George, I agree with Margie. The boundaries of states and counties within states changed a lot. Early map images at http://www.tradingpath.org indicate boundaries in the early days of Spanish and English exploration of the southeast USA. Mark Wilson On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Margie Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi George > I am wondering if you have checked the state/county formation maps available > online to see if your Thomas moved, or if the land boundaries changed. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcampbel/va2/1781a.htm > USA in 1781 > > The above map gives an idea of where states claimed land as their state in > 1781.  The states in black had NO land (officially on paper). > > Check the other maps I have for VA also.. And then google VA land > formation.... Or USA land formation ...and see what is out there. > > VA was one greedy state!  Grabbed all the land they could.. And in > 1609...that was "Sea to Sea". > Marge > > > Margie Campbell > Campbell's > > http://www.lmcam1.com/ > (always under construction) > > TinLizzie18 LS > NuStyle 227 > Visit my Webshots Albums > http://community.webshots.com/user/margecam52 > > > =============================================== >  George wrote: > > From: "G. Campbell" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Campbell] Thomas Campbell, NH in 1700s > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'm submitting my Campbells again who stayed north until about the mid > 1800s.  Thomas Campbell was probably born around 1705 in Ireland.  His > future wife, Jane Davidson, was born in Ireland but we don't know when. > However, she immigrated with her parents and siblings in 1728 to America. > > Thomas Campbell married Jane Davidson in Billerica, MA, 1733 and moved to > Londonderry, NH, where they had the children Mary (1738-1828), John, > Nathaniel (1741-1820), and Hugh Argyle (1744-1810).  They had more children > who didn't survive to reproduce. > > 1) Mary married John Tufts, moved to Maine and there had the children: Jane, > William, Thomas, Jonathan, Susanna, and Annis. > 2) John unknown.  He has eluded us completely, although he is said to have > had a large family.  He probably moved to NY with his brothers. > 3) Nathaniel married Agnes McCurdy and between Londonderry, NH, and NY state > had the children: Jesse, Elizabeth, James, David, Thomas, Alexander, John, > Abner, and Robert. > 4) Hugh Argyle married Mary Smith and between Londonderry/Bedford, NH, and > NY state had the children: Jane, Benjamin, Caty, Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret, > Hugh, Robert, Thomas, Adam, and David. > > I descended from Hugh Argyle Campbell through his son Benjamin Smith > Campbell (1773-1852). > > The families and descendants of Nathaniel and Hugh moved from NH to NY, then > Ohio, then Indiana, and then after the mid 1800s spread out over the USA and > parts of Europe.  I conservatively estimate that Thomas and Jane Campbell > had at least 30,000 descendants of whom at least 20,000 must still be > living.  Currently we have over 1300.  Of course the majority of the > descendants do not have the name Campbell as would be expected.  Some of the > more common family names are: Tufts, Fancher, Brown, Johnston, Fish, > Perkins, Moore, Kitterman, Burns, and Moses. > > If your Campbell ancestors lived in NH during the 1700s, eastern NY > (especially Cherry Valley area) during the end of 1700s and beginning of > 1800s, Westfied/Portland, NY later, the Sandusky/Bellevue area of Ohio > around the mid 1800s, and Valparaiso area of IN in the later 1800s, then we > may have a connection. > > Also I'd like to recommend that every male Campbell on this list join the > Campbell DNA project, but be sure to take at least the 25-marker test.  I > did and the results are extremely interesting.  It turns out that I most > likely belong to the so-called Irish Campbells, who descended from the Irish > Clan Cathmhoal and are not related to the Scottish Clan Campbell.  When > during the 16th and 17th centuries the English kings moved protestant Scots > into Ireland to suppress the catholic Irish, the Clan Cathmhoal (pronounced > "Cammel" similar to Campbell) assumed the spelling Campbell.  So if your > ancestors emigrated from Ireland, it's very possible that they were not of > Scottish descent. > > George Campbell > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 >