John Campbell

1649 - 1721  (72 years)

• Name	John Campbell
  Birth	1649	Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Based on his age on his monument
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abt 1680	Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
  	Tenant farmer or cottar's son
  Imprisonment	Aug 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  	Escaped from Edinburgh Tolbooth with his brother and eight others
  Residence	Abt Dec 1684	Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
  	One of a Wellwood-related group living as fugities in the hills
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner - returned
  Religion	1685	Ayrshire, Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter
  Residence	Abt Mar 1684/85	Ayrshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Tried to encourage support in Ayrshire with William Cleland and others for the Earl of Argyll's uprising
  Legal	18 Aug 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  	On list of prisoners to be given 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
  Arrival	Abt 1686	England
  Title Suffix	of Over Wellwood
  Residence	21 Jan 1686/87	Ayrshire, Scotland   [7]
  	Fugitive (see statement by his brother, William)
  Origin	Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Death	1721	Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland   [1]
  Burial	1721	Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland
  	Monument transcribed by the Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association: http://www.covenanter.org.uk/barr_campbell.html HERE LIES THE CORPS OF JOHN CAMPBELL WHO UAS BAN- ISHED FROM WALUOOD TO AMERICA FOR CHRISTS CAUSE 83 BUT BY PROVIDENCE HE RETU RND IN 85 & DYED AUGUST 1721 AGED 72. BE FAITHFULL UNTO DEATH & THOU SHALT HAVE A CROWN OF LIFE / ALSO MARY & JAMES CAMPBELL'S CHILDREN His engraved stone refers to his banishment to the American plantations and return
  Person ID	I45942	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	of Shaw William Campbell
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1649 - Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland Occupation - Tenant farmer or cottar's son - Abt 1680 - Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Escaped from Edinburgh Tolbooth with his brother and eight others - Aug 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - One of a Wellwood-related group living as fugities in the hills - Abt Dec 1684 - Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter - 1685 - Ayrshire, Scotland Residence - Tried to encourage support in Ayrshire with William Cleland and others for the Earl of Argyll's uprising - Abt Mar 1684/85 - Ayrshire, Scotland Legal - On list of prisoners to be given to George Scot for transportation - 18 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 Arrival - Abt 1686 - England Residence - Fugitive (see statement by his brother, William) - 21 Jan 1686/87 - Ayrshire, Scotland Origin - - Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland Death - 1721 - Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Burial - 1721 - Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3681] Thomson, J.H., The Martyr Graves of Scotland, p317. [S3716] Jardine, Mark, William Adam: The Wanderer at Wellwood. https://drmarkjardine.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/william-adam-the-wanderer-at-wellwood/ [S3589] Somerset, Douglas W. B., "The Dunnottar Prisoners of 1685", p115. [S3589] Somerset, Douglas W. B., "The Dunnottar Prisoners of 1685", p202. [S3610] Anderson, James, The Black Book of Kincardineshire, p10. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, p153. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XIII, p131.