McCulloh, I.A.I
m
THE GENEALOGY OF I. A. MCCULLOH, ESQ., OF GROGAN, FROM SIR
COLLO ONEALL, FIRST LAIRD OF MYRTON IN SCOTLAND, WHO WAS SON OF THE
FAMILY OF CLANEBOYS IN IRELAND.
I. A. MCCULLOH OF GROGAN, SON OF W. M. MCCULLOUGH, ESQ. OF
BRANDALSTON, SON OF ALEXANDER, LAIRD OF MYRTON, SON OF SYMON, LAIRD
OF MYRTON, SON OF HENRY OF KILLERAR AND MARGARET OF MYRTON, WHICH
HENRY WAS SON-IN-LAW OF SIR ALEX, LAIRD OF MYRTON, SON OF §IR-ELENENS,
LAIRD OF MYRTON, SON OF SIR NORMAN, LAIRD OF MYRTON, SON OF ALEX
LAIRD OF MYRTON, SON OF SIR GODFREY, LAIRD OF MYRTON (WHO ASSUMED THE
SIR NAME OF MCCULLOH) SON OF SIR COLLO ONIEL, FIRST LAIRD OF MYRTON.
MEMOIRS RELATIVE TO THE HOUSE OF MYRTON: 'ABOUT THE BEGINNING
OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY, THE IRISH BEING DESIROUS TO SHAKE OFF THE
ENGLISH YOKE, INVITED ROBERT DE BRUCE, KING OF SCOTLAND, TO ASSIST
THEM IN THE INTENDED ENTERPRISE, AND IN CASE OF SUCCESS DETERMINED
TO MAKE EDWARD DE BRUCE KING OF IRELAND. EDWARD DE BRUCE IN CONSE-
QUENCE THEREOF, LANDED IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND AT THE HEAD OF SIX
THOUSAND VETERAN SCOTS SOLDIERS IN THE YEAR 1315 AND THEY DROVE THE
ENGLISH OUT OF ULSTER, THE FIRST CAMPAIGN HAVING DEFEATED THEM IN
SEVERAL ENGAGEMENTS AND POSSESSED HIMSELF OF CARRICK-FERGUS, CONNER)
AND OTHER PLACES OF IMPORTANCE.
HE THEN MARCHED HIS ARMY THROUGH IRELAND SEVERAL TIMES, AND
FORCED THE ENGLISH INTO THEIR STRONGHOLDS AND FORTIFIED PLACES, BUT
ALWAYS RETURNED TO ULSTER TO TAKE UP HIS WINTER QUARTERS.
EDWARD DE BRUCE ABOUT THE YEAR 1316, PREFERRED CULLO ONEIL
TO BE CAPTAIN OF HORSE IN HIS ARMY. ROBERT DE BRUCE, KING OF
SCOTLAND, CAME TO IRELAND WITH REINFORCEMENTS TO HIS BROTHER EDWARD,
WHOSE ARMY WAS THEN NEAR DUNDALK, AND KING ROBERT MARCHED HIS FORCES
NEAR NEWRY IN ORDER TO JOIN HIM, BUT THE ENGLISH HAVING RECEIVED
CONSIDERABLE REINFORCEMENTS FROM ENGLAND AND FRANCE, WITH SEVERAL
GENTLEMEN VOLUNTEERS UNDER BIRMINGHAM, EARL OF AOUTH, IN A MANNER
SURPRISED EDWARD DE BRUCE NEAR DUNDALK, WHO COULD NOT BE PREVAILED
ON TO QUIT HIS POST AND TO RETREAT TO HIS BROTHER, KING ROBERT'S
ARMY, THOUGH HIS LITTLE ARMY WAS GREATLY DIMINISHED BY THE FATIGUES
OF THE PRECEEDING CAMPAIGN, AND THE ENGLISH ARMY WAS TREBLE THEIR
NUMBER, BUT HE RETURNED AT ALL EVENTS TO GIVE THEM BATTLE.
THE ACTION HAPPENED IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 1317. THE
ENGLISH FORCE, THE CENTER OF EDWARD DE BRUCE'S ARMY, WHO WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF HIS GUARDS ENDEAVORED TO STOP THEIR PROGRESS, WAS
KILLED BY ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN VOLUNTEERS NAMED MALPASS UNDER THE
COMMAND OF SIR WALTER LARPULK, CAPTAIN CULLO ONEIL THEN KILLED
MALPASS, AND RECOVERED AND BOUGHT OFF EDWARD DE BRUCE'S SWORD, AND
MADE HIS RETREAT TO THE KING OF SCOTLAND'S ARMY. KING ROBERT, THE
FIRST, RETREATED TO CONNER, WHERE HE WINTERED HIS ARMY, AND QUITTED
ALL HIS BROTHER'S POSTS IN IRELAND, AND CARRIED BACK HIS ARMY TO
_-� SCOTLAND IN THE FOLLOWING SPRING.
CAPTAIN CULLO ONEIL AND MANY OTHER IRISH OFFICERS OF EDWARD
DE BRUCE'S ARMY, WENT WITH KING ROBERT TO $;,OTLAND, WHO KNIGHTED
o Davie County PUGIic library
U Mo(mvllle, NC
'W!'
CAPTAIN CULLO ONEIL, AND PREFERRED HIM TO BE HIS STANDARD BEARER
AND SECRETARY OF STATE, AND GAVE SIR CULLO ONEIL LAND IN LARN, AS
LIKEWISE THE LAND OF MYRTON, ARCHAWAN, WHICH COMPREHENDED KILLERAR
AND ARDWELL IN GALLOWAY.
SIR CULLO'S CHARTER IS DATED AT DUNSTAFFAGE, HOLDING IN
FREE TO LANCH FARM THE QUITENESS BEING A ROSE TO THE KING TO SMELL
AT WHEN HE CAME TO MYRTON. SIR CULLO ONEIL DIED IN THE YEAR 1331
AND LEFT HIS ESTATE OF MYRTON AND OTHER LANDS IN GALLOWAY TO HIS
ELDEST SON, SIR GODFREY, WHO ASSUMED THE SIR NAME OF MCCULLOH )VIZ.
TOM OF CULLO). SIR GODFREY MCCULLOH HAD HIS CHARTER REVISED
AT PERTH IN THE YEAR 1332, BY DAVID DE BRUCE, THE KING OF SCOTLAND.
SIR GODREY DIED IN THE YEAR 1399, AND WAS SUCCEEDED BY HIS ELDEST
SON, SIR NORMAN MCCULLOH, WHO HAD HIS CHARTER RENEWED AT PERTH IN
THE YEAR 1400 BY ROBERT THE 3RD KING OF SCOTLAND, AND HE WAS KNIGHTED
IN 1429 BY KING JAMES AND DIED IN THE YEAR 1524, WITHOUT ISSUE MALE,
AND WAS SUCCEEDED BY HIS SON-IN-LAW, HENRY MCCULLOH OF KILLERAR AND
MARGARET, HIS DAUGHTER, {WHICH HENRY WAS DESCENDED THOMAS) SECOND
SON OF SIR NORMAN MCCULLOH), WHO GOT HIS CHARTER RENEWED BY KING
.JAMES THE 5TH IN THE YEAR 1525, DIED ABOUT THE YEAR 1561, AND WAS
SUCCEEDED BY THEIR ELDEST SON, SYMON MCCULLOH, WHO GOT HIS CHARTER
RENEWED BY QUEEN MARY, DAUGHTER OF KING JAMES, THE 5TH, AND DIED
IN THE YEAR 1592 AND WAS SUCCEEDED BY HIS ELDEST SON, W. M. MCCULLOH,
WHO DIED AND WAS SUCCEEDED BY HIS ELDEST SON,
ALEXANDER MCCULLOH, WHO, FINDING HIS ESTATE MUCH EMBARASSED BY
FAMILY DEBTS, BORROWED SOME LARGE SUMS OF MONEY FROM A DOCTOR
MCCULLOH IN LONDON, TiE REPAYMENT OF WHICH HE RECEIVED BY HERITABLE
BONDS, AND PUT HIS ESTATE OF MYRTON, ETC., INTO THE HANDS OF HIS
BROTHER, JOHN MCCULLOH, LAIRD AIDWELL, DESIGNING THAT THE RENTS
THEREOF SHOULD CLEAR HIS DEBTS AND AFTER HAVING FIXED HIS AFFAIRS
IN SUCH MANNER, LAIRD ALEXANDER WENT TO IRELAND WITH FAMILY TO SIR
HENRY ONEIL, WHO GAVE HIM LAND NEAR THE MAIN WATER, WHERE HE RESIDED
UNTIL THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, WHICH HAPPENED IN THE YEAR 1643. HE
WAS SUCCEEDED BY HIS ELDEST SON, W. M. MCCULLOH, ESQ., OF BRANDLESTON,
WHO DIED AND LEFT TWO SONS, VIZ.; JAMES OF GROGAN AND
HENRY OF BRANDALSTON. JOHN, LAIRD OF ARDWELL TURNED OUT A BAD
TRUSTEE TO LAIRD ALEXANDER, AND HIS FAMILY, HAVING BOUGHT UP FOR
HIS OWN USE, ALL THE OLD FAMILY DEBTS AND HERITABLE LANDS, AFFECTING
MYRTON ESTATE, ETC. UNDER COLOVER THEREOF, ARDWELL AND HIS FAMILY
CONTINUED POSSESSED OF LAIRD ALEXANDER'S SCOTTISH ESTATE, AND HAD
A SON NAMES ALEXANDER WHO WAS KNIGHTED BY KING CHARLES, THE 2ND.
BUT HOW WILLIAM OF BRANDALSTON CAME TO SUBMIT TO SUCH FRAUD, I HAVE
NOT BEEN ABLE TO TRACE.
THE ABOVE IS A COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE ORIGINAL MEMORIES
IN THE HAND WRITING OF D. B. MCCULLOH, ESO. CANNOBY AND NOW IN THE
POSSESSION OF HENRY E. MCCULLOH, ESQ., WHO FAVORED ME WITH THE
SIGHT OF THEM.
M. S. S.
I. I.
IN CAROLINA 9TH JUNE 1772
A COPY
TEST GEO. MCCULLOH. y iIC %lbCr��i