David McCulloch 2nd of ArdwallAge: 54 years1740–1794
- Name
- David McCulloch 2nd of Ardwall
- Given names
- David
- Surname
- McCulloch 2nd of Ardwall
| Birth | 1740 35 28 |
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| Birth of a brother | William McCulloch of Ardwall 25 April 1746 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert McCulloch of Ardwall 15 January 1748 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Mcculloch 3 May 1749 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Janet McCulloch 6 June 1749 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a sister | Isobel McCulloch before 1756 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a brother | William McCulloch of Ardwall 1756 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a father | Edward McCulloch 1st of Ardwall August 1756 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert McCulloch of Ardwall 1758 (Age 18 years) |
| Marriage | Janet Corsane — View this family April 1761 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Agnes ‘Nancy’ McCulloch 1763 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Edward McCulloch 6 April 1764 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Penelope McCulloch 1765 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Robert McCulloch March 1767 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | James Murray McCulloch 13 April 1768 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | David McCulloch 1769 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Ross McCulloch 31 July 1770 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a son | Ross McCulloch 1771 (Age 31 years) |
| Occupation | In 1771 he was in correspondence on the subject with Sir Alexander Gordon of Greenlaw and, by the latter’s influence, obtained a position as landwaiter, that is, a junior official, in the Customs at Leith, where he and his family moved. 1771 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Alexander McCulloch 23 February 1772 (Age 32 years) |
| Baptism of a son | Alexander McCulloch 6 March 1772 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a son | Robert McCulloch 3 May 1772 (Age 32 years) |
| Burial of a son | Robert McCulloch 4 May 1772 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a mother | Janet McCulloch of Kirkclaugh 1773 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Robert McCulloch 13 July 1775 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Elizabeth McCulloch 1776 (Age 36 years) |
| Occupation | Mr. McCulloch has been an officer in the Customs of Leith these Nine years bypast during which time he has had no other fund for the maintainance and education of a numerous family consisting of Nine Children save the emoluments arising from that office. 1779 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Mcculloch 30 November 1780 (Age 40 years) |
| Residence | 1783 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Johnston Hannay — Penelope McCulloch — View this family 12 November 1791 (Age 51 years) |
| Burial of a daughter | Penelope McCulloch 1794 (Age 54 years) |
| Note | David McCulloch was also friendly with the poet, Robert Burns, and, that he even had the temerity to submit some of his own doggerel efforts to him is evident from the postscript to a letter of Burns to Mr. Robert Cleghorn, Saughton Mills, Edinburgh in1794 1794 (Age 54 years) |
| Death | 3 January 1794 (Age 54 years) |
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Janet McCulloch of Kirkclaugh Birth: about 1712 36 Death: 1773 — America |
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Marriage: 12 October 1732 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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4 years elder sister |
Isobel McCulloch Birth: 16 January 1737 32 25 — Scotland Death: before 1756 — Scotland |
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14 months elder sister |
Elizabeth McCulloch Birth: 2 April 1738 33 26 — Scotland |
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3 years himself |
David McCulloch 2nd of Ardwall Birth: Ardwall Death: 3 January 1794 — Scotland |
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6 years younger brother |
William McCulloch of Ardwall Birth: 25 April 1746 41 34 Death: 1756 — Scotland |
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21 months younger brother |
Robert McCulloch of Ardwall Birth: 15 January 1748 43 36 Death: 1758 — Scotland |
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17 months younger sister |
Janet McCulloch Birth: 6 June 1749 44 37 — Scotland Death: 3 July 1829 — Scotland |
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| Mother’s family with Charles Robertson |
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Janet McCulloch of Kirkclaugh Birth: about 1712 36 Death: 1773 — America |
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Marriage: — |
| Family with Janet Corsane |
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David McCulloch 2nd of Ardwall Birth: Ardwall Death: 3 January 1794 — Scotland |
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Janet Corsane Birth: 15 March 1741 — Meikleknox |
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Marriage: April 1761 — |
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3 years daughter |
Agnes ‘Nancy’ McCulloch Birth: 1763 23 21 Death: 1840 — London, London, England |
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15 months son |
Edward McCulloch Birth: 6 April 1764 24 23 — Ardwall Death: But Edward, unfortunately, especially so for his brother James, was not destined for long to enjoy his retirement and the life of a country laird. He was killed by a fall from his horse when returning from Kirkcudbright, on 22 June 1796. — 22 June 1796 — Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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21 months daughter |
Penelope McCulloch Birth: 1765 25 23 Death: 17 May 1794 |
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2 years son |
Robert McCulloch Birth: March 1767 27 25 Death: 3 May 1772 — Leith, Midlothian, Scotland |
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13 months son |
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21 months son |
David McCulloch Birth: 1769 29 27 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death: In August Sir Walter recorded in his Journal995 that ‘David McCulloch is extremely ill - a paralytic stroke, I fancy’. He died on 17th October of that year and Sir Walter recorded, ‘The death of Mrs. Scott’s brother, Mr. David McCulloch, has put them... — 17 October 1825 — Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
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19 months son |
Ross McCulloch Birth: 31 July 1770 30 29 — Ardwall Death: 1771 |
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19 months son |
Alexander McCulloch Birth: 23 February 1772 32 30 — Kirkclaugh Death: November 1843 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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3 years son |
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18 months daughter |
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| Note | David McCulloch was born in 1740, being baptised on 18 May in that year and was thus just over 16 years old when his father died. He was accordingly placed under the guardianship of his two uncles, his father’s brother, David McCulloch of Borness, and his mother’s brother, Edward McCulloch of Auchinguil. The latter was also guardian to David’s sisters and the scanda1 in which this involved him has been related elsewhere (see page 210). David went to school at Glasgow College and was assisted in his studies there by a tutor named Kingan who afterwards became Minister of Crawford in Lanarkshire. This was a rather unusual form of education for at this time boys of all classes were normally sent to the parish school, where the son of the nobleman and the son of the carpenter sat in the same room and had the same instruction: and tenant and laird both alike paid half a crown or three shillings for their boy’s tuition. |