James Murray McCullochAge: 89 years1768–1857
- Name
- James Murray McCulloch
| Birth | April 13, 1768 28 27 |
| Birth of a brother | David McCulloch 1769 (Age 8 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Ross McCulloch July 31, 1770 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a brother | Ross McCulloch 1771 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Alexander McCulloch February 23, 1772 (Age 3 years) |
| Baptism of a brother | Alexander McCulloch March 6, 1772 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert McCulloch May 3, 1772 (Age 4 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Robert McCulloch May 4, 1772 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Janet McCulloch of Kirkclaugh 1773 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert McCulloch July 13, 1775 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth McCulloch 1776 (Age 7 years) |
| Education | 'I was twice at school, in the gay town o’ Dumfries, And nearly all my scholastic learning did here begin and cease Three-score and ten years ago, in the Kirkgate, I went to school...' 1778 (Age 9 years) |
| Occupation | James went to sea at the age of 14 in 1782. He spent three months in the coasting trade as a seaman and, in that capacity, spent the following nine months on a voyage to Oporto. In 1783 he made his first voyage to India and China in the ‘Contractor’. 1782 (Age 13 years) |
| Occupation | In 1791, perhaps as the result of his studies under the scientific Thomas White, he rose to be 3rd Mate and made his third voyage to India in the Consborne’. 1791 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a father | David McCulloch 2nd of Ardwall January 3, 1794 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a sister | Penelope McCulloch May 17, 1794 (Age 26 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Penelope McCulloch 1794 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edward McCulloch June 22, 1796 (Age 28 years) |
| Occupation | In 1793, he was Chief Mate of the ‘Queen’ and in 1796 he purchased jointly with Messrs Caldcleugh and Boyd of London the command of the ‘Walter Boyd’ and his prospects seemed rosy. In this ship he is recorded as sailing to Calcutta on the 25th April 1796. 1796 (Age 27 years) |
| Residence | On his return to England in 1798, James, partly owing to bad health, and partly to his succession to the estate, retired from the service of the East India Company and settled at Ardwall. It was an obviously foolish decision and James often regretted it. 1798 (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage | Christian Robison — View this family September 19, 1803 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Agnes Mcculloch August 6, 1804 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | David McCulloch June 27, 1806 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Walter McCulloch November 21, 1807 (Age 39 years) |
| Occupation | In 1807 James was commissioned a Deputy Lieutenant for the Stewartry by Thomas, Earl of Selkirk and in 1814, was appointed by the Commissioners of Supply to be the convener of a committee to examine, with representatives of other counties... 1807 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Janet McCulloch March 4, 1809 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Edward McCulloch July 30, 1810 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | James Robison McCulloch June 20, 1812 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Alexander McCulloch February 15, 1814 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Christina McCulloch December 30, 1815 (Age 47 years) |
| Residence | James found by 1815 that he could no longer afford the life of a country gentleman, and was compelled to seek some remunerative employment. 1815 (Age 46 years) |
| Residence | The family therefore moved into Edinburgh in that year and in October James was living at 13 Frederick Street: the following March the family was at 26 Charlotte Square, and in February 1817 at 2 Melville Street. March 1816 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Janet McCulloch June 22, 1816 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Christina McCulloch July 9, 1816 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a son | Edward McCulloch July 10, 1816 (Age 48 years) |
| Residence | February 1817 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Janet McCulloch May 17, 1817 (Age 49 years) |
| Residence | In May they moved to 5 Shandwick Place, which James appears to have rented for two years as he only bought the house in 1819. The family remained there till their return to Ardwall in 1828. May 1817 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a son #10 | Robert McCulloch November 28, 1818 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a son | Robert McCulloch January 28, 1819 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | Christina McCulloch March 13, 1820 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a son #12 | Edward McCulloch March 27, 1821 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #13 | Penelope Elizabeth McCulloch September 5, 1825 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a brother | David McCulloch October 17, 1825 (Age 57 years) |
| Residence | The crisis came in 1830. James tried to make a composition but failed, and, being in danger of imprisonment for debt, was compelled to take advantage of the law of cessio bonorum, a legal device contrived to mitigate the extremely harsh treatment of debtor 1830 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a son | James Robison McCulloch November 18, 1840 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a sister | Agnes “Nancy” McCulloch 1840 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Christina McCulloch August 1, 1841 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | Alexander McCulloch November 1843 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth McCulloch 1848 (Age 79 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Gordon Brown — Janet McCulloch — View this family April 23, 1850 (Age 82 years) |
| Residence | Relationship: Head 1851 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a wife | Christian Robison March 19, 1853 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Agnes Mcculloch July 8, 1854 (Age 86 years) |
| Death | December 2, 1857 (Age 89 years) |
| Burial | December 1857 (Age 89 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
David McCulloch 2nd of Ardwall Birth: Ardwall Death: January 3, 1794 — Scotland |
| mother |
Janet Corsane Birth: March 15, 1741 — Meikleknox |
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Marriage: April 1761 — |
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3 years elder sister |
Agnes “Nancy” McCulloch Birth: 1763 23 21 Death: 1840 — London, London, England |
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| elder brother |
Edward McCulloch Birth: April 6, 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. — June 22, 1796 — Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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21 months elder sister |
Penelope McCulloch Birth: 1765 25 23 Death: May 17, 1794 |
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2 years elder brother |
Robert McCulloch Birth: March 1767 27 25 Death: May 3, 1772 — Leith, Midlothian, Scotland |
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13 months himself |
James Murray McCulloch Birth: April 13, 1768 28 27 — Ardwall Death: December 2, 1857 |
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21 months younger brother |
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... — October 17, 1825 — Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
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19 months younger brother |
Ross McCulloch Birth: July 31, 1770 30 29 — Ardwall Death: 1771 |
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19 months younger brother |
Alexander McCulloch Birth: February 23, 1772 32 30 — Kirkclaugh Death: November 1843 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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3 years younger brother |
Robert McCulloch Birth: July 13, 1775 35 34 — Leith Walk, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland |
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18 months younger sister |
Elizabeth McCulloch Birth: 1776 36 34 Death: 1848 — Canterbury, Kent, England |
| Family with Christian Robison |
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James Murray McCulloch Birth: April 13, 1768 28 27 — Ardwall Death: December 2, 1857 |
| wife |
Christian Robison Birth: 1780 — Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland Death: March 19, 1853 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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Marriage: September 19, 1803 — Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
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11 months daughter |
Agnes Mcculloch Birth: August 6, 1804 36 24 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death: July 8, 1854 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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23 months son |
David McCulloch Birth: June 27, 1806 38 26 — Ardwall Death: David was in the midst of preparations for his retirement from India and return home, when he was suddenly taken ill and died on 20 September 1858. He was buried in the Scottish Cemetery in Bombay. — September 20, 1858 — Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
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17 months son |
Walter McCulloch Birth: November 21, 1807 39 27 — Ardwall Death: In February 1892 he had a bad fall: when recovering from it he got a chill followed by bronchitis, and on 25 March he passed peacefully away in his eighty fifth year. — March 25, 1892 — Ardwall |
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15 months daughter |
Janet McCulloch Birth: March 4, 1809 40 29 Death: June 22, 1816 — Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
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17 months son |
Edward McCulloch Birth: July 30, 1810 42 30 Death: The last of the three who were carried away within three weeks of each other in the summer of 1816 by an epidemic, it is said, of diphtheria. The other two were his sisters, Janet and Christina, and all three are buried in St. Cuthbert’s Kirkyard in Edinbu — July 10, 1816 — Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
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23 months son |
James Robison McCulloch Birth: June 20, 1812 44 32 Death: James did not survive long and his brief but hectic career came to an end at Kingston on 18 November 1840 when he died of yellow fever. — November 18, 1840 — Kingston, Jamaica |
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20 months son |
Alexander McCulloch Birth: February 15, 1814 45 34 Death: August 16, 1887 — Kirkclaugh |
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22 months daughter |
Christina McCulloch Birth: December 30, 1815 47 35 Death: July 9, 1816 — Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
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17 months daughter |
Janet McCulloch Birth: May 17, 1817 49 37 |
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18 months son |
Robert McCulloch Birth: November 28, 1818 50 38 Death: January 28, 1819 |
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15 months daughter |
Christina McCulloch Birth: March 13, 1820 51 40 Death: August 1, 1841 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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1 year son |
Edward McCulloch Birth: March 27, 1821 52 41 Death: January 16, 1864 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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4 years daughter |
Penelope Elizabeth McCulloch Birth: September 5, 1825 57 45 Death: May 7, 1896 — Kirkclaugh |
| Note | In later days, in one of his poems, James spoke of his childhood with his brothers and sisters at Ardwall. It was a poem written while he lay, a debtor, in the Canongate Gaol, and described a meeting between him and the ghost of his long since departed sister, Penelope. It was perhaps inspired by the fact that Penelope’s grave was only a stone’s throw from the prison. Together, they happily recalled their early days, when ‘We, in childhood roam’d thro’ Ardwall woods; Or, bath’d in Solway’s briny floods, Or, our limbs in summer day did lave, In lovely Fleet’s pellucid wave; Or gather’d Ardwall’s fragrant flowers, To deck our fog-form’d rustic bowers. When shells, or pebbles, we gather’d off the beach, Or nuts from hazel bough, high as young arms could reach.’ |
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