Samuel Campbell

1700 - Bef 1780

• Name	Samuel Campbell  [1]
  Born	1700
  	He was of Newark, Essex Co, NJ, perhaps born there.
  Gender	Male
  Will	30 Jan 1773	Ulster Co, New York
  	From New York Calendar of Wills, page 76: Campbell, Samuel, of Ulster Co., farmer. Wife Mary, sons Samuel, Daniel, Nathenal, Jonathan, Joel, Levi, Nathan, Ruben. Real and personal estate. The wife executrix. Witnesses Neal Anderson, of Wallkil, weaver, Mary Norris, wife of Wm. McDowel of Hannover Precinct, Ulster Co., and Samuel McCollam. New York City Wills, 1777-83, page 188: "In the name of God, Amen, January 30, 1773. I, SAMUEL CAMPBELL, farmer of Ulster County, being weakly in body. I leave to my wife Mary one-third of all my movable estate during her life, and her choice of the rooms in my house. And After her decease I leave all personal estate to my son Samuel. I leave to my son Daniel the 50 acres of land where he now lives, adjoining John Percy. I leave to my son Samuel the farm I now live on. I leave to my son Nathaniel oe 10. To my son Jonathan oe 1. To my son Joel oe 10. To my son Levi oe 10. To my son Reuben oe 10. I make my wife and my son Samuel executors." Will proved 1780 in Mamakating, Ulster, NY.
  Buried	1780	Middletown, Orange Co, New York   [1]
  Died	Bef 05 Oct 1780	Mamakating, Ulster Co (later Sullivan), New York   [1]
  	Will proved.
  Notes	The sources and notes on the Family History Library's Archive Family Group Record for Samuel Campbell reads as follows: Sources: Abstract of Wills, 1777-1782, NY 50, v.33 p.209; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Mag., Am. Pub. H. v. 42, p.154; Boston Rec., Mass B65, p.70; McPail's Highland Papers, Scot Pub. C, 3 S,B, 22,p.87,88; Genealogy of the first Settlers of Schenectady, N.Y., p.19-21, Logan Library, Utah; Minisink and Wallkill Hist., Ulster Co., N.Y., Scrapbook 7b, vol.2, p.219; Hist of Delaware Co., NY Dlf,p. 45-50; Alexander's of Maine, A3A19, p.65-68; History of Ridgeberry, Bradford Co., Pa., Am. Pub. H, v.59, p.224; Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Hurley, 1770, NY S21,p.52-53. Notes: It is assumed that Samuel Campbell, born 1695, son of Lt.Col. Campbell is the father of Joel Campbell who married Nancy Leonard for the following reasons: It is known this Samuel came to Boston in 1728, then went to Londonderry, New Hampshire, and that in 1741 he and his brother, James went to Cherry Valley, NY. It is known Joel Campbell who married Nancy Leonard was a resident of Orange Co., NY. It is noted a Joel, Jonathan, and Reuben Campbell were original signers of the membership records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Hurley, Orange Co., in 1770. In the will of Samuel Campbell which was made in Ulster Co. (adjoining Orange Co.) he identifies his wife Mary, and sons as shown on the Archive record. There is a marriage of a Samuel Campbell and Mary Hunter in Boston 9 Dec. 1731, which would undoubtedly be the same Samuel who arrived with his brother James in 1728. The decendant of Joel who did Temple work in Logan in 1895 state that he was born 22 jan 1735, and though it is claimed to be Boston, no record of this birth can be found in the Boston records. He could have been born after they left Boston. Circumstantially, this would appear to justify the claim that Joel who married Nancy Leonard is therfore the son of the Samuel Campbell who came to boston in 1728. NOTES AND COMMENTS ON THE ABOVE: The above information is based on the research of Willis Campbell and Viola B. Kuhni, family historians and genealogists during the 1930's-1950's. At that time genealogical information was very limited - mostly printed sources. Since that time much more source material has been made available. The Campbell Research Group, consisting of Curtis Campbell of Lewiston, Utah, Hazel Stetler of Logan, Utah, and Robert Goodwin of Pleasant Grove, Utah, questions the assumption that the Samuel Campbell of Ulster County, NY who died in 1780 and left a will naming as one of his sons: Joel Campbell, is the same Samuel Campbell, son of Lt. Col. William Campbell, who came with his brother James in 1728 to Boston Mass.; subsequently to Londonderry, NH, and then to Cherry Valley, New York. First, it is not clear if Lt. Col. William Campbell even had a son named Samuel, or if this Samuel ever went with his brother James to Cherry Valley, NY. The two main sources for this information are: 1. Highland Papers vol. 4, ed. by J.R.N. MacPhail, 1934,pp.61,88-90, and 2. The Alexanders of Maine, by DeAlva Stanwood Alexander, 1894, pp65-68, 109-110. The Highland Papers states the following: "William Campbell, son of William Campbell of Wester Kames....left Scotland for the North of Ireland proir to 1689. He served as a major in the defense of Londonderry in that year. He had two sons, James, born 1690, and Samuel, born 1695, both of whom went to America and settled at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1728. James Campbell, having got a considerable tract of land in Tyrone County in the Province of New York (now in the township of Cherry Valley, Otsego county, New York). Moved there in 1741..." The Source given for this information was from a Mr. Douglas Campbell of New York who claimed to be the head of the Auchinbreck family through his decent through James Campbell. No additional source is given. Nor is there any hint where Douglas Campbell recieved this information, though it is possible that it came from the 2nd source, The Alexanders of Maine. The Alexanders of Maine states: "William had two sons, born in Ireland - James, in 1690, and Samuel, in 1695. They came to Boston in 1728, and thence in 1735, removed to Londonderry, New Hampshire, and afterwards, in 1741, to Cherry Valley, New York. Samuel's eldest son, Colonel Samuel Campbell was one of the strong characters developed in the state of New York during the Revolution." This source clearly errs in it's assertion that Samuel Campbell was the father of Colonel Samuel Campbell of revolutionary fame. Subsequent research has confirmed that Col. Samuel Campbell was the son of James Campbell, not Samuel Campbell. So what of Samuel Campbell? No record, or mention of Samuel Campbell living in, or having contact with Cherry Valley have been found in the histories or records of the Cherry Valley area. In correspondence with Hal Campbell of Cedar City, Utah, who has had contact with decendents of James Campbell of Cherry Valley, he states that the Cherry Valley Campbell decendents have no mention in their records of a Samuel Campbell, brother to their James Campbell, other than what has come from the "Utah Campbells" making a connection with their family. Secondly, no records for a Samuel Campbell have been found in either Londonderry, NH, or Boston, Mass. records or histories, except for the marriage record stated above in the Boston City records. Even this marriage is in doubt. The record as recorded in "A Report of the Record Commision of the City of Boston containing the Boston Marriages from 1709 to 1751," 1898, page 170 records: Samll. Camlett & Mary Hunter Dec. 9, 1731, with a note that states that the intent reads Cambell. So, was this a Samuel Cambell or Camlett? With such a lack of records mentioning Samuel Campbell in the areas that Samuel Campbell of Ulster county has been presumed to have lived before moving to Ulster Co., NY it is impossible to confirm that this Samuel Campbell, son of Lt. Col. William Campbell either existed, or if he did, moved to Cherry Valley, NY and thence to Ulster Co., NY. A much more likely explanation, one that is supported by actual sources is that Samuel Campbell of Ulster Co., NY came from the area of Newark, Essex Co., NJ. Consider the following: 1. Deed from Samuel Tuthill of Morris co., NJ to John Perry for land in Montgomery, Ulster, NY dated 1760 - Daniel Campbell, Samuel's oldest son witnessed this deed. Samuel & Daniel owned adjoining land (see Ulster Co. Deeds vol II p.26,30,23, and will of Samuel Campbell) which presumably was also purchased from Samuel Tuthill. 2. A Map of the Newark Mtn. Land Purchase Claim, made by Thomas Ball in 1764 (NJGS mag.) showing the western part of Essex & Union Cos. NJ, which the citizens of Newark, NJ purchased from the Indians ca. 1701. One of the lot owners/occupiers was Joel campbell, son of Samuel Campbell. This area was directly north of New Providence, NJ - family tradition & various family group records for Joel Campbell at this period have placed him variously in Providence or Provenctown. This family tradition probably referred to New Providence, NJ. Incidently Newark Town Records (Gardner Coll.) indicates that Robert Campbell of Newark had an interest of one lot in this land purchase claim. 3. From Land records in Essex Co., NJ (History of Essex & Hudsin Cos., NJ, pp786-7) Samuel Campbell was one of the heirs to Robert Campbell of Newark & So. Orange, NJ. 4. New Jersey Historical Soc. Proceedings, series II, vol.XIII, p.75, list of Freeholders of Newark twp. 1755 mentions Samuel Cammell & Nathaniel Cammell. After this time there is no mention of Samuel Campbell in the records of Newark or Essex Co., while Nathaniel Campbell continues in subsequent records in Newark. New Jersey Historical Library, Miss. B342 (from Gardner Coll.) Land of J.R. Burnet to S.H. Cougar[Conger?] 1 Oct 1748. - 1741 Aaron Ball bought lands of Samuel Campbell 70 acres for 150 pounds bounded by Hayes, Crowell, Lindsley & Tompkins, between Orange and Camptown. History of Essex & Hudson Counties, New Jersey, pp 786-7. On 21 Jan 1740/1 Samuel Campbell, weaver conveyed by deed to Aaron Ball for 150 pounds 70 acres... The founders and builders of the Oranges, p.355, "The present road to Maolewood, returning by the Jefferson Villiage and Ridgewood roads, to South Orange is no doubt the one referred to as laid out November 19, 1728, described as "beginning at the road near the house of John Campbell, between the lands of John Campbell and Samuel Campbell; thence along the line that divides John and Samuel till it comes to Samuel Crowell's land; thence between Crowell and Nathaniel Campbell to the house of Crowell; thence on a straight line to east branch of Rahway River, where there is a bridge partly built over the same; thence down said branch to lands of Joseph Thompson; thence between Thompson and james campbell to lands of Thomas Wood;, thence..." 1755 List of Freeholders, Essex County, New Jersey
  Person ID	I41165	Bryant
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2003

  
  

  Father	Robert Campbell
  Mother	Alice
  Married	Abt 1670	Dergachy, Dunoon & Kilmun, Scotland
  Family ID	F2883	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary Hunter(?),   b. 09 Apr 1708, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 04 Nov 1792, Middletown, Orange Co, New York
  Married	Est 1730	probably, Essex Co, New Jersey
  Children	1. Daniel Campbell,   b. Sep 1732, So. Orange, Essex Co, New Jersey   2. Samuel Campbell,   b. Between Oct 1733 and 1738, So. Orange, Essex Co, New Jersey   3. Joel Campbell,   b. 22 Jan 1735, So. Orange, Essex Co, New Jersey ,   d. 15 Jan 1828   4. Nathaniel Campbell,   b. 1737, So. Orange, Essex Co, New Jersey   5. Jonathan Campbell,   b. 1739, So. Orange, Essex Co, New Jersey ,   d. Abt 1812, Minisink, Orange Co, New York   6. Levi Campbell,   b. Between 1741 and 1753, So. Orange, Essex Co, New Jersey   7. Reuben Campbell,   b. 1743, So. Orange, Essex Co, New Jersey
  Family ID	F1875	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - Est 1730 - probably, Essex Co, New Jersey Will - 30 Jan 1773 - Ulster Co, New York Buried - 1780 - Middletown, Orange Co, New York Died - Bef 05 Oct 1780 - Mamakating, Ulster Co (later Sullivan), New York  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S274] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).