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Descendants of Campbell Progenitor-145178

Third Generation


3. AACo investor, Merchant of The Wharf, Sydney Campbell Robert-15878 (John , Progenitor ) was born on 28 Apr 1769 in Greenock,Scotland. He died on 15 Apr 1846 in Duntroon,NSW. He was buried in NSW.

Contractor. Code-Aust. Code-red. James Donohoe says he is cousin of Olivia Gascoigne qv who married to convict Nathaniel Lucas qv. See Richards' essay in R. A. Cage's book, p. 117, RC ... "It was Campbell's achievement first, to introduce Australia into the network of Asian trade, and second, to challenge the trading monopoly of the East India Company and its officers." His career embraced the collection of taxes, banking, politics, wealthy pastoralist, later philanthropy. Much had been achieved by 1815 when Sydney was declared a free port. Campbell had accepted government contracts to import livestock from India. Pemberton, London Connection, p. 347. Also, Roy H. Goddard on Milson, p. 102. On his son Robert Jnr see Broeze on Brooks. On his wife Sophia Palmer see Nicholas Tarling's work on Palmer of India. Mowle's Genealogy. R. F. Holder, Bank of New South Wales: A History. Sydney, 1970. On titled Campbells in Australia, see Prentis, p. 98. Lady Barlow affair, arising from 1805, see Dakin, Whalemen Adventurers, pp. 50ff. See Abbott and Nairn, p. 292 on Lady Barlow affair. See Hainsworth, Builders, p. 98, pp. 148ff. T. G. Parsons, 'Governor Macquarie and the economic crisis in New South Wales 1810-1815', New Zealand Journal of History, Vol. 2, October 1968. Malcolm D. Prentis, The Scots in Australia: A Study of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, 1788-1900. Sydney University Press, 1983., pp. 111ff. See Tarling on John Palmer "merchant prince". See notes for William Jardine qv. See Moyle's genealogy of Australia. See Hilda Burr writing on the Davis family of early Australia. Might it be that his mother, Paterson, is a link to the family of poet Banjo Paterson, has anyone ever asked?

Robert married Palmer Sophia-15879 daughter of PalmerJohn-462284 and Taylor Sarah-48989 on 17 Sep 1801 in Sydney,NSW. Sophia was born in 1778. She died on 5 May 1833 in George St,Sydney. She was buried in Australia.

Mowle's Genealogy. See Hilda Burr on the Davis family from early Australia.

Robert and Sophia had the following children:

+ 7 M i Of Duntroon Campbell George-15877 was born on 27 Jun 1818. He died on 5 Oct 1881.
  8 M ii Hon, Unm, MLA Campbell John-8075 was born on 25 Jul 1802. He died on 22 Jan 1886 in Clunes,Stanmore,Sydney.

Mowle's Genealogy. of Campbell's Wharf, Sydney. He is son1.
+ 9 M iii Sydney MLA, merchant, NSW Col Treasurer Campbell Robert Junior-5911 was born on 5 Oct 1804. He died on 30 Mar 1859.
  10 M iv Barrister Campbell Charles-6242 was born on 20 Sep 1810 in at sea. He died on 17 Aug 1888 in Inverness, Scotland.

Died at Laggan Lodge, Dores, Inverness. Scotland. Code-red maybe. He has five children. He is son3. Mowle's Genealogy, p. 80. See Prentis, Scots in Aust, p. 84.
        Charles married Palmer Catherine Irena-121789 daughter of JP, AACo figure, Ag Soc NSW Palmer George Thomas-13949 and Pemberton Catherine Irene-56506 on 22 Jun 1837. Catherine died on 28 Apr 1863.

Mowle's Genealogy.
  11 F v Campbell Sophia Ives-8022 was born in 1812.

Per phone conversation with Colin Campbell of Sefton, Sydney on 7-5-1994.
  12 F vi Campbell Sarah-311938.
+ 13 M vii Campbell Frederick-311939.

4. Campbell William-5950 (John , Progenitor ) was born in 1758. He died on 16 Jun 1825 in Greenock.

Info per Colin Campbell of Sefton (then secretary of Clan Campbell NSW), Sydney, per phone.

William married Morrison Jean-73534 daughter of Morrison Progenitor-130897 and MNotknown Miss-157562 in Scotland,probably.

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William and Jean had the following children:

+ 14 M i Merchant, Bank NSW Campbell Robert "Junior"-5952 was born on 8 Feb 1789. He died on 5 Oct 1851.

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