An American Family History

The McLin Families

Alexander McLin was born about 1758 in Pennsylvania.

Mary McLin (1776, married James Wilson),
William McLin (1778, married Elizabeth Humphreys),
Martha McLin (1781),
Alexander McLin (1786),
Robert McLin (1788, married Ann Blair),
Benjamin Mclin (1794, married Hannah Miller),
James McLin (1796, married Jane Cunningham),
Richard McLin (1798, married Rachel Blackmore),

They were early settlers in Washington County, Tennessee. Alexander appeared on the 1814 tax list of Washington County.

William McLin was born on February 8, 1778 in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

He married Elizabeth Humphreys.

During the War of 1812, he was a captain of a company in Colonel Lillard's regiment from October 12, 1813 to February 8, 1814.

William Maclin was born in 1735 in Brunswick County, Virginia

He married Sarah Clack in Brunswick County, Virginia.

Anna Maclin (1755, married Richard Bolling Cross),
Mary Maclin (1757, married William Cocke),
Dolly Maclin (1757, married Jonathan Robertson),
Sarah Maclin (1758, married Elijah Robertson),
John Maclin (1760, married Sarah Taylor, m)
William Maclin (1761)
James Maclin (1762)
Jane Maclin (1763)
Elizabeth Maclin (1765, married Landon Carter)
Rebecca Maclin (1767, married James Bosley)
Sackfield Maclin (1769)

William died in March, 1803 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.