John Campbell (1674 - 1741)

Born 16 Nov 1674 in Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Grissel Grace (Hay) Campbell — married 1695 in Londonderry, Londonderry, Ireland

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1741 at age 66 in Fincastle, Botetourt County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

John Campbell was born in Ireland.

John Campbell, son of John Campbell and Mary McCoy, was born November 16,1674 in Londonderry, Ireland. He married Grissel Hay about 1695 in Londonderry, Ireland. He died about 1741 in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia. (Note: Fincastle County was formed in 1772).

Children of John Campbell and Grissel Hay:

1. James Campbell b 1691 d 1771: Find A Grave: Son of John Campbell and Grissel Hay.
2. John Patrick “Colonel” Campbell b 1696 d 1767.
3. William Campbell b 1700 d 1759.
4. John Campbell b 1702 d 1733.
5. Mary Ann Campbell b 1704 d 1742.
6. Catherine Campbell b 1706 d 1805.
7. David Campbell b 1706 d 1790.

The date of birth of John Campbell was from My Heritage: John Campbell was born 16 Nov 1674 in Londonderry, Ireland.

The parents of John Campbell were from MyHeritage: John Campbell was the son of Duncan Campbell and Mary McCoy.

The marriage of John Campbell and Grissel Hay was from the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: John Campbell, born 1674 in Londonderry, married in 1695 Grissell Hay, born in Ireland.

The date of death of John Campbell was from My Heritage: John Campbell died about 1741 in Fincastle Co, VA. (Note: Fincastle County was formed from Botetourt County in 1772).

Grissel Hay was born about 1668 in Co. Antrim, Ireland.

She died 14 Feb 1741 in Augusta Co, VA.

She was the daughter of Patrick Hay and Catherine Gilles.

From Find A Grave: Memorial #79791296:

John Duncan Campbell Sr. was born 16 Nov 1674 in Drumboden, Donegal, Ireland. He died 1 Jan 1741 in Fincastle, Botetourt Co, Virginia.

He was the son of Duncan Campbell (1645-1725) and Mary (McCoy) Campbell (1648-1689). John married Grissel Grace Hay (1668-1741) in Londonderry, Londonderry, Ireland (Northern?). Grissel was the daughter of Patrick Hay (1650-1723) and Catherine (Gillis) Hay (1651-1727).

NOTE: John Duncan Campbell was born on his father's estate "Drumboden", 7 miles from Londonderry, Ireland. Married in 1695 to Grace Grissell Hay, daughter of Patrick Hay. In 1726, John and Grace settled in Sweet Awe, Donegal Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. In 1730, They moved to Fincastle Co., Virginia. Bought land in Orange, Augusta Co., Virginia. Grace lived 73 years. Many of their descendants are from Washington Co, Virginia. Children:

Patrick Campbell, Sr., b. 1696, Antrim (?) Ireland; d. March 17, 1767 in Augusta County, Virginia.

Arthur Campbell

Catherine Campbell

John Campbell, Jr,

Margaret Campbell

William Campbell

James Campbell

David Campbell Sr

Robert Campbell Sr

Mary Campbell

John Campbell came from Ireland to America in 1726, with five or six grown sons and several daughters, and settled first in Lancaster Co, PA. Six or eight years afterwards he removed to that part of Orange Co, VA, which, in 1738, became Augusta Co, where many of his numerous descendants lived for many years. Three of John Campbell's sons came with him to Augusta, VA: Patrick, Robert and David.

John became a citizen of the USA according to the U.S. Naturalization Records in the Western District of PA, U.S. District Court.

From Find A Grave: Memorial #79791350:

Grizella Grace “Grissell” Hay Campbell was born about 1678 in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. She died 14 Feb 1741 in Augusta Co, VA. NOTE: Grace's parents were Patrick Hay & Catherine Gilles. Grissell was born in Ulster, Ireland (Northern Ireland)

Grace married John Campbell in 1695 in Drumboden, Londonderry, Ireland. They had 10 children.

From Alabama, U.S, Surname Files Expanded: 1702-1981: Patrick Campbell born Ireland. Son of John Campbell. Immigrated with his father and several grown brothers and sisters to Lancaster Co, PA in 1726. Moved to Orange Co, subsequently Augusta Co, VA.

John Campbell was born 16 November 1674 in Ulster Province, Ireland, and died 1741 in Beverley Manor VA. He married Grace (Grissell) Hay 1695, daughter of Patrick Hay and Catherine Gillis. She was born 1677, and died 1770 in Augusta County VA.

John arrived in North America in 1699.

Died 18 Mar/ 5 Dec 1741. Worcester, Maryland.

Research Notes

• The family tree in the 18th century document found in recent years among the papers from an estate in Virginia, and outlined in the second of Dr. Ruby Campbell's articles on the subject in the Clan Campbell Society (North America) quarterly Journals (Vol. 28 No.2 Spring 2001 pp. 46-48 & Vol. 28 No. 4 Autumn 2001 pp. 47-49), is the earliest known record of this family to date, and while a secondary source rather than primary, it does offer some possible clarification of relationships. It clarifies that there was a Duncan Campbell who married Mary Ramsay (said to be of the Dalhousie family - discussed in the article) followed by their son John Campbell, followed by his son John Campbell who appears to have married Mary McCoy. Their son John Campbell (3rd of the name) married Grizle Hay, daughter of Patrick Hay, while John's sister Jean/Jane married James Hamilton (who appears to me was living in 1753 and 1762 (see article for source)).

• Patrick Campbell born Ireland. Son of John Campbell. Immigrated with his father and several grown brothers and sisters to Lancaster Co, PA in 1726. Moved to Orange Co, subsequently Augusta Co, VA.^[1]

• This John's sister was named Jean/Jane Campbell and she married the above James Hamilton (son of Arthur Hamilton and a Miss Boyne) and they (Jean and James) were parents of Arthur Hamilton who married Mary Cunningham (whose parentage the tree also gives). Arthur and Mary had a daughter Mary Hamilton who married her cousin David Campbell, younger son of John Campbell (3rd of the name) and Grizle Hay. Their son, Arthur Campbell, married his cousin Margaret Campbell (see below) The elder son of John Campbell (3rd of the name) was Patrick Campbell who married Elizabeth Taylor. Patrick was also living in 1752 (see article for source). Their son Charles Campbell and his wife Margaret Buchanan had five children. The eldest was General William Campbell of King's Mountain (d. 1781 and m. Elizabeth) while one of his sisters, Margaret Campbell, married Arthur Campbell (above). " http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CAMPBELL/2002-07/1025952746 404 error

• If you review all of the ~current~ published research for this that is linked above, you'll see WHY all of the "incorrect" sources are all also cited. They're all just from researchers that didn't have all of the sources that were available now and were mostly all old books published 1880-1920, where they didn't have nearly the access to resources like we do now for in depth research.

• "Patrick had a son Hugh, and he had a son Andrew. The generations from Andrew to our great-grandfather John [husband of Grace Hay] are not stated. It should be to Duncan, father of John Campbell, [who] emigrated to America with his family in the year 1726 and settled in the Sweet Ara River where Lancaster now stands in Pennsylvania. He [meaning John Campbell, husband of Grace Hay] had six sons, Patrick, John, William, James, Robert and David. Three - to wit - John, William and James were never married. John died in in England having gone there with Lord Boyne and became [his] steward."

• Possible immigration passenger record:

Name John Campbell Senior

Arrival Year 1625-1816

Arrival Place America

Primary Immigrant Campbell, John, Sr

Family Members Wife 5 sons & 3 daughters

Source: Publication Code 1640.5 Annotation Date and place of creation of legal document in the New World. Abstracted from the Edinburgh "Register of Deeds," 1750-1825. Date of emigration and intended destination or place and date of first mention of residence in the New World. A majority of the da (cuts off here)

Source Bibliography: DOBSON, DAVID. Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Vol. 5. 1985. 312p.^[2]

• This profile was originally attached as a son of Duncan Campbell but has been removed until a reliable source for that relationship can be found. Stevens-17832 17:54, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Original data:Alabama Department of Archives and History. Public Information Subject Files—Surname files, 1901-1984 available via microfilm in reference, SG002624-2652 and 13361-13362, containing the materials added from 1984-2005. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.; Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M84.0399
2. ↑ "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s" [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.

See also:

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Duncan Campbell, Mary Mccoy. Source number: 1652.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LLH Author: Yates Publishing
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Duncan Campbell, Mary Mccoy. Source number: 4942.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY
• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XBS3-68W : 2 January 2015), Duncan Campbell in entry for Donald Campbell, 02 May 1682; citing KILMORACK,INVERNESS,SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 990,709.
• S1: Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians, Executives of the Colony of Virginia, Volume 1 page 176. Robert Alonzo Brock - January 1, 1888. H.H. Hardesty - Publisher.
• S2: The Family of Duncan Campbell and Mary McCoy of Drumboden, Ireland, and Their Descendants, 1660-1993. J.A.R. Overdorf - 76 pages
• S3: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 3. Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen. S. J. Clarke publishing Company, 1921 - Alabama - 716 pages.
• S4: Irish Pedigrees: Or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, Volume 1. Front Cover. John O'Hart. J. Duffy and Company, 1892 - Ireland. page: 601.
• S5: A Genealogy of Hoagy Carmichael, Copyright 1999, The Trustees of Indiana University. http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/hoagy/research/genealogy/
• S6: Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited, 1914 - Baronetage. Page: 365 https://books.google.com/books?id=RVggAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
• S7: "A History of Adams County, Ohio: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Including Character Sketches of the Prominent Persons Identified with the First Century of the Country's Growth," Nelson Wiley Evans, Emmons, E B. Stivers, 1900 - Adams County (Ohio) - 950 pages. Page 534. https://books.google.com/books?id=8HwUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA534&lpg=PA534&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false
• S8:"Historical sketches of the Campbell, Pilcher and kindred families : including the Bowen, Russell, Owen, Grant, Goodwin, Amis, Carothers, Hope, Taliaferro, and Powell families"-Taliaferro, and Powell families by Pilcher, Margaret Campbell (Margaret Hamilton Campbell); Campbell, Charles, 1807-1876; McClung, Calvin Morgan, 1855-1919; Campbell, William B. (William Bowen). Publication date 1911. Topics Campbell family, Pilchard family. Publisher Nashville, Tenn. : [Press of Marshall & Bruce Co.]. Collection americana. Digitizing sponsor Brigham Young University. Contributor Harold B. Lee Library. https://archive.org/stream/historicalsketch00byupilc/historicalsketch00byupilc_djvu.txt
• https://campbellgenealogynotes.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/john-campbell-m-grace-hay-comparing-traditions-in-lancaster-pa/
• "The farthest back the Campbell family can be traced is to Duncan Campbell of Inverary, Scotland, the place where the old Duke of Argyle and most of the Scotch [sic] Campbells lived. It was in the latter part of Queen Elizabeth's reign that Duncan Campbell moved from Inverary to Ireland. Not long afterwards, in the reign of James First, when he had come to the throne, forfeitures were declared at Ulster in 1612, and Duncan Campbell bought a lease of the forfeited land from one of the English officers. One of his sons, Patrick, bought out the lease and estate in remainder, whereby he acquired the [land in] fee simple. How many other sons Duncan may have had is not known.
• Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. CemeteryRich Valley Pres Ch Cem. LocationSaltville, Smyth Co VA 77.
• U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Indexes and Registers of Declarations of Intention and Petitions for Naturalization of the U.S. District and Circuit Courts for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1820-1906.
• Additional Linage for John and Grace,descendant Alexander Paxton Campbell b. 15 Oct 1816, d. 31 Jan 1886 m. Frances Roberts The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy by Alexander Brown; Jan 1895, Houghton, Mifflin & Company
• Early Western Augusta Pioneers: Including the Families of Cleek, Gwin, Lightner, and Warwick, and Related Families of Bratton, Campbell, Carlile, Craig, Crawford, Dyer, Gay, Givens, Graham, Harper, Henderson, Hull, Keister, Lockridge, McFarland, and Moore by George W. Cleek; Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009 - Augusta County (Va.) - 492 pages, pg 311