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| 901 | On 29 October 1684. we find Niall Campbell of Lergnachunzeon receiving from Archibald, Bishop of the Isles, a Precept of Clare Constat of the lands of Lergnachunzeon, etc., as heir to his father, the deceased Duncan Campbell of Lergnachunzeon, younger. [This is probably when he inherited from his brother who must have dspm.] It may be thought improbable that Niall can have been the grandson of Archibald, seeing that their dates are separated by 123 years (1561-1684). But it must be borne in mind that Precepts of Clare Constat were not necessarily issued to a man immediately on his succession. Sometimes he would take no steps to have his title established, leaving it to his successors to do so ; and when he did take such steps, it was usually as a preliminary to settling the property on some one else. This was clearly the inducement in the present instance, for we find Niall settling his estates two days later on his eldest lawful son, Duncan Campbell, younger, of Lergnachunzeon. Moreover, this settlement had itself a definite object, namely, to enable the said Duncan to in | Campbell, Niall 5th of Lergnachunzeon (I7153)
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| 902 | On Duncan Beaton's article in the CCSNA Journal (Vol. 23, No. 4, Autumn 1996), Duncan states that he believes that John married a second time to the "laird of Houston's daughter" and that a son "Campbell of Reoch at Lochwinnoch from who descended the line of Succoth' | Campbell, Sir John 4th of Ardkinglass (I2527)
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| 903 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Campbell, Sir John Romer Boreland 10th Earl (I5498)
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| 904 | On the death of the third Earl of Breadalbane, in 1782, the male line of the first Earl was supposed to have become extinct, though it is not improbable that his eldest son had left issue who had the first claim to the family titles and estates. But JOHN CAMPBELL OF CARWHIN, who was descended from Colin Campbell of Mochaster, second son of Sir Robert Campbell of Glenorchy, took possession of both without opposition. He raised a regiment in 1793, called the Breadalbane Fencibles, for the service of the Government, and in various other ways displayed a patriotic spirit during the protracted war with France. He was created a peer of the United Kingdom in 1806 by the title of Baron Breadalbane of Taymouth, and in 1831 was raised to the rank of Marquis of Breadalbane and Earl of Ormelie. His attention was chiefly devoted to the improvement of his extensive estates, great portions of which he planted with trees fitted for the soil, and by his costly improvements he rendered the park at Taymouth one of the most extensive and beautiful in the kingdom. The Earl married, in 1793, Mary Turner, eldest daughter and co-heiress of David Gavin, Esq., of Langton. Thereby, as we shall see, hangs a tale. http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/families/cambells_breadalbane.htm The Marquis of Breadalbane died in 1834, at the age of seventy-two, and was succeeded in his titles and entailed estates by his only son, JOHN CAMPBELL, Earl of Ormelie, second Marquis. The whole of his personal estate, amounting, it was said, to upwards of | Campbell, John 4th Earl of Breadalbane (I3116)
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| 905 | On the murder of John, the second Stewart Lord of Lorne, in 1463 by a renegade MacDougall in the pay of the English, the Lordship and castle passed to his brother Sir Walter. There was a dispute, since the murdered man was on his way to be married to his mistress so as to legitimate his natural son. Local sympathy seemingly favored the boy and for six years there was conflict in Lorne. Sir Walter, perhaps finding the lands more trouble than they were worth, exchanged the Lordship with Colin Earl of Argyll for richer and more peaceful lands in eastern Scotland. The exchange was ratified by royal charter in 1470. This acquisition of the Lordship of Lorne by the Earl of Argyll was a most notable event in the history of Argyll and in the fortunes of Clan Campbell. Apart from the very strategic castle of Dunstaffnage, the charter of the lands of Lorne provided better westward and northward sea-access from landlocked Lochawe and more fertile valleys for oats and grazing than were offered by the rocky shores of Lochawe | Stewart, John 2nd Lord of Lorne (I0139)
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| 906 | one daughter | Campbell, Jean (I5895)
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| 907 | One of the most remarkable men of his day. Famous architect. One of the authors of Vitruvius Britannicus See also, "Cawdor Castle and the Campbells of Cawdor" by David Broadfoot in the Spring 2007 Journal of Clan Campbell | Campbell, Colin of Boghole (I0776)
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| 908 | only child of Colin Campbell of Castleton | Campbell, Mary (I0931)
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| 909 | otes taken from "History of the Counties of Ayr & Wigton Scotland: Cunninghame" Provost Campbell was son of the Rev. Hew Campbell of Oxinshaw, afterwards of Waterhaughs, minister of Muirkirk, by his first wife, Elizabetli, daughter of Reid of Pennyland. The Rev. Hew Campbell was the eldest son of Hugh Campbell of Netherplace, 1617-31, by his second wife, Janet Campbell. http://www.ayrshirehistory.com/pdf/bygonedays.pdf Children from Family Search https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I27466&tree=Fasti BIRTH: Date Calculated> Age about 80 years, 1714 (death year) == 1634 Calculated> Age at university 1654 - 22 == 1632 EDUCATION: Master of Arts, Glasgow, 1654. CHURCH: Minister of Muirkirk of Kyle, 1662. CHURCH: Deprived by Act of Parliament, June 1662; Decreet of Privy Council, October 1662. CHURCH: Probably inducted, 1673. CHURCH: Minister of Loudoun, 1673. CHURCH: Summoned for preaching without a presentation, 1675. CHURCH: Ordered to be summoned for baptizing and marrying irregularly, 1676. CHURCH: Again minister in Netherwood, 1687. | Campbell, Rev. Hew of Oxinshaw and Muirkirk (I7019)
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| 910 | Owned Taymouth Castle | Campbell, Gavin 7th Earl of Breadalbane (I3175)
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| 911 | parish of Torboltoun | Campbell, Mungo of Hillsyde (I7144)
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| 912 | Parson of Letterkinnie in Ireland. 12 sons and 9 daughters were said to have been born. Discrepencies in this line from Burkes Peerage are documented in the CCSNA Journal Vol. 28, No. 2. Of the daughters, it states: "Mr. Dugald Parson of Lettirkenny had 3 Daurs. married in Ireland to _____ Bold -- One to Mr. John Lindsay Minr at Kilchrenan (of whom Mr. Dugd. Lindsay late Minr. at Clachandysart who left a son & a Daughter) and Giles marrye to Mr. Robert Duncanson Minr, of Campbelton dead without issue" Interesting view point in the O'Donnell blog entry. http://lostodonnells.blogspot.com/2015/09/maria-daughter-of-dugald-campbell.html Duncan Beaton states "So the reverend Dugald Campbell, who died on 16 October 1671, went to Ireland where he was Protestant minister at Letterkenny. By his wife Annabell Hamilton it was recorded that he had an incredible 30 children, 21 sons and 9 daughters. However only 3 sons and 3 daughters actually married." | Campbell, Rev. Dugald of Letterkenny (I2328)
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| 913 | Patrick Campbell of Tuerachan, Servitor (assistant or aid rather than servant) to the Earl of Breadalbane 20 October 1698 to 1716. Disposition from his elder brother John of 2/3 of the lands of Tuerachan and Inchdaive. Was tacksman (leaseholder) of the Mill or tiray of which he later gained a wadset. | Campbell, Patrick of Tuerachan (I1771)
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| 914 | Patrick Campbell, 1st of Edinample, was a son by his father's second marriage and is styled as son of Sir Duncan Campbell, of Glenorchy, in Letters of Remission under the Great Seal dated 12 May, 1627, to Sir Duncan Campbell, Colin Campbell, fiar of Glenorchy, Robert Campbell of Glenfalloch, Patrick Campbell, of Culdares, his lawful sons and Patrick Campbell his natural son for attacks on members of the ClanGregor and the burning of the lands of Dewletter and the castle of Glenstrae in the month of May 1611. He obtained firstly the lands of Culdares then those of Edinample and m. to Margaret, daughter of Colin Campbell, 1st of Aberuchill, (c/d 19 November 1625). He is stated to have been a Covenanter and to have been killed at the battle of Kilsyth in 1645 See http://www.perthshireheritage.co.uk/campbell_edinample.html | Campbell, Patrick 1st of Edinample (I3045)
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| 915 | Patrick Campbell, 1st of Edinchip, was a natural son of Sir Duncan Campbell, of Glenorchy, by Janet Burdon and is incorrectly stated by many authorities to have been founder of the family of Barcaldine. He obtained the lands of Fintullich from his father on 5 Jue, 1596, had Letters of Legitimation under the Great Seal on 27 December, 1614, obtained the lands of Murlaggan and Edinchip and m. firstly in 1620 to Annabell, daughter of Alexander Campbell, of Dunstaffnage. He m. secondly to Grissell, daughter of John Campbell, 1st of Eddramuckie (http://www.perthshireheritage.co.uk/edinchip.html) Patrick Dow More Campbell, of Edinchip was also known as "Para Dubh Beag" or little Black Peter (or Patrick) http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/cc4aq/campbell15.htm BP1934 identifies the above sons and daughters. It is slightly confusing inasmuch as it introduces the children by the 2nd marriage as "with four daus." which might imply that there were 4 daughters other than those identified as above or it might just mean those 4 daughters. This is relevant because TSP (Breadalbane) identifies the following Elizabeth as "daughter of Patrick Dow More Campbell of Edinchip, who was a natural son of Sir Duncan Campbell, seventh of Glenurchy, legitimated 10 April 1616". That seems to be the same Patrick as the first on this page whom BP1934 (Campbell of Barcaldine) introduces as "Patrick Campbell, known as Para dubh beag ... natural son of Sir Duncan Campbell, 1st Bart of Glenorchy" ... who was legitimated 1614 and who "obtained, from his father, Innerzeldies, and other lands in Perthshire". However, it is very strange that the marriage of a daughter with Sir John of Glenorchy would not be recorded when other less prestigious marriages were. The following connection must therefore be considered insecure. Noting that Elizabeth was Sir John's 2nd wife, it is possible that this Elizabeth was one of the above daughters and this was her 2nd marriage. | Campbell, Patrick 1st of Barcaldine (I3052)
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| 916 | Patrick Campbell, apprenticed to James Campbell, Merchant in Edinburgh, on 3 September, 1662, and is styled as brother to John Campbell of Edinample in a Bond concerning the latter's widow Marjory Campbell registered on 16 December, 1672. He acted as executor to this brother following his death in 1668 and was served as heir provisional in the lands of Edinample by his nephew John Campbell of Edinample on 29 August, 1677. | Campbell, Patrick (I3049)
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| 917 | Patrick Campbell, c. at Edinburgh on 12 May, 1679. | Campbell, Patrick (I5175)
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| 918 | Patrick Campbell, who, with his brothers James, Duncan and Mungo, had a Bond for 10,000 merks from John, Earl of Caithness, in which they are styled as sons of the late John Campbell of Edinample on 1 April, 1681. | Campbell, Patrick (I5118)
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| 919 | Paul Dickson Capt. John | Campbell, Elizabeth (I6205)
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| 920 | Peter Dickson writes ... This brother of James Orange Bay, Peter Fish River and Colin New Hope married in Jamaica, Martha [d. 1802 in London]. Evidence in the Duncan Campbell letter books suggest that his Martha was Martha Launce, sister of Ann Launce who married Dugald Campbell of Salt Spring. Capt. John Campbell and Martha had only the one son, Colin Campbell, who married in 1769, his cousin Elizabeth Campbell, 4th daughter of Colin New Hope. So far, I know only that they had a son John who died aged two. They also had a daughter, Harriet Campbell who was unmarried when her mother died in 1802. This Colin Campbell became Colin Campbell of Campbelton in Hanover parish Jamaica, formerly an estate belonging to John Campbell 3 of Black River ( I won | Campbell, Colin of Campbelton, Hanover (I6201)
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| 921 | Peter Dickson writes ... Colin New Hope left bequests to Elizabeth | McLachlan, Lachlan of Fassalfern (I6206)
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| 922 | Peter Dickson writes that Capt. John | Scott, George (I6204)
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| 923 | Peter Dickson writes that Colin "New Hope | Campbell, Janet (I5694)
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| 924 | Peter Dickson writes: After John Campbell of Salt Spring's death in 1782, Duncan Campbell became the plantation's owner by a Jamaica Cancery judgement [1787] for debts due of | Campbell, John (I4052)
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| 925 | Peter Dickson writes: Baptism by John Pool, rector. Her tombstone at Fish River reads "Mrs. Mary Campbell, d. 13 Sept. 1778 in her 28th year." Residence: 1764, Westmoreland | Campbell, Mary (I5762)
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| 926 | Peter Dickson writes: Baptism by W. Bartholomew, with the name of John Campbell, only. His middle name comes from the will of Wastel Briscoe | Campbell, John Yorke (I5741)
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| 927 | Peter Dickson writes: Baptismal Register states that he was the son of Peter Campbell "and his wife." His will, PRO, London, PROB11/1601 He was referred to in the "Gentleman's Magazine" as Peter Campbell of Kilmory, Argyle. More About Peter Campbell: | Campbell, Peter 9th of Kilmory (I2391)
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| 928 | Peter Dickson writes: Helen wa a Storer - his executors were Anthony Morris Storer, his brother James and his nephew, Peter C. 'the younger'. Helen was the daughter of Thomas Storer of Belle Isle and Frome Jamaica and Golden Square London [born 1717] who married Helen, daughter of Colonel John Guthrie of Westmoreland. Helen Storer, whose mother was James Guthrie's second daughter Helen and whose cousin, Helen Hynes, was the wife of Thomas Beach the elder. John Guthrie, like John Campbell, was a Darien Survivor | Storer, Helen (I2398)
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| 929 | Peter Dickson writes: I believe that this Colin was the nephew to whom Hon. John C. Black River [d.1740] refers in his will (i.e. the brother of James at Orange Bay [d.1744] and John the shipmaster [d.1766 at Orange Bay] but I have nothing yet to confirm it. Orange Bay was referred to as the 'plantation of James and Colin Campbell' in a minor Act of Assembly in 1733 but, by the time of Black River's death, Colin appears to have sold/reliquished his share - he has lent | Campbell, Colin of New Hope (I2395)
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| 930 | Peter Dickson writes: In the St. Elizabeth register of marriages, it appears that there were some entries missing between 1727 and 1735, as there were lines left blank in the Registrar's Copy Register. The entries in between may have been damaged by water, and were unreadable. It is not known if the marriage of Peter and Deborah would have been in St. Elizabeth at that time. After Peter Campbell | Family (F1032)
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| 931 | Peter Dickson writes: James Campbell of Duan Vale, Gibraltar and Spotfield who died in 1766 when those plantations were in St. James. Spotfield was renamed Kinloss, after a village in Banffshire, Scotland. As to this James Campbell | Campbell, James of St. James (I6732)
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| 932 | Peter Dickson writes: Mary Graham was a step-daughter of Dr. William Graham of Jamaica and Sarah his wife, who lived a couple of miles form New Hope. This now explains why Colin | Graham, Mary Tomlin (I2396)
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| 933 | Peter Dickson writes: The will [1799] of John Campbell of New Hope, Westmoreland, Jamaica [died 1801 in England] names his executor Peter Campbell (the younger) as his nephew. | Campbell, Colin (I5735)
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| 934 | Peter Dickson writes: all the children were minors when he died [before 1752 when his will was proved in London] 1720, s. of John Campbell of Jamaica, student at Glasgow University [University matriculation no. 219] 1733, made a Fellow of the Royal Society | Campbell, Colin of Black River (I4098)
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| 935 | Peter Dickson writes: He and his wife Elizabeth Woodstock Campbell lived mostly at The Green, the Yorke's house in Richmond, and at Bewerley Hall in Nidderdale, both in England. | Family (F2453)
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| 936 | Pilcher - James Campbell married, but whom it is not known. One of his sons lived on Cripple Creek, in Wythe County, Virginia, , and a daughter, said to have been a very superior woman, married Mr. Spotts | Campbell, James (I6437)
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| 937 | Pilcher - John Poage Campbell of Virginia-Kentucky, and Chilicothe, Ohio; born in 1767; died in 1814; married three times; first, to Miss Crawford, of Virginia; second, to Miss Poage, of Kentucky; third, to Isabella McDowell, of Virginia, who was a cousin of the wife of Rev. William McPheeters, of North Carolina Dr. Campbell was married three times, and on his demise, left a family of nine children See - http://www.phcmontreat.org/bios/Bios-C.htm Rev. John Poage Campbell name was originally simply John Campbell, but he added the name Poage on account of his devotion to his friend, Thomas Poage | Campbell, John Poage (I6835)
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| 938 | Pilcher - Magistrate in Augusta County. Robert, one of these, married Rebecca Wallace. Robert was appointed one of the magistrates of Augusta, by Gov. Gooch | Campbell, Robert (I6831)
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| 939 | Pilcher writes ... Elizabeth Walker, born in 1703, died in 1787, was a descendant of Samuel Rutherford, one of the members of the Westminster Assembly, and author of "Rutherford Letters." Her father, John Walker, married Catherine Rutherford, and the latter's mother, whose maiden name was Isabel Allein, was a descendant of Rev. Joseph Allein, who wrote "Allein's Alarm." Children: Esther, married Alex. McKinney; Mary, married David Chambers; Rachel, married Thomas Dobbins; Jane, married Alex. McPheeters. Maj. John Walker Campbell married Martha Speers and Robert Campbell, whose son, John Poage Campbell, M.D., a brilliant man, was adopted and educated by his uncle, Maj. John W. Campbell, who was childless and wealthy. The latter is said to be buried between the towns of Fleming and Maysville, Ky. | Walker, Elizabeth (I4719)
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| 940 | Pilcher writes ... "John Campbell was born about 1700; married, in 1721, Elizabeth Walker, daughter of John Walker, of Wigton, Scotland, who had removed to Newry, Carlingford Bay, County Down, Ireland, long before the date of the marriage. In May, 1728 to 1730, the Walker family, with John Campbell and wife, sailed from Strangford Bay, on the east coast, in a vessel commanded by Capt. Richard Walker, landed in Maryland, August 2d, and transported their families to Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. In a few years John Campbell and wife, with his brother-in-law, John Walker (born in 1705; married in 1734), and wife, Ann Houston, moved to near "Beverly's Mill Place," where Mr. Campbell and wife lived until death. John Walker and wife were the ancestors of the Stuarts, Todds and Prices, of Kentucky, including President Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd, who was the first cousin of his law partner, Hon. John Todd Stuart; the latter first influenced Mr. Lincoln to study law. Mr. Campbell's sister-in-law, Jane Walker, was the ancestress of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, C. S. A., and of Mary E. Coalter, first wife of William Campbell Preston, the matchless orator and senator from South Carolina. Robert, one of these, married Rebecca Wallace. Robert was appointed one of the magistrates of Augusta, by Gov. Gooch; another son, Major John Campbell, married Martha Spears, but they had no children. They adopted and educated their nephew, John Poage Campbell (son of Robert). Captain Charles' son William married Elizabeth McPheeters (daughter of Rev. William McPheeters). | Campbell, John of Kirnan (I4718)
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| 941 | Pilcher writes .... "Charles Campbell, emigrant, is the brother of John Campbell, who married Elizabeth Walker. Charles Campbell was born in Ireland in 1703; died in October or November, 1778; his will was written in 1775, probated November 11, 1778; married about 1735, in Ireland, to Mary Trotter, who died, aged eighty-four years; they emigrated in 1740 to Augusta County, Virginia, by way of Philadelphia. He purchased fifty acres July 12, 1746, by land grant from King George II, and four hundred acres September 16, 1747, from John Anderson. The home was five miles northeast of Staunton, and between his lands and that town were located the Rev. John Craig, the first Presbyterian minister of the Valley of Virginia, who was pastor of the "Old Stone Church" (Augusta Church), the first church in the valley, erected in 1747, its predecessor, built of logs in 1740; it was organized in 1737. Others of the neighborhood were: James Robertson, whose family are famous in Tennessee annals; Robert Poage, who entertained Washington, and at his request his descendants moved to Kentucky and Ohio to help possess and hold the Ohio Valley for the Colonies. Above were the Prestons, nearer to the site of Staunton. Charles Campbell's neighbors, the Andersons, removed to near what is now Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, and Charles Campbell must have removed with them. While his son, Captain Charles Campbell, was born in 1741, in Augusta County, yet his father purchased no land until 1746. They built a stone church in South Carolina, calling it "The Old Stone Church," after the one in which they had worshiped north of the site of Staunton. The record of Marcellus Campbell, brother of John Campbell, of Ironton, Ohio, states: "Charles Campbell8 and Mary Trotter at one time lived in South Carolina. Just prior to the depreciation of Continental money, he sold his land for 8,000 pounds, equal then to $25,000, and came to near Grattan's Mills and Millar's Iron Works, in Augusta County, Virginia. He was a planter with numerous slaves. In Virginia, he lived in a large, fine house, the first story of stone, the second story of logs." We can imagine the house so built, because of the Indians, and that the depreciation of currency just after the sale caused him some loss. He probably returned to Augusta County in 1746, disposing of his South Carolina property long after it had enhanced in value. As a town, Staunton did not then exist, and Grattan's Mills may have had greater local repute, and were ten to fourteen miles away. "There were no roads then, except the occasional trail of the Indian; they had nothing to guide them save the compass, the stars, and the moss upon the trees." Charles Campbell willed his homestead to his son, William Campbell, with a few slaves, and no other real estate was enumerated, but it is included in the clause "and the rest of my estate I allow to be equally divided among my other children, and this is to be done by my sons, John and Charles Campbell." He had seven sons and three daughters, to wit: Robert, Hugh, John, Charles, James, Joseph, William, Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Also profiled in the Autumn 2013 (Vol. 40, No. 4) issue of the CCSNA Journal. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CCSNA Article - A Gathering of Campbells of North River, Augusta Co., Virginia, by Ruby G. Campbell, CCS(NA) Genealogist Arrival of the Campbells of North River. One of the families which traveled along this road in search of good land on which to make their home, was that of Charles Campbell (1703-1778), his wife, Mary Trotter, and their first three children, who had arrived first in Philadelphia from Ireland with his parents, Robert Campbell (1765-pre1768) and Margaret Buchanan or Bohannan, and siblings John, Hugh, and Margaret. Augusta Co., Virginia, records show that the Campbells purchased land in the North River-Long Glade area in northeastern Augusta County (not to be confused with the Charles Campbell family in south Augusta Co.) where the family worshiped in the Old Augusta Stone Church. The soil here was fertile for farming and grazing animals, it provided wood and timber from the forests, and plenty of water was available for their needs. Call for a Gathering. The Campbells continued to live in the North River area until 1791, a period of fifty-one years, after which the descendants of Charles Campbell and Mary Trotter scattered to the four corners of the United States and all the places in between. Two hundred twenty-two years after the last Campbell had moved from North River, a | Campbell, Charles of Andersons Branch (I5908)
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| 942 | Planter in South Carolina. Died without children | Campbell, Capt. Colin (I7263)
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| 943 | Possibly first to use the Cam Beul name. Diarmid O'Duibhne is regarded as the progenitor of the clan Duibhne or the Clan Campbell. According to legend, he slew the Great Boar of Caledon | O'Duibne, Dugald "Cam Beul" (I0009)
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| 944 | Precept of Cla~e Constat, in favour of Nathaniel Campbell as heir of the deceased Robert Campbell of Kingyeancleuch, his father, in the 31 s. lands of Overhaucht called Kingyeancleucht (Melrose Regality Records) | Campbell, Nathaniel (I7057)
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| 945 | Principal of the University of Aberdeen. Supposedly, he had 6 sons and 6 daughters. Only two sons married and had daughters and both these sons died young. | Campbell, Peter-Colin D.D. (I5724)
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| 946 | Private communications | Source (S40970)
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| 947 | Private communications. Also see http://www.genealogy.com/users/c/o/f/Bill-Coffey/index.html | Source (S24808)
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| 948 | Probably the eldest son of Colin rather than Neil (Summer 2014, CCSNA Journal) Extract from The Great Historic Families of Scotland, By James Taylor, M.A., D.D., F.S.A and published in 1887. Campbells of Loudoun are the oldest branch of the house of Argyll, and are descended from Donald, second son of Sir Colin Campbell of Lochaw, and brother of Sir Neil Campbell, the friend of King Robert Bruce. The barony in Ayrshire, from which they derive their title, was originally the possession of the Loudouns of Loudoun, one of the oldest families in Scotland. Margaret of Loudoun, the heiress of the estate, married Sir Reginald Crawford, High Sheriff of Ayr, and was the grandmother of Sir William Wallace, the illustrious Scottish patriot. The barony passed to the Campbells in the reign of Robert Bruce by the marriage of Sir Duncan, son of Donald Campbell, to Susanne Crawford, heiress of Loudoun, and fifth in descent from Sir Reginald Crawford. Sir Hugh Campbell, Sheriff of Ayr, was created a Lord of Parliament by the title of Lord Campbell of Loudoun, by James VI., in 1601. His granddaughter, Margaret Campbell, who inherited his title and estates, married Sir John Campbell of Lawers, a scion of the Glenorchy or Breadalbane family. He was created - March 1309, Robert I was sufficiently in control of Scotland to hold his first parliament in St Andrews. At this time, the Scottish magnates sent a letter to King Philip IV of France in response to his request for assistance in a crusade. The Scots replied expressing their support for Bruce as king, reminding Philip of Scotland | Cambel, Sir Donald of Loudoun (I0045)
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| 949 | Professor David Sellar describes the earliest Campbells as follows: "The earliest Campbell of whose existence contemporary record survives is one Gillespic Campbell, whose name appears in 1263 in connection with the lands of Menstrie and Sauchie ... and again in 1266 as a witness to a charter granted at Stirling by King Alexander II (Exch. Rolls: ... Lindores liber 1841:8)" "Next on record appears Gillespic's son Colin (otherwise Nicholas) who witnessed a charter c.1281 and thereafter figures quite prominently in Scottish affairs for some 15 years - for example, in 1291 he acted as one of the auditors of Bruce the Competitor (Lennox Cartularium 1833:21)." "Next named in point of time is Colin's son Neill (otherwise Nigellus) who witnesses, in 1282, during his father's lifetime, a grant to the Abbey of Cambuskenneth, by Stirling (Cambuskenneth 1872:70). This is the Neill Campbell who later became one of King Robert Bruce's most constant supporters and intimate companions and who is described by Barrow as `one of that small band of noblemen without whose help in 1306 and 1307 Robert Bruce would hardly have survived, let alone recovered the kingdom' (Barrow 1965:406-7). He died about 1315." "The relationship of these three men, Gillespic, Colin and Neill to each other is well vouched by the record evidence, and the descent of the later family of Argyll from them undoubted. Colin is usually taken to be - I believe rightly - the original Cailein Mor, from whom the style `MacCailein Mor' derives." "More interesting is the account of Gillespic's marriage with `Efferic', daughter of Colin of Carrick. This has been generally disbelieved , the reason being, in the words of The Scots Peerage `there was no Colin of Carrick known to history' (Scots Peerage:I.319). A record of Colin of Carrick under that name there may not be, but a Nicholas of Carrick appears on record more than once, and this Nicholas, there can be no doubt, was a son of Duncan Earl of Carrick ... Chronologically Nicholas fits." Sellar then goes on to clarify how Nicholas and Nigellus, used in turn for Colin and Neill in the latin of those early documents, had confused earlier writers. He then mentions Sir Neill's Campbell contemporaries on record including Sir Arthur, Neill's father's first cousin and the ancestor of the Campbells of Strachur, and Donald who he believes was Sir Neill's brother and certainly the ancestor of the Campbells of Loudoun. ==================================================================================================== Nice Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilleasbaig_of_Menstrie The name Gilleasbaig is a modernization of "Gilla Escoib" (with a variety of related spellings, such as Gille Escoib), and is often rendered as "Archibald" in English or occasionally "Gillespie" or Giilespic Gilleasbaig of Menstrie, a Clackmannanshire baron who was the first attested man to bear the surname "Campbell". Clackmannanshire is a historic county, council area, registration county and Lieutenancy area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and Perth & Kinross and the historic counties of Perthshire, Stirlingshire and Fife. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clackmannanshire ==================================================================================================== witnessed the charter dated 1266 under which Alexander III King of Scotland erected the Burgh of Newburgh. Here he inscribed his name Agillascopper Cambel. King Alexander III knighted Archibald Campbell in 1281. | Cambel, Sir Gillespic (I0012)
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| 950 | Professor of Surgery at McGill University, Canada | Campbell, George William (I2759)
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