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From: Phil N.< >
Subject: Re: Ancestors of John Campbell (d. 1641), Husband of Grace Hay
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 22:50:27 -0500

To: All those interested in the genealogy of the Southwest VA Campbells

I know of no documentary evidence which substantiates the existance of
any of the early Campbells prior to John Campbell (d. 1741), husband of
Grace Hay. Hence, mention of these early Campbell generations should be
carefully qualified. The oldest source, that I have been able to locate,
that discusses these early generations of Campbells, is from a note
written by Governor David Campbell (1779-1859) of VA, found among his
papers.

NOTE OF GOVERNOR DAVID CAMPBELL RE THE ANCESTORS OF JOHN CAMPBELL

Governor David Campbell's papers and other documents are part of the
Campbell Papers Collection (about 8,000 documents) located at Duke
University, Durham NC. A microfilm copy of the Campbell Papers is
located at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville. In
1996, while reviewing this microfilm copy, I found the following note, in
Governor David Campbell's handwriting, on microfilm reel number one (my
comments are in brackets):

"Genealogy - The Campbell Family

"The farthest back the Campbell family can be traced is to Duncan
Campbell of Inverary, Scotland, the place where the old Duke of Argyle
and most of the Scotch [sic] Campbells lived. It was in the latter part
of Queen Elizabeth's reign that Duncan Campbell moved from Inverary to
Ireland. Not long afterwards, in the reign of James First, when he had
come to the throne, forfeitures were declared at Ulster in 1612, and
Duncan Campbell bought a lease of the forfeited land from one of the
English officers. One of his sons, Patrick, bought out the lease and
estate in remainder, whereby he acquired the [land in] fee simple. How
many other sons Duncan may have had is not known.

"Patrick had a son Hugh, and he a son Andrew. The generations from
Andrew to our great-grandfather John [husband of Grace Hay] are not
stated. It should be to Duncan, father of John Campbell, [who] emigrated
to America with his family in the year 1726 and settled in the Sweet Ara
river where Lancaster now stands in Pennsylvania. He [meaning John
Campbell, husband of Grace Hay] had six sons, Patrick, John, William,
James, Robert and David. Three - to wit - John, William and James were
never married. John died in in England having gone there with Lord Boyne
and became [his] steward."

Regards,

Phil Norfleet

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