Hugh McLellan b. Abt 1710 County Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 2 Jan 1787 Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine: Genealogy at Pitard.net

Abt 1710 - 1787 (77 years)

Name	Hugh McLellan [1, 2, 3]
Birth	Abt 1710	County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Gender	Male
Immigration	1733	Maine
Death	2 Jan 1787	Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine [4]
Burial	Gorham Cemetery, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine [5]
	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93015727/hugh-mclellan [The photograph of Hugh Davis McLellan is not this man.]
Origins
Patriarch & Matriarch	Hugh McLellan d. Yes, date unknown (Father)
Notes	Hugh and Elizabeth emigrated from Ireland in about 1733 with their first child, about 13 years after Bryce. They ultimately settled in Gorham, Maine. He is a cousin to Bryce (though how is unknown, and so this relation isn't depicted on this site) and two of his daughters (Mary and Abigail) married two of Bryce's sons. According to Hugh McLellan's History of Gorham, The McLellans of Gorham are descended from Hugh and Elizabeth McLellan, whose children intermarried with those of Bryce McLellan of Portland, and James McLellan of Saco. James was a brother and Bryce a cousin to Hugh. Hugh and Elizabeth were born and married in County Antrim, in the north of Ireland. Bryce McLellan, the ancestor of the Portland branch of the family, came to this country several years before Hugh, and settled first in Wells, where he owned land July, 1720, and where several of his children were born and christened. He moved from that place to Cape Elizabeth, and about the year 1730 to Falmouth Neck. Hugh was the son of Hugh, and Elizabeth was the daughter of Cary McLellan. Their families were remotely connected, and were descended from Sir Hugh McLellan of Argyle, Scotland, who was knighted in 1515. This branch of the McLellans migrated from Scotland (probably the southern part of Ross, where the name is still numerous) to the north of Ireland, with a colony of Scotch, some seventy or a hundred years previous to the coming to America of Hugh and Elizabeth. (658) The narrative in this source is the best overview of his life. The story of a more specific moment in the immigrant Hugh's life can be found in in Clayton's History of Cumberland. This is a story about the deaths of the Bryant family in 1746, told by "Mrs. Abigail McLellan who died about 1821. She was a girl living with her father's family at the time of the massacre of the Bryant family on April 19, 1746." [6, 7]
Person ID	I130
Last Modified	27 Mar 2025

Father	Hugh McLellan d. Yes, date unknown
Family Charts	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Spouse / Partner Elizabeth McLellan
b. 1708, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
d. 16 Jul 1804, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine (Age 96 years)

Children 5 sons and 5 daughters

>	1. William McLellan b. 22 Feb 1730, Ireland d. 19 Nov 1812 (Age 82 years) └─ Rebecca Haston or Houston (Age 81 years) m. 8 Dec 1762
	2. Cary McLellan b. Abt 1734 d. Bef 1745 (Age < 10 years)
+	3. Abigail McLellan b. 1738, Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine d. 14 May 1821, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine (Age 83 years) └─ Deacon James McLellan (Age 54 years) m. 26 Aug 1756
+	4. Mary McLellan b. 1740, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine d. Oct 1804, Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine (Age 64 years) └─ Capt. Joseph McLellan (Age 87 years) m. 17 Sep 1756
+	5. Capt. Alexander McLellan b. 1742, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine d. 4 Oct 1779, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine (Age 37 years) └─ Margaret Johnson (Age 76 years) m. 21 Oct 1765
+	6. Capt. Cary McLellan b. 1 May 1745, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine d. 12 May 1805 (Age 60 years) └─ Eunice Elder (Age 39 years) m. 1 Jan 1767; └─ Mary Strout m. 25 Jan 1785
+	7. Jane McLellan b. 2 Nov 1748, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine d. 28 Aug 1835 (Age 86 years) └─ Capt. Actor Patten (Age 79 years) m. 20 Nov 1766
	8. Martha McLellan b. 1750 d. Abt 1753 (Age 3 years)
+	9. Thomas McLellan b. Oct 1753, Massachusetts d. 13 Jan 1829, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine (Age 75 years) └─ Jane "Jenny" Patterson (Age 84 years) m. 29 Nov 1777
>	10. Martha McLellan b. 1755 └─ James Warren m. 30 Dec 1773

Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 12 May 2025

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1710 - County Antrim, Northern Ireland
	Immigration - 1733 - Maine
	Death - 2 Jan 1787 - Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine
	Burial - - Gorham Cemetery, Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine

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Documents	2 Documents
	Nathan Goold, "Falmouth Neck in the Revolution" Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, vol. 8 (1897), 66-95.
	"The Name and Family of McLellan," by the Media Research Bureau I would not use this as a source, but it might be interesting as an historical effort to document the family. It does, helpfully, contain a bibliography.

Headstones

Hugh McLellan (d. 1787)

Histories

New England Family History

These parts of the family lived mostly in southern Maine, and include the McLellan and Levensaler families and wider relations.

Reference Pitard, D. "Hugh McLellan". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I130&tree=1sttree (accessed May 15, 2025).

Sources

[S37] McLellan, John A., Bryce McLellan . . . His Children and Grandchildren, 10-11.
[S240] McLellan, Hugh Davis, History of Gorham, Maine, 658-660.
[S775] Pierce, Josiah, A History of the Town of Gorham, Maine, 189-90.
[S776] King, Marquis F., Publishments, Marriages, Births, and Deaths from the Earlier Records of Gorham, Maine.
[S29] Awesome Find a Grave Contributors, Find A Grave.
[S240] McLellan, Hugh Davis, History of Gorham, Maine.
[S85] Clayton, W. Woodford, History of Cumberland Co., Maine, http://archive.org/stream/historyofcumberl00clay#page/n473/mode/2up.

Birth	Abt 1734
Christened	3 Nov 1734	Wells, York Co., Maine
Died	Bef 1745

Father	Hugh McLellan b. Abt 1710, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Mother	Elizabeth McLellan b. 1708, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Birth	22 Feb 1730	Ireland
Died	19 Nov 1812

Father	Hugh McLellan b. Abt 1710, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Mother	Elizabeth McLellan b. 1708, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Family	Rebecca Haston or Houston b. Abt 1742
Married	8 Dec 1762	Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine

Birth	Abt 1742
Died	13 Oct 1823	Gorham, Cumberland Co., Maine

Family	William McLellan b. 22 Feb 1730, Ireland
Married	8 Dec 1762	Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine

Birth	1750
Died	Abt 1753

Father	Hugh McLellan b. Abt 1710, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Mother	Elizabeth McLellan b. 1708, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Birth	1755

Father	Hugh McLellan b. Abt 1710, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Mother	Elizabeth McLellan b. 1708, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Family	James Warren
Married	30 Dec 1773

Died	Yes, date unknown

Family	Martha McLellan b. 1755
Married	30 Dec 1773

Hugh McLellan

Hugh McLellan

Hugh McLellan

Elizabeth McLellan

William McLellan

Rebecca Haston or Houston

Cary McLellan

Abigail McLellan

Deacon James McLellan

Mary McLellan

Capt. Joseph McLellan

Capt. Alexander McLellan

Margaret Johnson

Capt. Cary McLellan

Eunice Elder

Mary Strout

Jane McLellan

Capt. Actor Patten

Martha McLellan

Thomas McLellan

Jane "Jenny" Patterson

Martha McLellan

James Warren