• Your Grandma McLean’s maiden name is Merriam. The name came from Kent in the southeast of England. The first Merriam came to the new world in 1635 and landed in Massachusetts, and settled in Lynn. The family remained there until after the American revolution when the father, a successful merchant had died, and local patriots ran the family out of town claiming they were royalists (in favor of King George). The settle in Ontario, Canada.
• There are no Merriams left in England today.
• The McLean family first came to the United States in 1840 and settled in Moore County, NC, a place where the name “McLean” is more common than Smith or Jones. His name was Angus and his wife’s name was Nancy McDonald who was born in Moore County, NC.
• The first Longcor was “Johann Wilhelm Langhaar” who was born in Morris, NJ in 1714. However, his father never immigrated to the United States, so there is some confusion about where he was born, but he did die in Sussex county, NJ. His wife was Anna Elisabeth Miesen, also born in Germany in 1716 and Christened in Rengssdorf, Rhineland, Germany.
• The Longcor name has also been spelled as Langhar, Langhaar, and Longhair.
• The oldest Longcor we have a record of was born in 1629 in Hardert, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany. His name was Johann Langhar, but we don’t know his wife’s name.
• The Hardie family, Mom’s mother’s maiden name, is first recorded in our family history as James Hardie and was born in 1847 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. His wife was Rebecca Alvira Lewis who was born in American River, Sacramento, California. That makes Donna and Jeni 5th generation Californians.
I hope you enjoyed this little excursion into family history.
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