James McCullohAge: 46 years1699–1745
- Name
- James McCulloh
- Given names
- James
- Surname
- McCulloh
Birth | about 1699 |
Birth of a brother | Henry McCulloch 1700 (Age 12 months) |
Occupation | James was a wine merchant in Belfast initially as James McCulloh & Co, and then as McCulloh-Craford-Arbuckle & Co (RoD 49-284-31992). |
Description | James (d 1745) used the spelling McCulloh and tended to call himself Captain, although don’t believe he was in the military. As James of Grogan in 1717 he witnessed the marriage of his cousin John Houston of Drumack (RoD 22-353-12260). 1717 (Age 18 years) |
Marriage | Mary Ferguson — View this family James himself married Mary Ferguson, the daughter of Dr Victor Ferguson. before 1721 (Age 22 years) |
Description | The funerals of three of his children are recorded in the funeral register of the First Presbyterian Church in Belfast in 1721, 1723 and 1726. There were two surviving daughters: Jane & Margaret 1721 (Age 22 years) |
Death of a father | James McCulloch Of Grogan 19 July 1725 (Age 26 years) |
Residence | He took a house in Marsham St, Westminster and may have stayed longer than intended, because it's reported here that he was accused of passing an uncreditworthy bond by Samuel Richardson, the famous printer and novelist, and prevented from leaving England. about 1729 (Age 30 years) |
Residence | In the late 1720s James was in London where he is referred to as ‘one of the gentlemen of His Majesty’s Privy Chamber’ in a complicated land transaction involving Lord Shelburne (RoD 67-472-46824). about 1729 (Age 30 years) |
Birth of a son #1 | James McCulloh 1732 (Age 33 years) |
Residence | The land deal was still grinding on in 1735 (RoD 79-281-55832) by which time he had moved to Dublin, where he was living at the time of his death in 1744. 1735 (Age 36 years) |
Death of a brother | William McCulloch of Piedmont 1743 (Age 44 years) |
Will | Although he would come to have many descendants through the Iredells, Captain James McCulloh chose to leave the residue of his estate to his nephew William in his will of 1744 (RoD 116-414-81200). 1744 (Age 45 years) |
Death | 13 May 1745 (Age 46 years) |
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James McCulloch Of Grogan Birth: Grogan, County Antrim, Ireland Death: 19 July 1725 — Grogan, County Antrim, Ireland |
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Marriage: after May 1691 — Antrim, Northern Ireland |
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7 years elder brother |
William McCulloch of Piedmont Birth: about 1697 Death: 1743 — Piedmont, Antrim, Northern Ireland |
3 years himself |
James McCulloh Birth: about 1699 Death: 13 May 1745 — Dublin, Ireland |
2 years younger brother |
Henry McCulloch Birth: Henry McCulloh, London merchant, land speculator in North Carolina, colonial official, and author of a stamp tax scheme for the American colonies, was the son of James McCulloh (or McCulloch) of Grogan. — 1700 — Grogan, County Antrim, Ireland Death: At the time of his death McCulloh was residing in Chiswick, Middlesex County, near London, to which he had moved from nearby Turnham. He was buried at St. Nicholas Church, Chiswick. — 23 June 1779 — Chiswick, Middlesex, England |
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James McCulloch Of Grogan Birth: Grogan, County Antrim, Ireland Death: 19 July 1725 — Grogan, County Antrim, Ireland |
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Family with Mary Ferguson |
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James McCulloh Birth: about 1699 Death: 13 May 1745 — Dublin, Ireland |
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Marriage: before 1721 — |
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James McCulloh + … … |
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James McCulloh Birth: about 1699 Death: 13 May 1745 — Dublin, Ireland |
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James McCulloh Birth: Although he was survived by his wife Mary Ferguson, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that it was he who christened a son James at St John’s Smith Square in 1732 with a ‘wife’ called Ann. — 1732 33 — St Johns Smith Square, London, England |