1. Robert1 McLelland (Alexander2 McClelland), son of Alexander McClelland and Isabella Futhey, was born in Kentucky February 14, 1792. Robert died July 15, 1855 in Jefferson Co., IN, at 63 years of age. His body was interred in Jefferson Co., IN.
He married Esther Campbell Benefiel in Clark Co., KY, January 3, 1814. Esther was born in Kentucky January 2, 1793. Esther was the daughter of George Eli Benefiel and Mary Buchanan. Esther died March 29, 1872 in Jefferson Co., IN, at 79 years of age. Her body was interred in Jefferson Co., IN. At 21 years of age Esther became the mother of William Eli McLelland in IN, September 21, 1814. At 23 years of age Esther became the mother of Isabel F. McLelland in Jefferson Co., IN, May 16, 1816. At 27 years of age Esther became the mother of James H. McLelland January 7, 1820. Esther became the mother of George W. McLelland ca 1822. At 31 years of age Esther became the mother of Robert Newton McLelland in Jefferson Co., IN, March 11, 1824. At 34 years of age Esther became the mother of Cynthia McLelland in Jefferson Co., IN, March 1, 1827. At 37 years of age Esther became the mother of Eliza Stuart McLelland in Jefferson Co., IN, April 9, 1830.
At 22 years of age Robert became the father of William Eli McLelland in IN, September 21, 1814. At 24 years of age Robert became the father of Isabel F. McLelland in Jefferson Co., IN, May 16, 1816. At 27 years of age Robert became the father of James H. McLelland January 7, 1820. Robert became the father of George W. McLelland ca 1822. At 32 years of age Robert became the father of Robert Newton McLelland in Jefferson Co., IN, March 11, 1824. At 35 years of age Robert became the father of Cynthia McLelland in Jefferson Co., IN, March 1, 1827. At 38 years of age Robert became the father of Eliza Stuart McLelland in Jefferson Co., IN, April 9, 1830.
Robert McLelland and Esther Campbell Benefiel had the following children:
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Mary Ann McLelland. She married Thomas Dunn in Jefferson Co., IN, October 29,
1840. Thomas became the father of Mary Ellen Dunn ca 1849.
Mary became the mother of Mary Ellen Dunn ca 1849.
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Martha McLelland. She married William Hamilton.
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Samuel A. McLelland. He married Margaret Caroline Ryker.
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William Eli McLelland was born in IN September 21, 1814. William died January 1, 1901 in Jefferson Co.,
IN, at 86 years of age. His body was interred in Springdale Cemetery, Madison, IN. He
married Elizabeth F. Wilkerson in Jefferson Co., IN, July 19, 1834.
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Isabel F. McLelland was born in Jefferson Co., IN May 16, 1816. Isabel died February 2, 1895 in Jefferson
Co., IN, at 78 years of age. Her body was interred in Jefferson Church Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IN. She married Wesley McCoy May 25, 1837. Wesley was born in Jefferson Co., IN July 20, 1812.
Wesley was the son of John McCoy. Wesley died April 14, 1863 at 50 years of age. At 25 years of age Wesley became the
father of Mary Frances McCoy May 8, 1838. At 29 years of age Wesley became the father of Sara Jane "Jennie" McCoy October
6, 1841. At 31 years of age Wesley became the father of Amanda Eliza McCoy November 3, 1843. At 33 years of age Wesley
became the father of George Thomas McCoy January 8, 1846. At 35 years of age Wesley became the father of Martha Ellen
McCoy August 6, 1847. At 37 years of age Wesley became the father of William Newton McCoy October 19, 1849. At 39 years of age
Wesley became the father of Louesa Esther McCoy November 18, 1851. At 42 years of age Wesley became the father of
James Robert McCoy October 12, 1854. At 44 years of age Wesley became the father of John Charles McCoy November 26, 1856.
At 47 years of age Wesley became the father of Edward Henry Harrison McCoy August 6, 1859.
At 21 years of age Isabel became the mother of Mary Frances McCoy May 8, 1838. At 25 years of age Isabel became the mother of Sara Jane "Jennie" McCoy October 6, 1841. At 27 years of age Isabel became the mother of Amanda Eliza McCoy November 3, 1843. At 29 years of age Isabel became the mother of George Thomas McCoy January 8, 1846. At 31 years of age Isabel became the mother of Martha Ellen McCoy August 6, 1847. At 33 years of age Isabel became the mother of William Newton McCoy October 19, 1849. At 35 years of age Isabel became the mother of Louesa Esther McCoy November 18, 1851. At 38 years of age Isabel became the mother of James Robert McCoy October 12, 1854. At 40 years of age Isabel became the mother of John Charles McCoy November 26, 1856. At 43 years of age Isabel became the mother of Edward Henry Harrison McCoy August 6, 1859.
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James H. McLelland was born January 7, 1820. James died August 19, 1836 in Jefferson Co., IN, at 16 years
of age. His body was interred in Jefferson Church Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IN.
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George W. McLelland was born ca 1822. He married Elizabeth Hamilton. Her body
was interred Crown Heights Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN.
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Robert Newton McLelland was born in Jefferson Co., IN March 11, 1824. Robert died August 11, 1899 Van
Buren Co., IA, at 75 years of age. He married Charity Ann Smith in Jefferson Co., IN,
September 11, 1845. Charity was born Owen Co., KY November 21, 1827. Charity was the daughter of Archer "Archie" Smith
and Cynthia Robins Conway. Charity died March 14, 1892 Van Buren Co., IA, at 64 years of age. At 18 years of age
Charity became the mother of Cynthia Esther McLelland in Jefferson Co., IN, July 11, 1846. At 20 years of age
Charity became the mother of Mary Elizabeth McLelland in Jefferson Co., IN, March 26, 1848. At 22 years of age
Charity became the mother of William Eli McLelland Van Buren Co., IA, June 5, 1850. At 28 years of age Charity
became the mother of Newton Edward McLelland Van Buren Co., IA, March 28, 1856. At 30 years of age Charity became the
mother of Martha Fannie McLelland Van Buren Co., IA, 1858. At 34 years of age Charity became the mother of Alma
McLelland Van Buren Co., IA, August, 1862. At 36 years of age Charity became the mother of Charles G. McLelland Van
Buren Co., IA, 1864. At 39 years of age Charity became the mother of Guy McLelland Van Buren Co., IA, September,
1867.
At 22 years of age Robert became the father of Cynthia Esther McLelland in Jefferson Co., IN, July 11, 1846. At 24 years of age Robert became the father of Mary Elizabeth McLelland in Jefferson Co., IN, March 26, 1848. At 26 years of age Robert became the father of William Eli McLelland Van Buren Co., IA, June 5, 1850. At 32 years of age Robert became the father of Newton Edward McLelland Van Buren Co., IA, March 28, 1856. At 34 years of age Robert became the father of Martha Fannie McLelland Van Buren Co., IA, 1858. At 38 years of age Robert became the father of Alma McLelland Van Buren Co., IA, August, 1862. At 40 years of age Robert became the father of Charles G. McLelland Van Buren Co., IA, 1864. At 43 years of age Robert became the father of Guy McLelland Van Buren Co., IA, September, 1867.
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Cynthia McLelland was born in Jefferson Co., IN March 1, 1827. Cynthia died September 29, 1905 in
Jefferson Co., IN, at 78 years of age. Her body was interred in Jefferson Church Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IN. She married Charles W. Loring.
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Eliza Stuart McLelland was born in Jefferson Co., IN April 9, 1830. Eliza died April 16, 1918 in near
Hanover, IN, at 88 years of age. Her body was interred in Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, IN. She
married Joseph Holton Ryker in Jefferson Co., IN, November 2, 1848. Joseph was born in Jefferson Co., IN October
8, 1826. Joseph was the son of Samuel Ryker, Jr. and Margaret Kincaid Holton. Joseph died July 14, 1880 in Hanover,
IN, at 53 years of age. His body was interred in Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, IN. At 23 years of age Joseph became
the father of Robert Samuel Ryker in Jefferson Co., IN, November 19, 1849. At 26 years of age Joseph became the father
of Cornelia Esther Ryker in Jefferson Co., IN, December 11, 1852. At 28 years of age Joseph became the father of
William Edward Ryker in Jefferson Co., IN, August 7, 1855. At 32 years of age Joseph became the father of Charles
Albert Ryker in Jefferson Co., IN, January 21, 1859. At 35 years of age Joseph became the father of John Newton Ryker in
Indianapolis, IN, April 8, 1862. At 38 years of age Joseph became the father of Margaret Emma Ryker in California,
MO, December 4, 1864. At 44 years of age Joseph became the father of Clifton James Ryker October 23, 1870.
At 19 years of age Eliza became the mother of Robert Samuel Ryker in Jefferson Co., IN, November 19, 1849. At 22 years of age Eliza became the mother of Cornelia Esther Ryker in Jefferson Co., IN, December 11, 1852. At 25 years of age Eliza became the mother of William Edward Ryker in Jefferson Co., IN, August 7, 1855. At 28 years of age Eliza became the mother of Charles Albert Ryker in Jefferson Co., IN, January 21, 1859. At 31 years of age Eliza became the mother of John Newton Ryker in Indianapolis, IN, April 8, 1862. At 34 years of age Eliza became the mother of Margaret Emma Ryker in California, MO, December 4, 1864. At 40 years of age Eliza became the mother of Clifton James Ryker October 23, 1870.
12. Alexander2 McClelland was born in Sussex Co., NJ January 16, 1762. Alexander died 1836 in Montgomery Co., KY, at 74 years of age.
He married Isabella Futhey in Lexington, KY, circa 1790. Isabella was the daughter of Robert Futhey. Isabella became the mother of Alexander McLelland in Montgomery Co., KY. Isabella became the mother of Robert McLelland in Kentucky, February 14, 1792.
Alexander became the father of Alexander McLelland in Montgomery Co., KY. At 30 years of age Alexander became the father of Robert McLelland in Kentucky, February 14, 1792. Alexander McLelland served in the Revolutionary War in Kentucky under Gen. George Rogers Clark. At that time he was a resident of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He later moved to Fayette County, Kentucky and then Montgomery County, Kentucky according to his pension application. He is listed in the first (1797) tax list of Montgomery County, Kentucky. The 1810 Census of Montgomery County, Kentucky spells his name Alexander McCleland and lists him with one free while male under 10, one 16 to 26, and one over 45. It lists one free white female under 10, one 10 to 16, one 16 to 26, and one over 45. It would seem likely he had 2 male children and three female children. No slaves or other persons are listed for him in the 1810 Census. He died testate but did not name all of his children in his Will. His rejected pension application made in 1834 follows: PENSION APPLICATION OF ALEXANDER McCLELLAND
Alexander McClelland National Pension No. 6620 Application Date: 7 July 1834 Rejected: 22 August 1836 Cause noted in 1858: not 6 months service
State of Kentucky )
County of Montgomery ) SS.
On this 7th day of July 1831 personally appeared in open court before the Montgomery County Court, now sitting, Alexander McClelland, a resident of said county in the State aforesaid aged seventy two years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the U. States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: He was a volunteer from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, then the county of his residence. He entered the service as a private under Capt. Edward Stewart of the Pennsylvania Militia on the 1st of July 1781 as nearly as now recollects, and proceeded to the place of rendezvous on the Monongahela river, called in that day the New Store. Our company was a small one consisting of about thirty five men. We had no lieutenant. Our Ensign was a Mr. McDonald. We were also without a major belonging to the Militia, but we had a major of the Regiment by the name of Malis (Wales or Whaley?). Morgan was our Colonel and Clarke of Virginia our General. At this time I do not recollect Morgan's Christian name, but distinctly that he was known in camp by the name of old Cuff Morgan. From the New Store (where the troops remained something like two weeks preparing) we proceeded down the river in boats to M'Key's (Kerr's) Island opposite the mouth of Shisler Creek about three miles below Pittsburg. We remained here near two weeks and while there three regulars, whilst on the river a short distance from where the Army lay, were killed by the Indians. We then proceeded to Wheeling and were detained there for several days. At that place we were joined by some troops who came by land from the Red Stone Country, but a considerable number of our men deserted about the same time. From there we went down the Ohio to Louisville where we arrived on the 1st of August. While in Louisville Captain Tipton and Captain Chaplain of the Regulars were killed by the Indians. These officers, when attacked, were riding to a station in the neighborhood. They were tomahawked and scalped. I assisted in burying them. By the time we reached Louisville our numbers which when at Miker's Island must have exceeded six hundred men, was diminished by sickness and desertion to such a degree that Gen. Clarke found it impracticable to proceed on his intended expedition which was as understood by the troops to penetrate the Indian Country north of the Ohio as far, if possible, as Sandusky, and then to march by land to Pittsburg. The General, having asserted himself unsuccessfully to raise in Kentucky the forces necessary for his expedition, finally abandoned it, and resolved to disband his troops with the exception of the Regulars. The Officers of the Militia were accordingly discharged about the 1st of October and the privates permitted to return with an understanding that they should draw pay and rations up to the time of their actual arrival at home. The second day after I left Louisville I was taken ill of a fever from which I was compelled to stop. I lay nine weeks about a mile from Bardstown at a Mr. Thomas Cunningham's from whence I was removed by Thomas Norton to Bardstown where I was confined about the same length of time. This disease ultimately located itself in my left leg from which I experience pain and inconvenience even at this day. My affliction was such that I found myself wholly disabled from undertaking my journey homewards until about the 1st of October 1782, when I left Kentucky, and reached home on the 29th of the same month. A short time after my arrival at home, I received from Capt. Kannon, the successor of Capt. Stewart who had been killed in Crawford's defeat, my written discharge. This paper, to the best of my recollection, was forwarded to some Virginia Land Office, and has never been heard of by me since. I have no documentary evidence in my possession which will show, nor do I know of any person whose testimony I can procure, who can testify to my service, as above set forth.
1. I was born in Sussex County, New Jersey, about a hundred miles above Philadelphia, on the 16th of January 1762.
2. I have a record of my age now at my house taken from the family record of my father.
3. I was living in Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania when called into service. A few years after the close of the Revolutionary War I removed to Fayette County in the State of Kentucky. Whence I removed to Montgomery County in the latter State in 1795 where I now reside, and have resided ever since.
4. As stated in the foregoing part of this statement, I entered the service as a volunteer.
5. I recollect the names of Captain Ben Whaley, Lieutenant James Paul, Major Wales, Captains Tipton and Capt. Chaplain and Colonel Crohith (?) as among the officers on the expedition.
6. I did, as above set forth, receive a discharge, and it was disposed of as previous stated.
7. I am known in my neighborhood by John McCormack and Samuel McCormack, who. can testify as to my veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
his Alexander C McClelland
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Mr. Samuel McCormack, a Clergyman residing in Montgomery County and John McCormack residing in the same county, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alexander McClelland, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. (signed) Samuel N. McCormick
John McCormick
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after the interregation prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel McCormack who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Montgomery County; that John McCormack who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to evidence.
I, Micajah Harrison, Clerk of the Montgomery County Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Alexander McClelland for pension.
In testimony whereof, I unto set my hand and seal of office, this 7th July 1834.
(signed) M. Harrison, Clk
From a newspaper clipping probably from an Indianapolis, Indiana newspaper about 1908 we learn Alexander McClelland was a page in the Continental Congress:
George Edward McLeland, who lives at 2526 North Jersey Street, does not have much use for a pen, inasmuch as he is not yet five years old, but he nevertheless has the most interesting pen in Indianapolis. It is the one with which Benjamin Franklin signed the Declaration of Independence. His grandfather, Capt. George W. McLeland received it from his grandfather, Alexander McLeland, who was a page in the Continental Congress. "Grandfather was a page in that historic Congress" said the youthful George's eight-six-year-old grandfather to-day, "and he was nicknamed 'Sandy' by its members. He gave me this pen which is made of a wild turkey feather, when I last saw him at our home down in Jefferson county, in 1831. You see, I was only a shaver, about as big as young George, there, when he gave it to me. Her told me that all the men who signed the Declaration of Independence did not use the same pen, and that when Franklin signed it he turned to him and said: 'Here, Sandy, you take this and keep it, and now run along and tell the sexton to ring the bell,' and he then, with the pen in his hand, hastened out to the old man at the bell, and the first music of liberty rang out on the air. My grandfather lived to be eighty-five years old and now that I have passed that milestone and my days are numbered, I pass the old relic down two generations. I came very near, however, turning it over to the old liberty bell people when the bell was in Indianapolis a few years ago." George Edward McLeland, the present owner of the pen, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry McLeland. The McLelands are one of the best known of the old families of Jefferson County.
A transcription of the Will of Alexander McClelland provided to me by Charles Easterberg follows:
Montgomery County Kentucky State. This my last will and testament made this 4th day of June, one thousand eight-hundred and thirty six, being clothed in my right mind. 1st That John McCormick is to have the benefit of three hundred and forty three dollars and forty seven cent money in said McCormick hands, also the benefit of one note on George W. and John W. Tate for one hundred dollars due the first day of March next, for which the said McCormick is to pay six per cent interest on said money during the life of the subscriber and his wife, Elizabeth. Further, the said McCormick binds himself to appropriate the interest of said money to the support of said subscriber and wife during their lifetimes and should the interest be insufficient he is to appropriate such part of the principle as may be necessary for their benefit. It is also understood that the above $343.47 is to bear interest from the first day of March 1836. I do also will and bequeath to my daughter Ruth McCormick one bed and furniture at my decease. I further bequeath my Bible to my son Alexander McClelland. It is also my will and request that my wife Elizabeth is to have my mare her lifetime if she choose and should the mare have a colt next spring, my will is that John McCormick son of Alexander is to have it. Also I will and bequeath all my moveable effects (after my debts is paid) to my wife Elizabeth during her lifetime. In Witness hereof I hereunto set my hand and seal. Att
his Herryman Tomlinson Alexander "C" McClelland Sixan Covey mark
State of Kentucky) Montgomery County)Sct. August Court 1836
A writing purporting to be the last Will and testament of Alexander McClelland Dec'd was this day produced in open court and proven by the oaths of Herryman Tomlinson and Sixan Covey witnesses these subscribed, to be his note and deed, which was examined, approved and ordered to be recorded which is done accordingly.
Att M. Harrison
Alexander McClelland and Isabella Futhey had the following children:
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Alexander1 McLelland was born in Montgomery Co., KY. This may be the
Alexander McLelland who settled in Putnam County, Indiana. He inherited the family Bible the whereabouts of which are unknown.
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Ruth McLelland. She married John McCormick. Ruth McLelland may have also been married
to Harvey Sydener.
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Jane McLelland. She married Samuel N. McCormick. Jane McLelland is considered to be a
probable child of Alexander McLelland with a high degree of probability.
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Mary (Polly) McLelland. She married Richard Wilson. Mary (Polly) McLelland is a
possible or probable child of Alexander McLelland.
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Isabella McLelland. She married James Robb. Isabella McLelland is considered to be a
possible or probable child of Alexander McLelland.
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Robert McLelland was born February 14, 1792.
18. Isabella2 Futhey (Robert3) birth date unknown.
She married Alexander McClelland in Lexington, KY, circa 1790. Alexander was born in Sussex Co., NJ January 16, 1762. Alexander died 1836 in Montgomery Co., KY, at 74 years of age. Alexander became the father of Alexander McLelland in Montgomery Co., KY. At 30 years of age Alexander became the father of Robert McLelland in Kentucky, February 14, 1792. (See Alexander McClelland for the children resulting from this marriage.)
Isabella became the mother of Alexander McLelland in Montgomery Co., KY. Isabella became the mother of Robert McLelland in Kentucky, February 14, 1792.
19. Robert3 Futhey birth date unknown.
Robert Futhey had the following child:
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Isabella2 Futhey.
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