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MCCLINTIC IS OUR NAME

Generation No. 1

1. William Alexander¹ McClintock was born 1717 in Tyrone County, Ireland, and died December 1801 in Warm Springs, Virginia. He married Nancy Shanklin Abt. 1748 in Tyrone County, Ireland. She was born 1723 in Tyrone County, Ireland, and died 1809 in Warm Springs, Virginia.

Notes for William Alexander McClintock:

McCLINTIC FAMILY ORIGIN

The first record of the McClintock family originated in Argleshire Scotland near the shores of Loch Lomond about 40 miles north of Glasgow. A scotch bard sang the praise of a young stripling archer, Maclintock, shot the arrow that killed the chieftain, Black John McGregor, at the battle of Glenfruin in 1603. (See Sir Walter Scott's introductory chapter of his book "Rob Roy" for full details of this battle.
The name MacClintock is an English version of the Gaelic name "Mac Giolla Fhintog". The word Lindsay was substituted for the unpronounceable word and the Scottish suffix "Mac" (means son of) was hooked on the front. To keep such a name from being confused with the English Lindsays, of Northern England, some letters were changed and others added to make it sound Scottish.

During the reign of King James I (1603-1625) of England, many Scott immigrants settled in Northern part of Ireland, known as Ulster. William Alexander McClintock was descended from the ancient Scottish family which was established in Northern Ireland when his ancestor Alexander McClintock emigrated from Argyleshire, Scotland about 1597 and settled on the estate of the Duke of Lennox, Ludovic Stewart who owned land in Northern Ireland and in Argyleshire, Scotland. Alexander II acquired title to the Rathdonnel Estate of 10,000 acres near Trinta County Donegal, Northern Ireland, which contained 4,000 acres of arable land, about 1650. This estate was devised at his death to his eldest son John. The main residence was Rothenstal Castle.

William Alexander McClintock and his wife Nancy Shanklin McClintock came to America in 1763, according to the Revolutionary War record of their son, Joseph. The family lived in what was then Lancaster County Pennsylvania until 1773. All of the children except Alexander McClintock were born in Ireland. In 1773 the family moved south to Virginia. In 1774 William purchased land on the east bank of the Jackson River in Botetourt County, Virginia (which became Bath County in 1779)

The population growth of the Jackson River Area

By 1774, the first of the families that would dominate the 19th century Jackson River Valley community had obtained land in the area. The family head was William McClintic I (1717-1801), an immigrant from Ireland. He started the family landholdings with 175 acres which he purchased from Andrew Borland for 154 pounds in Virginia currency on 8 February 1774 (McClintic Papers). Borland was the son-in-law of William Jackson who was the recipient of one of the two royal grants in 1750.
Although William McClintic I and his family prospered in their new location in Virginia, they knew adversity as well. William McClintic II (1759-1786) had joined the army during the American Revolution and fought under General Nathaniel Greene at the Battle of Guilford courthouse in1781. He was wounded there, and died of complication from his wounds five years later. It was his son, William McClintic III, who became very influential and acquired much property in the Jackson River Valley.
In 1801, William McClintic I left farms to his son Alexander and to his grandson, William III, both of whom were already building estates of their own. Within four decades, McClintic holdings were so extensive the members of the extended family paid taxes on the following property: William McClintic III, nine slaves and 2220.5 acres of land; his brother, Moses McClintic, seven slaves and 2102.5 acres of land; their mother, Alice Mann McClintic Cavendish, nine slaves and 1120 acres of land; and Alexander McClintic, son of William McClintic I, eight slaves and 525.5 acres of land. Source: (Iroquios Research Institute 1979)

More About William Alexander McClintock:
Burial: Family Cemetery, Warm Springs, Va.
Religion: Presbyterian

More About Nancy Shanklin:
Burial: Family Cemetery, Warm Springs, Va.

Children of William McClintock and Nancy Shanklin are:

+	2	i.	Joseph² McClintic, born 1752 in Tyrone County, Ireland; died November 17, 1837 in Greenbrier County, VA.
+	3	ii.	Margaret McClintic, born 1753; died Aft. 1807.
+	4	iii.	Jane McClintic, born 1754 in Tyrone County, Ireland; died Abt. 1801.
	5	iv.	Nancy McClintic, born 1756 in Tyrone County, Ireland. She married Patrick Milhollen
+	6	v.	Robert McClintic, born 1757 in Tyrone County, Ireland; died July 21, 1845 in Williamsburg, Greenbrier Co, West Virginia.
+	7	vi.	William Alexander McClintic II, born 1759 in Tyrone County, Ireland; died September 13, 1786 in Falling Springs, Virginia.
+	8	vii.	Alexander McClintic, born February 12, 1765 in Lancaster, Pa.; died March 23, 1848 in Warm Springs, Jackson River,Bath County VA.

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