Andrew Campbell (abt. 1717 - 1797)

Born about 1717 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut [uncertain]

Husband of Ruth (Stebbins) Campbell — married 18 May 1738 in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1797 at about age 80 in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Andrew Campbell married at Mansfield, May 18, 1738, the widow, Ruth (Stebbins) Dexter.^[1]

On 04 Feb 1756 Hugh Campbell sold 36 acres of his Coney Rock Hill land to his son Andrew Campbell for 39 pounds 12 shillings; his final land transaction.^[2][3]

In 1760 Andrew lived on 53 acres on the SE side of Coney Rock Hill. ^[4]

Andrew Campbell died before 1797, when his widow was living, her name being given on the list of church members at Mansfield. In the church records their name is often spelled Cammell.

Children:^[5]

Ruth, born April 28,1739, baptized June 17;

Andrew, born September 2, 1741, baptized August 29, 1742;

Mary, born July 30, 1742, baptized August 6, 1742;

Zuriel born July 30, 1743. baptized November 27, 1743, served in the revolution;

Ephraim, born January 26, 1745-46, baptized April 17, 1746;

Hannah, baptized February 13, 1748;

Samuel, born August 26, 1749;

Hannah, born August 2, 1751, baptized August 11, 1751;

William, born September 2, 1753, baptized October 14, 1753, served in the revolution;

Elizabeth, baptized July 15, 1759;

Peter, baptized December 27, 1761.^[6]

TOWN RECORDS: Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut Town Records:^[7] 1) Mary, daughter of Andrew and Ruth Campbell, d. August 6, 1742; (2) Abigail, wife of Hugh Campbell, d. November 27, 1754.

CONNECTICUT RIVER FRONTIER: The Connecticut River Valley was frontier in the 1700s and Andrew Campbell, Jazeb Barrows and others were early proprietors and settlers of the area. Many early settlers came from the Plymouth/Salem area of Massachusetts. Incorporated in 1702, the Town of Mansfield was part of a tract of land acquired from the Mohegans by a group of settlers in Norwich. Mansfield was originally in Windham County, but is now in Tolland County. Most of the first settlers were farmers. Rivers powered saw mills and grist mills from the early days, and during the nineteenth century mainly textiles, but also steel products, bits and augers, bells, bronze cannons, gunpowder, and organ pipes, were manufactured in Mansfield. The first silk mill in the United States was built at Hanks Hill in 1810, and for many years, Mansfield led the country in silk production.

Research Notes

Several online trees claim that Andrew Campbell of Mansfield's probable father, Hugh Campbell of Mansfield was originally from Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland where he married Mary Patterson on 4 Apr 1706. (Their marriage was recorded in both the parish of Galston and of Dalgain (Sorn), Ayrshire. They were physically married in Dalgain.) This Hugh and Mary Campbell continued to reside in Galston after their marriage and the following baptisms of their children were recorded there:

The first mention of Hugh Campbell in Mansfield, Connecticut is a record of land he purchased on 30 Dec 1725.^[8] He is referred to as “Hugh Camell sum time of Loabnon in the County of New London.” The vital records of Lebanon, New London, Connecticut show the marriage of Hugh Camel to Mary Coal on 1 Mar 1716/17.^[9]

All of these dates show that Hugh and Mary (Patterson) Campbell of Galston are not the same people as Hugh and Mary (Coal) Campbell of Mansfield.

Therefore, if Andrew Campbell of Mansfield is in fact the son of Hugh Campbell of Mansfield, then he is not the Andrew baptized on 22 Apr 1711 in Galston. Instead, he likely was born around 1717 to Hugh and Mary (Coal) Campbell in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7L7-PMK : 12 May 2016), Andrew Cambel and Ruth Dexter, Marriage 18 May 1738, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; Connecticut State Library, Hartford; FHL microfilm 1,376,017.
2. ↑ "Land records, 1702-1912", Hugh Campbell to Andrew Campbell, Mansfield (Connecticut). Town Clerk; Vol. 5, p. 751; FHL microfilm 4,868.
3. ↑ Waller, George. “Land Grants and Early Deeds of Mansfield CT.” Sites.rootsweb.com, 25 June 2016, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ctcmansf/landgrants.txt.
4. ↑ "Land records, Andrew Campbell, 1702-1912", Mansfield (Connecticut). Town Clerk; Vol. 6, p. 399; FHL microfilm 4,869.
5. ↑ Cutter, William Richard. New England Families. Genealogical and Memorial. A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of William Richard Cutter. Vol. 2. Series 3. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915, p. 935
6. ↑ "Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920," database and images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3032&h=572126&tid=150730701&pid=412000456966 : accessed 12 March 2019), The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011; Online: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Baptism, Peter Campbell s. Andrew & Ruth, 27 Dec 1761, Mansfield, Connecticut, USA, image 29 of 127; identified as "Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut."
7. ↑ TOWN RECORDS, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut;
8. ↑ "Land records, 1702-1912", David Royse to Hugh Camell; Mansfield (Connecticut). Town Clerk; Vol. 2, p. 452; FHL microfilm 4,866.
9. ↑ "Records of births, marriages, and deaths, vols. 1-4, 1700-1915", Hugh Camel & Mary Coal, 1 Mar 1716/17; Lebanon (Connecticut). Registrar of Vital Statistics; Vol. 1, p. 45; FHL microfilm 1,312,154.

See also:

• Foley, Janet Wethy and Ora Tinkham Roberts. Tinkham, Campbell, Winchester, Grinnell and Allied Families. Batavia, NY: Mrs. Thomas J. Foley, 1950, p. 36
• Compendium of American Genealogy, First Families of America, Vol. VI, pg 299;
• Ralph Stebbins Greenlee and Robert Lemuel Greenlee. The Stebbins Genealogy. Volume II. Chicago, Illinois. Privately printed1904. [Page 1121] https://archive.org/details/stebbinsgenealog02gree/page/1120
• George Martyn of Salisbury, Mass. and his descendants by: Susan Grace Martin Shipman 1973 edition