McCLELLAND FAMILY FROM GLYNN

  The McClelland Family from Glynn, Larne, Co Antrim

⦁    Generation 1 – Unknown parents
⦁    Generation 2
⦁     James McClelland. Birth date unknown. He was a sea captain formerly from Larne but was living in Glynn when he died on 29th Sep 1861. He left £3,000 and a very detailed Will, which can be viewed Online at PRONI. He had two illegitimate daughters Janet and Amelia. He also had a brother Daniel, who was a gardener.
⦁    Janet (aka Jane) McClelland was born about 1844. She married Patrick Carragher on 26th April 1865. Both were from Glynn and both were full age and unmarried. Janet’s father was James, a sea captain. They were married at Ballycarry Presbyterian Church and their witnesses were Samuel McClelland and Emily McClelland.
⦁    Amelia McClelland was born about 1846. She married John Sanderson on 8th April 1867 at Ballycarry Presbyterian Church. They were both from Glynn, both full age and both unmarried. Their witnesses were Jane O’Neill and Robert Johnston.
⦁     Daniel McClelland. (c1786-1865). He was a gardener/farmer/labourer. His birth date was estimated from his death certificate. He died on 2nd July 1865 at Glynn. He was married and was 79 years old. He died from pneumonia. His nephew-in-law Patrick Carragher was with him when he died. Daniel left a widow and this was Susan McClelland, who died on the 21st March 1873 at Glynn. She was a widow aged 84, so her birth date was about 1789. Her death certificate states that she was the wife of a gardener. Mary Kearney, her married daughter was with her when she died (of old age). Daniel and Susan had five children namely James, Daniel, Mary, Samuel and Margaret (could be more).
⦁    James McClelland (1821-1899). James was a mariner. He married Margaret O’Neill on 16th July 1851. They were both full age from Glynn. James was a bachelor but Margaret was a widow and her maiden name was Sanderson. James’s father Daniel was a farmer. They were married at Ballycarry Presbyterian Church and their witnesses were David McFerran and Mary Sanderson. Margaret McClelland died on 15th June 1875 in Glynn. She was married and James her widower was with her.  She was 48 so her birth year was about 1827. She died of cancer of the uterus. James McClelland died on 11th Feb 1899 aged 78. He was reportedly a bachelor! He was from Glynn but died in the Larne Workhouse. He’d been a sailor. James and Margaret had two sons that I know of – Daniel and Samuel; they may have had more children.
⦁    Daniel McClelland (1854-1897). Daniel was a sailor. He married twice. His first wife died on the 14th March at Glynn. She was called Margaret Jane McClelland (maiden name unknown). She died aged 30 of TB and Daniel was at her side. Daniel remarried on March 1st 1895 when he was 41. He was a widower from Glynn and his second wife was Annie Jane Mulholland, a widow also from Glynn. Her maiden name was Thompson. Their daughter Susan was born on 7th June of the same year (1895)! Daniel died suddenly on the 2nd June 1897 aged 43. He was living in Glynn but died at work when he accidently fell from a ship’s mast. In the 1901 Census, Daniel’s widow Annie was living at No 31 Glynn Village in a second-class house. She was 39 and was living with her daughter Susan McClelland, aged 15 and her son Harry Mulholland from her first marriage, aged 14. Annie was working as a washerwoman. In the 1911 Census, Annie Jane McClelland was 49 and was living with her 16-year-old daughter Susan McClelland and another son James Mulholland from her first marriage. James was 26 and a merchant seaman.
⦁    Samuel McClelland (1862-1930). He was a sailor and he married Minnie Carragher on the 8th Jan 1897. Both were full age and from Glynn. They were married at St John’s Parish Church in Glynn. One of their witnesses was Maggie Jane McClelland. In the 1901 Census, Samuel must have been away at sea. His wife Minnie aged 35 was living at No. 45, Glynn Village in a third class house with her two children Daniel (2 years) and Mary (4 months). They were staying at the house of Michael Kearney (80) and his wife Mary (84). The Kearneys were Samuel’s Aunt and Uncle (see later). In 1911, Samuel and Mary were living at No 40, Glynn Village in a second class house. Samuel was 48 and a sailor. Mary Jane was 45 and their children were – Daniel (12), Jane (10), twins Susan and Samuel (8 - born 1st Oct 1903) and Mary (1). Their first daughter called Mary, who was born on the 15th Nov 1900, must have died. Samuel McClelland died from cardiac failure in Glynn on 5th Feb 1930. He was still married, he was 68 and he was a labourer.
⦁    Daniel McClelland was born on the 2nd Feb 1899 in Glynn. He married Annie McFerran on 6th June 1930 at St John’s Church in Glynn. He was a 31-year-old bachelor and a labourer from Glynn. Annie Jane was 23 and was also from Glynn. Their witnesses were Jeannie McFerran and Sam McClelland.
⦁    Daniel McClelland a sailor (born c1830). Daniel married Nancy Sanderson on 27th Oct 1951 at Ballycarry Presbyterian Church. Daniel McClelland, Daniel’s father was a farmer. Both were full age and unmarried and both hailed from Glynn. One of their witnesses was Anne McFerran. I know nothing more about this pair.
⦁    Mary McClelland (born c1831). Mary married twice, firstly to a Mr McBroom and then later to Michael Kearney. On 20th Sep 1861, 30-year-old Mary McBroom married for the second time. She was a widow and a shopkeeper from Glynn. Michael Kearney was 28 and was a labourer from Larne. They married at St John’s Church, Glynn and Samuel McClelland was a witness. In the 1901 census, the couple were supposedly in their eighties but other evidence suggests they would have been in their seventies. They were also recorded as being Roman Catholic. They were living with their niece-in-law Minnie McClelland.
⦁    Samuel McClelland (1836-1867). He was a sailor from Glynn. Samuel was married on the 2nd Oct 1860 at the Presbyterian Church in Inver, Larne. He was a seaman and his father Daniel McClelland was a labourer. He married Jane Beard (aka Baird). They were both of full age and unmarried. The couple had 3 children William and Jane and Agnes. Samuel died on 9th July 1867 at Glynn. He was only 31 and died of TB. Susan McClelland (his mother?) was present. In both the 1901 and 1911 Censuses, Jane McClelland was living alone at No. 16, Glynn Village. She was a grocer living in a second-class house. All five family members are buried in the St John’s churchyard in Glynn. The inscription reads – “Erected by Jane McClelland, Glynn in memory of her husband Samuel McClelland who died 9th July 1867 aged 31 years. Also her only son William John McClelland who died 6th March 1865 aged 3 years. And her daughter Agnes McClelland who died 22nd Aug 1884 aged 18 years. And her daughter Jane HAVERON who died 5th January 1896 aged 30 years. And also the above named Jane McClelland who died 9th Nov 1917 aged 82 years.”
⦁    William John McClelland was born in 1862 and he died on 5th April 1865 at Glynn from diarrhoea and convulsions. His cousin Emily McClelland was with him when he died.
⦁    Jane McClelland was born on 11th April 1864 in Glynn Village. On 25th Oct 1895, she married James Hanover in the Presbyterian Church at Inver. They were both of full age and unmarried. James was an Attendance Inspector of schools and he lived in Belfast. Within three months of her marriage, Jane Hanover was dead. She died of Enteritis on the 5th January 1896 in Beersbridge Road, Belfast. She was only 30-years-old.
⦁    Agnes (aka Nancy) McClelland was born on 7th Aug 1866 in Glynn. She died on 22nd Aug 1884 aged 18. She was a dressmaker and died of TB. Her mother was present.
⦁    Margaret McClelland was born in about 1841. She married James Baxter on 25th January 1862. Both were of full age and single and both were from Glynn. They were married in Ballycarry Presbyterian Church. Amelia McClelland and Samuel McClelland were witnesses.
⦁     Mary McClelland was the sister of James McClelland, the Sea Captain, who left a Will when he died in 1861. By this time Mary had married a Mr McCauseland and had four children, namely Samuel, John, Nancy and Margaret McCauseland. Her brother James bequeathed Mary and her four children money in his Will. Samuel McCauseland was a blacksmith from Ballycarry.