MackMallen, Alester

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Battle:Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:Unity, Dec 1650
Prisoner and List:Alester M’Milan on George Stewart’s List
Name Variations:MacMallen, MacMallion, MackMillen, Mackmallen, Mackmallin, Mackmillion, McMilan, Aleste, Allister, Allester.
Residences:Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
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M’Milan, Alester, #68 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list.1
Similar Names in Lists:
MacMallen, John. (LLNV)
Name Variations: MacMallen, MacMallion, MackMillen, Mackmallen, Mackmallin, Mackmillion, McMilan, Aleste, Allister, Allester.
Resided: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

First Generation in the New World

1. ALESTER¹ MCMILLAN, was born in Scotland about 1631 and died at Salem, Massachusetts on 20 Jun 1679. He married, before 28 Sep 1658, ELIZABETH HOLGRAVE.2 She was baptised on 01 Nov 1640 and died after 1694. She married, second, at Salem, on 01 Sep 1679, JOHN BAXTER.3),4

Biographical Notes:
1. Contributed by Dr. Andrew Millard in July 2018: According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, in, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 247, Alester is categorized as: Definite [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Mackmallen/McMilan/Mackmallin/Mackmillion, Alester/Allister/Allester. Residences: Salem MA. Appears: 1658. B.c.1631. D.1679. Knew Alexander/Allister Grime and Archibald Anderson in Scotland. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.8; App.B] For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.
2. Will dated 03 Jun 1679 in Essex Court Files.5

Children of Alester and Elizabeth (Holgrave) Mackmallen:
2. i. ELIZABETH MACMILLIN, b. at Salem in 1658; d. at Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts in 1715; m. at Salem in 1677, HENRY BRAGG.6
2. ii. JOHN MACKMALLEN, b. at Salem in 1660; d. in MA in 1735; m. at Salem in 1684, MARY GILSON.7
2. iii. HANNAH MACKMALLIN, b. at Salem in 1670;d. at Lynn in 1735; m. at Salem in1700, THOMAS WHITTEMORE.6
2. iv. ALEXANDER MCMILLION, b. at Salem in 1675; d. at Salem in 1728; m. at Wells, ME (or Salem?) in 1698, REBECCA ELDRIDGE.8
2. v. JOSHUA MACKMALLEN, b. at Salem in 1678; d. at Salem in 1733; m. at Salem in 1715, JUDITH MESURY.8

Second and Third Generations

2. i. ELIZABETH² MACKMALLEN, (Alester¹), born at Salem in 1658 and died at Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts on 07 Dec 1715. She married at Salem on 17 Dec 1677, HENRY BRAGG, (1657-). Henry died at Attleboro on 18 Oct 1723.9,6

Children of Henry and Elizabeth (Mackmallen) Bragg:
3. i. ELIZABETH BRAGG, (Elizabeth², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 07 Sep 1678.10
3. ii. MARY BRAGG, (Elizabeth², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 24 Mar 1680.10
3. iii. HENRY BRAGG, (Elizabeth², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 12 Apr 1682. Executor of father Henry’s estate in 1723/4.10
3. iv. WILLIAM BRAGG, (Elizabeth², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 17 Oct 1684.10
3. v. SARAH BRAGG, (Elizabeth², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 26 Mar 1687.10
3. vi. ALEXANDER BRAGG, (Elizabeth², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 06 Mar 1689.10 He married, ELIZABETH LUTHER.

Children of Alexander and Elizabeth (Luther) Bragg:11
4. i. HENRY BRAGG, was born at Attleboro on 17 Jul 1717.
4. ii. MARTHA BRAGG, was born at Attleboro on 14 Feb 1721/2.
4. iii. LYDIA BRAGG, was born at Attleborough on 26 Feb 1724.
4. iv. WILLIAM BRAGG, was born at Attleborough on 09 Mar 1728/9.
4. v. JEMIMA BRAGG, twin, was born at Attleborough on 11 Jun 1732.
4. vi. NICHOLAS BRAGG, twin, was born at Attleborough on 11 Jun 1732.

2. ii. JOHN² MACKMALLEN, (Alester¹), born at Salem in 1660-1735 and died in Massachusetts in 1735. He married at Salem on 11 Dec 1684, MARY GILSON, (1662-?).7

Children of John and Mary (Gilson) Mackmallen:
3. i. JAMES MACKMALLION, (John², Alester¹), was born in 1684? and died?. He married at Salem on 13 Apr 1713, MARY NORRICE.12

Children of James and Mary (Norrice) Mackmallon:13
4. SUSANNA MACKMALLON, (James³, John², Alester¹), b. at Salem on 08 Apr 1714.
4. MARY MACKMALLON, (James³, John², Alester¹), b. at Salem on 01 Mar 1716/7.
4. NAOMI MACKMALLON, (James³, John², Alester¹), b. at Salem on 31 Aug 1719.
4. JAMES MACKMALLON, (James³, John², Alester¹), b. at Salem on 29 Apr 1723.

3. ii. PETER MACKMALLEN, (John², Alester¹), 1685
3. iii. JOHN MACKMALLEN, (John², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 05 Sep 1685.14
3. iv. JOSEPH MACKMALLEN, (John², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 24 Sep 1687.14 He married at Boston?, intention at Salem on 30 Jun 1711, ELIZABETH TAYLOR, of Boston.
3. v. FRANCIS MACKMALLEN, (John², Alester¹), 1689

2. iii. HANNAH² MACKMALLIN, (Alester¹), born at Salem in 1670 and died at Lynn in 1735. She married at Salem on 10 Jul 1700, THOMAS WHITTEMORE, (1665-1741).6

Children of Thomas and Hannah (Whittmore) Mackmallen:
3. i. JOSEPH WHITTEMORE, (Hannah², Alester¹), 1694-1742
3. ii. SAMUEL WHITTEMORE, (Hannah², Alester¹), 1698-1742
3. iii. ELIZABETH WHITTEMORE, (Hannah², Alester¹), 1707-1791
3. iv. THOMAS WHITTEMORE, (Hannah², Alester¹), 1712-1810
3. v. JAMES WHITTEMORE, (Hannah², Alester¹), 1717-1776
3. vi. SARAH WHITTEMORE, (Hannah², Alester¹), 1720-?

2. iv. ALEXANDER² MCMILLION, (Alester¹), was born at Salem in 1675 and died at Salem in 1728. He married, at Wells, ME (or Salem?) on 15 Dec 1698, REBECCA ELDRIDGE, (1681-1728).15

Biographical Notes:
1. 1699: “One hundred acres to Alexander McMillan” in Wells/Kennebunk, Maine in 1699.16

Children of Alexander and Rebecca (Eldridge) McMillon:
3. i. ARCHIBALD MCMULLIN, (Alexander², Alester¹), c1698-1793
3. ii. ELIZABETH MACMALLION, (Alexander², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 16 Mar 1702.17
3. iii. JOHN MACMALLION, (Alexander², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 09 Mar 1704,18 and died at Salem in Jul 1705.19
3. iv. ABIGAIL MACMALLION, (Alexander², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 25 Dec 1706.18
3. v. JONATHAN MACMILLION, (Alexander², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 23 Aug 1708.18
3. vi. KEZIAH MCMULLIN, (Alexander², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 09 Mar 1709.18
3. vii. HANNAH MACMALLION, (Alexander², Alester¹), was born at Salem on 11 Jul 1713.18
3. viii. ARCHIBALD MCMULLIN, (Alexander², Alester¹), 1715-1793
3. ix. ROBERT MCMULLIN, (Alexander², Alester¹), 1717-?

2. v. JOSHUA² MACKMALLION, (Alester¹), was born at Salem in 1678 and died at Salem in 1733. He married at Salem on 29 Apr 1715, JUDITH MESURY. NO CHILDREN.8

Published: 18 August 2018
Updated: 10 Apr 2020
Researchers: Ray Dusek, Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust, Kenneth Whittemore
Editor: Teresa Rust

Sources and Notes:
Working List of Early New England Scots (Rapaport 2015)

Scotch Exiles in New England, Stackpole, E. S. (1922) unpublished typescript, Coll. 733 & 831, Collections of the Maine Historical Society, Portland ME.

Esses Court Records, Salem, Mass.

Scots in New England, found and contributed by Ray Dusek.

New England Families, found and contributed by Ray Dusek.

Found and contributed by Ray Dusek.

The Great Migration for Richard Adams. Found and contributed by Ray Dusek.

Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records Supplement, 1644 – 1691
Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840
Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849
The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

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