John ‘Duncan’ Campbell of Kilmacrenan

Not the same as Duncan Campbell of Inverary

John or Duncan Campbell. Husband of Mary McCoy. Children include John Campbell, of Fincastle who married Grizel Hays.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Campbell-2485

"The family tree in the 18th century document found in recent years among the papers from an estate in Virginia, and outlined in the second of Dr. Ruby Campbell's articles on the subject in the Clan Campbell Society (North America) quarterly Journals (Vol. 28 No.2 Spring 2001 pp. 46-48 & Vol. 28 No. 4 Autumn 2001 pp. 47-49), is the earliest known record of this family to date, and while a secondary source rather than primary, it does offer some possible clarification of relationships. It clarifies that there was a Duncan Campbell who married Mary Ramsay (said to be of the Dalhousie family - discussed in the article) followed by their son John Campbell, followed by his son John Campbell who appears to have married Mary McCoy. Their son John Campbell (3rd of the name) married Grizle Hay, daughter of Patrick Hay, while John's sister Jean/Jane married James Hamilton (who appears to me was living in 1753 and 1762 (see article for source)).

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Duncan_Campbell_%2844%29

Duncan Campbell is commonly believed to have married Mary McCoy in 1672 in Donegal, Ireland. [2] He is believed to be the younger son of Hugh Campbell and Mary Patterson. His older brother Patrick inherited his fathers farm known as "Drumaboden". [3]

While we have little direct information about Duncans life, it appears that his children immigrated to America perhaps as early as 1726. They initially settled in Lancaster County, PA, but eventually moved to Augusta County, Va by 1738. In later years other "younger sons" of the successive inheritors of the Drumaboden farm would also move to America. Those we know of (fide Source:Campbell, 1925 settled in Knoxville, and Franklin County, TN in the period between period immediately prior to the Civil War. The last "Laird of Drumaboden", William Campbell=Margaret Stewart, left Ireland for America in 1858, settling in Franklin TN. His son, John F. Campbell, recorded the family history in Source:Campbell, 1925.

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mccoy-842
   1. "The Family of Duncan Campbell and Mary McCoy of Drumboden, Ireland, and Their Descendants, 1660-1993 by J.A.R. Overdorf - 76 pages" presented to and accepted by The Virginia Historical Society
   2. family of Duncan Campbell and Mary McCoy of Drumboden, Ireland, and their descendants, 1660-1993 < FamilySearch >
   3. Descendants of Charles Campbell and Mary Trotter Title: Descendants of Charles Campbell and Mary Trotter Author: Ruby Campbell for Clan Campbell Society (North America) Publication: CCS(NA); May 2013 Date: 29 Jul 2013
   4. Family of Duncan Campbell and Mary McCoy of Drumboden, Ireland, and Their Descendants, 1660-1993 published 1993
   5. J.A.R. Overdorf - 76 pages < GoogleBooks >
   6. The great historic families of Scotland : Taylor, James, 1813-1892
   7. Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians, Executives of the Colony of Virginia, Volume 1 page 176/ Robert Alonzo Brock - January 1, 1888 H.H. Hardesty - Publisher
   8. https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/a/ac/McCoy-895.pdf