sounds good to me..we were @ the castle last year.but were informed it is
not a castle as it doesn't have a moot so therefore is a manor
house.............since the marriage to the cadbury heiress most of time is
spent in london with children now going to school..up to now all campbells
were schooled in the village.........it is also interesting that the lands
and castle were formerally at the other end of the lock one of the dukes
didn't seem to like his scenery so he had a whole village moved and built
his home where it now stands....the village is charming as is the old hotel
where we had lunch....would like to continue this as the chart room was
close ddue to some new construction going on..so was unable to piece us
together...I asked our guide of he was a Campbell and the answer was HELL
No..........he had the biggest hands I have ever seen he picked up a log as
if it was a tooth pick and laid it on the fire....I was happy to see we have
the same china laid out on dinning room table......on and on .we have a gr
daughter there this week so hoping she will see same......mjt...many thanks
to auntie...what part of the world are you in????we are in Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "jason poe" <jpoe316(a)yahoo.com>
To: <CAMPBELL(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 3:48 AM
Subject: [Campbell] I may be the wrong kind of Campbell...
Just jumping right in here:
My great aunt discovered the internet in her retirement, she's actually
rather
savvy now.
Aunt Jeep managed to compile the family history. We're Rhea's
now (I'm
specifically a Poe), but she had identified the origins of that name
as
being the name taken by an escapee from the Isle of Mann. He was exiled
there for Treason against the Crowne. (The story goes that) his name was
Campbell, a Scot, and he was at that time the 13th Earl of Argyle,
descendant of the first Campbell. Colin of the Black Clan, territorially
located in the foothills of the Caledonian Highlands during the time of the
initial Roman invasion, making them the first Highlanders' encountered by
those dirty Romans ( I jest, I'm sure they were a clean people...) The story
goes that Colin was given the Campbell as a "trophy" of sorts from a
guerrilla raid upon a Roman battle camp; which he led, being the son of the
battle chief. (apparently, these boys ROUTED the Romani, and forced a
rethinking of Roman strategy in Caledonia.)
[side note: Aunt Jeep's 'history' also states that the
common trophies
taken by the warriors of the Black Clan were EARS and SCALPS, which
is one
of the reasons for
them being regarded as a very fierce
"don't-jack-with'em" Clan.]
I've read that Torquhil is the 13th AND 4th Earl of Argyle... the timing
works
out in such a way as to make me believe that it's possible for
Torquhil's lineage to have "taken over" the Earldom after the exile of my
ancestor (Rhea #1), his subsequent escape to the Isle of Erie and adoption
of the name Rhea...
Any thoughts? Any evidence to support or contradict this version of
events? Aunt
Jeep is not given to flights of fancy and has always (from what
I've been given to understand) been an astute and dedicated student; I can't
believe that she'd be that far wrong about something like this.
When I was a boy, she had made every son of the generation (19 of us)
a
full kilt and regalia in the Clan Tartan (though I didn'a know that term
waaaay back then)... It is almost identical to the currently accepted
Campbell Tarten, with the exception of an extra blue line in the current
Tartan. (ours' shows a double green bar, double blue bar, double green
bar... it doesn't have the thin blue line in between the double blue
bar...?!?!?...)
Anywho, I do acknowledge Torquhil Ian Campbell as my Chief... but do I
have the
hereditary lines behind that? Or am I a different kind of Campbell
altogether?
ANY help will most appreciated!
Thank You,
Jason Rhea Poe
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