This genealogy of the McClintock family comes from a four volume set of genealogy research compiled in the early 1900s. Each generation is shown in parentheses ( ). Begin with one individual and continue that line through the furthest generation currently known before starting a new descendancy for the next sibling. This method keeps each family group intact, while presenting the families of siblings separately but under the same generational number.
This name originated in Scotland, and the family now being considered is descended from a worthy Scotch Presbyterian who early in the eighteenth century joined his compatriots in the north of Ireland, whence he came to New England. Bearers of this name have acquired distinction as scientists on both sides of the Atlantic, notably: Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, an Irish Arctic explorer, and John N. McClintock, the well known civil engineer and sanitary expert of Boston, who will be again referred to.
McClintock Family of New Hampshire
(I) William McClintock
William McClintock, a native of Scotland and a devout Presbyterian, went to the north of Ireland early in the eighteenth century in order to participate in the freedom of thought and action in religious matters enjoyed by his fellow-countrymen who had previously settled there. After residing in Londonderry for a time he emigrated to New England in 1730, and settled in Medford, Massachusetts, near Boston. He was married four times, three times in the old country, was the father of nineteen children, and lived to be ninety years old. His third wife accompanied him to this country.
- William McClintock.
- Samuel McClintock.
(II) William McClintock
William McClintock (2), son of William (1) McClintock and his third wife, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, 1720, and was brought by his parents to New England during his infancy. He was a resident of Medford, Massachusetts, 1757, but later removed to Boothbay, Maine. His death occurred June 3, 1779. He married second, Margaret Fullerton, who bore him two children:
- William McClintock of Bristol, Maine, see forward.
- John McClintock, of Boothbay.
(III) Hon. William McClintock
Hon. William McClintock (3), son of William (2) McClintock, was born in Boothbay, Maine, September 29, 1778. For a number of years he followed the sea as master of a vessel, owned a farm in Bristol, of which town he was a resident the greater part of his life, and served as land surveyor. He was quite active in public affairs, having served as trial justice, in the lower house of legislature of Massachusetts and Maine, and as a member of the first constitutional convention of Maine. He married Fanny Young.
- John McClintock.
(IV) Captain John McClintock
Captain John McClintock, son of William (3) and Fanny (Young) McClintock, was born in Bristol, April 9, 1807. Like the majority of the residents of his town, he was a seafaring man, and becoming a master mariner visited all parts of the world as captain of a merchantman. The following incident will serve to emphasize his ability as a mariner. While in the port of Yokohama, Japan, he found it advantageous to accept a cargo for Callao, Peru, and although his chronometer was disabled and he was not in possession of the necessary charts, with the aid of an atlas of the world and his watch he guided his ship accurately across the Pacific Ocean and brought her safely into port. He settled in Hallowell, Maine. He married Mary Bailey Shaw, daughter of William Stanley Shaw, and had a family of six children, four of whom are living, namely:
- John N. McClintock, see forward.
- Hon. William E. McClintock, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, chairman of the state highway commission.
- J. Y. McClintock, county engineer of Monroe county, New York, resides in Rochester.
- Mary E. McClintock, who is residing in Readfield, Maine.
(V) John Norris McClintock, A. M., C. E.
John Norris McClintock, A. M., C. E., son of Captain John and Mary Bailey (Shaw) McClintock, was born in Winthrop, Maine, May 12, 1846. His early education was acquired in the public schools of Hallowell, and he was graduated from Bowdoin College, 1867, later receiving the degree of Master of Arts from the same institution. Prior to the completion of his collegiate course he was appointed to the United States coast survey, and immediately after leaving college he entered the government’s service, in which he was later advanced to the position of sub-assistant. He continued in that service eight years, or until 1875, when he relinquished his government position in order to establish himself as a civil engineer in Concord, New Hampshire, in which city he had located some four years previous. He was, however, for some time afterwards connected with the United States engineer corps. At Concord he built up a large and profitable general civil engineering business, being employed in several important undertakings, including electric railways, etc., and he was also connected with the geological survey of New Hampshire. In 1879 he became owner, publisher and editor of the Granite Monthly at Concord, New Hampshire, and he continued to direct the affairs of that publication until 1891, at the same time attending to his professional duties. In the latter named year he found it advisable to transfer his headquarters to Boston, where his reputation was such as to enable him to command a large share of general engineering work in that city, and he was subsequently employed by the city, the state and numerous corporations.
For the past twelve years Mr. McClintock has devoted his time and energies to the important municipal problems of the proper disposal of sewage and the purification of water, with the result that he has succeeded in perfecting an improved system of filtration based upon a thoroughly scientific principle. Having purchased certain patents which he improved through the introduction of inventions of his own, he organized what is known as the American Sewage Disposal Company of Boston, and also the Water Purification Company, both of which have become successful enterprises of unquestionable sanitary importance. The process for the rapid filtration and neutralization of sewage, known as the Biological System, can be applied with equal efficacy to the purification of water for domestic purposes, and in all probability constitutes the most important advance in the art of filtration yet accomplished. As a sanitary improvement its value cannot be too highly estimated, and its adoption by the large municipalities of America, Europe, including the city of London, and cities in the Orient, has been attended with excellent results.
Mr. McClintock resides in Dorchester. In addition to his duties as president and manager of the above mentioned enterprises, he has created a large business as a consulting engineer, particularly in reference to sewage purification, in which science he is regarded as one of the leading experts in the United States, and at various conventions of scientific bodies he has read papers which have become standard authority. He is a member of the Maine and New Hampshire Historical Societies, and other organizations. Aside from his professional ability he is widely and favorably known in New Hampshire as the author of an excellent history of that state. In his religious belief he is a Congregationalist.
Mr. McClintock married, October 3, 1871, Josephine Tilton, daughter of Joseph C. Tilton, of Concord, and granddaughter of Dr. Timothy Tilton, of Canaan. The children of this union are: John Tilton, an architect in Boston. Edward Pratt, deceased, who was a broker in New York City. Arabella Chandler, resides with her parents.
(II) Rev. Dr. Samuel McClintock
Rev. Dr. Samuel McClintock, son of William (1) McClintock, the immigrant, and his third wife, and brother of William McClintock, abovementioned, was born at Medford, Massachusetts, May 1, 1732, died April 27, 1804, in his seventy-second year. He was a graduate of Princeton College, a resident of Greenland, New Hampshire, and served as chaplain of a New Hampshire regiment which participated in the battle of Bunker Hill, commanded by General Stark. He married in Portsmouth, in the fall of 1754, lived with his wife thirty-one years, and they were the parents of fifteen children. Four of their sons engaged in the Revolutionary war at the same time, namely: Nathaniel, Samuel, William and John. Nathaniel, the eldest of the sons, was born March 21, 1757. He graduated from Harvard College, 1775. He was offered an ensign’s commission in the British army, but refused. Soon after the battle of Lexington he joined the American army as lieutenant of one of the companies of the New Hampshire line. He was appointed adjutant in Colonel Poore’s regiment and promoted to the rank of brigade major when Poore was advanced to that of brigadier-general. He was with General Washington at the capture of the Hessians at Trenton in 1776, was at Ticonderoga, and in various engagements with Burgoyne’s army until its final capture. In 1780 he was killed in an engagement on board a man-of-war. Samuel, the second son, was born February 21, 1758, was a midshipman on board the “Rollo,” a frigate in the United States service; was afterward a lieutenant of a frigate ship-of-war, and was lost at sea on a merchant vessel. William, the third son, born February 4, 1759, was killed at the battle of Trenton. John, the fourth son, born August 28, 1761, was in four different private armed ships, in three actions, and was successively mate, prizemaster and lieutenant before he was twenty years of age. He was the only one of the four brothers who survived the war. He resided in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and served as naval officer for the city for a long period of time, during the administrations of Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, Fillmore and Pierce. At the time of his death, November 13, 1855, he was the oldest man residing in Portsmouth.
Source
Stearns, Ezra S., Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, 4 vols., New York : Lewis Publishing Co., 1908.