Re: Campbells Wesmoreland Jamaica
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Campbells Wesmoreland Jamaica
Lorenzo Campbell 5/08/09
I've been looking at this group of Campbell's as well - and they are almost certainly related to the Campbell's who were already in Virginia.
Westmoreland in Jamaica and Westmoreland County in VA are common to both groups.One group was ministers, the other was law and math.
If you expand your search to include Virginia - you'll find that they had a network of kin in America - and they travelled back & forth between America, Jamaica, and Scotland.
The other thing that makes this group & time difficult to trace is that they changed their names to claim various estates.
So you have:
Frederick Stewart Campbellwho changed his name later to
Frederick Stewart Campbell Stewart
with children named:
Ferdinand Campbell Stewart
etc..
And their are Alexander, Lindsay's, Hamilton's, Ritchies, Whytes, etc.. that played the same game where they last name switches over time.
My favorite is the WALLACE group - they inherit one estate, and change their name to match that.But, later they get another estate and have to change their name again.
Flora Mure CAMPBELL is a very good example of someone with too many last names and estates.She got around - as she was in America, Jamaica, and Scotland.They should have issued them frequent flyer cards ;-)
The best research I've been turning up lately comes from searching the recently digitized books and magazines at:books.Google.com -
especially once you use the "Advanced Search" features to focus your search.
But... you have to try all the name variations:
Campbell -> Campbel -> Camble -> Kamble -> etc..
Stewart -> Stuart -> Steward -> etc..
and the related names:Hamilton, Whyte, White, Thomson, Warwick,
Mure, MUIR, Moore, Moira, Mor, etc..
Some of this crowd that you were looking for were in the Falmouth area of Virginia - (and related to the Falmouth area of Jamaica.There are letters and "Campbell Family Papers" in the College of William & Mary, as well as the Virginia Historical Society (in Richmond VA).These letters sometimes help clear up the relationships between the family - and account for the changing of names.
The Campbell who added "Stewart" to his last name had to have a "private act" to be a "naturalized British subject" since he was born in the American Colonies - but wanted to succeed to the Ascog estate back in Scotland.Since his status wasn't crystal clear due to the Revolutionary War, he was naturalized and returned to Scotland to claim the estate.He had his children naturalized as well, so they could later succeed to the estate.
Oh... and this group is also related to Thomas Campbell the poet (back in Scotland).He was a contender for the Ascog estate (and could have used it ;-).His mother was related to John & Alexander Campbell - and the (well documented) letters between Thomas Campbell (the poet) and his mother and sister (Elizabeth?) make mention of their uncles / brothers / etc.. John and Sandy (Alexander), in America, Westmoreland, Demerara, Jamaica, etc..
So... it's a difficult group to trace.But they are the ones I'm working on as well.I hope to find more this summer.Maybe we can compare some notes.
Hope it helps,
Greg
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Re: Campbells Wesmoreland Jamaica
Lorenzo Campbell 6/01/09
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Re: Campbells Wesmoreland Jamaica
Greg CAMPBELL 12/03/09
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Re: Campbells Wesmoreland Jamaica