Brief Life History of John
When John Campbell of Mamore was born in 1659, in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, his father, Archibald Campbell 9th Earl of Argyll, was 30 and his mother, Lady Mary Stewart -Countess of Argyll, was 30. He married Elizabeth Elphinstone on 28 February 1692, in St James' Duke's Place, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 9 April 1729, in Lismore, Argyll, Scotland, at the age of 70, and was buried in Kilmun Parish Church And Cemetery, Kilmun, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Colin Campbell - Published information: birth-name: John Cambell
- John Campbell, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- John Campbell, "Find A Grave Index"
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Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology, the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .
Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell .
English: variant of Camel , under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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