MC C L I NTOC K 1 1 69 8 5 R w s arenta u ALE& AN E ho e e n D MCCLINTOCK, p g is w e t e kno n rin a Hous 6 , di d at T , in Donegal , Ireland, September , 70 a thtr fl u ori fo 1 6 . The y the places and dates here given is chie y f Emo derived rom a manuscript pedigree communicated to ry Mc 1 900 Clintock in September, , by Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock f , the amous Arctic explorer (who was also responsible for the spelling of Trinta and from another manuscript given him e C f at the same tim , containing a care ul opy, made personally l of by the admira , the various tombstones contained in the parish of Tau hb ne f churchyard g oy ; as well as rom a copy supplied to hi mof . W a pedigree by the late Rt . Rev illiam Alexander , f a of Primate o ll Ireland . The mother the late Archbishop of n k Armagh was a McCli toc . The archbishop died in 1 91 1 at a o very advanced age . A pedigree filed in the office f Ulster King o A M lintock 1 81 5 is f f cC rms by John , in , re erred to below as the Drumcar pedigree . Some particulars have been derived from d tra ition . Mc lintock l Alexander C probably spelled the name McK in hi s i tock, as three sons employed that spell ng ; it appears in Ill eantin tin on f Mc l Mc . S st of C in Gaelic as g Agnes , wi e Alex l of i tock, Sen ., probab y the widow one St nson or Stevenson , is of McClean of said to have hbeen the daughter Donald , Argyle hi n s 1 648. he s re , and to ave bee married in Gla gow about S ce 6 1 696 u Tau hbo e r n . died De mber , ; b ied in g y Churchyard He was S 6 1 670. buried in the same place, eptember , x McClinto s m ck Ale ander is suppo ed by so e to have been, k his if f Ar shi e f o le r . li e w e, a native gy The amily was certainly ‘S i h e ed te D n mm ear ed Admira lin k u to c Trainta T n a r and b McC hmh ee t p ll p ig , y l , g ; g ta on h ta tofli . e cial surve ma hb the A hbinhO Tmta rc l y p; g , y p of Highland origin and may have belonged to a sept of w hich there is repeated mention in the record of the Privy Council of d di of of Scotlan , resi ng on land the Duke Lennox in Dumbarton of . f shire , on the west coast Loch Lomond Concerning the amily ’ h edi a Her a dica te Enc clo l arms , supplement to Berry s y p printed “ 1 835 Mc lintk : C oc about , gives (Scotland&a chevron ermine & ’ l . between 3 escallops . Crest a ion passant proper Nisbet s h amo r of R rny book on Scotc heraldry desc ibes the arms , a & l . chevron between three esca lops According to the last authority, chevrons w ere granted in Scotland to those who had done special w service to the King . The only important public service kno n to f McClintoc k havehbeen per ormed by a in Scotland , was the killing of te l i 0 McGre or G enfru n 1 6 3 victorious Black John g , in , , by “ t ’ young McClin ock the single exploit on the king s side in ’ o n f what was otherwise a mere massacre f the ki g s riends . The massacre of Glenfruin has been celebrated by Scott in his Lady of an n of n the Lake, and earlier version , givi g an account you g ’ li to k l McC n c s f of Go u exploit , written by the amily bard the q “ houn s has M lin of o , been recently printed . The name young C & tock , not positively known , was probably John . The records of Mc lintck of - the Privy Council show that a John C o Ross Dhu l ’ 61 was ki led by an assassin s dagger in or about 1 2. Trinta in Donegal remained in the possession o f the Duke of l i c Lennox unti acquired by the heirs o f Alexander McCl nto k . M of 1 630 l a The uster Roll Ulster made in , shows A ex nder Mc & te w of of Len o k , bearing a s ord and pike , on the lands the Duke of B Lennox , in the Barony apho, County Donegal . The Duke ’ o f f f Lennox, at this time chie among the king s riends, may have o f granted the arms himself. The right a nobleman to grant a of n 1 600 as coat arms was stro gly maintained, as late as at least , l of is shown in vo ume five the Carew manuscripts, where the pretensions of the royal heralds to regulate such matters are l t i Mc in ck denied. This makes it more ntelligible why the C o r y o f a ms were never recorded by L on , King Arms, and more par ul t l tic a l he m f r y because those who bore ar s went to Ire and be ore 5 h 67 d all 1 6 0 1 2 , w ile it was only in that a law require Scottish f of arms to be brought to Lyon or record . The ancient arms the f mi i n of a ly were altered by Betham , Ulster K g Arms, as stated in ’ w as Burke s Armory . A sweeping change made by him , apply ing to all branches of the family excepting that of Drumcar ; the attempted change affecting the tinctures o f the escallops and es 904 eciall . 28 1 p y the crest At his table in London, July , , the thf admiral stated positively that e amily had always borne the same arms , unchanged , and especially mentioned the crest, a lion f an proper. The table cloth at dinner had been copied rom ancient l of 1 689 . table c oth, in possession Archbishop Alexander, dated Several copies of this cloth had been woven for memhbers of the f i . amily, and th s one had been preserved by the arc bishop It h o o f f was a work considerable art, ex ibiting the old coat arms , of a animals and various emblems the chase , indic ting that the i famil y at Trinta had pretentions much above the ord nary . The fo ih r modern copy, woven the admiral , must have been a work volving considerable skill . ’ ts A trace of Alexander McClin ock existence in the year 1 665 a . is found in The L ggan and its Presbyterianism , by the Rev . f a Alexander B . Lecky, B . A (Bel ast, where his name p n in of Tau hbo ne pears as havi g paid the Hearth Tax the parish g y li tks of McC n oc in that year . The names other residing in the fl locality are given in this publication chie y John, and one Gilbert w ho 1 665. appears seems to have died in It may be plausibly surmised that the name o f the father of Alexander was John ’ Rathdonnell the f he o f , Burke , in tpedigree Lord makes ather s f name a mythical Alexander, who came over rom Scotland in the l f Rathd nne l . o o 1 6th century and bought the estate This estate , ho f r s which belonged to the archbis op many year , was purchased ’ 4 o . hi f r in or about 1 7 0 by ne o f the latter s ancestors T s in o ma i f t on , received rom the archbishop, was communicated to Emory ntock in r . McCli by the admiral his own handw iting li ntock and A n Mc lean hi ldren o Alexander Mc es C C f C g 1 649 d ed 1 70 marr 1 . r abo 7 ed Jenet ohn c lintoc J M c k, bo n ut ; i ; i Lo wry . lintk o rn 1 65 d ed 1 l mMc oc 7 724 marr 2 l a C ed th . WEli &a e i i , b ; i ; i b Harvey . er Mc li nto k l eutnan in the Bri tsha C c e rm 3. Alexand o r I h& lan , i t i y ris o eer rn a o t1 660 ed e temr 1 4 1 d S e 689 mrr ed a t s ; bo b u ; i p b , ; i a ahYo n . o mou thas een ex r S e d e ed whhr ete S r u g b b p ss lexande wa no tthelde tof the thre r e He A s s e othe . r b rs wa ma d efo r thf tho thr and f s e e e er o e e roma do rri b i s, cu men wr tn f r hi htha hf h t i te be o e s deatit appears tis ater “ an hmlf w kn v n and d i se ere own respecti ely as S e ior “ & r hi s o f ved 1 690 e de ed a n o .