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About Captain William McLellan
Captain William McLellan, Sr.
Find A Grave Memorial ID # 86039969
Son of Bryce and Jane McLellan, part of the Scotch-Irish migration from Ulster, Northern Ireland to Portland (then known as Falmouth).
Bryce was a poor weaver upon arrival in Maine, but slowly turned his fortune around by taking advantage of prime waterfront real estate on York Street and becoming a shipping magnate, along with his cousins Hugh and Stephen McLellan.
Bryce's three sons, James, Alexander, and William, each became noted shipmasters. Captain William McLellan was one of the few slave owners in Maine during his time. He also fought in the Revolution. According to the Sons of the American Revolution, William was one of the Committee of Correspondence and inspection at Falmouth in 1775 and captain of the transport sloop "Centurian" that carried Captain Peter Warren's Co. to the Penobscot river in the Bagaduce Expedition in 1779.
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Captain William McLellan's Timeline
| 1735 |
November 21, 1735
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Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, United States
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| 1776 |
August 28, 1776
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Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, United States
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| 1844 |
June 2, 1844
Age 108
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Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States
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Eastern Cemetery, 224 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, 04101, United States
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