bullet ALICE MINETTE MACLAY(1) was born on 25 Jul 1859 in CONCORD, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. She died on 27 Oct 1896 in LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES CO., CALIFORNIA. She resided in LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES CO., CALIFORNIA. Parents: REV. ROBERT SAMUEL MACLAY and HENRIETTA CAROLINE SPERRY.

She was married to REVEREND WILLIAM B. COOPER on 7 Feb 1877. Children were: CHANNING WILLIAMS COOPER.

bullet ALICE RUTLEDGE MACLAY(1) was born in 1861. She died in PENSACOLA, ESCAMBIA CO., FLORIDA. Parents: GENERAL WILLIAM DUNCAN MACLAY (CSA) and MARY LOUISA CROPP.

bullet ANN GREER MACLAY (Private). Parents: ROBERT DAVID MACLAY and HELEN GREER.

She was married to ROBERT MECCARIELLI on 3 Jan 1976. Children were: RYAN MECCARIELLI, BRADLEY MECCARIELLI.

bullet ANNA MARIA MACLAY(1) was born in 1862. Parents: JOHN PALMER MACLAY and ANNIE KILAND.

bullet ANNA MARIE MACLAY(1) was born on 1 Jan 1834. Parents: JOHN MACLAY and ANNA MARIA GLEIM.

She was married to FISK GORE on 7 Nov 1867.

bullet ANNA MARY MACLAY(1) was born on 19 Sep 1878 in MACLAY'S MILL (MIDDLE SPRING, CUMBERLAND CO., PENNNSYLVANIA). She was buried in Mar 1922 in MIDDLE SPRING, CUMBERLAND CO., PENNSYLVANIA. She died on 16 Mar 1922 in ATLANTIC CITY, ATLANTIC CO., NEW JERSEY. Parents: SGT. JAMES HEMPHILL MACLAY and ANNA MARGARET FICKES .

She was married to HERBERT L. CREAMER on 21 Jun 1906. Children were: RICHARD MACLAY CREAMER, ROBERT HEMPHILL CREAMER.

bullet ANNA MARY MACLAY(1) was born in 1844.

Parents: DR. CHARLES TEMPLETON MACLAY and MARY ANN FRAZER.

She was married to REV. J. Y. SHANNON in 1877. AFTER THE MARRIAGE THEY RESIDED IN NEWPORT, PERRY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

bullet ANNA MARY MACLAY(1) was born on 12 Dec 1902 in MACLAY'S MILL (MIDDLE SPRING, CUMBERLAND CO., PENNNSYLVANIA). She died on 18 Sep 1904 in MACLAY'S MILL (MIDDLE SPRING, CUMBERLAND CO., PENNNSYLVANIA). Parents: RALPH FICKES MACLAY and ANNA MARY WARREN.

bullet ANNE MACLAY(1) was born in 1854 in MIDDLE SPRING, CUMBERLAND CO., PENNSYLVANIA. She died in 1854 in MIDDLE SPRING, CUMBERLAND CO., PENNSYLVANIA. Parents: CHARLES MACLAY and MARY LOUISE COX.

bullet ANNE MACLAY (Private). Parents: DAVID JOHN MACLAY and FRANCES HUGHES.

Children were: BESSIE MARIE (TULIP) EVERETT.

bulletANNE MAY MACLAY(1) was born on 25 Sep 1902 in LOLO, MISSOULA CO., MONTANA. She died on 24 Aug 1997 in HAMILTON, RAVALLI CO., MONTANA. She was buried in CARLTON, MISSOULA CO., MONTANA. Parents: SAMUEL MACLAY and HELENA JAMESINA JOSANNA SINCLAIR .

She was married to DANA JOHN LEFFINGWELL in 1927 in LOLO, MISSOULA CO., MONTANA.

She was married to MAX E. SANDERS on 1 Nov 1953 in ROCHESTER, OLMSTED CO., MINNESOTA.

bullet ANNE MEANS MACLAY(1) was born in 1867. She died in CLARION CO., PENNSYLVANIA ?. Parents: SENATOR DAVID MACLAY and ELIZABETH PLUNKET RICHARDSON .

She was married to CHARLES GWIN in GARFIELD, WASHINGTON.

bullet ANNIE MACLAY(1) was born in 1887. She died in 1888. Parents: EDGAR GLEIM MACLAY and BLANCHE MURPHY.

bullet ANNIE MACLAY(1) died on 6 Jul 1835. Parents: JOHN MACLAY and ANNIE DALE .

bullet ANNIE CULBERTSON MACLAY(1) was born in 1861. Parents: JOHN PALMER MACLAY and ANNIE KILAND.

bullet ARABELLA MACLAY(1) was born in 1811. She died on 15 Feb 1880 in LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES CO., CALIFORNIA. Parents: ROBERT MACLAY " OF CONCORD " and ARABELLA ERWIN.

She was married to JOHN (WILSON?} WIDNEY on 28 Jan 1836. BY HIS FIRST WIFE THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, ALL OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY.
AND NO CHILDREN BY HIS SECOND WIFE. Children were: JOHN WIDNEY, JUDGE ROBERT MACLAY WIDNEY, MARY JOHNSTON WIDNEY, DR. JOSEPH POMEROY WIDNEY , ARABELLA ERWIN WIDNEY, CHARLES WILSON WIDNEY, ELIZABETH WIDNEY, WILLIAM WILSON WIDNEY, SAMUEL ALEXANDER WIDNEY .

bullet ARABELLA IRWIN MACLAY(1) was born on 1 Nov 1855. She died. Parents: REV\SENATOR CHARLES MACLAY and CATHERINE (KATE) PAXTON LLOYD.

She was married to ALBERT B. MOFFIT on 15 Oct 1874. Children were: CHARLES MACLAY MOFFIT, GRACE LLOYD MOFFIT, ALBERT HUBBARD MOFFIT.

bullet ARCHIBALD IRWIN MACLAY(1) was born on 14 Dec 1851 in GALLIPOLIS, OHIO. He was a DOCTOR in 1874 in DELAVAN, ILLINOIS. He was educated DOCTOR OF MEDICINE in 1874 in PHILADELPHIA, MONTGOMERY CO., PENNSYLVANIA. AT THE JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE. HE GRADUATED IN 1874 WITH THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE. Parents: REVEREND CHARLES BENJAMIN MACLAY (M. D.) and LOUISA IRWIN.

He was married to ANNA J. HORTON on 21 May 1874. Children were: JOSEPHINE HORTON MACLAY.

bullet ARTHUR COLLINS MACLAY M.A. LL.D.(1) was born on 14 Aug 1853 in VICTORIA, HONG KONG ISLAND. He was a TEACHER\LAWYER in 1873 in HIROSAKI, JAPAN. IN 1873 HE WENT TO JAPAN BY WAY OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND FOR 8 MONTHS TAUGHT SCHOOL AT HIROSAKI, THE NORTHERN PART OF THE EMPIRE. HE RESIGNED THIS POSITION, AND TOOK AN APPOINTMENT AS INSTRUCTOR IN THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE AT TOKYO, WHICH HE HELD FOR 2 YEARS, AT THE END OF WHICH TIME HE ACCEPTED A SIMILAR POSITION IN KIOTO, IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE EMPIRE. AFTER 4 MONTHS, HE RESIGNED HIS POSITION AND WENT BACK TO AMERICA TO STUDY LAW.
HE RETURNED BACK TO AMERICA VIA INDIA AND EUROPE, TRAVERSING THOSE COUNTRIES THOROUGHLY.
AFTER BECOMING A LAWYER, HE COMMENCED THE PRACTICE OF LAW IN NEW YORK CITY, AND ENTERED LARGELY INTO THE PLITICAL CAMPAIGNS OF HIS CITY AND STATE.
HE WAS ELECTED FOR A TERM OF 3 YEARS ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE YOUNG REPUBLICAN CLUB OF BROOKLYN, WHICH ORGANIZATION HAS PROVED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL POLITICAL CLUBS OF THE COUNTRY.
HE IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF A " BUDGET OF LETTERS FROM JAPAN," ARMSTRONG, 1886, WHICH WON THE HIGHEST ENCOMIUMS OF OVER 70 PRESS NOTICES, AND "MITO YASHIKI," A ROMANCE OF OLD JAPAN, G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, 1889. He was educated LAWYER in 1880 in NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK. LIKE HIS BROTHERS, HE WAS PREPARED FOR A CLASSICAL COURSE IN COLLEGE BY HIS MOTHER.
IN 1868, AFTER A YEAR IN PENNINGTON SEMINARY, IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, HE ENTERED THE CLASSICAL COURSE OF WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, IN 1869 AT THE AGE OF 16 WHERE HE REMAINED 4 YEARS.
HE RECEIVED THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN 1876.
IN 1875, HE RETURNED TO AMERICA AND ENTER UPON THE STUDY OF LAW. HE ENTERED COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, IN NEW YORK CITY, IN 1878 AND GRADUATED IN 1880 WITH THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS (CUM LAUDE). He was CONGREGATIONALIST in 1885. HE UNITED WITH HENRY WARD BEECHER'S CHURCH. He died in NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK. Parents: REV. ROBERT SAMUEL MACLAY and HENRIETTA CAROLINE SPERRY.

He was married to JESSIE SPERRY on 10 Apr 1882. Children were: LILLIAN MACLAY , JESSIE FLORENCE MACLAY.

bullet AUDREY DAWN MACLAY (Private). Parents: WILLIAM HAYES MACLAY and VIRGINIA ANN HICKS.

bullet BARBARA ANN MACLAY (Private). Parents: DR. CHARLES WYLIE MACLAY JR. and PATRICIA RYVER.

bullet BENJAMIN CROPP MACLAY(1) was born in 1869. He died INFANCY. Parents: GENERAL WILLIAM DUNCAN MACLAY (CSA) and MARY LOUISA CROPP.

bullet BESSIE IRENE MACLAY(1) was born on 7 Sep 1901 in ORRSTOWN, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. She died on 31 May 1983. Parents: JOHN HERRON MACLAY and SUE KATHARINE STACH.

She was married to ROY S. MUNDY .

bullet BETSEY (BETTY) MACLAY(1) was born in 1801. She died INFANCY. Parents: HON. DAVID MACLAY and ELEANOR MACLAY.

bullet BRENDA LEE MACLAY (Private). Parents: EDWARD JOHNSTON MACLAY and CAROLYN MILLER.

She was married to MARK V. PEARSON on 24 Jun 1989.

bullet CAROLINE HILL MACLAY(1) was born on 2 Dec 1855. She died in CALIFORNIA. Parents: REV. ALEXANDER ERWIN MACLAY and AMANDA BEALE.

She was married to W. H. TROGDEN on 27 Apr 1887. Children were: ARTHUR TROGDEN.

bullet CARRIE VIRGINIA MACLAY (Private). Parents: DAVID RICHARDSON MACLAY and CARRIE VIRGINIA MCCLAIN.

She was married to DR. EWALD T. GRETHER. Children were: CARRIE VIRGINIA GRETHER, SUSAN MACLAY GRETHER, DR. DAVID MACLAY GRETHER .

bullet CARSON EARL MACLAY(1) was born on 12 Oct 1898 in HAGERSTOWN, WASHINGTON CO., MARYLAND. He was buried in Sep 1937 in SMITHSBURG, WASHINGTON CO., MARYLAND. He died on 20 Sep 1937 in EDGEMONT, FREDERICK CO., MARYLAND. Parents: JOHN HERRON MACLAY and SUE KATHARINE STACH.

He was married to LEAFA ELIZABETH HARTER in 1920 in HAGERSTOWN, WASHINGTON CO., MARYLAND. Children were: ROBERT EUGENE MACLAY, CHARLES ELLWOOD MACLAY , DORIS ELAINE MACLAY, JOHN EARL (JACK) MACLAY.

bullet CATHERINE MACLAY(1) was born on 28 Jul 1760 in LURGAN TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. She died on 19 Jul 1837 in LEXINGTON, MADISON CO., KENTUCKY. Parents: JOHN MACLAY (OF CARPENTER'S HALL) and JANE (JEAN?) DICKSON.

She was married to WILLIAM IRWIN on 28 Dec 1783. AFTER BEING MARRIED THEY MOVED TO LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY AND SETTLED ON A FARM IN THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE GRASS REGION. Children were: JOHN MACLAY IRWIN , COLONEL STEPHENSON IRWIN.

bullet CATHERINE MACLAY(1) was born in 1787. Parents: JOHN MACLAY and ELEANOR MACLAY .

bullet CATHERINE MACLAY(1) was born in 1858. She died in 1879. Parents: HON. WILLIAM JAMES MACLAY and MARY A. WYMAN.

bullet CATHERINE IRWIN MACLAY(1) was born on 2 Feb 1799. She died on 22 Dec 1873 in WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING CO., PENNSYLVANIA. Parents: JUDGE WILLIAM MACLAY and MARGARET CULBERTSON.

She was married to DR. JOHN P. GEDDES on 27 Apr 1825. Children were: WILLIAM MACLAY GEDDES, DR. JOHN GEDDES, LAURA CATHERINE GEDDES, WILLIAM MACLAY GEDDES , CHARLES KING GEDDES, REVEREND WILLIAMSON NEVIN GEDDES PH.D.

bullet CATHERINE MAE MACLAY (Private). Parents: GLENN WILLIAM MACLAY and MARGARET ARCHACAVAGE.

Children were: ARLEY MUTH, RYAN MUTH.

bulletCHARLES MACLAY "THE SETTLER"(1) was born in 1703 in COUNTY ANTRIM, NORTH IRELAND. He was buried in 1753 in MIDDLE SPRING, CUMBERLAND CO., PENNSYLVANIA. MIDDLE SPRING CHURCH YARD He died in Sep 1753 in LURGAN TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. CHARLES ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER, JOHN, SAILED FROM BELFAST ON 30 MAY 1734, FOR AMERICA. IN DUE COURSE OF TIME THEY SIGHTED THE COAST OF NEW JERSEY AND ASCENDING DELAWARE BAY, LOCATED IN NEW GARDEN TOWNSHIP, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. BUT, IN 1742, THEY PUSHED OUT TO THE EXTREME FRONTIER AND SETTLED IN HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS LURGAN TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
CHARLES AND JOHN MACLAY, ENTERED THE CUMBERLAND OR CONOCOCHEAGUE VALLEY. ONCE IN THE VALLEY, CHARLES HALTED BY CONOCOCHEAGUE CREEK IN LURGAN TOWNSHIP, NEAR WHERE MIDDLE SPRING MEETING HOUSE NOW STANDS, BROKE THE DEEP SILENCE OF THE WILDERNESS WITH THE CLEAR RING OF IS STURDY AXE AS HE COMMENCED THE TASK OF BUILDING HIMSELF A HOME OUT OF THE PRIMEVAL FOREST. HIS BROTHER JOHN, IN 1744, LOCATED UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE GREAT MOUNTAIN THAT BOUNDS HORSE VALLEY ON THE NORTH, A SHORT DISTANCE BELOW THE PRESENT TOWN OF ROXBURY, NEAR THE VANDERBILT RAILROAD TUNNEL; HENCE THE APPELLATION JOHN MACLAY OF THE MOUNTAIN. THERE ON A BEAUTIFULLY ROMANTIC HILLSIDE SHADED BY THE MOUNTAIN CLIFFS AND WATERED BY PLEASANTLY RIPPLING STREAMS HE BUILT A SUBSTANTIAL LOG HOUSE WHICH HAS BEEN OCCUPIED BY HIS DECENDANTS OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. LIKE HIS BROTHER, CHARLES, HE SPENT HIS LIFE IN THE CARE OF HIS LANDS AND PROVIDING FOR THE IMMEDIATE NECESSITIES OF LIFE. Parents: JOHN MACLAY and JANE INMAN.

He was married to ELEANOR QUERY in 1733 in COUNTY ANTRIM, NORTH IRELAND. Children were: JOHN MACLAY (OF CARPENTER'S HALL), SENATOR WILLIAM MACLAY, CHARLES MACLAY, SENATOR SAMUEL MACLAY, ELEANOR MACLAY.

bullet CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born about 1635 in SCOTLAND. He died in COUNTY ANTRIM, NORTH IRELAND. CHARLES MACLAY, OF COUNTY ANTRIM, NORTH IRELAND, WAS A DESCENDANT OF THE MACLAY'S WHO CAME FROM SCOTLAND BETWEEN THE YEARS 1610 AND 1650.
WHETHER OR NOT CHARLES HIMSELF WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND IS A MATTER OF CONJECTURE, BUT IT IS CERTAIN THAT HIS IMMEDIATE ANCESTORS WERE BORN IN SCOTLAND FOR THE FIRST PROTESTANTS IN NORTH IRELAND WENT OVER DURING THE REIGN OF JAMES 1, 1603 TO 1625, AND CHARLES WAS BORN ABOUT 1635. THAT HE CAME FROM A FAMILY OF HIGH STANDING AND THAT HE HAD AN EDUCATION ENJOYED BY FEW IN THAT DAY IS ATTESTED BY THE DOCUMENTS AND SEALS WHICH HAVE COME DOWN TO US AND BY THE POSITIONS HIS SONS TOOK IN THE ARMY.
CHARLES WAS MARRIED TWICE, BY HIS FIRST WIFE HAD 3 SONS. ON THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE, MARRIED A SCOTCH LADY BY THE NAME OF JEAN HAMILTON, AND HAD A FOURTH SON, NAMED JOHN.
THIS JOHN MARRIED AND HAD 3 CHILDREN: CHARLES, JOHN AND ELEANOR.
OWEN MACLAY, CHARLES'S SON FROM HIS FIRST WIFE, RETURNED FROM FRANCE AND DESIRED TO TAKE HIS NEPHEW CHARLES (SON OF JOHN) TO THAT COUNTRY AND EDUCATE HIM BUT, HIS FATHER (JOHN) WOULD NOT CONSENT WITHOUT A GUARANTEE THAT HE WOULD BE BROUGHT UP IN THE PROTESTANT FAITH. OWEN WOULD NOT AGREE TO THIS AND RETURNED TO FRANCE, WHERE HE DIED A BACHELOR AND LEFT HIS PROPERTY TO STRANGERS.
ELEANOR (DAUGHTER OF JOHN) REMAINED IN IRELAND, AND MARRIED A MR. JOHNSTON.
CHARLES AND JOHN THOUGH WERE DETERMINED TO MIGRATE TO AMERICA, WHICH THEY DID ON 30 MAY 1734. THEY SAILED FROM BELFAST FOR THE NEW WORLD. IN DUE COARSE OF TIME THEY SIGHTED THE COAST OF NEW JERSEY AND ASCENDING DELAWARE BAY, LOCATED IN NEW GARDEN TOWNSHIP, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. BUT, IN 1742, THEY PUSHED OUT TO THE EXTREME FRONTIER AND SETTLED IN HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, NOW KNOWN AS LURGAN TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

He was married to JEAN HAMILTON in 1679 in COUNTY ANTRIM, NORTH IRELAND. CLAN MACLAY MOVED TO NORTHERN IRELAND UPON RECEIVING FREE LAND FROM THE KING (JAMES 1), EARLY IN THE 1600'S. THE KING WAS PRESBYTERIAN AND WANTED TO REPLACE THE ROMAN CATHOLICS WITH PROTESTANTS.

THE FOLLOWING WAS WRITTEN BY WALTER MACLAY, OF SUNNYVALE CALIFORNIA, IN SEPTEMBER OF 1997.

WHEN THE ROMANS INVADED SCOTLAND IN AD 79, IT WAS INHABITED BY TRIBES THEY NAMED THE PICTS. THE SCOTS, FROM WHOM THE MACLAYS ARE DESCENDANTS, BEGAN ARRIVING IN SCOTLAND AROUND AD400 FROM IRELAND AT THE TIME THE ROMANS WITHDREW FROM SCOTLAND, BRINGING THE GAELIC LANGUAGE AND CHRISTIAN RELIGION. FOR THE NEXT 1,000 YEARS SCOTS IMMIGRATED FROM IRELAND TO SCOTLAND. THIS IS THE FIRST RECORD OF MIGRATION BY MACLAYS OR THEIR ANCESTORS, BUT MANY MORE WERE TO COME.
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO TRACE THE GENEALOGY OF INDIVIDUALS AT THIS EARLY TIME, BUT THE ROOTS OF THE CLAN MACLAY CAN BE TRACED USING THE LYON CONJECTURAL TREE BACK TO EOCHU, HEAD OF THE PAGAN SACRAL IRON AGE ROYAL FAMILY OF THE GAELS, WHO LIVED IN THE YEAR 360 IN IRELAND.
THIS GENEALOGY SHOWS THAT THE FIRST ANCESTOR OF THE MACLAYS IN SCOTLAND IS : ANROTHAN, WHO MARRIED THE HEIRESS OF COWAL AND KNAPDALE, A PRINCESS OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF ARGYLL IN THE SOUTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS. THIS WAS C. 1050. OTHER BOOKS CONFIRM THAT MOST OR ALL OF THE ANCESTORS OF THE MACLAYS LIVED IN COWAL IN THE COUNTY OF ARGYLL AT THIS TIME.
THE MACLAY OR MACLEAY CLAN, WAS FORMED BY THE DESCENDANTS OF DUNSLEVE, C. 1300. THE LIVINGSTONES ARE A BRANCH THAT MOVED TO THE LOWLANDS WHERE THE LARGE CITIES OF EDINBURGH AND GLASCOW ARE LOCATED. OUT OF THE ENTIRE LYON CONJECTURAL TREE, THE LINES FROM DUNSLEVE TO MACLEAY AND LIVINGSTONE ARE THE LEAST CERTAIN, PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT MIGRATION OF THE MACLEAYS AND THEIR ANCESTORS.
ACCORDING TO THE HIGHLAND PAPERS, THERE ARE MANY POSSIBLE SOURCES FOR THE NAME MACLAY. SOME OF THESE INDICATE THAT ARE OTHER LINES OF GENEALOGY THAN DESCRIBED ABOVE. THE RECORDS WE HAVE OF THESE EARLY TIMES COME MAINLY FROM CHURCH DOCUMENTS. NAMES WERE SPELLED BY THE PERSON RECORDING THE BIRTH, DEATH, OR OTHER EVENT, SINCE MOST PEOPLE WERE ILLITERATE. FOR THIS REASON THERE ARE MANY SPELLINS FOR THE NAMES OF THIS PERIOD. AS LONG AS THEY SOUND THE SAME, THEY ARE THE SAME NAME. AMONG THE SPELLINGS THAT HAVE BEEN USED OVER THE 700 YEARS ARE :
Maconlea, Clan leaw, Clan leaws, Clan leiw, Clan laiws, Clan Laigh, Clan Leayn, Clan Laine, Mhic-a-Lea, M'Lea, McLea, McClea, Maclea, MacLea, Mac Leay, M'Clea, McCleay, McClay, Macleay, and Maclay. THE NAME HAS NEVER BEEN EASY TO SPELL. ALTHOUGH THE SPELLING OF MACLAY IS NOW USED, THE NAME IS MORE COMMONLY MACLEAY IN PRESENT DAY SCOTLAND, ALTHOUGH MACLAY AND OTHER SPELLINGS ARE ALSO FOUND.
THE HIGHLAND PAPERS HAVE A CHAPTER "AN ACCOUNT OF THE NAME McLea". AMONG THE SOURCES OF THE NAME ARE Leigh, GAELIC FOR PHYSICIAN OR SURGEON. SOME McLeas WERE DOCTORS IN THE EARLY PERIOD OF THE CLAN. IT ALSO STATES " AS TO THE ANTIQUITY OF THE NAME OF McLea, IT IS GENERALLY THOUGHT THAT THEY ARE AMONGST THE ELDEST OF THE MACKS THAT CAME FROM IRELAND TO SCOTLAND WHEN THE SCOTS FIRST POSSEST SCOTLAND, AND THEY ARE AT THIS TIME SO OLD THAT THEY ARE ALMOST WORN OUT." AND THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 1743 !
THOMAS McLEA, THE WRITER OF THIS SECTION OF THE HIGHLAND PAPERS CONCLUDES THE FOLLOWING.

THAT THE McLEAS CAME ORIGINALLY FROM IRELAND, ALONGST WITH THE McDONALDS. THAT THEIR CHIEF PLACE OF SETTLEMENT WAS IN THE DISTRICT OF COWAL IN ARGYLESHIRE. THAT THEY WERE CADETS, OR RATHER FOLLOWERS, OF THE McDOUGALLS OF LORN. THAT McLEA OF LINSAIG IN THE PARISH OF KILFINAN IN COWAL SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE CHIEF OR HEAD OF THE CLAN, THAT THE LIVINGSTONS AND McLEAS CLAIM ALLIANCE TO ONE ANOTHER, ACCOUNTING THEIR NAMES SYNONYMOUS, THAT McLEA IS AN IRISH OR GALLIC WORD, SOME GALLIC INTERPRETERS RENDERING IT IN ENGLISH, "THE LIVING SON", FROM WHICH LIVINGSTON IS DERIVED, AND OTHERS RENDER IT THE "PHYSICIAN'S SON". BUT THERE ARE NO ARMS IN HERALDRY FOR McLEA PROPERLY SO TERMED, SO THAT THE ARMS OF LIVINGSTON SEEM TO BE THOSE THAT FALL TO BE ADOPTED FOR THE NAME, AND INORDER TO COMBINE THEREWITH THE OTHER INTERPRETATION OF THE WORD, PHYSICIAN'S SON (BY WHICH THE McLEAS'S OF LINSAIG DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN THE FIGURES OF THEIR GRAVESTONES), SOME CHIRGICAL INSTRUMENT OR INSTRUMENTS MAY BE ADDED, SUCH AS A LANCET AND PHIAL, OR ANY OTHER MEDICAL INSIGNIA THAT MAY OCCUR WITH THESE WORDS BELOW --ALT--'McLEA,'--VIC 'LIVINGSTON,'-- VIC 'PHYSICIAN'S SON."
THE EDITOR NOTES THAT "THE OLDEST FROM OF THE NAME IS MACONLEA. IN A NOTE CONTRIBUTED TO THE HIGHTLAND PAPERS, VOL. ii., PAGE 258, THE DUKE OF ARGYLL WROTE: "THE MACONLEAS WERE ORIGINALLY M'DUNLEAS. THE D DISAPPEARS THROUGH EUPHONISTIC ELISION IN GAELIC AND THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT THEIR EPONYMIC ANCESTOR WAS DUNSLEVE, THE SON OF AEDH, ALAIN, WHO THROUGH HIS SON SUIBHNE OR SWENE WAS ALSO ANCESTOR OF THE MAC SUIBHNES OR M'EWENS, THE ANCIENT LORDS OF OTTER IN COWAL AND ARGYLL AND OF CASTLE SWEEN IN KNAPDALE". THIS CONFIRMS WHAT THE LYON CONJECTURAL TREE STATES: THAT THE MACLAYS ARE DESCENDANTS OF THE DUNSLEVE CLAN C. 1300.

THERE IS ALOT MORE WRITTEN, REFER TO MATERIAL SENT ME BY WALT MACLAY. Children were: JOHN MACLAY.

He was married to UNKNOWN. Children were: OWEN MACLAY, CHARLES MACLAY, HENRY MACLAY.

bullet CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born on 8 Aug 1739 in NEW GARDEN TOWNSHIP, CHESTER CO., PENNSYLVANIA. He died on 30 Oct 1834 in LURGAN TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. HE IS THE THIRD SON OF CHARLES THE SETTLER. HE LIVED A LONG AND PEACEFUL LIFE NOT FAR FROM THE OLD HOMESTEAD, DEVOTING HIS ENTIRE ATTENTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS FARM.

HE LIVED, SAYS "VALLEY SPIRIT", IN IT'S ISSUE OF 27 AUGUST 1884, A LONG AND VERY QUIET LIFE IN CONTRAST WITH HIS BROTHERS. HE WAS NO POLITICIAN BUT SPENT HIS DAYS IN READING HIS BIBLE AND IN VISITING THE SICK AND IN DOING GOOD. HE WAS A GREAT FRIEND TO THE "POOR INDIAN", EVER CULTIVATING HIS FRIENDSHIP AND GOOD WILL. LIVING IN A RETIRED PLACE THE INDIANS BURNT HOUSES ALL AROUND HIS FARM YET NEVER MOLESTED HIS HOUSEHOLD. HE LIVED TO THE GREAT AGE OF 96 AND DIED IN 1834.
AN INCIDENT SHOWS THE REGARD AND ESTEEM OR REVERENCE, POSSIBLY IT MAY BE CALLED, IN WHICH CHARLES MACLAY WAS HELD BY THE INDIANS. SEVERAL YEARS AFTER HIS SETTLEMENT IN HIS NEW HOME, HE WAS SITTING ONE DAY, ON THE STEPS OF HIS CABIN IN CONTEMPLATION, WITH HIS BIBLE ON HIS KNEE, WHEN SUDDENLY THERE EMERGED FROM THE THICK FOREST IN FRONT OF HIM TWO INDIANS CARRYING GUNS IN THEIR HANDS. IT WAS EVIDENT TO HIM THE INDIANS SAW HIM AND THAT IT WAS THEN TOO LATE TO EFFECT CONCEALMENT, SO REMAINING SEATED HE WATCHED THEIR QUIET APPROACH UNTIL A SPRING THIRTY OR FORTY YARDS FROM THE CABIN WAS REACHED. THERE THEY HALTED WITH EVIDENT SIGNS OF NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO. THE IDEA SEIZED HIM TO BECKON THEM TO APPROACH. THEY DID SO AND PARTOOK JOYOUSLY OF HIS HOSPITALITY, AFTER WHICH WITH SIGNS DEMONSTRATIVE OF THEIR GRATITUDE, THEY RETIRED TO THEIR FOREST HOME AND EVER AFTER LIVED ON TERMS OF FRIENDSHIP WITH THE KIND OLD GENTLEMAN, NEVER ALLOWING ANY DEPREDATION TO BE COMMITTED ON HIS FARM. Parents: CHARLES MACLAY "THE SETTLER" and ELEANOR QUERY.

He was married to MARY TEMPLETON on 23 Aug 1762.

bullet CAPTAIN CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born in 1750 in ROXBURY, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. BORN ON THE FARM NEAR ROXBURY. He was born in 1750 in ROXBURY, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. BORNED ON THE FARM NEAR ROXBURY. He died on 4 May 1778 in AT THE BATTLE OF CROOKED BILLET. He died on 4 May 1778 in KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF CROOKED BILLET. He served in the military REVOLUTIONARY WAR. DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, CHARLES ENLISTED A COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS AND IN 1778 MARCHED TO PHILADELPHIA WITH THE BATTALION FROM THE VALLEY.
THE BATTALION WAS RAISED IN HAMILTON, LETTERKENNY AND LURGAN TOWNSHIPS, AND TRADITION SAYS THAT THEY WERE THE FLOWER OF THE VALLEY, BRAVE, HEARTY AND RESOLUTE PRESBYTERIANS, NEARLY ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE OLD ROCKY SPRING CHURCH.
CAPTAIN MACLAY'S COMPANY NUMBERED 100 MEN, RAISED IN OLD LURGAN TOWNSHIP, EACH MAN STOOD OVER SIX FEET IN HEIGHT.
AT THE BATTLE OF CROOKED BILLET, ON 4 MAY 1778, CAPTAIN MACLAY WAS KILLED WITH MOST OF HIS COMPANY WHO REFUSED TO SURRENDER. GENERAL TRACY IN HIS REPORT OF THE BATTLE SAYS : "THAT THE WOUNDED WERE BUTCHED IN A MANNER THE MOST BRUTAL SAVAGE COULD NOT EQUAL; EVEN WHILE LIVING SOME WERE THROWN INTO BUCKWHEAT STRAW AND THE STRW SET ON FIRE AND BURNT UP." THIS REPORT IS BORNE OUT BY THE TESTIMONY OF PERSONS RESIDING IN THE VICINITY, WHO SAW THE PARTIALLY CONSUMED BODIES IN THE FIRE. DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, HE ENLISTED A COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS AND IN 1778 MARCHED TO PHILADELPHIA WITH THE BATTALION FROM THE VALLEY.
THIS BATTALION WAS RAISED IN HAMILTON, LETTERKENNY AND LURGAN TOWNSHIPS, AND TRADITION SAYS THAT THEY WERE THE FLOWER OF THE VALLEY, BRAVE, HEARTY AND RESOLUTE PRESBYTERIANS, NEARLY ALL MEMBERS OF THE OLD ROCKY SPRING CHURCH. CAPTAIN MACLAY'S COMPANY NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED MEN, RAISED IN OLD LURGAN TOWNSHIP, EACH MAN OVER SIX FEET IN HEIGHT.
AT THE BATTLE OF CROOKED BILLET, ON 4 MAY 1778, CAPTAIN MACLAY WAS KILLED WITH MOST OF HIS COMPANY WHO REFUSED TO SURRENDER. GENERAL TRACY IN HIS REPORT OF THE BATTLE SAYS: "THAT THE WOUNDED WERE BUTCHED IN A MANNER THE MOST BRUTAL SAVAGE COULD NOT EQUAL; EVEN WHILE LIVING SOME WERE THROWN INTO BUCKWHEAT STRAW AND THE STRAW SET ON FIRE AND BURNT UP."
THIS REPORT IS BORNE OUT, BY THE TESTIMONY OF PERSONS RESIDING IN THE VICINITY WHO SAW THE PARTIALLY CONSUMED BODIES IN THE FIRE. Parents: JOHN MACLAY and JANET MCDONALD. Parents: JOHN MACLAY "OF THE MOUNTAIN" and ELIZABETH (JANET) MCDONALD.

bullet CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born in 1664. He died in DUBLIN, IRELAND. CHARLES WAS KILLED IN A DUEL WITH A FRENCH OFFICER IN DUBLIN. CHARLES WAS ALSO AN OFFICER IN THE ROYAL ARMY, HE WAS KILLED IN A DUEL WITH A FRENCH OFFICER, IN DUBLIN. Parents: CHARLES MACLAY and UNKNOWN.

bullet CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born on 22 May 1757 in LURGAN TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. He died on 4 Jan 1815 in CHAMPAIGN CO., OHIO (6 MILES N. OF URBANA). HE IS THE FIRST SON OF THE HON. JOHN MACLAY, OF CARPENTER'S HALL Parents: JOHN MACLAY (OF CARPENTER'S HALL) and JANE (JEAN?) DICKSON.

He was married to SUSANNA LINN on 22 Jun 1788. IN THE YEAR OF 1813, THEY MOVED TO OHIO AND SETTLED IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF THE PRESENT CITY OF URBANA. HERE CHARLES PURCHASED A LARGE TRACT OF LAND ON WHICH HE ERECTED A SUBSTANTIAL HOMESTEAD AND LAID OUT A FAMILY BURYING GROUND. Children were: JOHN MACLAY, WILLIAM MACLAY, CHARLES MACLAY, JOHN MACLAY, ELIJAH MACLAY, JANE MACLAY, JAMES LINN MACLAY, ELIZABETH MACLAY.

bullet CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born on 12 Mar 1795 in FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. He was buried in 1844 in URBANA, CHAMPAIGN CO., OHIO. He died on 24 Jan 1844 in CHAMPAIGN CO., OHIO (6 MILES N. OF URBANA). Parents: CHARLES MACLAY and SUSANNA LINN.

He was married to SARAH ANN SIDESINGER on 10 Sep 1835. Children were: CHARLES LINN MACLAY , MARY SUSANNAH MACLAY, CHARLES MILTON MACLAY.

bullet CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born in 1825. He died in 1849. Parents: JOHN MACLAY and JANE THOMPSON.

bullet CHARLES MACLAY(1) Parents: WILLIAM ORDWAY MACLAY and CATHERINE KEARNEY.

bullet CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born in 1779. He died in 1807 in WAYNE CO., NEW YORK. Parents: SENATOR SAMUEL MACLAY and ELIZABETH PLUNKET.

bullet CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born in 1815. He died in 1835 in ILLINOIS. Parents: JOHN MACLAY and ANNIE DALE.

bullet CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born in Jan 1822 in REEDSVILLE, MIFFLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. He died on 1 Jan 1863 in CLINTON, CLINTON CO., PENNSYLVANIA. IN 1853, HE MOVED TO LYONS, IOWA WHERE HE ENGAGED IN BUSINESS. HE AFTERWARD MOVED HIS RESIDENECE TO CLINTON, IOWA BUT STILL RETAINED HIS BUSINESS CONNECTIONS IN LYONS.
ABOUT 1856 HE VISITED MEXICO AND SPENT THREE YEARS THERE TRAVELLING FOR HIS HEALTH. HE MADE VALUABLE NOTES OF THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF THAT COUNTRY.
SOON AFTER HIS RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES HE DIED IN CLINTON, IOWA. Parents: SAMUEL MACLAY and ELIZABETH JOHNSTON.

He was married to MARY LOUISE COX on 29 May 1846. Children were: MARTHA PARDEN MACLAY , ELIZABETH JOHNSTON MACLAY, NORAH MACLAY, ANNE MACLAY.

bullet LIEUTENANT CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born on 31 Aug 1831 in BELLEVILLE, MIFFLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. He died on 2 Nov 1865 in KISHACOQUILLAS VALLEY, BROWN TOWNSHIP, MIFFLIN CO, . PENNSYLVANIA. DIED OF A DISEASE CONTRACTED WHILE IN THE ARMY. He served in the military CIVIL WAR. ON 25 SEPTEMBER 1861, HE ENLISTED IN A MISSOURI REGIMENT. HE WAS ENGAGED IN THE BATTLES OF CHICKASAW BAYOU, ARKANSAS POST, SIEGE OF VICKSBURG, RESACA, DALLAS, KENNESAW MOUNTAIN, ATLANTA AND JONESBORO.
HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE ON 31 OCTOBER 1864, AS 1ST LIEUTENANT OF COMPANY B, OF THE 31ST MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS.
ON THE CLOSE OF THE WAR HE RETURNED TO PENNSYLVANIA. Parents: JUDGE ROBERT PLUNKET MACLAY and MARGARET C. LASHELLS .

He was married to NANCY OWENS on 25 Dec 1857. Children were: MARGARET ELIZABETH MACLAY, WILLIAM PLUNKET MACLAY, JOHN MACLAY.

bullet CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born in 1775 in ROXBURY, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. He died in 1809 in FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. Parents: JOHN MACLAY and ELEANOR MACLAY.

He was married to MARY NEVIN in 1805. Children were: JOHN CHARLES MACLAY, MARGARETTE WILLIAMSON MACLAY.

bullet REV\SENATOR CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born on 9 Nov 1822 in CONCORD, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. He was METHODIST in 1844 in WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING CO., PENNSYLVANIA. IN 1844 HE JOINED THE BALTIMORE CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, AND WAS APPOINTED AGENT FOR DICKINSON SEMINARY, OF WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, WHEN THAT INSTITUTION WAS ESTABLISHED BY BISHOP BOWMAN.
HE WAS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN ESTABLISHING THE "CALIFORNIA CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE", AND WAS PRESENT IN THE FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN CALIFORNIA, HELD IN A PRIVATE DWELLING AT SAN FRANCISCO.
HE ALSO BUILT THE FIRST PROTESTANT CHURCH IN SANTA CLARA AND WAS ELECTED A TRUSTEE OF THE FIRST COLLEGE ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
IN 1885, HE ESTABLISHED AND ENDOWED AT SAN FERANANDO, A SUBURB OF LOS ANGELEW, THE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHICH HAS BEEN NAMED IN HIS HONOR, "MACLAY COLLEGE"-- THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE BEING SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF BISHOPS OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. He Politics in 1851 in CALIFORNIA. AFTER MOVING TO CALIFORNIA, AND SETTLING IN SAN FRANCISCO, HE ENTERED ACTIVELY IN THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OF THAT STATE.
HE WAS ELECTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET IN 1861, AND AGAIN IN 1862, AND FROM 1864 TO 1868, HE WAS STATE SENATOR, SERVICING TWO FULL TERMS.
HE WAS PLACED ON THE STATE ELECTORAL TICKET DURING PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S SECOND ELECTION. He died on 19 Jul 1890 in SAN FERNANDO, LOS ANGELES CO., CALIFORNIA. IN 1873, HE MOVED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SETTLED NEAR LOS ANGELES, PURCHASING A LARGE RANCH PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTEHRN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
HE HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED UNTIL THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THAT SECTION OF THE STATE, Parents: ROBERT MACLAY " OF CONCORD " and ARABELLA ERWIN.

He was married to CATHERINE (KATE) PAXTON LLOYD on 2 Mar 1851 in WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING CO., PENNSYLVANIA. Children were: THOMAS LLOYD MACLAY, ARABELLA IRWIN MACLAY, ROBERT HOLMES MACLAY, MARY ELIZABETH MACLAY, KATHERINE PAXTON MACLAY, JOSEPHINE LLOYD MACLAY.

bullet CHARLES MACLAY(1)

He was married to ELEANOR QUERY. Children were: ELEANOR MACLAY .

bullet CHARLES MACLAY(1) was born in 1836. He died in 1880. Parents: JOHN CHARLES MACLAY and ELIZABETH JANE DUNCAN.

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