James McClune
b: 1688
d: 1750
Biography
Inscription on tombstone in the Dunrod Burial ground: Here lies thebody of James McClune living in Little Kirkland died 1750 aged 62. Hiswidow Janet Meiklemean 1785 aged 78 Son Samuel died Mullock 1786 aged62 and his widow Sarah Coltart died Mullock 1787 aged 72(sic) SonWilliam died Auchencairn 1812 aged 66 James McClune Abt 1688 - 1750and his wife Janet Meiklemean 1690 -1775 are buried in the old Dunrodparish kirkyard, along with several other members of the family. Theywere at Little Kirkland and Mulloch area. An Alexander McClune 1679-1759 is also buried there, and could be a brother of James. TheMcClunes and Meiklemeans are recorded as being Covenanters and wereapparently in the SW of Scotland prior to the dates on thegravestones. James McClune and Janet Meiklemean's children are:Samuel 1724 -1786 married Sarah Coltherd/Coltart Elizabeth 1724married Solomon Wilkinson (have researched) Alexander 1726 - 1752married Nicholas Gordon (he died a year after their marriage and it isbelieved she remarried to Robert McClellan and immigrated toAmerica)(some research) James 1731 - ? married Marion Carson(researching) William 1740 - 1812 Auchincairn/ Rerrick possiblymarried Janet Haugh (researching)
Facts
  • 1688 - Birth - ; Little Kirkland, Scotland
  • 1750 - Death - ; Dunrod, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Scotland
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James McClune
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (U) ?
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Birth
Death
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CHILDREN
MJames McClune
Birth1688Little Kirkland, Scotland
Death1750Dunrod, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Marriageto Janet Meiklemean
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) James McClune
Birth1688Little Kirkland, Scotland
Death1750 Dunrod, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Marriageto Janet Meiklemean
Father?
Mother?
PARENT (F) Janet Meiklemean
Birth1697Scotland
Death1775 Dunrod, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Marriageto James McClune
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
MSamuel McClune
Birth1724Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Death1786Mulloch, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Marriage1751to Sarah Coltard at Keir Abbey, Scotland
MJames McClune
Birth1735Scotland
Death1752Stewartry of, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Marriage1760to Marion Carson at Kirkcudbright, Scotland
FJean McClune
Birth1736Scotland
Death1774Bishopton, Scotland
Marriageto James McMurrie
MWilliam McClune
Birth1746Scotland
Death1812Auchencairn, Scotland
FMary McClune
Birth1747Little Kirkland, Scotland
Death
Marriageto George Anderson
MAlexander McClune
Birth1726Scotland
Death1752Scotland
Marriageto Carnochan
FElizabeth McClune
BirthABT 1743Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Death24 AUG 1808Kirkcudbright, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Marriage1763to Solomon Wilkinson at Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Descendancy Chart
James McClune b: 1688 d: 1750
Janet Meiklemean b: 1697 d: 1775
Samuel McClune b: 1724 d: 1786
Sarah Coltard b: 1725 d: 1787
Janet McClune b: 1762
Sarah McClune b: 1759 d: 23 AUG 1813
John McMurrie McMurray b: 1797 d: 1885
Isabella Shaw b: 1806 d: 1871
Sarah McMurray b: 1835
William McMurray b: 1832
Jane McMurray b: 1837
John McMurray b: 1830 d: 1894
Nicholas McFegan b: 1832 d: 1915
Samuel McMurrie McMurray b: 1791 d: 1798
James McMurrie McMurray b: 1790 d: 1871
Margaret McMurray b: 1837 d: 1916
Sarah McMurray b: 1835
Jane McMurray b: 1830
John McMurray b: 1828 d: 1857
James McMurray b: 1835 d: 1929
Margaret Anderson b: 1845 d: 1929
Alexander McClune b: 1755 d: 1772
Samuel McClune b: 1785
David McClune b: 1789 d: 1807
Samuel McClune b: 1757 d: 1803
Jean Mitchell b: 1757 d: 1829
James McClune b: 1735 d: 1752
Marion Carson b: 1736 d: 1812
Samuel McClune b: 1761
Marion McClune b: 1769
Margaret McClune b: 1767
James McClune b: 1763
John McClune b: 1770
Jean McClune b: 1736 d: 1774
James McMurrie b: 1735 d: 1815
William McClune b: 1746 d: 1812
Mary McClune b: 1747
Alexander McClune b: 1726 d: 1752
Samuel McClune b: 06 JAN 1750 d: 03 JUL 1831
Mary Thomson b: 1751 d: 20 OCT 1808
Thomas McClune b: 14 JAN 1778 d: 02 MAY 1822
Agnes Cochran b: 04 SEP 1787 d: 09 MAR 1868
James McClune (McLean) b: 16 DEC 1816 d: OCT 1894
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Agnes McClune (McLean) b: 25 MAY 1812
Robert McClune b: 1814 d: 24 APR 1821
Mary McClune b: 28 FEB 1809 d: 12 SEP 1809
Thomas McClune b: 1822 d: 09 NOV 1856
Elizabeth McClune b: 19 JUL 1806 d: 18 NOV 1810
Margaret McClune b: 13 AUG 1810
Barbara Sloan Barber Grierson b: 05 JUL 1840 d: 1914
Patrick Gifford b: 1812 d: 21 APR 1896
James Samuel Gifford b: 1870 d: 16 AUG 1895
Marjorie Fleming b: 1898
Charles Henry Pearson Gifford b: 17 OCT 1909 d: 1993
Margaret Laetitia Lyell b: 22 APR 1912
Patrick Gifford b: 1866
Patrick Gifford b: 1909 d: 1940
Emily Richardson d: 1900
Samuel McClune (McLean) b: 13 FEB 1820 d: 10 JAN 1893
Charlotte Chapman b: 04 MAR 1825 d: 29 OCT 1875
Thomas McLean b: 21 JAN 1855 d: 26 AUG 1906
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Helen Seely Kingan b: DEC 1855
Anne McLean b: 28 SEP 1847 d: 23 JAN 1935
John Aaron Buckingham b: 01 APR 1839 d: 04 JUN 1899
Scovill McLean Buckingham b: 03 OCT 1876 d: 15 MAY 1965
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Margaret McConway b: 01 MAR 1883 d: 18 OCT 1940
Scovill McLean "Mickey" Buckingham b: 11 JUN 1911 d: 08 FEB 1994
Mary Elizabeth Janssen b: 19 NOV 1917 d: 18 AUG 1978
John Eaton Buckingham b: 16 NOV 1949 d: 03 NOV 1968
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Mary Buckingham b: 01 DEC 1907 d: 25 MAY 1967
Edward Earl Donstan b: 23 JUL 1903 d: 18 NOV 1968
Alden McLean "Moxie" Donstan b: 1934 d: 1957
Edward Earl Donston b: 09 NOV 1929 d: 25 JAN 1999
Peter Donston b: 07 AUG 1937 d: 04 OCT 2003
Allan Harkness Donston b: 13 FEB 1935 d: 05 SEP 1998
Anne Buckingham Donstan b: 19 APR 1931 d: 08 APR 1985
Jesse Grant b: 14 JUL 1898 d: 1978
Margaret McLean "Peggy" Buckingham b: 11 SEP 1909 d: 20 JUL 2007
Franklyn Sherwood Alexander b: 21 JAN 1910 d: FEB 1976
Josephine Alden Buckingham b: 24 MAR 1919 d: 02 JUN 1995
Wilbur Hinds Caney b: 05 APR 1915 d: 18 JUL 2006
Charles Benedict Buckingham b: 09 AUG 1878 d: 18 OCT 1936
Agnes DeForest Curtiss b: 23 SEP 1882 d: 03 SEP 1979
Elizabeth "betty" Murray Buckingham b: 9 JAN 1909 d: 26 DEC 2015
Agnes "Nancy" Curtiss Buckingham b: 19 SEP 1916 d: 05 MAY 2006
Henry Taft Snowdon b: 03 NOV 1912 d: 29 APR 1995
Henry Taft Snowdon Jr. b: 28 JAN 1947 d: 16 NOV 2011
John DeForest Buckingham b: 06 SEP 1907 d: 28 JAN 1994
Constance Leake b: 29 JAN 1908 d: 25 MAY 1962
Harriette Anne Buckingham b: 27 MAR 1906 d: 24 MAY 1983
John Norman Lindeke b: 09 FEB 1908 d: 17 AUG 1984
William Middlebrook Goss b: 17 SEP 1894 d: 04 JUL 1962
Charles Benedict Buckingham Jr. b: 22 DEC 1919 d: 22 DEC 1919
Samuel McClune b: 1784 d: 1857
Mary Thomson b: 1786 d: 13 MAY 1860
Samuel McClune b: 07 JUL 1822
Isabella McClune b: 26 OCT 1829
Thomas McClune b: 09 MAY 1816
Janet McClune b: 25 OCT 1824
Elizabeth McClune b: 04 JUN 1820
Alexander McClune b: 11 JAN 1827
Mary McClune b: 08 DEC 1807 d: 29 MAY 1880
Andrew Craik b: ABT 1802
James Craik b: ABT 1845
Margaret McClune b: 29 JAN 1810
Agnes McClune b: 08 FEB 1812
Ann Guffock McClune b: 09 MAY 1814
Jean McClune b: 12 MAY 1818
Elizabeth McClune b: ABT 1743 d: 24 AUG 1808
Isabel Wilkinson b: 05 MAR 1773
Sarah Wilkinson b: 02 APR 1775