David Campbell

• Name	David Campbell
  Gender	Male
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Occupation	1685	Kilmodan, Argyll, Scotland
  	Tenant farmer or cottar's son
  Military service	17 Jun 1685	Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  	In the remnant of the Earl of Argyll's army
  Legal	11 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Banished to his Majestie's plantations, having refused the oath of allegiance
  Imprisonment	18 Aug 1685	Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Held in the Canongate Tolbooth
  Legal	21 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Granted to George Scot for transportation
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	9 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Property	8 Jul 1686	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Petitioned the Board of Proprietors for a town lot in Peth Amboy
  Origin	Kilmodan, Argyll, Scotland
  	Kildalvan [Kiltalvien], Glendaruel
  Person ID	I45072	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Archibald Campbell
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Tenant farmer or cottar's son - 1685 - Kilmodan, Argyll, Scotland Military service - In the remnant of the Earl of Argyll's army - 17 Jun 1685 - Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Legal - Banished to his Majestie's plantations, having refused the oath of allegiance - 11 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in the Canongate Tolbooth - 18 Aug 1685 - Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Granted to George Scot for transportation - 21 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 9 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Petitioned the Board of Proprietors for a town lot in Peth Amboy - 8 Jul 1686 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - Kildalvan [Kiltalvien], Glendaruel - - Kilmodan, Argyll, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p145. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p159. [S3601] Glasgow, W. Melancthon, History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, pp 230-231. https://archive.org/details/historyofreforme00glas [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, p136.