COUCH

DNA #48106 and #54731
I think the James Campbell at the head of document camja401.htm attached could be a possible
point where a connection occurs.   His two sons are suspiciously NOT likely his.
In 1767 he is 67 years old, but my ancestor, William Campbell, in his will as his son that
year is only 7 years old.  I have always wondered about that especially since no wife turns
up in the will or anywhere else I can find.  I have not found adoption but the will is very
elaborate with a lot of land involved and designation of guardians.

As far as connecting with Couch/Crouch, Carter, and Morrill, they all come together beautifully
in Somerset County Maryland, in that 1700-1767 time frame as well.  I think there is lots of
opportunity there for mixing it up.   They are in the tax lists near each other.  Also, as you
mentioned there is that old boys network of ship's masters that occurred in about the same time
frame.

I can give you more info on the Crouch families, the Morrill families, and the Carter families
in this area.  My assumption has always been that Couch, Crouch, Couche, Crouche, Crouse, etc
are likely just variants of the same surname.  These families were all involved in raising
tobacco and shipping it, and I think the name Campbell turns up a lot as well, to County Ayr,
Scotland beginning around 1660 and running until the 1820s.

So, see below for Paul Richard and our newest sample, more info than you wanted but there it is.
I am currently getting another one as well with the common ancestor being the James 1700-1767
we have been discussing as the common ancestor.  I HOPE YOU CAN MAKE SOME DEFINITE MATCHES.

Julian Livingston


Paul Richard Campbell's summary.

Very similar to our new participant below, Donald Richard Campbell.

1. James Campbell (c1700-1767) wife unknown, from Accomack peninsula until 1732, then around
   Snow Hill, MD.
2. William Campbell Sr. (1760-1836) and Mary Hudson living Sandy Branch, St. Martins head,
   or modern Selbyville, DE; he emigrates to Preble County, OH in 1829.
3. Ebenezer Campbell (1788-1864) and Lydia Winter McCabe emigrate to Preble County, OH in 1829.
4. James Bayard Campbell (1815-1903) and Elizabeth Ann Hunt living Preble County, OH, then
   emigrate to Clay County, IN in 1854.
5. William Lafayette Campbell (1842-1930) and Keziah Bell Woods living nearby in Jordan Village,
   Owen County, IN
6. John Bayard Campbell (1875-1959) and Nellie Mae Frye living variously incl. Indianapolis, IN,
   and San Diego CA.
7. Paul W. Campbell (1905-1965) and Helen Louise Falkner living variously incl. San Diego, CA
   and Indianapolis, IN
8. Paul Richard Campbell, FTDNA participant (1933).


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Brief Summary for new Participant - Donald Richard Campbell (#54731 at Family Tree DNA) Born 1942
(This is very similar as they are second cousins with completely identical DNA at the 37 marker level.)

Oldest Proven Paper-trail Campbell Ancestor:  James Campbell (c1700-1767) of Worcester County,
Maryland, USA.  Proven by land records of Maryland deeding land at head of St. Martins, later called
Sandy Branch, to son William under care of William Smock and Charles Parker, and selling another part
for upkeep of children in 1767.  James, then dies in 1767.  James was 67 at death but his son William
was only 7.  There was no mention of a wife in the will.     The land, due to state border relocation,
later was in Delaware, then sold when the same the son William moves to Preble County, Ohio in 1829.

Summary:  The James mentioned above has been thought to have descended from at least two generations
of Campbells including an earlier James marrying in Accomack, VA, Katherine Larre and by 1661 owning
land designated "Rankin" in Northampton County, VA.  This early James died by 1688 naming in a will
two daughters and a William, with that William's dates being c1670-1716, proven by William's property's
deed of sale.  By time and place circumstances, tax lists, and elimination of all other local
combinations of Campbells one theorizes further that a James and a Peter are the short lived William's
likely sons.  The later James in the line is the earliest fully documented and proven ancestor as noted
above.  He in turn is the father of two sons and a daughter, including a son, William Campbell Sr.
(1760-1835), who much later emigrates to Preble County, Ohio in 1829, joining his descendants already
reaching there as early as June 1826.  From Preble County, Ohio these Campbells and allied families
spread far and wide including a James Bayard Campbell who emigrates to Clay County, Indiana in March
of 1854.  By April that family purchased property, and thus begins the era of what was reported by
eyewitnesses known to living researchers.  James Bayard Campbell's son William Lafayette was in the
Civil War, and William Lafayette Campbell's son, Ebe Campbell, was the participant, Donald Richard
Campbell's grandfather.

Line to Present Day Participant:
1. James Campbell (c1700-1767) wife unknown, from Accomack peninsula until 1732, then around Snow Hill, MD.
2. William Campbell Sr. (1760-1836) and Mary Hudson living Sandy Branch, St. Martins, or modern Selbyville, DE.
3. Ebenezer Campbell (1788-1864) and Lydia Winter McCabe living Preble County, OH.
4. James Bayard Campbell (1815-1903) and Elizabeth Ann Hunt living Preble County, OH, then Clay County, IN
5. William Lafayette Campbell (1842-1930) and Keziah Bell Woods living near Jordan Village, Owen County, IN
6. Ebe Campbell (1877-1967) and Maude E. Waldorf living near Spencer, Owen Co., .Clay Tnsp IN.
7. Chester Carl Campbell (1909-1985) and Cora Miller 1st wife near Spencer, Owen Co., Clay Tnsp, IN
8. Donald Richard Campbell (1942-Still living) near Indianapolis, IN


Julian Livingston has also sent me three more charts on Campbell that may help to sort this out

camja401.htm

camj1701.htm

camjam01.htm