John Hans Makeléer

John Hans Makeléer, Iain Dubh Baronet (1604 – July 7, 1666) aka John MacLean, Iain Dubh Baronet (also known as Hans Macklier or Johan Macklier in Sweden) was a Scottish Naval Officer and merchant in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was raised to nobility in May of 1649 with the title "Iain Dubh Baronet". ["Dubh" simply means "black" in the Scottish Gaelic language, and is an adjective often applied to people.] cite book |last=MacLean |first=James Noël MacKenzie |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Macleans of Sweden |year=1971 |publisher=The Ampersand |quote= | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=U9CIAQAACAAJ&dq |isbn=0900161000 ]

Birth

John was born in 1604 in Duart, Mull, Argyll, Scotland. [cite book |last=Fontaine |first=Laurence |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=History of Pedlars in Europe |year=1996 |publisher=Duke University Press |quote=Hans Macklier, who was born in Scotland and died in Gothenburg in 1666 had an uncle who was a merchant in Stockholm ... | url= |isbn=082231794X ] He was the son of Hector MacLean, Fifth Lord of Duart and Isabella Atcheson of Gosford.cite book |last=Murdoch |first=Steve |authorlink=|coauthors= |title=Network North |year=2006 |publisher= |quote=Given the established pedigree of John Maclean as a son of Hector Maclean the 5th Baron of Duart and his second wife Isabella Acheson ... Such was the situation between James and John Maclean in Sweden. In 1629 the two men became business partners and John married Anna Gubbert, the sister of James wife. | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8hg_LcAusLQC&dq |isbn=9004146644 ] [cite web |url=http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/maclean2.html |title=MacLean |accessdate=2007-08-26 |quote=Sir Lachlan’s elder son, still another Hector Og, married a daughter of the eleventh chief of Kintail, and their son Lachlan was the first baronet of Duart. By a second marriage, with a daughter of Sir Archibald Acheson of Gosford, he had another son, Donald of Brolas, whose son Lauchlan became M.P. for Argyllshire, and whose descendants were to inherit the chiefship as sixth and successive baronets. |publisher= ] His father is also listed as "Hector MacLean, fifth Baron of Duart". [cite book |last=Murdoch |first=Steve |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Britain, Denmark-Norway and the House of Stuart, 1603-1660 |year=2000 |publisher=Tuckwell Press |quote= Scotsman frequently acted in senior positions in the Gothenburg trade council and counted among their number John Maclean, son of Hector MacLean, fifth Baron of Duart. | url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=B0u0SKD2EZS4yQT89NSTDA&id=vn9nAAAAMAAJ&dq=&pgis=1 |isbn=1862321825 ] is also listed Isabella was the daughter of Archibald Atcheson of Gosford. John's siblings were: Donald MacLean, 1st Laird of Brolas who married Florence MacLean, his cousin; and Isabelle MacLean. John MacLean then became an officer in the Royal Navy.

Emigration and marriage

He emigrated to Gothenburg, Sweden, where he had an uncle that worked as a merchant. [cite book |last=Smout |first=Thomas Christopher |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Scotland and Europe, 1200-1850 |year=1986 |publisher= |quote=... regard to sources is somewhat better when an immigrant Scot happened to be ennobled, as not a few of them were. This was the case with Hans Macklier ... | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4fUgAAAAMAAJ&q |isbn=0859761126 ] He changed his name to John Hans Makeléer, and worked as a merchant in 1629. He married Anna Gubbertz (c.1595-1653) in 1629 in Gothenburg. Anna's sister was married to one of John's relatives, Jacob Makeléer (Jacob Macklier). They had fifteen children, with ten surviving to adulthood. They include:
*John Makeléer, Göteburg Court of Justice
*Carl Leonard Makeléer (1633-1663)
*Catharina Makeléer (1637-1709)cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |year=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |quote=In 1651 he married Catherine Makeléer (b. 1637), the daughter of the Scottish merchant John Maclean (d. 1666), who was based at Göteborg and had become a ... He married James's wife's sister, Anna Gubbertz (d. 1653), in 1629 and had fifteen children with her, though only ten survived to adulthood. ... | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CDcYAAAAIAAJ&dq |isbn=0198614004 ]
*Anna Makeléer (1638-1646)
*Lunetta Makeléer (1639-1693) who married Joakim Cronman (c.1630-1703), a soldier who died in the Battle of Neumünde in Latvia during the Great Northern War. cite book |last=Lewenhaupt |first=Adam |authorlink=Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt |coauthors= |title=Karl XII's officerare: Biografiska anteckningar |year= |publisher= |quote= | url= |isbn= ] [Joakim was the son of Hans Detterman Cronman (1590-after1645) aka Lord Hans Detterman Nobil Cronman, of Liveland, Latvia; and Ursula Kordes (1600-1675). He had the following siblings: Johan Detterman Cronman (1618-?); Vilhelm Cronman (c1617-1656); Anna Catharine Cronman (1620-1688); Christina Cronman (c1625-1687) who married Joakim George Fredrick Von Rohr (c1625-1687) who died in the Battle of Narva; Elisabeth Cronman (1630-1687); and Joakim Cronman (1638-?). Joakim married Lunetta Makeléer (1639-1693). Lunetta was the daughter of John Hans Makeléer who was a merchant in Sweden. Together they had the following children: Anna Catharina Cronman I (1658-1661) who married Frans Von Knorring; Ursula Cronman (1660-1745) who married Christoffer Fredrik Von Grothenhielm (1655-1705); Johan Cronman (1662-1737) who was killed in action; Anna Catharina Cronman II (1662-1685) who married Hans Christoffer Von Rohr I (1626-1700) who was killed in action in the Battle of Narva; and Hedvik Elisabeth Cronman (1663-1699) who married Henrik Aminoff (1653-?).] [cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~corpusnobiliorum/sb193.html |title= Cronman |accessdate=2007-08-26 |quote=Joakim Cronman, died 5 March, 1703 at the citadel of Neumünde, married 9 August, 1657 Gothenburg Lunetta Makeleer (buried 22 February, 1693 at Reval), daughter of Johan or Hans Makeleer and Anna Gubbertz. |publisher= ]
*Maria Sophia Makeléer (1640-1721) [cite book |last=Bull |first=Edvard |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Norsk biografisk leksikon |year= |publisher= |quote=D. var gift med Maria Sophia Makeléer (egentlig Maclean), f. 1640, d. 1721, datterav Sir John M. av ... | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oaUYAAAAIAAJ&q |isbn= ]
*Gustaf Adolf Makeléer (1641-1706) who was a Captain in the Swedish Army who married Sara Carlberg (1647-1701)
*Elsa Beata Makeléer (1643-1730)
*David Makeléer (1645-1708) who was the first governor of Älvsborg County, Sweden from 1693 to 1708 [cite web |url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sweden_county.html |title=Counties of Sweden |accessdate=2007-08-26 |quote=20 Dec 1693-1708 David Makeléer (b. 16.. - d. 1708) |publisher= ]

Iain Dubh Baronet

In May of 1649 John received the title "Iain Dubh" ("Black John") Baronet, signifying his descent from the 3rd Clan Chief, Iain "Dubh MacGillemore" ("Black John, son of Gilmore i.e. servant or votary of Mary") Maclean. After his wife, Anna Gubbertz died, John married Lilis Hamilton and after her death he married Anna Thompson. [cite book |last=Bulloch |first=John Malcolm |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Scottish Notes and Queries |year=1935 |publisher= |quote=About 1620 John Maclean amassed a large fortune in Gothenburg, advanced the progress of this rising town, Sweden's main bulwark against Danish invasion, and was made a Swedish noble, taking the name of Makeleer. ... | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=A4kDAAAAMAAJ&q |isbn= ] cite book |last=Bruce |first=Duncan |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Mark of the Scots: Their Astonishing Contributions to History, Science |year=1998 |publisher= |quote=One of the first to arrive was John Maclean, one of the principle builders of the city, who made himself a large fortune in the process. He was ennobled by Queen Christiana in 1649 under the name Makeleer and was royalbanker to the queen. His son, also John, was president of the Göteburg Court of Justice | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mx2WY17Zd9YC&pg |isbn=0806520604 ]

Jonas Berg and Bo Lagercrantz write:

On November 15, 1649, James Graham, 5th Earl of Montrose, arrived in Gothenburg from Copenhagen, and stayed with a Scottish merchant, James Maclean, who had been raised to the nobility in May of 1649, under the name Makeléer. Maclean, or Makeléer had been an officer in the British Royal Navy before settling in Gothenburg in 1629. He had always been a warm supporter of the House of Stuart. [cite book |last=Berg |first=Jonas |authorlink= |coauthors=Lagercrantz, Bo |title=Scots in Sweden |year=1962 |publisher= |quote=On 15th November 1649 James Graham, 5th Earl of Montrose, arrived in Gothenburg from Copenhagen, and stayed with a Scottish merchant, James Maclean, who had been raised to the nobility in May 1649, under the name Makeléer. Maclean, or Makeléer had been an officer in the British Royal Navy before settling in Gothenburg in 1629. He had always been a warm supporter of the House of Stuart. | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=sHoeAAAAMAAJ&q=&pgis=1 |isbn= ]

econd marriage

On December 30, 1655, he married Lilian Hamilton.cite book |last=Ailes |first=Mary Elizabeth |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Military Migration and State Formation |year=2002 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |quote=On December 30, 1655, Lilian Hamilton married Johan Macklier, a prominent Scottish merchant who traded out of the port at Gothenburg. ... | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OlvOUh96BBYC&printsec=frontcover&dq |isbn=0803210604 ]

Death

He died in 1666.

Timeline

*1604 Birth in Scotland
*1629 Emigration to Sweden at age 25
*1629 Marriage to Anna Gubbertz
*1633 Birth of Carl Leonard Makeléer
*1635 (circa) Birth of David Makeléer
*1637 Birth of Catharina Makeléer
*1638 Birth of Anna Makeléer
*1639 Birth of Lunetta Makeléer
*1641 Birth of Gustaf Adolf Makeléer
*1643 Birth of Elsa Beata Makeléer
*1649 Received the title "Iain Dubh Baronet" in May
*1649 Visit of James Graham
*1653 Death of first wife, Anna Gubbertz
*1655 Married second wife, Lilian Hamilton
*1666 Death in Sweden

References

ee also

*Anders Örbom
*Joachim von Rohr

External links

* [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/sweden/17-2.htm Scots in Sweden: John Hans Makeléer]

Further reading

&cite book |last=Wilhelm |first=Wilhelm |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Genealogiska Anteckningar om Göteborgs slakter |year= |publisher= |quote= | url= |isbn=