Individual Details
Penelope McCulloh
(Abt 1742 - 5 Jan 1766)
Henry Eustace writes from Edenton on 15 June 1766: "I am convinced you will bear a share in my concern when I inform you that I have for some weeks past mourned the severest affliction, the heaviest calamity, I can ever feel on this side of ( ) -- the loss of my dearest sister -- the deserving friend of my heart who died of the small pox the 5th of last January in the bloom of life and hope. The dear Penelope was in her person lovely, her understanding was manly, and her soul filled with all the softness of her sex... This event hastens my intentions as to going home, as it is my parents desire I should rejoin them as soon as possible, which I shall do with a view of not parting from there more whilst they are (can't read this). Henry Eustace writes from London on 12 Sept 1767: "I arrived here the ( ), and had the happiness to find my father well. My dear mother's death you can be no stranger to. It is my pleasure to contribute to the old man's happiness. We live together in a genteel easy way. In a few days we go down to Bath."
Events
Birth | Abt 1742 | ||||
Death | 5 Jan 1766 | England, United Kingdom | |||
Burial | 8 Jan 1766 | St. Nicholas, England, Middlesex Co., Chiswick |
Families
Father | Henry McCulloh Esqr. (1700 - 1779) |
Mother | Penelope Eustace (1699 - 1767) |
Sibling | Henry Eustace McCulloh (1738 - 1812) |
Notes
Death
Penelope dies in 1767, according to "The Papers of James Iredell" and Henry Eustace Jr. returns to England to be with his parents. This death left him the sole surviving heir.Endnotes
1. Fenton, W.J.F., McCulloh genealogy researched and compiled for Alice Eidson obtained by Judge Fletcher Freeman. (Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England: July 1981. Mailed by Freeman April 28, 2001.).
2. Family research of Barfield, Taylor, McCulloh. (Judge Fletcher Freeman, June 1999 (<jffreeman@frontiernet.net>).