Brief Life History of John
When John Lean Sr. was born in 1707, in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Lein, was 40 and his mother, Elisabith Cliland, was 35. He married Jean Nicoll on 3 December 1725, in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter.
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- John Lein, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Devon): nickname for a thin or lean person, from Middle English lene ‘lean’ (Old English hlǣne).
Shortened form of Scottish McLean .
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 林, see Lin 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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