Robert Maclellan, principal of Pictou Academy, was born 14 July 1849 in Durham, NS to John Maclellan and Helen Hogg Maclellan.   He married Martha Maria Fraser 1 January 1887.   Robert Maclellan died 12 July 1922. 

Robert Maclellans ancestors emigrated from Balcary, Scotland on the Lovely Nelly in 1775.