Sir John Maclean, 1st Baronet, (1604 – 7 July 1666) also known as John Makeléer or Hans Makeléer in Sweden, was Lord of Gåsevadholm, and

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and Hammarö. He lived in

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, Sweden. He was made a

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and was made Lord of Gåsevadholm,

, and Hammarö by Christina of Sweden in 1649.

Biography

John was born in 1604 at

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, Mull,

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. He was the son of Hector Og Maclean, 15th Clan Chief and Isabella Atcheson of Gosford, daughter of Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet. His full brother was Donald MacLean, 1st Laird of Brolas Isabella was the daughter of Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet. John MacLean then became an officer in the

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Emigration and marriage

He emigrated to

, Sweden in 1620, where he had an uncle that worked as a merchant. Now known as John Makeléer or Hans Makeléer, he worked as a merchant, and married Anna Gubbertz (c.1595–1653) or Anna Quickelberry in 1629 in

. Anna's sister was married to one of John's relatives, Jacob Makeléer (Jacob Macklier). He was named a town councilor in 1640 and remained one through 1650. John Hans Makeléer and Anna had fifteen children, with ten surviving to adulthood. They are:

Children

#Charles Makeléer who died young. #Jacob Makeléer (1632–1663) was in the service of Charles XI of Sweden in England. He married Catherine Cochrane, the daughter of Colonel John Cochrane (colonel). Jacob may have taken his own life during an illness. #

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(1636–1696), of the Gothenburg Court of Justice. He married Anna Margareta Gordon. #Peter Makeléer was colonel and commandant in

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, and he married Abolla Sophia Vanplassen. #Gustavus Makeléer was colonel in the Swedish army and commandant in

. #Carl Leonard Makeléer (1633–1663) #Maria Makeléer who married General David Duncan (general). He was in the service of the

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. #Catharina Makeléer (1637–1709) who married, first, Colonel David Sinclair (colonel), and secondly, General Baron Malcolm Hamilton of Hageby. #Eliza Makeléer, she was married to Major Cailenkerheilm. #Anna Makeléer (1638–1646). #Lunetta Makeléer (1639–1693) who married

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(c.1640–1703). He was a Colonel in the service of the Swedish Empire and the Commandant at Neumünde. This is the Ruuth-Näslund-Winblad line. #Maria Sophia Makeléer (1640–1721). #Gustaf Adolf Makeléer (1641–1706) who was a Captain in the Swedish Army who married

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(1647–1701). #Elsa Beata Makeléer (1643–1730) who married Major Marten Christensson. #

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(1645–1708), a General in the army and the first governor of Älvsborg County, Sweden from 1693 to 1708 who married the countess of Arenberg. General David left five sons and two daughters, of whom John Aldolphus MacLean was general in the army and colonel of the Life Guards.

Baronet

In 1635 he loaned 1,150 thalers to

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to supply her army at a time when the

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was depleted. In May 1649 he was awarded a Baronetcy by

. On 30 December 1655 he married Lilian Hamilton. After her death he married Anna Thompson. He died in 1666. *1604 Birth in Scotland *1629 Emigration to

, Sweden at age 25 *1629 Marriage to Anna Gubbertz *1633 Birth of Carl Leonard Makeléer *1635 (circa) Birth of David Makeléer *1635 Advanced the sum of 1150 thalers to Queen Christina at a time when the Exchequer was exhausted and new armaments were urgently required *1637 Birth of Catharina Makeléer *1638 Birth of Anna Makeléer *1639 Birth of Lunetta Makeléer *1641 Birth of Gustaf Adolf Makeléer *1643 Birth of Elsa Beata Makeléer *1649 Received the title Lord *1649 Visit of James Graham *1653 Death of first wife, Anna Gubbertz *1655 Married second wife, Lilian Hamilton *1666 Death in Sweden

Biography

Emigration and marriage

Children

Baronet

References

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