Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Joseph MCCLELLAN
Captain Joseph McClellan, son of James and Martha (Caldwell) McClellan, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, April 28, 1747, died October 14, 1834. He enlisted at the outbreak of the war and served until June 13, 1781. He was appointed lieutenant of a company of musketeers, July 15, 1776, under the command of Captain Abraham Marshall. He was promoted to captain in a battalion commanded by Colonel Samuel Atlee. He was transferred to the Pennsylvania Line, Ninth Regiment, and March 22, 1781, to the Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, where he served until June 13, 1781, when he resigned from a sense of filial duty, his parents being old and infirm. He was in the battles of Long Island, Brandywine and Monmouth. General Anthony Wayne endorsed a high testimonial to his merit on the back of Captain McClellan's commission. Captain McClellan married Keziah Parke, born January 24, 1767, died July 31, 1842; she is buried at Octoraro. Children: 1. Anne, born August 15, 1787. died August 19, 1860; buried at Oaklands cemetery, West Chester, Pennsylvania; married William Hemphill. 2. Martha, born February 7, 1789, died March 14, 1814; married, 1810, Isaac Rogers. 3. Elizabeth, born 1794, died in 1799. 4. Joseph Parke.
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