THE FIRST JAMES CAMPBELL of CHERRY VALLEY {New York) and Some of H1s Descendants
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A First Four Generations THE FIRST JAMES CAMPBELL OF CHERRY VALLEY {New York) And some of h1s descendants With the passing of each generation, most of the family history is lost and forgotten, unless carefully recorded. This book is an effort to coliect and preserve such items of interest as we Wish our great.grandparent9 had done for us a hundred years ago, Great care has been taken to guard against error. At first, all Campbell data were supposed to be true 8 and were so accepted. But, as the work progressed, so many absolute contradictions were found, that a considerable number of the sta.tements could not possibly be trueo The final editing became largely a selection ot facts and rejection of errors, as thoroughly as cou].d be done from the evidence avuilnblc. As the compiler well knows, it is pe>ssible for anyone to be sin cerely mistaken, and any suggestion, correction or addition wo-uld b~ gladly received .. .Angelo Campbell Pickett 2711 Chicago Ave. Riv@rside, California 1940 Nete. This study •f the Campbell Histcry is fer family distributien an~ a few libraries. None are printea f0r sale. B Plan Family History Many records are not c~mplete~ but space has been left ao that any new informQtion can be inserted in its proper plao•, and n~t eonc•aled somewhere in an appendix. Many times two or more peopla have the ,&&ID• nam•,• The best way to 1Centify each one is by a number~ Th• system uaed ia to give each qhild its p~rent's numbtr, with one figure added for itself. The chilci's figure is J,SSi gn-e d in Grder of birth, if known. Thua 164 is the. 4th child of 16, whG is the 6th child of 1. who wa.s the 1st one of the family to come to America. If there a.re more than nin•, children in a family, J Kand Lare used fGr 10 ll ~nd 12. In this way the 1st generation has ~n• figure, th~ 2d he.s two, the 3d three, and so on. Incident~lly this pla.n fJoea much ma~ thM wa• first intended. It &how" the dirsct line of descent, the number of the g•nera.tion, and t.he •xa-0t relationship of every numbered person t~ every Qther one. To make it simpler, connexions by marriag, are not numbered. This plan is self-indexing, and gives conv•nient reference to any infermation in the book~ L•rge numbers are stpar&tea into groupa of !cur Qecaua• they are ao muoh easier to read that way. Any name in the book, with its page number. oan be found in th, Alphabetical Ingex. The numbers show where to find everything •l••• 0 Campbell Family History Cherry Valley Albany aounty New Yorkt was orgunlzed in 16831 and name.d ln honor of the buke of York and Albany, afterward James II. The history of Cherry Valley begins in 1738. In that year a patent or a territory containing about 8000 acres of land, lying about 10 miles south of the Mohawk river and 52 miles west of Albany, was granted to John Lindesay, a Scotch gentleman of some distinction, and three others. At that time, with very few exceptions, the whole country west of Cherry Valley was one unbroken wilderness, and almost an unknown land. When the Cherry Valley patent was granted, Mr. Lindesay obtained an additional patent of 2000 acres of land extending north from the present village of Cherry Valley. James Campbell, of Londonderry New Hampshire become the prop~ictor of this patent. of which a part is still in possess!on of ~he :amily. The encroach~ents upon the wilderness, a~d upon the home of the red man. previoJs to ·;,bu Revolution: we::e m£.-.:c slowly and with great. caution. !n 1752! '..twe.7.'Je yBars after t.he first settlement of Cherry Valleyr therA were b11t eight families in the place. In 1765 they had increased to f0r~7 f~illiljes, a~d when the Revolution broke ou\ the inhabi tan~,s numberect 0.bout, 300, who were generally of Scotch and Irish ~escer: t. The slow increase of this and jther frontier settlements. was owing ~n a great degree to the long and bloody wars between England and France curing this period. The battle••field was trans! erred from Europ6 to America, and the contest for National supremacy was main tained with renewed vigor amid the forest homes of our fathers, and upon their inland seaso Most of the Indian tribes at the North, allured away by the Frenc'.1 Jesuits, and by the liberal presents of the French monarch, took up the hatchet against the English and Americans. Cherry Valley, so called from the abundance of wild cherry trees, was named soon after its settlement by white people. But in the next sixty years its official name and boundaries were changed sev eral timas. When James Campbell first made his home there in 1741, it was included in Canajoharie, Albany county. In 1772 it became Canajoharie, Tryon county. In l 784 it vvas changed to Canajoharie Montgomery county, and had that name in 1790 when the first United States census was taken. In 1791 Otsego county was formed from Mont gomery, and for the first time the Cherry Valley settlement was of ficially designated as in Cherry Valley, Otsego county, New York. Before 1800 Middlefield Milford and soma other towns were separated from Cherry Valley, considerably reducing its dimensions and number of people. Middlefield in early days was was known as Newtown-Martin. Chart page 1 Campbell Family l James Campbell born 1690 Jane Humphtey Children born married ll Jbbn C ampbbll Eleanor Ramsey If"'31illiam fl 1718 13 Jane II William Dunlap 14 Esther " not married 15 James II 1728 Mary Mccollum 16 Elizabeth II 1730 W:lliam Dickson Sarah Simpson ( TMompson) 17 Robert II 1735 Margaret Shannon 18 Samuel II 1738 Jun.a. cannon 11 John Campbell born 1716 ? Eleanor Eams ey lll? John II Jr Mary McKown 112? Eleanor II 1758 Samuel Campbell 12 William Campbell born 1718 121 ? .Alexander II 122 ?. William fl 1743? Elizabeth Price 13 Jane Campbell born 1721 ? .Villiam Dunlap 131 ? John Dunlap 1754 Elizabeth Hamill 15 James Campbell born 1728 Mary Mccollum 151 Robert Campbell 1764 Abigail Robbins 152 James II 153 John II 154 Eleonor II Lansing 155 Rachel II 1780 Isaac Hoar<i 156 Elizabeth II 1788 Robert Campbell 16 Elizabeth Campbell born 1730 William Dickson 161 Benjamin Dickson 1753 Jsther Morris 162 James II 1756 Mary Morris Rachel Lawrence 163 Rosannah fl 1758 Andrew Willson 164 William II 1760 Sarah Griffin 165 Robert II 1763 Olive Hungerford Buth Rich (Griffin) 166 Samuel " 1765 Eleanor Campbell 182 167 John II 1767 -Elizabeth Sutphen 168 Janet II 1769 Ch art t.1ag0 2 17 Robert Campbell born 1'735 Margaret. Shannon Children born married 171 Sarah Campb6ll John Ostrander 172 Jennett II EITert Lansing 173 Samuel R.- ,~ 1775 Sarah Mynders 18 Samuel Campbell born 1738 Jane Cannon 181 William JI, 1766 Sabrina Craf·ts 182 &leaner Ill 1770 Sa.mue l Dickson 166 l83 James s.. II 1772 Sarah 'Elderkin 184 Mathew " 1775 Deborah Putnam 185 Samuel s. II 1777 Elizabeth Griffin 186 Robert ti 1781 Rachel Pomeroy 111 John Campbell Jr 1752 ? Mary McKow:n 1111 7 Bargaret II 1778 Joshua Griffin 112 Eleanor Campbc,ll 1758 Samuel Campbell 1121? Martha If 1784? George Clyde 122 William Campbell 1743 ? Elizabeth Price 1221 ~izabeth II 1769 William Alexander 1222 Aletta ti 1770 d.y...- 1223 Alexander II 1776 ? 131 John Dunlap 1754 Eliz~beth Hamill 1311? William H. ,Dunlap 1789 Margaret Lana l5l Robert Campbell 1764 Abigail Robbins 1511 Mary Campbell 1792 Luman Marsh 1512 Oliva II 1794 died in youth 1513 Dillon II 1796 B:l.eanor Campbell Johanna Mo Kean li,6:l-4 Almira II 1800 · '.;no -t. -mar r i· eil 1515 James M. II 1801 Melir1d a Morey 1516 Rufus R. ti 1804 Hannah Post 152 James Campbell 1767? 153 John Campbell 1770? Chart page 3 Campbell Family 154 Eleanor Campbell born 1775? Lansing 155 Rachel Campbell born 1780 Isaac Hoard Children born married 1551 James c. Hoard 1805 1552 Leater " 1808 1553 William II 1810 1554 Sally II 1812 Marshall Morris 1555 Mary II 1814 1556 Nancy • 1816 1557 Lucinda II, 1818 1558 Loann R. 11 1822 Brown 1559 Luther II 1824 156 Elizabeth Campbell born 1788 Robert Campbell Children 1561 Samuel Campbell 1812 Eliza Morgan 1562 Jam~s Albert II 1815 Parmela Dickinson 1563 Mnry Ann II 1817 Stephen Folsom 1564 Eleanor II 1820 Erastus Webster 1565 Debor ah II 1824 Ezra Webster 1556 Robert Lansing II 1826 Cel'ia Fish Mary Gilman l::i57 Andrew Jackson fl 1829 Lc,vina van Slyck 17~ Jennett Campbell born 1770? Evert Lansing Children 1721 R0bert ~ Lansing 1796 Sally 1722 John E,· " 1797 Betsey Canfield 1723 James E. " Sarah Ghesebrough 1724 Mari a 11 1806 James s. Willson 173 Samuel R. Campbell born 1775 Sarah Mynders Children 1731 Margaret Campbell 1814 1732 Jane Ann II 1817 1733 Elizabeth II 1819 Samuel B. Campbell 1734 James Henry II 1823 Matilda E. A. Kuper 1735 Sarah Matilda II 1826 John c. Campbell 1736 julia · II 1832 James McKown 131 William Campbell born 1768 Sabrina Crafts One child - adopted Judith II 1813 Ashael Grant Chart page 4 Campbell Family 182 Eleanor Campbell born 1770 Samuel Dickson Children born married 1821 Clarissa Dickson 1795 1822 Elizabeth 11 1797 1823 William Co 11 1799 1824 James 11 1801 1825 Jane 11 1809 1826 John Robert " 1813 183 James s.