Thomas Campbell Sr. (1737 - 1803)

Born 10 Jul 1737 in Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Dunning) Campbell — married 1 Jan 1760 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine Dist, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 Oct 1803 at age 66 in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Biography

Captain Thomas Campbell Sr. served with Col. Josiah Brewer's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Thomas Campbell Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A018760.

Thomas Campbell was born 10 July 1737 Scotland. He passed away 18 Oct 1803 in Orrington (now Bangor) Penobscot, Maine.^[1]

Thomas served in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted 9/?/1774 at Londonderry, New Hampshire in the Scotch-Irish regiment under Col. John Stark. He enrolled with his brother John in the company of Capt. George Reid. They contested the British at Charleston Point, marched through Prescotts ranks, and participated in the battle of the Hill (06/17/1775). He later was a Captain of the 2nd Company of Col. Josiah Brewer's Lincoln County Regiment back at the Penobscot. On 6/11/1776 he was elected Captain of the first Infantry Company of the newly created Maine Militia. He held this position until 1785 or 1786 when Capt. Robert Treat took over. He later settled on the river bank in what is today Bangor ME.^[2][3]

Josiah Brewer Brewer-11596

Marriage: 1 January 1760 at Brunswick, Maine ^[4] Assume intent: Brunswick, Maine marriage [1759,] Apr. 21, Thomas Campbell, of N. Yarmouth and Margaret Dunning.

Children of Thomas Campbell and Margaret Dunning are:

1. Thomas Campbell, born October 10, 1766; died May 03, 1849; married Sabra Knapp January 15, 1793 in Brewer, ME.
2. Eleanor Campbell
3. Catherine Campbell
4. Daniel Campbell
5. John Campbell
6. James Campbell b. 23 Sep 1768
7. Jane Campbell b. 18 May 1783

Thomas died by drowning near the mouth of the Penobscot River in Maine on 10/18/1803 at 66 years old.^{[5] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ Thomas Campbell Sr Ancestor #: A018760 DAR Patriot Index as cited below
2. ↑ Dr. Leroy A Campbell, Earliest Campbell Families in Maine. Worcester Academy, Worcester, MA, p.19.
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Aug 10, 2018), "Record of Thomas Campbell Sr", Ancestor # A018760.
4. ↑ http://archives.mainegenealogy.net/2008/06/brunswick-marriage-intentions-1 740-1764.html
5. ↑ Dr. Leroy A Campbell, Earliest Campbell Families in Maine. Worcester Academy, Worcester, MA, p.19.
6. ↑ The Maine Historical Magazine, Volume 6, 1891, p.35[1]

See also:

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/49028412/family

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Campbell-2734 created through the import of export_15_aug_2011.ged on Aug 15, 2011 by Taco Goulooze. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Taco and others.
• Thanks to Thomas Cleary. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Thomas and others.