Hi, Jim,
My daughter Kelly's birth family of Campbells go back to John Campbell, born
1800 in NC. John's father probably was Michael D. C. Campell, born about
1769 in NC. They are buried side by side in Stapp Cemetery, Lafayette Co,
MO. A male member of this Campbell family has recently done DNA testing
with the Campbell DNA Project.
Betty
aka Kelly's Mom
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Campbell
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 11:49 AM
To: campbell(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [Campbell] Thomas Campbell, NH in 1700s
George,
Were the members of Group 3 Protestant or Roman Catholic? If the latter
that could account for the lack of mixing between Groups 2 and 3 in America.
Jim Campbell
Earliest proven Campbell ancestor - John D. Campbell (1812-1890)
who lived in Lincoln and Catawba County, NC
On 12/22/2013 2:10 AM, George Campbell wrote:
I want to thank you for the many replies to my original message.
Because
of all the hustle and bustle at Xmas I haven’t been able to answer them
individually, but will do so in Jan. But first some general information.
There are three lines of Campbells who immigrated. 1) the Scottish
Campbells of Clan Campbell in Scotland; 2) Scotch-Irish Campbells who were
protestant Scots that the English “planted” in the Ulster Plantation to
subdue the catholic Irish; and 3) Irish Campbells who were originally
members of the Irish Clan Cathmhoal, pronounced “cammel”, similar to
“Campbell” and eventually was written as “Campbell.” These Irish
Campbells were centered around Tyrone in Ireland. I descended from the
Irish Campbells. The groups 2 and 3 are generally lumped together as
Scotch-Irish.
For some reason the Scotch and the Scotch-Irish Campbells didn’t mingle in
America, going to their own separate settlements. An important
Scotch-Irish settlement was Londonderry, NH, where my ancestors went. We
must remember that immigrating to America in the early 1700s was a
hardship because America was for the most part a wilderness; therefore,
the Campbells immigrated as families or groups of relatives to support
eachother. The port of entry was usually Boston. So if your ancestors
immigrated to America in the early 1700s and then to Londonderry, we might
have a relationship.
In closing I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas,
George Campbell
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