John Campbell

• Name	John Campbell
  Gender	Male
  Departure	26 Aug 1685	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the America Merchant
  Arrival	Oct 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Imported by Lord Neill Campbell
  Role	Oct 1685	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Indentured servant
  Name	Black John Campbell  [2]
  Property	4 Jun 1688	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Deed, Archibald Campbell to John Campbell, both of Monmouth County, for the headland coming to him
  Property	19 Mar 1688/89	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Board of Proprietors agreed a warrant to lay out 60 acres adjacent to Allexander Mickle and Peter Berry
  Property	26 Dec 1691	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Deed by Robert Rhea to John Campbell, farmer. At Middlebrook
  Property	22 Apr 1695	Manalapan, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Sold 100 acres on Manalapan Brook to William Davidson. Witnesses: William Laing, , John Oliphant, Allan Caldwell
  Person ID	I45131	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	Bridget (Cook)
  Marriage	Aft 1710	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  Family ID	F31887	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Departure - Aboard the America Merchant - 26 Aug 1685 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - Imported by Lord Neill Campbell - Oct 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Role - Indentured servant - Oct 1685 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed, Archibald Campbell to John Campbell, both of Monmouth County, for the headland coming to him - 4 Jun 1688 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Board of Proprietors agreed a warrant to lay out 60 acres adjacent to Allexander Mickle and Peter Berry - 19 Mar 1688/89 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed by Robert Rhea to John Campbell, farmer. At Middlebrook - 26 Dec 1691 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Sold 100 acres on Manalapan Brook to William Davidson. Witnesses: William Laing, , John Oliphant, Allan Caldwell - 22 Apr 1695 - Manalapan, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Marriage - Aft 1710 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p68. [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, p185. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p231. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, D(EJ): Folio 345-347 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, E(EJ): Folio 308 (SSTSE023).