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- 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).
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Abt 1700 -
, d. 1766, near Staunton, Augusta Co., VA 