Hector¹ McLEAN
b. ca 1722 in Croy & Dalcross, Inverness, Scotland

        William McLEAN
        chr. December 1747 in Croy & Dalcross, Inverness, Scotland
        m. Isobel FRASER in Scotland

             Hector² McLEAN
             b. 4 September 1791 in Croy & Dalcross, Inverness, Scotland
             m. Anne McQUEEN on 21 December 1821 in Ardclach, Nairn, Scotland
             d. 15 February 1879 in Ardclach, Nairn, Scotland

                    Donald McLEAN
                    b. ca June 1823
                    d. May 1846 ^[1]

                    Isabel "Isabella" McLEAN   Immigrated to Australia in 1859 then on to New Zealand bef. 1863 
                    b. ca January 1825 in Ardclach, Nairn, Scotland
                    m. Thomas ALEXANDER on 22 September 1863 in Invercargill, New Zealand
                    d. 27 January 1898 in Mokihinui, New Zealand

                    William McLEAN
                    b. ca September 1826
                    d. October 1847 ^[1]

                    Janet "Jessie" McLEAN
                    b. ca August 1828
                    m. Donald WATT

                    James McLEAN
                    b. ca February 1830
                    d. November 1847 ^[1]

                    Anne McLEAN
                    b. ca February 1832

                    Alexander McLEAN
                    b. ca February 1833 in Ardclach, Nairn, Scotland
                    m. Elizabeth BLACK
                    d. 1923 in Croy, Inverness, Scotland

                        James McLEAN
                        b. ca 1878 in Nairnshire, Scotland
                        m. Edith Frances CLARKE
                        d. 13 February 1939 in Bawdeswell, Norfolk, England

                                (4 children)

Website for "missing McLeans"

[1] Plot 216 in the Mt Pleasant Cemetery in Ardclach has the inscription:

"...Erected by Hector McLean shoemaker Mount Pleasant in memory of his children viz Ann, who died Feb 1833 aged 6 years.  And Donald who died May 1846 aged 23 years.  Also William, who died Oct 1847 aged 21 years.  And James who died Nov 1847 aged 17 years.  And Ann who died Nov 1853 aged 16 years..."

Three children dead within eighteen months, two of them within a month of each other.  And so very young.  I wonder what happened to this family?

Ardclach Churchyard: A Survey of its Memorials - Hector's memorial to his children - Number 216