Person:Peter Campbell (7)

ID: I69695 Name: Peter P. Campbell Given Name: Peter P. Surname: Campbell Sex: M

Peter Campbell with his wife and little daughter Janet, in company with others from the neighborhood of Killin, left their home in the Highlands of Scotland to make new homes for themselves in this country. They sailed from Greenock, Scotland on the vessel Amsterdam Packet, shortly after the first of March 1798 (or 1796), then upon arriving at New York about 1 May, proceeded by boat to Albany, thence on foot to Johnstown where others from their country had previously settled. The next spring in March, this group of Perthshire Highlanders left Johnstown in oxen drawn sleighs and in ten days arrived at "Big Springs" near the area now known as Caledonia, NY. Peter Campbell bought 175 acres of land for $3.00 per acre on Spring Creek, north of Big Springs and later bought additional adjoining land. Peter was one of the founders and trustees of the Caledonia Presbyterian Society in 1802. Church meetings were held in his home for several years and he built a small building near his homestead residence for Rev. Alexander De Noon which he used as a study for years. Alexander De Noon's son James DeNoon describes Peter thusly: "He was a noble grandparent that you can be truly proud of, as an extraordinary man of rare habits of life - His stature was about five feet eleven inches, spare in frame, somewhat stooped, long features, solemn but pleasant countenance, piercing black eyes, wavy black hair, wore his beard on his cheeks, trimmed short with upper lip and lower part of the face always clean shaved. He was astute and no ways bashful or at a loss on any occasion".

Birth: 1769 in Killin (South Loch Tay), Perthshire, Scotland Death: 9 NOV 1836 in Caledonia, Livingston Co, New York Burial: Mumford, Monroe Co, New York Immigration: 1 MAY 1798 New York City, New York, New York

Father: Duncan A. Campbell b: ABT 1743 in Perthshire, Scotland, UK Mother: Jennet McCallum b: ABT 1746 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Marriage 1 Catherine Campbell b: 1767 in Killin (South Loch Tay), Perthshire, Scotland Married: 30 JUL 1788 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK Children

Janet Campbell b: ABT JAN 1798 in Killin (South Loch Tay), Perthshire, Scotland
Duncan P. Campbell b: 1799 in Caledonia, Livingston Co, New York
Christiana Campbell b: 1801 in Caledonia, Livingston Co, New York
Daniel P. Campbell b: 1804 in Caledonia, Livingston Co, New York
Peter P. Campbell b: ABT OCT 1805 in Caledonia, Livingston Co, New York
John J. Campbell b: AUG 1807 in Caledonia, Livingston Co, New York
Alexander Campbell b: ABT JUN 1810 in Caledonia, Livingston Co, New York
Ann Campbell b: BEF 6 SEP 1812 in Caledonia, Livingston Co, New York

1. ↑ Hugh Campbell, Genesee, NY. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CAMPBELL FAMILY. (CALEDONIA, NY, 1906)
   http://home.swbell.net/bobbiev/Campbell.html.

   "[Peter Campbell] died in 1836, in the sixty-seventh year of his age, and was buried in the family burial place in Mumford Cemetery."

2. ↑ Cemetery Record
   Find A Grave; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Campbell&GScid=65392&GRid=21606395&; Created by: Donna Bonning Record added: Sep 17 2007 .

   Peter Campbell
   Birth: unknown
   Death: Nov. 9, 1836
   Inscription: "...A Native of Perthshire Scotland...ae. 67..."
   Burial:
   Mumford Rural Cemetery
   Mumford
   Monroe County
   New York, USA

3. ↑ Hugh Campbell, Genesee, NY. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CAMPBELL FAMILY. (CALEDONIA, NY, 1906)
   http://home.swbell.net/bobbiev/Campbell.html.

   [Peter Campbell] died in 1836, in the sixty-seventh year of his age, and was buried in the family burial place in Mumford Cemetery."

4. ↑ Hugh Campbell, Genesee, NY. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CAMPBELL FAMILY. (CALEDONIA, NY, 1906)
   http://home.swbell.net/bobbiev/Campbell.html.

   "[Catherine Campbell] came to this country with her husband in 1798, and was one of the first settlers in Caledonia, N. Y. ( l799)."

5. ↑ Hugh Campbell, Genesee, NY. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CAMPBELL FAMILY. (CALEDONIA, NY, 1906)
   http://home.swbell.net/bobbiev/Campbell.html.

   "Peter Campbell's certificate of citizenship is dated February, 1810."

6. ↑ Census
   1820 Census; Caledonia, Genesee County, New York, USA; Series: M33 Roll: 72 Page: 60.

   Peter Campbell and 1 male under 10 (Alexander); 3 males 10 - 16 (John J., Peter P, Daniel); 1 male 16 - 18 (Daniel); 1 male 45 & up (Peter himself); 1 female up to 10 (Ann); 2 femailes 16 - 26 (Christiana and Janet) and 1 female 45 and up (wife Catherine). 4 members of the household engaged in manufacture.