Campbells of Cecil County Maryland

Profile managers: Brandon Campbell [send private message], Adam Campbell [send private message], and Kevin Guy Campbell [send private message]

Purpose

The purpose of the Campbell's of Cecil County Maryland is to identify the various Campbell families that settled or passed through Cecil County, Maryland.The long-term goal of this project is to collect male Y-DNA from Campbell male descendants of these Campbell male settlers to help resolve the Campbell colonial lines and their migration to other states.

In an effort to untangle the genealogies of the Campbell's of Cecil County we are collecting marriage, land, probate and tax records of the Campbell's of Cecil County. Click on the links below to see the Campbell Cecil County MD Records.

• Cecil County Probate-Campbell
• Cecil County Land Records
• Cecil County Marriage Records-Campbell
• Cecil County Church Records-Campbell (covers marriages/births/deaths)

Also be sure to visit the Campbells in the neighboring counties:

• Campbells of Baltimore County Maryland
• Campbells of Frederick County Maryland
• Campbells of Lancaster County Pennsylvania
• Lycoming Co, PA
• Campbells of Queen Anne's County Maryland
• Campbells of Washington County Pennsylvania

Will you join me? Please post a comment here on this page, in G2G using the project tag, or send me a private message. Thanks!

County Info

Cecil County formed 1674

Campbell Families by Haplogroup

Note: The following Cecil County Campbell lines have Big Y-700 tests that have assigned them a haplogroup. The "kit" followed by a number is the Family Tree DNA test number. To review the raw DNA data by kit number visit FTDNA

Haplogroup: R-FT200325 and R-FTA70086
(Greenbrier and New River Campbells)

James Campbell (abt.1714-1791) m: 1) unknown, 2) Catherine Butcher) Campbell (abt.1750-aft.1810)

Haplogroup: R-FTA70086

Cecil Co., MD > Botetourt Co., VA (now Greenbrier/Monroe Co., WV) > Russell Co., VA (Now Lee Co.)

Sons of James:

James Campbell of Cecil County, MD (1748-1820), m: Mary (Taylor) Campbell

Cecil Co., MD > Lee Co., VA > Warren Co., TN

Sons of James and Mary Campbell:

Joseph Campbell (1773-1826)

(kit no: 974749)

Cecil Co., MD > Lee Co., VA > Warren Co., TN > Lincoln Co., TN

John Campbell (1775-1847); m: Isabella Gibson

Cecil Co., MD > Lee Co., VA > Hempstead Co., AR

Matthew Campbell (1780-aft.1830)

Cecil Co., MD > Lee Co., VA > Hempstead Co., AR > Union Co., AR

James Campbell (1786-1856)

Haplogroup change: R-FT200325; (kits no: 982433 and 26209)

Cecil Co., MD > Lee Co., VA

John Campbell (abt.1760-abt.1840)

Cecil Co., MD > Botetourt Co., VA (now Greenbrier/Monroe Co., WV) > Lee Co., VA > Warren Co., TN

William Campbell (1775-1857)

Fincastle Co., VA (now Lee Co.) > Madison Co., KY > Smith Co., TN (now Warren Co.) > Cannon Co., TN

Isaac Campbell (1783-bef.1840)

Washington Co., VA (Now Lee Co.) > White Co., TN (now Warren Co.)

Haplogroup: R-FTA32338

• John Campbell (1716-1773), m: Jane Ogelvie;
  • James Campbell (b.1748 Monoghan Co, Ireland d. 1777 at sea); m: Sarah Rutter Kit No: 976695

Unknown Haplogroup

• Maj. John Campbell (d. 1695) of "Campbell's Farm", m: Katherine ; Will probated in St. Mary's County, granted "Campbell's Farm" in Cecil County, later Kent County. (At this time, much of Maryland, including a portion of Cecil County was apart of St. Mary's County)
• John Campbell (d. 1685) of "Eyla", m: Rebecca ; They only had two sons: John Campbell and Alexander