'Maclean01'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Maclean of Dowart (Duart), Maclean of Maclean

The Clan Maclean is also known as Clan Gillean after the person normally viewed as its founder, shown below. A (mythical) ancestry will be shown for him in due course that connects him back to early Irish roots. The following is reported by www.gillean.com as having been taken from a manuscript (the Skene manuscript dated 1467) which appears to be at least in part supported by other evidence.
Dugald of Scone (a c1100?)
1. Raing
  A. Cudollie
  i. Neil
  a. Maolsuthain
  (1) Macrath
  (A) Gillean 'nan Tuaghe' (of the battle-axe), 1st Chief of Maclean (b c1210) - continued below
The link below will be to the mythical ancestry which is the same as the above back to Cudollie but diverges therebefore. BP1934 starts off with ...
Gillean 'nan Tuaghe' (of the battle-axe), 1st Chief of Maclean (b c1210) - alternative continued above
1. Maoliosa or Malise MacGillean (d c1300)
  A. Gilliecallum or Malcolm MacGillean (a 1314)
  m. ? (dau of the lord of Carrick, Bruce ?)
  i. John (Ian) Dubh MacGillean of Dowart
m. _ Comyn (dau of Comyn, lord of Lochaber)
  a. Lachlan Lubanach Maclean of Dowart (d c1405)
  m. (before 05.1367) Mary MacDonald (dau of John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles)
  (1) Eachan 'Ruadh Nan Cath' Maclean of Dowart (d Harlaw 1411)
  (A) Lachlan Bronnach Maclean of Dowart (d after 1472)
  m. Janet Stewart (dau of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar)
  (i) Lachlan Og Maclean of Dowart (b c1432)
  m. Catherine Campbell (dau of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll)
(a) Hector Odhar Maclean of Dowart (d Flodden 09.09.1513)
  m. _ Mackintosh (dau of Mackintosh, Chief of Clan Chattan)
  ((1)) Lachlan Cattanach Maclean of Dowart (d 1523)
  m1. Marion Maclean (dau of Maclean of Treshnish)
  ((A)) Hector Mor Maclean of Dowart and Morvaren (d 1568)
  m. Mary Macdonald (dau of Alexander Macdonald of Islay)
  ((B)) Allan nan Sop Maclean
  m2. Catherine Campbell (dau of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll)
  (b) Anne Maclean
  m. Sir William Munro, 12th of Foulis (d 1505)
  p1. dau of Macearchan of Kingerloch
  (ii) Donald Maclean, 1st of Ardgour
  m. Evere Cameron (dau of Ewen MacAllan Cameron of Lochiel, 13th Chief)
  p2. Finovola Macleod (dau of Ian Macleod of Harris)
  (iii) Neil Maclean ancestor of Macleans of Lehire, Ross and Shuna
  (iv) John Garbh Maclean, 1st of Coll ancestor of Macleans of Coll
  b. Hector or Euchan Reganach MacGillean, 1st of Lochbuie (d c1407)
  m. dau of the Lord of the Isles (MacDonald ?)

Main sources: BP1934 (Maclean)
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