Jan. I hardly know anyone related or working on my John and Mercy Campbell, so I can only answer not to my knowledge has anyone been tested for DNA. I have not done much on this line since I have been busy with other lines. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 11:18 PM Subject: Re: [Campbell] anyone related to Campbell from Indian co., Pa. > Sue, has any of your group been DNA tested? My Campbells are from > Indiana and Westmoreland Counties > in PA. > > William Campbell > b. 1791 Kerry* County, Ireland (Source: Burial record, Blairsville > Cemetery) [*this may, in reality, be Derry > because after researching, there appear to have been NO Campbells in > Kerry at the time :-) ] > d. 04 Jan 1866, Blairsville, Pennsylvania, USA > m. Abt. 1822 > Eliza Unknown > b. 1797 Maryland, USA > d. 23 Nov 1869, Blairsville, Pennsylvania, USA > > We can't locate him in Indiana County until around 1840 although we > suspect he was there earlier and we believe > he was living in Baltimore early in the 19th century. He 'may' also be > the son of a James Campbell from Franklin > County, Pennsylvania but this isn't proven. Said James owned several > hundred acres in the area that became > Indiana County and together with one Andrew Brown, plotted the town of > Blairsville, sold lots and maintained a > continued interest in local affairs until he died. According to local > records, James' children are not all accounted > for and we believe he is buried in Franklin County. We have not yet > located his will or anything on William > Campbell and Eliza's marriage or where it took place. > > William and Eliza's children were Caroline Campbell Lowman, Watson and > Martin Campbell. I descend from > Martin. I have followed several census neighbors and inter-married > surname families from the east in an attempt > to find him but he seems to have appeared out of nowhere. DNA ties us > to within a few generations of some others > who have tested. > > Jan Thomas > Colorado Springs > > > >> John and Mercy (Young) Campbell. >> john b. abt 1786 and d. 1877 >> Mercy was b. abt. 1789 in Lycoming Co., Pa. >> >> Their daughter Rebecca mat. Baruch Tozer. >> >> Robert Y Campbell was born in Brown township, Lycoming county in 1815, >> and >> was the son of John and Mercy Campbell nee Young, a daughter of Robert >> Young, a native of England, and a soldier in the Revolution. John >> Campbell >> was a son of James and Rebecca Campbell nee English. The former was of >> Scotch birth, and a soldier in the Revolution, dying from the effect of >> wounds. John came to the tract occupied by our subject in 1840, where he >> and >> his wife died. Their children were: Margaret, d.; m to Daniel White; >> Robert >> Y and REBECCA, twins, the former was m to Sarah Campbell and the latter >> was >> m. to BARUCH TOZER, d.; Ann d. m. to Martin Brandt; John B., M.D> m. >> three >> times, and William Morrison, d. Robert Y's children were: Mary Ann,d. Eli >> J >> m to Elizabeth Gallantine; Benjamin, d. in the army at Fortress Monroe; >> Jane, m to David Black; Rebecca, m to Thomas Smith; Mary, m. To Scott >> Arthurs, Michael M. d. in the army and Ann, m to Arthur Gallantine. Eli J >> was in company A,! >> 61st PA volunteers for three years. Eli J's children are: Etta Estella, >> John >> B and Clarence C. Scott Arthurs' children are: Robert Niles, Sarah Ann >> and >> George Norman. >> History of Indiana County 1745-1880 >> >> Source; History of Indiana County, Penna. 1745-1880 > _______________________________________ > > Remember to search the archives use this address > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=CAMPBELL > > Browse the archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CAMPBELL/ > > Contact the List Manager > mailto:[email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >