Robert Campbell

Abt 1667 -

• Name	Robert Campbell
  Birth	Abt 1667	Argyll, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abt 1680	Kilmodan, Argyll, Scotland
  	Tenant farmer or cottar's son
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Military service	17 Jun 1685	Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  	In the remnant of the Earl of Argyll's army
  Imprisonment	22 Jun 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Made a declaration of his participation in Argyll's army, and acknowledged the king's authority
  Legal	11 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Banished to his Majestie's plantations, having refused the oath of allegiance
  Imprisonment	18 Aug 1685	Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Held in Canongate Tolbooth and granted to George Scot for transportation
  Legal	21 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Granted to George Scot for transportation
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Property	1716	Essex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Survey of 150 acres at 'Lightening Brook; Rahway River'. Warrant dated 13 Feb 1714
  Origin	Kilmodan, Argyll, Scotland   [1]
  	Kildalvan [Kiltalvien], Glendaruel
  Person ID	I45073	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Alice (Campbell)
  Marriage	Abt 1692	Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. John Campbell,   b. 1695, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Nathaniel Campbell,   b. 1697, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Samuel Campbell,   b. 1699, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. James Campbell,   b. 1702, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1667 - Argyll, Scotland Occupation - Tenant farmer or cottar's son - Abt 1680 - Kilmodan, Argyll, Scotland Military service - In the remnant of the Earl of Argyll's army - 17 Jun 1685 - Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Made a declaration of his participation in Argyll's army, and acknowledged the king's authority - 22 Jun 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Banished to his Majestie's plantations, having refused the oath of allegiance - 11 Aug 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Canongate Tolbooth and granted to George Scot for transportation - 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 - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Marriage - Abt 1692 - Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA Property - Survey of 150 acres at 'Lightening Brook; Rahway River'. Warrant dated 13 Feb 1714 - 1716 - Essex, New Jersey, USA Origin - Kildalvan [Kiltalvien], Glendaruel - - Kilmodan, Argyll, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Further checking needed. The EJ records may apply to the indentured servant of the same name imported by Lord Neill Campbell.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p311. [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. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, O(EJ): Folio 247-248 (PEASJ003).