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Roy McLellan
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Roy | Report | 23 Feb 2004 17:07 |
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Hi fellow McLellans! My limited knowledge of the surname's history includes two strands and I wonder whether anyone knows how, or even if, they connect. My father comes from Islay, and local history sources which I have seen there derive the name as "Son of the Wild Lad," alluding to, perhaps, sheep-stealing or the like, and concluding that the family formed part of the extended Clan Donald which was so dominant in the Isles throughout history. The other strand points to Galloway, where the name was apparently held by several knights, and McLellan's Castle and Balmaclellan are but two places/sites which bear this out - Lord Kirkcudbright was a McLellan title, apparently. Did McLellans migrate from Galloway to the Isles, or vice versa? Or are these two distinct families/clans which evolved independently? Any ideas? To complicate it all, apparently McLellans also existed as a sept of the McNabs of Perthshire! I suspect our history may be well worthy of study. Roy McLellan |
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