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James Andrew McClellan

Birth
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Death
13 Feb 1837 (aged 67)
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols

JAMES MC CLELLAN, son of Samuel and Rachel (Abbe) McClellan, born in Woodstock, Conn., September 20, 1769; died at Woodstock, 1837.

He was a farmer in Woodstock, and was identified with many of the town's interests.
In 1821 he was secretary of the Windham County Agricultural Society.
In 1802 he was with his father, brother John, and others, one of those who were instrumental in establishing the Woodstock Academy. His family of ten persons, with one slave, is recorded in the 1810 Census of Woodstock.

Married (1) in Brooklyn, Conn., February 25, 1796, EUNICE ELDREDGE of Brooklyn, who died November 22, 1804. She was the daughter of Captain James and Lucy (Gallup) Eldredge of Brooklyn, Conn.

Married (2) December 8, 1805, NANCY ELDREDGE, sister of Eunice.

Children hy first wife, born in Woodstock
1 - George McClellan, b. Dec. 22, 1796 ; m. Elizabeth Brinton.
2 - Lucy McClellan, b. May 14, 1798 ; d. at East Greenwich, Conn. ; not m.
3 - Samuel McClellan, b. Sept. 21, 1800 ; m. Margaret Carswell Ely.
4 - Nancy McClellan, b. Dec. 26, 1803; d. about 1900. Married in Brooklyn, Conn., Oct. 27, 1831, John Grigg of Philadelphia, a publisher. Children : i. John, unm. ; ii. Nancy ; iii. Fanny, m. Lent of the United States Army ; iv. Emily, m. Fry and had a daughter who m. an Italian marquis.

Children by second wife, recorded in Woodstock
1 - James Eldridge McClellan, b. Aug. 14, 1806.
2 - Mary Lucretia McClellan, b. probably about 1809.
3 - Marion Louisa McClellan, b. Aug. 23, 1819.
From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols

JAMES MC CLELLAN, son of Samuel and Rachel (Abbe) McClellan, born in Woodstock, Conn., September 20, 1769; died at Woodstock, 1837.

He was a farmer in Woodstock, and was identified with many of the town's interests.
In 1821 he was secretary of the Windham County Agricultural Society.
In 1802 he was with his father, brother John, and others, one of those who were instrumental in establishing the Woodstock Academy. His family of ten persons, with one slave, is recorded in the 1810 Census of Woodstock.

Married (1) in Brooklyn, Conn., February 25, 1796, EUNICE ELDREDGE of Brooklyn, who died November 22, 1804. She was the daughter of Captain James and Lucy (Gallup) Eldredge of Brooklyn, Conn.

Married (2) December 8, 1805, NANCY ELDREDGE, sister of Eunice.

Children hy first wife, born in Woodstock
1 - George McClellan, b. Dec. 22, 1796 ; m. Elizabeth Brinton.
2 - Lucy McClellan, b. May 14, 1798 ; d. at East Greenwich, Conn. ; not m.
3 - Samuel McClellan, b. Sept. 21, 1800 ; m. Margaret Carswell Ely.
4 - Nancy McClellan, b. Dec. 26, 1803; d. about 1900. Married in Brooklyn, Conn., Oct. 27, 1831, John Grigg of Philadelphia, a publisher. Children : i. John, unm. ; ii. Nancy ; iii. Fanny, m. Lent of the United States Army ; iv. Emily, m. Fry and had a daughter who m. an Italian marquis.

Children by second wife, recorded in Woodstock
1 - James Eldridge McClellan, b. Aug. 14, 1806.
2 - Mary Lucretia McClellan, b. probably about 1809.
3 - Marion Louisa McClellan, b. Aug. 23, 1819.


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