Person:Anne Irish (1)

William Egle was looking for info on Capt George McCully, the maiden name of his wife, dates of b,m,d, for his series on Matrons of the Revolution.

Ann McCully v Robert Fleming, a court case in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA, 20 Feb 1809

Widow Ann McCully applied 11 Sept 1837 Pittsburgh and living w/son-in-law Boyle Irwin, soldier and widow had one ch Eliza who m Boyle Irwin 21 Apr 1803 @17Y, Pittsburgh and Boyle came to Am 1798

Her tombstone says she died in 78th year. This date conflicts with other data.

"In memory of Ann, relict of Major George McCully of the Revolutionary Army, who departed this life, 7 Oct 1836, in the 78th year of her age" headstone 21 x 21.

Western District of Pennsylvania – Pension for Ann McCully Before the Honorable Thomas Irwin Esquire Judge of District Court of the United States in and for the Western District of Pennsylvania personally appeared Boyle Irwin of the city of Pittsburgh in the County of Allegheny in said district and being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God doth depose and say that the following extract is a true copy of an entry made in the Family Bible of said deponent to wit

Ann Irish born 29 December 1760

Married to George McCully 30 Sept 1783

That said entry was made upwards of 30 years ago by said deponent and was truly copied by said deponent from an entry then being in the Family Bible of the late Captain Nathaniel Irish then residing in Pittsburgh and said Bible then being in his possession and said entry made therein in the hand writing of said Nathaniel Irish with whose hand writing he was well acquainted from having frequently seen him write according to the best of his knowledge and belief that said Nathaniel Irish departed this life in the month of September 1816 and that said deponent within a few days last part made enquiry respecting said Bible from a nephew of the last wife of said Nathaniel Irish who survived him some years and had the possession of said Bible after his decease with which said nephew she resided some time before her death and at whose house she died; with a view of procuring said Bible in order to invest a copy of said entry directly there from but could not procure the same and was informed the same was in possession of a person at the distance of upwards of fifty miles from Pittsburgh – the deponent saith that the reason of his transferring said entry from the Bible of said Nathaniel Irish into his own came from the circumstance of his having on the 21 April 1803 having married Eliza McCully the only child of Major George McCully and Ann McCully his wife which Ann McCully was a daughter of Nathaniel Irish deceased in which said Bible of said deponent and on the same page and immediately following the said entry therein is the entry of the marriage of this deponent with the said Eliza McCully and the date thereof and the date of the birth and names of all his children – 13 in number – that this deponent emigrated to this country in the year 1798 and arrived in Pittsburgh in the year 1799 and of course knows nothing of his own knowledge respecting the following particular but has always understood and believes and it was so understood and believed by all their acquaintances and so always reported and reputed that the said Ann McCully was the daughter of the said Nathaniel Irish and that she was then the widow and had been lawfully intermarried with said Major George McCully and that the said Eliza McCully his wife was their daughter and has never heard to the contrary and after a residence of nearly 40 years and was since his first arrival in Pittsburgh and its vicinity.

/s/ Boyle Irwin

Sworn and subscribed before me on the 28th August 1837 and I certify that I have examined the family entries in the Bible of Boyle Irwin and that I have corresponded (?) with his statements in his deposition. I also certify that the said Boyle Irwin is a credible witness. /s/ Thomas Irwin, Justice of District Court of PA

United States Western District of Pennsylvania I Edward J. Roberts, Clerk of the District Court of the United States of the District aforesaid do hereby certify that the Honorable Thomas Irwin recognize before whom the foregoing deposition of Boyle Irwin was made and recorded.

The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, September 6, 1839 (Friday), P3 c2

Died

Mrs. Ann McCully, relict of Major George McCully. Her funeral will take place from the house of her son-in-law, Boyle Irwin, tomorrow at 2 o’clock. The friends of the family are requested to attend.

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   Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary Pension Files, Virgil White, 1991, V2 p1803