When John Adams Leland was born on 22 August 1817, in Mount Pleasant, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, his father, Rev. Aaron Whitney Leland, was 29 and his mother, Eliza Hibben, was 24. He married Ann Allston DuPre on 23 April 1845, in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States in 1870. He died on 19 March 1892, in Mount Pleasant, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Christ Church Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
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Perhaps a shortened form of Scottish or Irish McClellan or McLelland , but geographical distribution in England suggests it may have an unexplained English origin.
Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, especially in Agder, a compound of le ‘barway, gate’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Americanized form of Norwegian Liland: compound of li ‘hillside, mountainside’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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