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- David Campbell, eldest son of George Campbell was born at Coupar on 28th January 1722. He married Susan or Susanna Watson, who died at Coupar Angus on 9th May 1801 aged 80 years. He is designed Drover and later Merchant in Coupar Angus. In 1788 he purchased from George Wilson "The 5 1/2 acres of land commonly called the 'Market Croft' of Coupar. The subjects are in the center of the town and he fened out portions of them a various dates. There is a street running through the subjects called 'Campbell Street'.
David Campbell died on 29th January 1789 and is buried in the parish churchyard at Coupar Angus, where his widow was afterwards also interred. The superiorities of the fens at the Market Croft and the part of the subjects still unfened, passed at his death to his eldest son, General David Campbell, who in 1806 erected a tombstone in the churchyard to the memory of his father and mother. The following is a copy of the inscription.
Children of David Campbell and Susan Watson
Margaret 1745
David 1st November 1747 - 29 January 1789***
Elizabeth 1749...married?...died?
Susanna born 26th April 1751 - died 1754
George born 23 July 1753 - believed to have died
Isobel born 1755
Margaret 12 February 1758 - died in infancy
James born 3rd Feb. 1760 (In register of bapbisms it is recorded that his mother's name is Susanna Watson)- Died 20 Jan.1813
Susanna born 1761 died 1767
Janet born 1763 died 1764
Amelia born 1765 - believed to have died in infancy
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1722 - 1789 (67 years)
