MacLean Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname MacLean

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MacLean history with MacLean Family Crest
MacLean Motto Translated
Surname Notables
Clan Badge of MacLean

Septs of MacLean

About Family Crests

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Origins Available: Scottish-Alt, Scottish

Where did the Scottish MacLean family come from? What is the Scottish coat of arms/family crest? When did the MacLean family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie is a branch of the Scottish Clan MacLean. The surname is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Gille Eathain, a patronymic name meaning meaning "son of the servant of Saint John."

Spelling variations of this family name include: MacLean, MacLain, MacLaine, MacLane, MacLeane, MacClean, MacClain, MacClaine, MacGhille Eoin, Macklin, MacCleane, McKleane, McCleant, McCleind, McCleand, McClaink, McClaing, Cleind, MacClean, McCleen, McCleane, McClean, McClaine, McClain, Macklaim, Leand, Leind, MacClaine, Leane and many more.

First found in Isle of Mull, an island of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Peter McLaine, who came to New York in 1701; John MacLain, who came to New England in 1721; Malcolm MacLain, who arrived in Maryland in 1747; Archibald MacLaine, who came to North Carolina in 1750.

Motto Translated: To conquer or die.

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Some noteworthy people of the name MacLean

John MacLean (1800-1886), American educator, president of Princeton University (1854-1868)
Norman Fitzroy Maclean (1902-1990), American author, and professor of English at University of Chicago
Sir Donald Maclean (1864-1932), British Politician, member of the UK Parliament
Sir Fitzroy Hew Maclean (1911-1996), 1st Baronet of Dunconnel, British diplomat, politician, and spy
Donald Duart MacLean (1913-1983), British diplomat and spy, who passed secrets to the Soviets and escaped there in 1951
Lt. Colonel John Bayne Maclean (1862-1950), Canadian publisher, who founded Maclean's Magazine
David John MacLean (b. 1953), Scottish politician, member of the UK Parliament for Penrith and The Border
Alistair Maclean (1922-1987), Scottish author

MacLean Clan Badge

A clan is a social group made up of a number of distinct branch-families that actually descended from, or accepted themselves as descendants of, a common ancestor. The word clan means simply children. The idea of the clan as a community is necessarily based around this idea of heredity and is most often ruled according to a patriarchal structure. For instance, the clan chief represented the hereditary "parent" of the entire clan. The most prominent example of this form of society is the Scottish Clan system...

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Septs of the Distinguished Name MacLean
Beaton, Beatson, Beatton, Beddon, Bedon, Beeton, Beth, Betton, Bey, Biddon, Bidon, Clain, Claine, Claing, Claink, Clean, Cleand, Cleane, Cleant, Cleen, Cleend, Cleent, Cleind, Cleint, Cleyn, Cleynd, Douey, Douie, Dowey, Dowie, Fadan, Fadand, Fadane, Fadant, Faddan, Faddand, Faddane, Faddant, Fadden, Faddend, Faddent, Faddgin, Faddian, Faddiand, Faddiane, Faddiant, Faddien, Faddiend, Faddient, Faddin and more.

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the MacLean family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the MacLean coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the MacLean genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The MacLean Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The MacLean Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.