It was as simple as this: The Kennedys had a feeling of being heightened and it rubbed off on the people who came in contact with them. They were a unit.

Susan and her father were members of the Smalls of Dirnanean. On Sunday morning 8 June 1783 Charles Spalding and Ebenezer Watson were laid to rest. Spalding's proceeds from his salvage of HMS Royal George were approximately ₤400.

He died while diving to the wreck of the Belgioso in Dublin Bay using a diving bell of his own design.