Dear Earl, You mention that the oldest ancestor you know was Henry (Fox) Campbell, and that he was from Scotland. He must have been a white Campbell then. What year are you talking about? Campbell is a Scottish name and I believe was and still is widespread in Jamaica. Obviously there are white Campbells still, and perhaps many more black Campbells now. I received years ago a list from Cindy Kilgore with more than thirty Campbell proprietors in Jamaica in 1810, three of them in St. Mary. No Henry Campbell there, but again, I don't know what period you are referring to. The Campbell family of my wife lived in Pimento Hill, that's near the coast in St. Mary, east of Port Maria. Jackson and Palmetto Grove are really somewhat removed from that place. I know from the marriage certificate of my wife's grandfather that he was married in 1898 and was then 24 years old. He would therefore have been born around 1874. I may or may not have found his baptism record. I also believe that his father's name was William Campbell and I have possibly a William Campbell born in 1841 at Whitehall, St. Mary. It remains more or less in the same area, but the evidence is not conclusive at all. As for going back to a slave owned by Harriett Campbell in 1821, that's a vey big question mark. If only I could find out where Bishop's Mount was, possibly not far from Pimento Hill, but it could also have been way down in St. Mary. There must be a way to identify that place! Good luck with your search. Jan Bousse boussejan@pandora.be ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earl Burrowes, Sr." <earl.burrowes@verizon.net> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 9:20 PM Subject: Re: SHAW and CAMPBELL of St. Mary > On 6/10/03 8:21 AM, "Jan Bousse" <boussejan@pandora.be> wrote: > > > In the 1817 slave register, T 71/33, she lists 47 slaves. The name of the > > property is not mentioned, but in the Almanack 1821 and subsequent editions, > > she is listed as the owner of Bishop's Mount, St. Mary. What struck me is > > that many of her slaves, mainly the African ones, have received a Christian > > name Campbell, which I suppose means that they were baptised, probably on > > the property. > > For a number of years I've been attempting to research the illusive > (maternal) CAMPBELL branch of my 'family tree' from the area around Jackson, > St. Mary. Oral history names the oldest ancestor as a Henry (Fox) CAMPBELL > -- the nickname "Fox" was for the color of his hair. Oral account also said > that Henry was from Scotland. > > Henry is said to have owned (and sold during his life time) property in/at > Palmetto Grove. He married a Elizabeth RAMSEY (mother's name WILLIAMSON -- > ancestors from England) of mixed race and they had six children (including > Ronald Alexander, Sylvia, Aubrey James, Leonard, and Mary. > > My mother (of mixed race, now 85 years of age and who grew up in St Mary) > recalls, as a child, references to black CAMPBELL and white CAMPBELL. Jan's > research seem to confirm oral accounts that the two 'camps' were descendants > of slave owners and slaves but not necessarily blood relations -- although > there were a number of those. > > Any assistance in tracing Henry CAMPBELL would be appreciated. > -- >