Surname:
MacLean (McLean)
Source:
The Armidale Chronicle
Details:
CAPT. JOHN McLEAN, OF BERGEN-OP-ZOOM. John McLean, familiarly called Jock McLean by his confreres, arrived in Sydney on or about March 17, 1829, and settled on the Williams River, Hunter district. When Archibald Boyd, of Stonehenge, New England, was insulted by Captain Lettsome, a pompous military officer, then stationed at Maitland (1840), it was McLean who demanded satisfaction from Lettsome on behalf of Boyd. Lettsome appealed to the court, nominally with a view to having the law breakers punished, but virtually for protection, which he ultimately obtain ed. Boyd was fined, and McLean was referred to in court as a wild individual, apparently ready for any pugilistic encounter. With reference to the sangfroid temperament of McLean in his jocular moods, the following instance is re corded in Memoirs of the Past, by A Lady in Australia. Mrs. Baxter, the authoress, wife of an officer of the British Army, while returning from New England to Port Macquarie in company with her husband and Dr. Carlyle, and others, was driven by McLean in his tandem vehicle as far as Yarrowitch. The party had lunch on the way at Apsley Falls, and upon starting to continue the journey McLean drove the horses to the very edge of the gulf, the leader overlooking the chasm a thousand feet sheer. He asked Mrs. Baxter if she would like to go over. Taking him by the arm, she answered in the affirmative, saying, Let us go together. He looked astonishingly at her, and said, You dont seem to be frightened, and, turning his horses, they followed the party. Notwithstanding McLean s seeming eccentricities, he was generous and sincere friend, and his frank and easy demeanour in his social circles made his , presence always welcome. In Lis speculative transactions he was unfortunate, and whilst struggling against these misfortunes he, like many others, was overtaken by the bad times of the forties. Evidently disheartened by the prospects of bankruptcy, which his proud nature would appear to be unable to brook, McLean on October 22, 1843, tragically terminated his life at Port Macquarie while on his journey from Sydney, to New England. Particulars of his untimely death are recorded in the Sydney Morning Herald of November 2, 1843.
Surname:
MacLean (McLean)
Ship:
City of Edinburgh 1829
Source:
Launceston Advertiser
Details:
Arrival of the City of Edinburgh at Hobart. Passengers included John McLean, Donald McLean, George Mackenzie, son of Sir George Mackenzie, etc
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Unclaimed letter held in the Sydney Post Office
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Unclaimed letter in the General Post Office, Sydney
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13yr old son of Hector injured in a fall from his horse
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Committee member for Stock Protection Association
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Estate of John McLean. 'Bergen - op - zoom' 44,800 acres. Estimated grazing capability 16,000 sheep. Claim to lease of Crown Land Beyond the Settled District
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Settler on Williams River. Witness in Mossman v. Warren
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Obtained license to depasture stock beyond the limits of location for the year commencing 1st July 1843
Source:
AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 674
Details:
Alexander McCoy per 'James Pattison' assigned servant
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Selling 380 acres of land, part of the Hillsborough Estate, prior to departing from the district
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James Remington, former servant to 'the late John McLean'
Details:
By order of the heirs of the late John McLean, unreserved sale of 'Bergen-op-Zoom'
Place:
Williams River. Promised by Gov. Darling 3rd November 1830
Details:
George Mackenzie and John McLean claim to grant of land - 1280 acres
Details:
Hired by William Bellamy to drive horses from Morpeth to Bingera. Charged under the Masters & Servants act when he absented himself from work
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Fined 10s or 7 days in prison for using abusive language towards John Sleath on the Phoenix Park Road
Details:
Signed address to the governor Sir Richard Bourke on the occasion of the governor's visit to Newcastle
Source:
The Development of New England p10
Details:
Robert Mackenzie, Hamilton Collins Sempill, Edward Gostwyck Cory, Henry and William Dangar, Henry and William Dumaresq, Dr. William Bell Carlyle, John McLean, John Herring Boughton, Peter Macintyre, Robert Adamson Rodd, Aleander MacLeod and John Dow among the first free settlers in New England district
Place:
Co. Durham, Parish of Middlehope
Details:
87 acres located on an order of Gov. Darling dated 3rd November 1830 in favour of George McKenzie and John McLean; the latter parted with his interest to the former, who is now deceased. Representatives required to show to whom deed of grant should issue
Place:
Drimnin near Clarencetown
Details:
Marriage of John McDonald junior of Wallalong, Hinton, and Catherine, only daughter of Mr. John McLean of Drimnin on 15th March 1860. Minister Rev. A.M. Sherriff
