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John Maclean

fl. 1830s–1850s

Merchant in Lima, 1832–54. Sent plants to William Jackson Hooker and William Herbert. Probably Juan Maclean, son of Juan Maclean and Margarita Maxwell who married in San Sebastián, Lima, Peru, on 2 June 1824, Roza Echanez, daughter of Ramon Echanez and Manuela Almarsa Juan Maclean was then probably John Maxwell Mclean, b. 11 January 1786, son of John Mclean and Margaret Maxwell of Annieston.

Sources

Desmond, Ray 1977

Peru, select marriages, 1600–1940 (Ancestry.com, accessed 25 April 2016

Scotland old parish registers births 644/01 0170 0000 Barony, Lanark (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 25 April 2016)

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