Rev John Maclean, minister of Killean, Kintyre born c1670?

[Skoosh]

Haldane's "The Drove Roads of Scotland!"

Skoosh.

[bagpipe]

Thank  you for both of these, Skoosh. I think a book about Caolas is in the pipeline.

re Rev John The combination of soldier then minister is quite an old one, I understand. Droving sounds a more enjoyable pastime.

[Skoosh]

@ Bagpipe, Haldane's book online for under a tenner, free shipping!

Skoosh.

[bagpipe]

Maclean Bristol is more expensive, I fear, but no doubt a worthwhile read. One clan or two? is, as usual, sure footed, and so far as I know the only history of the Lochbuys. Could do with an index, though.

[MaryMcC]

Hello, I just joined this forum and I'm really surprised I knew nothing of it until now.  I'm a co-admin of the Clan MacLean DNA project over at familytreedna .com.   We NEED more people with known Scottish ancestry to join the project.. especially those with known connections to chiefly lines.  We have 3 so far who have credible documentation back to chiefly lines but there is not enough to really understand what is going on... does Lochbuie have different DNA markers than Duart?  Etc...  It appears from this post we have a few MacLeans posting on this thread?  Are any of you in the project?  I'm trying to piece together a bit about the lines discussed here so that I can do a better job over there on the project.

[bagpipe]

New area for me; what sort of test is required?

[Skoosh]

Must surely be YDNA.

Skoosh.

[bagpipe]

Needs an unbroken male line; not always possible.

Rev John Maclean 1688

Is anything known about his time as prebendary of Rasharkin? Assume it meant he had to live there.

[MaryMcC]

Bagpipe, yes it would be a Y DNA test.  We have several to match with in the Kintyre area as well as on mull.  Including a few with credible evidence of relation to chiefs.  Yes, you don't know if the male line is unbroken until you test but it's possible.  And even if it IS broken, sometimes people find out other things, interesting things, that happened with one of their ancestors.  We have many broken lines but everyone is still a MacLean and still part of the project.   

Finding out someone is actually a McDonald or Campbell from WAY back is actually fascinating given the knowledge we have of ancient clan history.  We can definitely see clustering to find who is originally Irish versus Scottish and see clusters within Ireland and various areas of Scotland.  Only the Big Y test is worth taking, the other ones give false matches.   I hope you consider testing because we REALLY want MacLeans from Scotland to test so that we can learn more!