PASCAL, Mary

1757 -

• Name	PASCAL, Mary  [1]
  Born	1757
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I18627	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	PASCAL, Edmund (Captain),   b. 1723, Dover, Kent, England ,   d. Abt 1810  (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	DE MOUNT, Mary,   b. 1725, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India ,   d. 1769, Verepy, Tamil Nadu, India  (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	GEILS, Lieutenant General Thomas,   b. 1746,   d. 24 Oct 1815, Ardmore, Dunbartonshire, Scotland  (Age 69 years)
  Married	3 Feb 1773	Fort St George, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
  Children	1. GEILS, Andrew,   d. 11 Feb 1843, Dumbuck, Dunbartonshire, Scotland  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F6664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Liz Wilde, Coreglia Antelminelli, Italia, 2002-April 2014 rev. April 2020 elizabethwilde@gmail.com MARY PASCAL (known daughter of Edmund) born about 1755-8 married Lt. Thomas Geils on 3 Feb 1773 at Ft. St.George Madras [N/2/1.f.351 & IGI M000570] Lt. Thomas Geils of the Madras Artillery. He was born in 1746 & died on 24 Oct 1815 as a Lt.General. Retired to Ardmore, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Reminiscences of Glasgow & the West of Scotland by Peter Mackenzie Published 1866 Page 279 We have already incidentally alluded to the name of Major-General Thomas Geils of Ardmore. He was a remarkable and most dignified old warrior, had seen much service in India, was at the sieges of Sir Arthur Wellesley the illustrious Duke of Wellington. He came home loaded with spoils and a vast fortune to the Hill of Ardmore, which we have heard often likened on a small scale to the Rock of Gibraltar. One day we saw him near the place we have already pointed out, viz., the Hill of Dalreoch, riding slowly on his charger, attended by two servants in splendid liveries. He alighted in a frail and feeble state. He beckoned to us, and his servants sprang forward to assist him. We thought he had taken suddenly unwell. " Young man," said he, stretching forth his hand to us," I have alighted to pick up that small crumb of bread which I notice lying on the road. When I was in India," said he " fighting, and streaming with blood, I would have given at one time all the wealth of India, if I had had it at my disposal, for that small crust, to appease my hunger; and oh for a drink of that cool delicious Dalreoch spring water ! No wonder," he added, " that Robert the Bruce wished to live and to die here. It's the most beautiful spot I have ever beheld in all my travels." He wrapped the piece of bread in his handkerchief, as if he had found some inestimable treasure, and away he went smiling with a benignity we can hardly forget. It made a deep impression upon us, and taught us not to despise the smallest of mercies.

  
  

• Sources

  [S308] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;), Ancestry Family Tree.