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     John Mac-an-Leister is the son of Nychole Mac-an-Leister.¹

     Nychole Mac-an-Leister is the son of John Mac-an-Leister.¹

     Nychole Mac-an-Leister is the son of Angus Mac-an-Leister.¹
     He held the position of Chief of the Clan Fletcher.¹

     Angus Mac-an-Leister was born circa 1450.¹
     He held the position of Chief of the Clan Fletcher.¹

     Grace MacNaughton was born in 1705.¹ She married Angus Fletcher, son of Archibald Mac-an-Leister.¹
      Her married name became Fletcher.¹

     Duncan Fletcher was born in 1750.¹ He was the son of Angus Fletcher and Grace MacNaughton.¹

     William Taylor married Elizabeth Fletcher, daughter of Archibald Fletcher and Eliza Dawson.¹

     Robert Davy married Grace Millett.¹

     Sir Humphry Davy was born on 17 December 1778 at 4 The Terrace, Market Jew Street, Penzance, Cornwall, England.² He was the son of Robert Davy and Grace Millett.^1,2 He died in 1829.¹
     He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.²
     

     Sir John Richardson was born on 5 November 1787 at Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.² He married Mary Fletcher, daughter of Archibald Fletcher and Eliza Dawson.¹ He died on 5 June 1865 at age 77.²
     He was educated at Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.² He gained the rank of Surgeon in 1807 in the service of the |Royal Navy.² Between 1819 and 1822 Coppermine Expedition, with John Franklin in seach of the North-West Passage.² He co-authored the book Fauna Boreali-Americana, published 1829.² He was invested as a Knight in 1846.² Between 1848 and 1849 with John Rae in an unsuccessful search in the Arctic for Franklin.² He wrote the book An Arctic Searching Expedition, published 1851.²