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Descendants of John Campbell

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN² CAMPBELL (DONALD¹) was born in Glenorchy, District of Argile, Scotland. He married MARY CAMPBELL, daughter of DOUGALD CAMPBELL and MARY BEATON.

Notes for JOHN CAMPBELL:
John was the first settler in the district surrounding Glenora Falls, Inverness Co. He came to this country in June, 1816 and settled near the Black River. He had a half- sister in this country by the name of Catherine.

Mabou Pioneers 1, page 292.

John Campbell was also known as John the Bear.
As a young child I can remember my grandfather, Alexander Dougald Campbell, talk about John the Bear. There was a song, in gaelic, which they sang about the MacGlashich Campbells who killed the Laird to prevent him from sleeping with his wife. My grandfather claimed they were descended from this branch but he would never talk about what happened. In 1980 I took a trip to Scotland and while there I met the late Ann MacDonnell who was related to the Campbells of this line and she was surprised that I had a version of the story, although mine was not the correct one. She told me that the event happened in the fifteenth century.
While searching the internet for information for my family tree, I went into the page of the Clan Campbell Society, North America at:
http://www.ccsnaorg/jsep10a.htm The information below came from one of their articles.
"MacGlashrich
The name derives from the MacGlasserich Campbells who hailed originally from Glassary in Argyll. Whether they are descendants of the 14th century Dougald Campbell who married Margaret of Glassary and was apparently dis-inherited from the Lochawe family is not yet clear. One branch of the family left Argyll and are on record as a group of Campbells in Lochaber where they have been part of a community of Clan Donald. Being in an isolated area of the Highlands north of Argyll, the family avoided the effects of the reformation and remained Catholics like the MacDonalds of Keppoch to whom they are said to have acted as bodyguards. This family are known as the Glassarach or MacGlassarach Campbells because they originated from Glassary, now Kilmichael Glassary in mid Argyll. The legend of their removal from Argyll was that the father of the family found that his wife was being "bothered" by the Crowner og Glassary. Catching him red-handed, he killed the man and so the family had to flee Argyll. The event is considered to be based upon fact and to have taken place in the fifteenth century".

More About JOHN CAMPBELL:
Religion: Catholic

Notes for MARY CAMPBELL:
Mary Campbell, daughter of Dughall an Taillear, was married to John Campbell, Iain Dhomhnuill Mhoir, Mabou Pioneers 1, pages 292 and 309.

More About MARY CAMPBELL:
Religion: Catholic

Children of JOHN CAMPBELL and MARY CAMPBELL are:

2.	i.	ANGUS³ CAMPBELL, b. Glenora Falls, Inv. Co., N.S..
3.	ii.	DOUGALD CAMPBELL, b. 01 January 1822; d. 01 January 1922, North East Mabou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
	iii.	DONALD CAMPBELL.

Notes for DONALD CAMPBELL:
Donald Campbell, son of John the Bear, was married in the United States and had a family. Mabou Pioneers 1, page 294.
It was said that Donald, son of John and Mary Campbell, had a son from a Mary MacDonald of Cape Mabou. This son died in his late teens or early twenties and is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, Mabou, N.S.. According to her gravestone, Mary MacDonald died on the 19th of May, 1850, age 25 years.

4.	iv.	CATHERINE CAMPBELL.
5.	v.	ANNE CAMPBELL.
	vi.	MARY CAMPBELL, m. ARCHIBALD MACDONALD.

Notes for MARY CAMPBELL:
Mary Campbell, daughter of John the Bear, married Archibald MacDonald, Gilleasbuigh Mor of Glencoe, Mabou Pioneers 1, pages 294 and 484.

Notes for ARCHIBALD MACDONALD:
Mabou Pioneers 1, pages 294 and 484.

vii.

KATE CAMPBELL.

Notes for KATE CAMPBELL:
Kate Campbell, daughter of John the Bear was not married, Mabou Pioneers 1, page 294.

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