Col. John Campbell

Abt 1673 - 1740  (~ 67 years)

• Name	John Campbell  [1]
  Title	Col.
  Born	Abt 1673	Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Hodges Pen, Old Works  [2]
  Buried	1740	St Elizabeth, Jamaica   [2]
  Died	29 Jan 1740	Jamaica   [2]
  Person ID	I7375	mytree
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Patrick Campbell,   b. 1633, Glenary, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. Mar 1700  (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jean McIver,   b. 1650, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 1728, Scotland  (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine Claiborne,   b. Abt 1681,   d. 1715  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Married	Abt 1700
  Children	+ 1. Colin Campbell,   b. Abt 1700, Jamaica ,   d. 1748  (Age ~ 48 years)  [natural]   2. William Campbell,   b. Abt 1700  [natural] + 3. Anne Campbell,   b. 1700, Jamaica ,   d. 1783  (Age 83 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F2967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1673 - Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland Buried - 1740 - St Elizabeth, Jamaica Died - 29 Jan 1740 - Jamaica  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John served in the army and after several campaigns in Flanders was captain of troops sent to Darien on the isthmus of Panama in 1699. He arrived in Jamaica in 1700 and on 19 Sep 1730 he was described by Gov. Hunter as the chief magistrate "to the westward of this Island at a place call'd Black River."

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p15. [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p28.