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~~ My Immigrant Ancestors ~~
Robert McCullough
Edinburg, Scotland
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Robert McCollough was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scotland forms the northern part of the island of great Britain and is one of four constituent nations which form the United Kingdom. The Midland Valley represented the most northern extent of the Roman conquest of Britain after 79A.D. The lands to the north were occupied by a war-like tribe called the Picts whose origin and language was most likely Celtic. During the 5th Century the "Scots" came from Ireland and settled in West Scotland.
The Clans of Scotland became organized political and social units during the 13th & 14th centuries when patronymics began to give way to surnames. A chief (strongman) was in charge of the clan, led the men in battle, negotiated for clan lands and for other favors. The bond between chief and clansman was not always that of common blood but was many times personal with the clansmen giving allegiance to the chief. As the chiefs obtained permananet legal title to the clan lands they found common surnames convenient. A clan then consisted of the chief, family members, lease-holders, tenants, subtenants, and other followers who all assumed the clan name.
After the 1745 rebellion, the Highland Clearances began. Thousands were evicted from their rented crofts and a mass migration of Scots to other parts of the the world began. Scottish-Irish immigration to Penn's colony in American increased rapidly with the majority settling in the Cumberland Valley as squatters.
Edinburgh is the second largest city and has been the capital of Scotland since 1437. It is lcoated in Midlothianshire County on the east coast of the central lowlands, on the North Sea and on the south shore of the Firth of Forth. Its historic center is divided in two by the broad green swath of Princes Street Gardens. To the south one can view the Edinburgh Castle perched atop an extinct volcanic crag and the Old Town trailing after it
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along the ridge. To the north are Princes Street and the New Town. West of the castle is the financial district.
English is the official language and Gaelic is spoken primarily in Northern and Western Scotland. The Scots language, with many similarities to English and also some French and Gaelic, is also spoken. Scots is the language of the Lowland, whereas Gaelic is the language of the Highlands &Island.
Edinburgh, like much of Scotland, has a temperate maritime climate with especially mild winters. Daytime temperatures rarely fall below freezing. Summer temperatures are also normally moderate. Due to Edinburgh's position between the coast and hills and the prevailing wind direction from the southwest, it is known as a windy city.
~~ The McCullough's ~~
The MacCulloch (McCulloch) is the surname of a very ancient family of Galloway whose origins are lost in antiquity. Anderson in his SCOTTISH NATION, Vol. 2, published in Edinburg in 1868, states the McCullochs descend from Ulgrie, a grandson of Owen Gallus, King of the Cludienses...Ulgrie and Douvenaid being vice soverigns of Galloway. He continues that "...the first one of note was 'Culagh or Cullagh' son of Allil, who was killed in a skirmish in the land of the Picts in 864." As early as the 11th century the McCulloch family held lands of Cardoness, Myretoun and Ardwall, Kircudbrightshire, and according to Pittis, who visited there in June 1937 each of these castles is still in the hands of McCullochs. Myrton castle was long possessed by Sir Alexander MacCulloch, a friend of James IV and keeper of the Kings's falcons; Torhouse has belonged to the McCullochs for more than 5 centuries. Cardoness is said to have been constructed about 1450 by Gilbert MacCulloch, and is now under the control of the National Monument Association It is also known as Ardwall; Barholm castle is
now a ruin, but is identified with "Ellangowan" in Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering.
Some sources have stated the MacCullochs go back tp 446 A.D. when the Romans left England and Scotland and that their clan lands was a strip of land twenty-sevenaAstle of Douglassses. According to Sir Walter Soctt, whose brother was married to a McCulloch, the family had resided there since the dawn of antiquity.
In 1296, William Mackulagh swore fealty to Edward I at Berwick, Thomas Mackulagh was sheriff of Wigtownshire in 1305. Robert the Bruce granted lands to Richard Mc'Colnach on June 13, 1324; Edward II on March 19, 1337-8 granted Patrick Maculach a pension of 20 pounds yearly for his good services to Scotland; and on August 20, 1341, he also gave a mandate to Gilbert M'Culloch for 2 pounds and 14 pennies for wages due him in the King's services (Rot Scot. 612). In 1350 -1, Patrick M'Culloch...was a commissioner for Edward Balio! (Rot Scotice), but in 1353, the McCullochs submitted to King David II.
On October 17, 1488, a decree was given to Quentin Agnew, sheriff of Wigtown that he should restore to Archibald M'Culloch, 28 oxen, 88 sheep, 4 horses and other goods (Acta Auditorum, p. 188). In 1507 when the Earl of Derby, King of Man, made a descent on the town of Kircudbright, Cutler M'Culloch, chief of the clan, collected a number of ships and sailed for the Isle of Man, and proceeded to ravage and plunder. Pittis quotes two Manx prayers resulting from these raids:
"God keep this house and all within
From Cut McCulloch and from sin."
and
"Keep me, my good corn, my sheep and my bullocks
From Satin, from sin, and those thievish McCullochs."
After the 1745 rebellion, the Highland Clearances began and thousands were evicted from their rented crofts. Thus began a mass migration of Scots to other parts of the world. Scotish-Irish immigration to Penn's colony in America increased rapidly with the majority settling in the Cumberland Valley as squatters. In the 1790 census, there were about 250 families with some variant of the spelling of McCullough in the United States.
Source: Edna Hazel (McCullough) Lowery, 1977 (now deceased)
~~ Robert McCollough ~~
Robert McCollough was born about 1756 in Edinburgh, Scotland and immigrated to the United States with his parents. He married Jane who was born about 1765. They were the parents of 10 children: Mary, Robert, James, John George, William, Alexander, Margaret, Peter & Samuel. Robert died on June 17, 1823 and Jane died on Oct. 15, 1835 in Harrison Co., OH. They are both buried in Crabapple Cemetery, Belmont Co., OH
Robert's son, William, was born about 1788 in New York or Pennsylvania. He married Sarah (Sally) McKibben on Sept. 15, 1812 in Jefferson Co., OH. They were the parents of 6 children: David, Elizabeth, John M., Joseph, Robert & William C. Sarah died between 1837-1840 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. He married Nancy Jamison on December 17, 1840 in Harrison Co., OH. William and Nancy were the parents of 5 children: Margaret, Mary Jane, Ann, Adeline & Cordelia. William died abt April 1859 in Tuscarawas Co., OH.
David, the son of William and Sarah, was born about 1818 in Harrison Co., OH. He married Mary Ann Ross on April 23, 1840 in Tuscarawas, OH. They were the parents of 3 children: Sarah Ann, Robert Ross & James. Mary Ann died October 14, 1846 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. David married Agnes Bell Leeper on January 16, 1851 in Guernsey, OH. They were the parents of 4 children, George Bell, William John, David Buchannan & Jane Kalista. David died about March 1859 in Guernsey, OH. Agnes died in 1893 in Dayton Twp., Iowa.
Sarah Ann McCullough, the daughter of David & Mary Ann (Ross) McCullough was born Jan. 10, 1841 in Tuscarawas, OH. She married George Capehart, Sept. 8, 1858 in Millersburg, IA. Sarah and George were the parents of 7 children: Leander, Addison E., Mary Lucreata, John Ellis, Jenny Bell, William Ross & Rosella J. (twins) & Clara Viola. Sara died April 3, 1907 in Bear Grove Twp., Guthrie Co., IA and George died Dec. 20, 1920 in Guthrie Center, IA. They are both buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Bowman Chapel in the North Branch area.
John Ellis, the son of Sarah Ann McCullough & George Capehart was born Sept. 14, 1865. He married Sarah Elizabeth Burton on Jan. 27, 1897 in Hermitage, MO, Hickory Co. They were the parents of 4 children: William Arval, Mabel, Retta Lorene & Ray Ellis. Sarah died Feb. 6, 1908 and John died 7 days later, on Feb. 13, 1908 in Prowers Co., Wiley, CO during a typhoid epidemic. Their children were raised by relatives in Iowa.
Ray Ellis, the youngest child of John & Sarah Capehart, was born Feb. 2, 1908, 4 days before his mother's death. He married Gladys Eileen Morgan on Aug. 18, 1930. They were the parents of 5 children. Gladys died Jan. 4, 1957 near Harrison, AR and Ray died 38 years later, on Jul. 6, 1995 at Seligman, MO. They are both buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Harrison, AR.
Ray & Gladys are my parents. Robert McCullough who immigrated from Scotland to the United States was my great, great, great, great grandfather.
Sources: Linda Houser; Edna Hazel (McCullough) Lowery (now deceased); Ancestry.com One World Tree; Ancestry World Tree Project:Warren Forsythe; U.S. Federal Census Records
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