James
Campbell
Born about in Cottown, County Down, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Ferris Campbell Esq
and Sarah (Dodd) Campbell
Brother of
Unknown (Campbell) Norris, Jane (Campbell) Neill, Ellen (Campbell) Nicholson, John D Campbell, William Campbell, Patrick Campbell and Mary Isabella (Campbell) Neill
Husband of
Mary (Knox) Campbell
— married
about 1873 in County Down, Ireland [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Elizabeth Knox (Campbell) Hughes, George Knox Campbell, Sarah Jane Campbell, Mary Campbell, Anna Isabel (Campbell) Nicholson, George Ferris Campbell, Marion Margaretta Knox Campbell and Sarah Eleanor Dodd Campbell
Died
at about age 75
in Furzefield, 68 Princetown Road, Cottown, County Down, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jan 2016
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Biography
James was born in 1840. [1]
He was the son of Ferriss Campbell of Cottown. [2]
He was a farmer in Ballygrainey (near Bangor), County Down. [2]
In 1863 he was leasing land in Bangor with his brother William. [3]
He married Mary Knox. [1]
They had a daughter, Sara Eleanor Dodd Campbell. [1]
"James Campbell, son of Ferris Campbell, of Ballygrainey [...] bought and developed the land that includes Farnham Park, Knockmore Park, Downshire Road and Raglan Road." [4]
Aged 61 in 1901 he was widowed and living at 54 Princetown Road[5]. In 1911 he was living at 68 Princetown Road[6].
He died in 1915, aged 75. [1][7]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://www.bangorabbeygraveyard.online/Bangor%20Abbey%20Graveyard%20-%20C.htm
Erected by James Campbell, Furzefield, in memory of his children:- George Knox died 19th May 1880 aged 5 years & 10 months, Sarah Jane died 5th July 1880 aged 4 years & 1 month. Mary died 21st of July 1880 aged 2 years & 3 months. "They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in death they were not divided". Sara Eleanor Dodd died 11th February 1896 aged 8 years and 5 months. Also his wife Mary KNOX, died 18th Nov. 1897 aged 55 years. And of the above-named James Campbell died 29th January 1915 aged 75 years. Also his daughter Marion Margaretta died 22nd April 1961 aged 78 years.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014903/005014903_00053.pdf
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/C/CampbellJ.htm
James CAMPBELL of Cottown ; leased a house & 67 acres in 1863 from Mary I. Blakiston- Houston & leased out 2 houses next door
- ↑ http://neillorguk.weebly.com/a-history-neills-of-bangor/part-three-31
- ↑ 1901 census of Ireland: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Bangor/Princetown_Road/1253179/
- ↑ 1911 census of Ireland: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Bangor/Princetown_Road/262437/
- ↑ "Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ5V-WDH : 12 December 2014), James Campbell, 29 Jan 1915; citing 00050, 005014919, Principal Probate Registry, Dublin; 101,005.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~6.25%
~25.00%
John Mills 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T381683 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN17334
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MyHeritage DNA
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~3.12%
Philip (Mills) Broughton-Mills :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HP7130923 [compare], Ancestry member PhilipBroughtonMills
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T454288 [compare], FTDNA kit #771080
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MyHeritage DNA
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~3.12%
Jack Nicholson :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Daneca Stevens :
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