From http://www.chicago-scots.org/clubs/History/Names-Ma-McC.htm: “McClellan, Robert – 1716-1789 – b. Galloway, Scotland/d. Salem NY. Married in 1754 Nicholes Gordon. They left their home in Micklemox, Parish of Buttle, Scotland in 1774. After a voyage of 3 months in the ship Golden Rule they landed in New York City. From there they journeyed by way of Albany to Burley, Vermont, being four days crossing the Green Mountains. No wheeled vehicle had ever crossed at that point. In 1784, they moved to Hebron, Washington Co. NY.4”

From http://www.afn.org/~afn60701/JPOWELLGED.wbg/aqwn104.htm: “The family left Mickleknox in 1769 and moved to the parish ot Twynholm in the Stewartry of Galloway, Scotland near Kirkcudbright, where they lived 5 years under Lord Selkirk. In 1774 Robert, Nichola and their 6 children sailed from the mouth of the river Dee on the ship Golden Rule. It took 3 months and 4 days to arrive in New York. They went from Albany, NY through Manchester, VT, across the Green Mountains to Bromley, to Springfield, VT on the Connecticut River, where they remained 10 years. “We got there in the Fall and the Revolutionary War broke out the next Spring” (from letter written by William) In 1784 they moved from Springfield to Black Creek (“now called Hebron in the County of Washington, in the state of New York”)[mac1.FTW] The family left Mickleknox in 1769 and moved to the parish of Twynholm in the Stewartry of Galloway, Scotland near Kirkcudbright, where they lived 5 years under Lord Selkirk. In 1774 Robert, Nichola and their 6 children sailed from the mouth of the river Dee on the ship Golden Rule. It took 3 months and 4 days to arrive in New York. They went from Albany, NY through Manchester, VT, across the Green Mountains to Bromley, to Springfield, VT on the Connecticut River, where they remained 10 years. “We got there in the Fall and the Revolutionary War broke out the next Spring” (from letter written by William) In 1784 they moved from Springfield to Black Creek (“now called Hebron in the County of Washington, in the state of New York”)”