Robert Douglas Campbell UE (abt. 1755 - 1824)

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Died 24 Jan 1824 at about age 69 in St Catharine's, Upper Canada

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Biography

Robert Douglas Campbell, UE (c.1755-1824)

He lived in the American colonies before the Revolution, and there married Mary Smith (c 1771, Voluntown, New London, Connecticut).

It is said he was a law student at the time of the Revolutionary War.

He joined Butler's Rangers in 1776, and rose to the rank of Sergeant-Major.

In a return (30 Nov 1783) he was listed as a 27 year-old sergeant receiving a singe ration. He is listed as a private receiving his pay from 25 Dec 1777 t0 24 Oct 1778 with Captain William Caldwell's company of the same regiment.^[1]

In 1782 he married Mary Smith, daughter of Frederick Smith (who served in Capt. Wm. Caldwell's Company of Corps of Rangers.)

By 1786 he, his wife, a son, and a daughter were on a Loyalist Victuralling List.

He had eleven children, four born before 1789. He came to Upper Canada at the reduction of the Corps, and settled in Grantham township, Lincoln County.

They settled on 200 acres along 12-Mile Creek (3d Township of Nassau [Grantham, District of Niagara), Conc. 8, lots 18 &19. By 17 Sept 1787, he had cleared 12 acres, and sown 6 acres of wheat. By 1791 he had added an adjacent 100 acres (Conc. 9, lot 18)

Married in Niagara District to Mary (Priscilla) Smith (C 1765-C 1825) - buried in Snyder's Cemetery, Chinguacousy Twp., Peel Co., ON) d/o Frederick Smith & Priscilla Hewitt

Children :

1. James (02 Jul. 1784-27 Oct 1859- Snyder's Cem.) m. 22 Nov 1824 20 Mile Creek, UC Margaret Snyder (20 Jan 1785 Penn - 07 Aug 1853);
2. Deborah m. Daniel Reilly;
3. Margaret m. Joel Smith;
4. Mary m. Peter McCollum;
5. Martha Eliza m. William McCoy;
6. Peter Smith m. Catherine Pickard;
7. Alexander m. Rachael McCollum;
8. Gustavus F. m. Catherine Deacon;
9. John m. Margaret Clendin;
10. Robert m. Elizabeth Rowe;
11. Henry m Margaret Pickard

Proof of Loyalty : UEL List; Upper Canada Land Petition of Robert Campbell, A/O Vol 90, Reel C-1647 (25 Feb 1797)

Where Resettled : [1784?] Upper Canada, Home District, Grantham Township

Death: 24 Jan 1824, Grantham, Upper Canada

FindAGrave gives DOD as 24 May 1824, Grantham, Niagara, Upper Canada. Burial, unknown^[2][3]

Obituary, Sat 7 Feb 1824

In Grantham on 24th ult., suddenly, Mr. Robert Campbell. Mr. Campbell was one of those loyal subjects who remained true to his King and Country when the great body of the people in the now United States took up arms against their lawful Sovereign and was of course, persecuted by those would be Republicans and was thereby obliged to leave all and flee to this frontier under the protection of the British Government and joined the corps in this place, designated by the name of Butler's Rangers. In that Corps he discharged his duties faithfully as Sergeant-Major during the War. In 1784 he had his allowance of lands, part of which he took up on the 12 Mile Creek in the now Township of Grantham, on which he has resided ever since, and has brought up a large family in a very respectable manner, all of which are become well settled in this Country.

-- found at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NIAGARA-ONT/2000-05/0958454142

• Fact: Military Service (1784) Butler's Rangers Ontario, Canada
• Fact: Burial (1824) Grimsby, Niagara, Ontario, Canada

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com hint
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143997327
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 01 November 2021, 19:29), entry for Sgt. Maj. Robert Douglas Campbell (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KJ44-CV7 ); contributed by various users.
• http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=c&line=137
• http://uel-hamilton.com/2011/12/20/sgt-robert-campbell/
  

  Robert Campbell was a United Empire Loyalist.
  UEL Status:Proven
  Date: Undated

• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143997327

• Notes from. Catherine Webb, "A Short Biographical Sketch of Robert Campbell, Sergeant Major Butler's Rangers", 16 July 1996, from "Ancestry.com"