Lilly; Ambrose Campbell #3 married Dorcas Edsell and they had 13 children - one daughter, Mary Jane married by great grandfather Levi Ramsey. BH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lilly Martin" <malik@scs-net.org> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 3:48 AM Subject: [CAMPBELL] Re: Ambrose Campbell and the 1787 Tax List Amherst Co VA > Hello Steven and all others, > > There are 4 Ambrose Campbell men, that you describe here, they big > difference between them is AGE, I think we can pick them apart by their > age. > > I will rank them here in ORDER of their birth, I hope this is correct, if > anyone sees fault with this, please reply so we can all learn together. > > #1. Ambrose Campbell b. 1740 Scotland, s/o Henry and Charity, married > Margaret. > #2. Ambrose Campbell b. before 1770, s/o George and Caty, married Nancy > Gillaspie > #3. Ambrose Campbell b. 1782, s/o Edward(m. Frances Camron, d/o Duncan), > s/o George and Caty. Ambrose married ? > #4. Ambrose Campbell b. 1809, s/o Joel Campbell (m.Esther Shaw), s/o > Edward, s/o George and Caty. > > Best regards, > Lilly Martin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <STEVEN.CAMPBELL@sbcglobal.net> > To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <malik@scs-net.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 5:56 PM > Subject: Ambrose Campbell and the 1787 Tax List Amherst Co VA > > >>I noticed in a recent posting, someone listed the >> Campbells which appeared on the 1787 Tax List for >> Amherst Co., VA. Lilly Martin then attempted to >> identify the Campbells on the list. >> >> I would like to somehow sort out my Ambroses. I have >> one in three consecutive generations. >> >> Ambrose, son of George and Caty Campbell. I have no >> information on him at all. I assume he was born in >> Amherst Co., because all his siblings were born there >> or in Albemarle Co. >> >> On the 1810 census there is an Ambrose Campbell. The >> other two Ambroses wouldn't have been old enough to >> be on the census yet, and were in different counties, >> so I assume this is the son of George and Caty. The >> census showed: >> >> Male over 45; female over 45; male 16-25; female 26- >> 44; female 16-25; 2 females 10-15; female under 10 >> >> This would have made the Ambrose born in 1765 or >> earlier, right where he would need to be to be a son >> of George and Caty. >> >> This Ambrose is not on any census after 1810. >> >> There's a marriage between an Ambrose Campbell and a >> Nancy Gillispie on July 2, 1799 in Amherst Co., VA. >> I'm not sure if this is the son of George and Caty, >> considering he'd be at least 34 when he married, a >> bit late for the time, unless it was a second >> marriage. >> >> There's an Ambrose Campbell on the 1783 Tax Lists for >> Amherst Co., VA. Lilly Martin believes this was an >> Ambrose Campbell born in 1740 in Scotland, son of >> Henry and Charity Campbell. To me, it would make >> sense that the Ambrose on the tax lists in 1783 was >> Ambrose, son of George and Caty. Anyone have any >> thoughts on this? >> >> Lynden Harris has an Ambrose Campbell from Amherst >> Co., VA on a muster roll. I'm guessing this is >> Ambrose, son of George and Caty too. However, if >> there is an Ambrose, son of Henry and Charity, in the >> same county, and in his 20's or 30's, it could be him >> instead. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I didn't >> even know there was another Ambrose Campbell, son of >> Henry and Charity, in Amherst Co. in the 1770's and >> 1780's. >> >> My other Ambrose Campbells, which add to the >> confusion: >> >> Ambrose, son of Edward and Frances Campbell. This >> Ambrose was born in either 1782 (headstone), or 1790 >> (county death register), or 1789 (1850 census), >> depending where you look. He married Dorcus Edsall >> in 1811, and died in 1857. He lived and died in >> Rockbridge Co., VA. >> >> Ambrose, son of Joel and Esther Campbell. This >> Ambrose was born in 1809, married Nancy Anna Crist in >> 1834, and died in 1887. He was born, lived, and died >> in Rockbridge Co., VA. >> >> > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >