Born on his father's estate "Drumboden", 7 miles from Londonderry, Ireland. Married in 1695 to Grace Grissell Hay, daughter of Patrick Hay. In 1726, John and Grace settled in Sweet Awe, Dongal Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. In 1730, They moved to Fincastle Co., Virginia. Bought land in Orange, Augusta Co., Virginia. Grace lived 93 years. Many of their descendants are from Washington Co., Virginia.

They had 10 children:

Patrick Campbell, Sr., b. 1696, Antrim, Ireland; d. March 17, 1767 in Augusta County, Virginia.

Arthur Campbell b. between 1697 - 1735

Catherine Campbell b. between 1697 - 1735.

John Campbell, Jr., b. between 1697 - 1735 in Drumboden, Ireland.

Margaret Campbell b. between 1697 - 1735.

William Campbell b. abt. 1700 in Ulster, Ireland d. 1759 in Augusta County, Virginia. Some records state that this William Campbell married Sarah Gay, and other records state that he did not marry anyone.

James Campbell b. abt 1704. Had a son named Hugh Campbell Hugh 2nd marriage to Elizabeth Buchanan, has a son with 1st unknown wife named Robert Campbell.

David "White David" Campbell, Sr. b. March 8, 1705 or 1706 in Drumboden, Ireland d. October 17, 1790 in Washington County, Virginia.

Robert Campbell, Sr. b. 1708 in Drumboden, Ireland d. December 24, 1810 in Carter's Valley, Hawkins County, Tennessee.

Mary Campbell b. 1710 m. John Patrick Campbell b. between 1700 - 1720.

∼John Campbell was born on 16 Nov 1674 in Drumboden, Londonderry, Ireland. He was the son of Duncan Campbell (1645-1725) and Mary (McCoy) Campbell (1648-1689).

John married Grissel Grace Hay (1668-1741) in Londondenderry, Londondenderry, Ireland (Northern?). Grissel was the daughter of Patrick Hay (1650-1723) and Catherine (Gillis) Hay (1651-1727).

John and Grissel Campbell were the parents of the following known children: John, Patrick, Mary, Jane, James, Robert, William, Charles, Margaret, Catherine, Ann and David Campbell. Some on ancestry list these children as well: Martha, Elizabeth and Nesje Campbell.

John Campbell came from Ireland to America in 1726, with five or six grown sons and several daughters, and settled first in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Six or eight years afterwards he removed to that part of Orange county, Virginia, which, in 1738, became Augusta county, where many of his numerous descendants lived for many years. Three of John Campbell's sons came with him to Augusta, VA: Patrick, Robert and David.

John became a citizen of the USA according to the U.S. Naturalization Records in the Locality, Court: Western District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court.

Some on ancestry say that John and Grissel died in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA. John Campbell died in Beverley Manor VA in Augusta County, VA in 1741. Campbells in Beverley Manor by 1738 - in that year Patrick Campbell acquired 1546 acres of land in the Manor.

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Governor David Campbell (1779-1859) of VA was a meticulous researcher and it is mainly due to his work that the story of John Campbell and Grace Hay (parents of White David) and their descendants has survived. Governor Campbell's papers and other documents are part of the Campbell Papers Collection (about 8,000 documents) located at Duke University, Durham NC. A microfilm copy of the Campbell Papers is located at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville. "Genealogy - The Campbell Family.