with equal strength of >> principle, an Episcopalian.... Their eldest son, named Tr! > ac! >> y, after his relative, the Rev. John Tracy, rector of Kilcronaghan, was >> bred to the medical professions. Some passages in his remarkable history >> will be noticed further on. Of their daughters, the eldest married the >> Rev. W. M. Johnson, LL.D., rector of St. Perrans Uthnoe, in Cornwall; and >> another became the wife of Thomas Exley, Esq., M. A., of Bristol." >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Linda Bennion >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >