Rev Archibald Campbell
James Monroe
5th President, 1817-1825
Born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, James Monroe enjoyed all the advantages that being the son of a prosperous planter brought in colonial America. Not only did he come from a wealthy family, but one that was also rich in legacy. His father, Spence Monroe, traced his ancestry back to King Edward III of England. James's great-grandfather had fought at the side of Charles I in the English Civil Wars before being taken prisoner and exiled to Virginia in 1649. His mother, Elizabeth Jones Monroe, was of Welsh heritage and an educated woman for her times. From the ages of eleven to sixteen, James studied at one of the finest schools in Virginia, Campbelton Academy. He excelled at math and Latin, equaling the achievements of his brilliant school chum, John Marshall, who later became the Chief Justice of the United States.
Monroe spent his early years roaming the forests and marshes close to his family's farm. Later he attended Campbelltown Academy from 1769 to 1774 and was placed under the careful tutelage of the Reverend Archibald Campbell, a Scotsman who taught a small group of boys each year. These students studied Latin, mathematics, science, literature, and the Romance languages. John Marshall, one of Monroe's childhood friends and classmates, later became the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Marshall, John, jurist, born in Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, 24 September, 1755; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6 July, 1835
MARSHALL, Thomas, planter father of John Marshall, born in Virginia about 1655; died in Westmoreland county, Virginia, in 1704. His father, John, a captain of cavalry in the service of Charles I., emigrated to Virginia about 1650. He owned a large plantation in Virginia, and was the head of the Marshall family of Virginia and Kentucky.--His grandson, Thomas, born in Washington parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, 2 April, 1730: died in Mason county, Kentucky, 22 June, 1802, was the son of "John of the Forest," so called from the estate that he owned, was educated in Reverend Archibald Campbell's school, and subsequently assisted Washington in his surveying excursions for Lord Fairfax and others,
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James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758, one of the five children of Spence Monroe, a carpenter, and Elizabeth Jones Monroe. The family lived on a small farm at the edge of a forest in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Young Monroe walked several miles through the forest to attend the school of Parson Campbell, where John Marshall (later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States), was a fellow student and close friend. It was from Parson Campbell that Monroe learned the stern moral code that he retained throughout his life.
was in Jamaica prior to settling in Virginia
uncle of Thomas Campbell the poet
Old churches, ministers and families of Virginia, Volume 2 By William Meade
Parson Campbell came to Virginia previous to the year 1730. He resided at the glebe near Johnsville, in what was then Westmoreland but now King George county. He preached at Round Hill Church, and probably at Pope's Creek Church. A road leading a part of the way from the glebe to Round Hill Church still goes by the name of the Parson's road. It was said to have been cut through the forest for Parson Campbell's use. Parson Campbell was twice married. His first wife, died soon after her marriage. His second wife was a sister of the Rev William Stuart, of King George County. By this marriage there were three sons, Archibald, Alexander, and John; the two last mentioned were distinguished lawyers. Archibald, my grandfather, left a daughter and two sons. Frederick, the elder son, was a lawyer. He inherited an entailed estate in Scotland, and died in Europe. Ferdinand, the second son, was formerly Professor of Mathematics in William and Mary College, and died near Philadelphia.
Alexander was twice married, and left several children. Parson Campbell was from Scotland. He was related to the Stuart and Argyle families of that country, and was the uncle of Thomas the poet.
In addition to the performance of his ministrial duties, he also taught a school. It is said that he had among his pupils Madison, Monroe, and Chief Justice (James) Marshall.
The Rev William Stuart studied theology under his direction. Parson Campbell died leaving a considerable estate.
The following letter, having been received since the foregoing was published in the "Southern Churchman" corrects some inaccuracies and furnishes additional information.
"Bishop Meade, "Newstead, March 20, 1857"
"Rev, and Dear Sir: In perusing the brief sketch given by you of the Campbells of Virginia, my mother discovered some inaccuracies, which it gives us pleasure to correct as far as we can do so. She says that her grandfather (Archibald Campbell) married twice. Of the history of the first wife, whose name you saw on the tombstone at the Round Hill Church in King George, she knows little, as she survived but a very short time after marriage, leaving no descendants.
The second wife, who was her grandmother, was a Miss McCoy, daughter of William McCoy, who was the pastor of North Farnham Parish, Richmond county, in the year 1754, but whose name you incorrectly spell, in your article on that parish, Mckay. This William McCoy married a Miss Fitzhugh, of Marmion, King George, a woman distinguished for her eminent piety, and our grandmother was a daughter of that marriage. The school you speak of was established after his last marriage, for the benefit of his own sons, Archibald and Alexander.
My grandfather, who was John, being an infant at the period of his death, was baptized by his on his death bed. My mother thinks she has heard that Chief Justice Marshall, Mr Madison, and Mr Monroe, were taught by him, with her uncles Archibald and Alexander. She does not think that the school was established early enough to admit the belief of Colonel Marshall or General Washington's having been pupils of his.
To the property acquired by my mother's grandfather in Virginia, he gave the name of Kirnan, after a family seat in Argyleshire, Scotland. Campbellton was the residence of my grandfather.
Alexander married his cousin, Miss Fitzhugh, of Marmion, and had only one daughter by that marriage, whose name was Lucy; she lived in my grandfather's family until the period of her death, which occurred within a few years past. Mrs Wayne was by a second marriage.
The other brother, Archibald, married a Miss Hughes, of Maryland, and had two sons and a daughter. The eldest son Frederick, inherited a large entail estate in the island of Bute, in Scotland, from the Stuarts, who intermarried with the Campbells, and he took the name Frederick Campbell Stuart with the estate. The second son Ferdinand, was Professor of Mathematics in William and Mary, under the administration of Drs Smith and Wilmor. The daughter, Anna Campbell, married Dr. Tennant, an eminent physician of Port Royal; she died not many years since. Her children were Washington, who was a physician; Mercer, who married Miss Grymes of King George; Susan, the first wife of Dr John May of Westmoreland; Maria, who married Thomas Hunter of Fredericksburg; and Lucy, who married his brother, Teliaforo Hunter. Mrs Tennant lived and died a very consistent member of the Episcopal Church and her children are all members of it. We give this information in compliance with your request that mistakes might be corrected.
Yours very respectfully
Eliza C Leland
Virginia Gazette, Purdie and Dixon, August 04, 1774, page 2, Column 3
Deaths
Reverend Archibald Campbell, Rector of Wafhington Parifh, in Weftmoreland.
CAMPBELL, Rev. Archibald--probably born Scotland, s/o Archibald CAMPBELL "of Kirnan, Argyleshie, Scotland" & Anna STEWART "of Ascog."; in Virginia ca 1754 etc., of Westmoreland Co., Virginia; brother, Alexander (have shet) Some Emigrants To Virginia, W G Stanard, p. 20--Richmond Standard, April 12 & May 3, 1879
The Register of Saint Pauls Parish 1715-1798 - Stafford County, Virginia 1715-1776 -King George County, Virginia 1777-1798 George Harrison Sanford King
The reverend William Stuart married the next known minister of Washington Parish, the Reverend Mr. Archibald Campbell, to his first wife Rebecca Rallings on the 15th of January 1753. Reverend Archibald Campbell was rector of Washington Parish 1745-1775; the massive tombstone of his first wife is the sole remaining object on the site of pre-Revolutionary Round Hill Episcopal Church:
Archibald Campbell, brother of Alexander, an Episcopal minister and a Whig, remained in the country and had Washington and Lee among his parishioners. An elder brother of the poet married a daughter of Patrick Henry.
Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892: Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of the ... By Edmund Jennings Lee
Richard Henry Lee & Anne Aylett children
1) Thomas
2) Ludwell
3) Mary "was born on Saturday, the 28th day of July 1764, in the night. She was christened by the Rev Archibald Campbell, the 11th of March 1765, and her proxies were Mr Francis Lightfoot Lee, Mr. Joseph Lane and James Davenport, with Miss Elizabeth Steptoe, Miss Betty Washington, and Miss _____ (paper torn). She married on the 5th of July 1792, Col William Augustine Washington, the son of Augustine and Anne Aylett Washington, and died early in life, leaving no issue.
James Monroe
5th President, 1817-1825
Born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, James Monroe enjoyed all the advantages that being the son of a prosperous planter brought in colonial America. Not only did he come from a wealthy family, but one that was also rich in legacy. His father, Spence Monroe, traced his ancestry back to King Edward III of England. James's great-grandfather had fought at the side of Charles I in the English Civil Wars before being taken prisoner and exiled to Virginia in 1649. His mother, Elizabeth Jones Monroe, was of Welsh heritage and an educated woman for her times. From the ages of eleven to sixteen, James studied at one of the finest schools in Virginia, Campbelton Academy. He excelled at math and Latin, equaling the achievements of his brilliant school chum, John Marshall, who later became the Chief Justice of the United States.
Monroe spent his early years roaming the forests and marshes close to his family's farm. Later he attended Campbelltown Academy from 1769 to 1774 and was placed under the careful tutelage of the Reverend Archibald Campbell, a Scotsman who taught a small group of boys each year. These students studied Latin, mathematics, science, literature, and the Romance languages. John Marshall, one of Monroe's childhood friends and classmates, later became the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Marshall, John, jurist, born in Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, 24 September, 1755; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6 July, 1835
MARSHALL, Thomas, planter father of John Marshall, born in Virginia about 1655; died in Westmoreland county, Virginia, in 1704. His father, John, a captain of cavalry in the service of Charles I., emigrated to Virginia about 1650. He owned a large plantation in Virginia, and was the head of the Marshall family of Virginia and Kentucky.--His grandson, Thomas, born in Washington parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, 2 April, 1730: died in Mason county, Kentucky, 22 June, 1802, was the son of "John of the Forest," so called from the estate that he owned, was educated in Reverend Archibald Campbell's school, and subsequently assisted Washington in his surveying excursions for Lord Fairfax and others,
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James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758, one of the five children of Spence Monroe, a carpenter, and Elizabeth Jones Monroe. The family lived on a small farm at the edge of a forest in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Young Monroe walked several miles through the forest to attend the school of Parson Campbell, where John Marshall (later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States), was a fellow student and close friend. It was from Parson Campbell that Monroe learned the stern moral code that he retained throughout his life.
was in Jamaica prior to settling in Virginia
uncle of Thomas Campbell the poet
Old churches, ministers and families of Virginia, Volume 2 By William Meade
Parson Campbell came to Virginia previous to the year 1730. He resided at the glebe near Johnsville, in what was then Westmoreland but now King George county. He preached at Round Hill Church, and probably at Pope's Creek Church. A road leading a part of the way from the glebe to Round Hill Church still goes by the name of the Parson's road. It was said to have been cut through the forest for Parson Campbell's use. Parson Campbell was twice married. His first wife, died soon after her marriage. His second wife was a sister of the Rev William Stuart, of King George County. By this marriage there were three sons, Archibald, Alexander, and John; the two last mentioned were distinguished lawyers. Archibald, my grandfather, left a daughter and two sons. Frederick, the elder son, was a lawyer. He inherited an entailed estate in Scotland, and died in Europe. Ferdinand, the second son, was formerly Professor of Mathematics in William and Mary College, and died near Philadelphia.
Alexander was twice married, and left several children. Parson Campbell was from Scotland. He was related to the Stuart and Argyle families of that country, and was the uncle of Thomas the poet.
In addition to the performance of his ministrial duties, he also taught a school. It is said that he had among his pupils Madison, Monroe, and Chief Justice (James) Marshall.
The Rev William Stuart studied theology under his direction. Parson Campbell died leaving a considerable estate.
The following letter, having been received since the foregoing was published in the "Southern Churchman" corrects some inaccuracies and furnishes additional information.
"Bishop Meade, "Newstead, March 20, 1857"
"Rev, and Dear Sir: In perusing the brief sketch given by you of the Campbells of Virginia, my mother discovered some inaccuracies, which it gives us pleasure to correct as far as we can do so. She says that her grandfather (Archibald Campbell) married twice. Of the history of the first wife, whose name you saw on the tombstone at the Round Hill Church in King George, she knows little, as she survived but a very short time after marriage, leaving no descendants.
The second wife, who was her grandmother, was a Miss McCoy, daughter of William McCoy, who was the pastor of North Farnham Parish, Richmond county, in the year 1754, but whose name you incorrectly spell, in your article on that parish, Mckay. This William McCoy married a Miss Fitzhugh, of Marmion, King George, a woman distinguished for her eminent piety, and our grandmother was a daughter of that marriage. The school you speak of was established after his last marriage, for the benefit of his own sons, Archibald and Alexander.
My grandfather, who was John, being an infant at the period of his death, was baptized by his on his death bed. My mother thinks she has heard that Chief Justice Marshall, Mr Madison, and Mr Monroe, were taught by him, with her uncles Archibald and Alexander. She does not think that the school was established early enough to admit the belief of Colonel Marshall or General Washington's having been pupils of his.
To the property acquired by my mother's grandfather in Virginia, he gave the name of Kirnan, after a family seat in Argyleshire, Scotland. Campbellton was the residence of my grandfather.
Alexander married his cousin, Miss Fitzhugh, of Marmion, and had only one daughter by that marriage, whose name was Lucy; she lived in my grandfather's family until the period of her death, which occurred within a few years past. Mrs Wayne was by a second marriage.
The other brother, Archibald, married a Miss Hughes, of Maryland, and had two sons and a daughter. The eldest son Frederick, inherited a large entail estate in the island of Bute, in Scotland, from the Stuarts, who intermarried with the Campbells, and he took the name Frederick Campbell Stuart with the estate. The second son Ferdinand, was Professor of Mathematics in William and Mary, under the administration of Drs Smith and Wilmor. The daughter, Anna Campbell, married Dr. Tennant, an eminent physician of Port Royal; she died not many years since. Her children were Washington, who was a physician; Mercer, who married Miss Grymes of King George; Susan, the first wife of Dr John May of Westmoreland; Maria, who married Thomas Hunter of Fredericksburg; and Lucy, who married his brother, Teliaforo Hunter. Mrs Tennant lived and died a very consistent member of the Episcopal Church and her children are all members of it. We give this information in compliance with your request that mistakes might be corrected.
Yours very respectfully
Eliza C Leland
Virginia Gazette, Purdie and Dixon, August 04, 1774, page 2, Column 3
Deaths
Reverend Archibald Campbell, Rector of Wafhington Parifh, in Weftmoreland.
CAMPBELL, Rev. Archibald--probably born Scotland, s/o Archibald CAMPBELL "of Kirnan, Argyleshie, Scotland" & Anna STEWART "of Ascog."; in Virginia ca 1754 etc., of Westmoreland Co., Virginia; brother, Alexander (have shet) Some Emigrants To Virginia, W G Stanard, p. 20--Richmond Standard, April 12 & May 3, 1879
The Register of Saint Pauls Parish 1715-1798 - Stafford County, Virginia 1715-1776 -King George County, Virginia 1777-1798 George Harrison Sanford King
The reverend William Stuart married the next known minister of Washington Parish, the Reverend Mr. Archibald Campbell, to his first wife Rebecca Rallings on the 15th of January 1753. Reverend Archibald Campbell was rector of Washington Parish 1745-1775; the massive tombstone of his first wife is the sole remaining object on the site of pre-Revolutionary Round Hill Episcopal Church:
Archibald Campbell, brother of Alexander, an Episcopal minister and a Whig, remained in the country and had Washington and Lee among his parishioners. An elder brother of the poet married a daughter of Patrick Henry.
Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892: Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of the ... By Edmund Jennings Lee
Richard Henry Lee & Anne Aylett children
1) Thomas
2) Ludwell
3) Mary "was born on Saturday, the 28th day of July 1764, in the night. She was christened by the Rev Archibald Campbell, the 11th of March 1765, and her proxies were Mr Francis Lightfoot Lee, Mr. Joseph Lane and James Davenport, with Miss Elizabeth Steptoe, Miss Betty Washington, and Miss _____ (paper torn). She married on the 5th of July 1792, Col William Augustine Washington, the son of Augustine and Anne Aylett Washington, and died early in life, leaving no issue.
Rev Archibald Campbell
James Monroe
5th President, 1817-1825
Born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, James Monroe enjoyed all the advantages that being the son of a prosperous planter brought in colonial America. Not only did he come from a wealthy family, but one that was also rich in legacy. His father, Spence Monroe, traced his ancestry back to King Edward III of England. James's great-grandfather had fought at the side of Charles I in the English Civil Wars before being taken prisoner and exiled to Virginia in 1649. His mother, Elizabeth Jones Monroe, was of Welsh heritage and an educated woman for her times. From the ages of eleven to sixteen, James studied at one of the finest schools in Virginia, Campbelton Academy. He excelled at math and Latin, equaling the achievements of his brilliant school chum, John Marshall, who later became the Chief Justice of the United States.
Monroe spent his early years roaming the forests and marshes close to his family's farm. Later he attended Campbelltown Academy from 1769 to 1774 and was placed under the careful tutelage of the Reverend Archibald Campbell, a Scotsman who taught a small group of boys each year. These students studied Latin, mathematics, science, literature, and the Romance languages. John Marshall, one of Monroe's childhood friends and classmates, later became the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Marshall, John, jurist, born in Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, 24 September, 1755; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6 July, 1835
MARSHALL, Thomas, planter father of John Marshall, born in Virginia about 1655; died in Westmoreland county, Virginia, in 1704. His father, John, a captain of cavalry in the service of Charles I., emigrated to Virginia about 1650. He owned a large plantation in Virginia, and was the head of the Marshall family of Virginia and Kentucky.--His grandson, Thomas, born in Washington parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, 2 April, 1730: died in Mason county, Kentucky, 22 June, 1802, was the son of "John of the Forest," so called from the estate that he owned, was educated in Reverend Archibald Campbell's school, and subsequently assisted Washington in his surveying excursions for Lord Fairfax and others,
Encarta Encylopedia
James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758, one of the five children of Spence Monroe, a carpenter, and Elizabeth Jones Monroe. The family lived on a small farm at the edge of a forest in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Young Monroe walked several miles through the forest to attend the school of Parson Campbell, where John Marshall (later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States), was a fellow student and close friend. It was from Parson Campbell that Monroe learned the stern moral code that he retained throughout his life.
was in Jamaica prior to settling in Virginia
uncle of Thomas Campbell the poet
Old churches, ministers and families of Virginia, Volume 2 By William Meade
Parson Campbell came to Virginia previous to the year 1730. He resided at the glebe near Johnsville, in what was then Westmoreland but now King George county. He preached at Round Hill Church, and probably at Pope's Creek Church. A road leading a part of the way from the glebe to Round Hill Church still goes by the name of the Parson's road. It was said to have been cut through the forest for Parson Campbell's use. Parson Campbell was twice married. His first wife, died soon after her marriage. His second wife was a sister of the Rev William Stuart, of King George County. By this marriage there were three sons, Archibald, Alexander, and John; the two last mentioned were distinguished lawyers. Archibald, my grandfather, left a daughter and two sons. Frederick, the elder son, was a lawyer. He inherited an entailed estate in Scotland, and died in Europe. Ferdinand, the second son, was formerly Professor of Mathematics in William and Mary College, and died near Philadelphia.
Alexander was twice married, and left several children. Parson Campbell was from Scotland. He was related to the Stuart and Argyle families of that country, and was the uncle of Thomas the poet.
In addition to the performance of his ministrial duties, he also taught a school. It is said that he had among his pupils Madison, Monroe, and Chief Justice (James) Marshall.
The Rev William Stuart studied theology under his direction. Parson Campbell died leaving a considerable estate.
The following letter, having been received since the foregoing was published in the "Southern Churchman" corrects some inaccuracies and furnishes additional information.
"Bishop Meade, "Newstead, March 20, 1857"
"Rev, and Dear Sir: In perusing the brief sketch given by you of the Campbells of Virginia, my mother discovered some inaccuracies, which it gives us pleasure to correct as far as we can do so. She says that her grandfather (Archibald Campbell) married twice. Of the history of the first wife, whose name you saw on the tombstone at the Round Hill Church in King George, she knows little, as she survived but a very short time after marriage, leaving no descendants.
The second wife, who was her grandmother, was a Miss McCoy, daughter of William McCoy, who was the pastor of North Farnham Parish, Richmond county, in the year 1754, but whose name you incorrectly spell, in your article on that parish, Mckay. This William McCoy married a Miss Fitzhugh, of Marmion, King George, a woman distinguished for her eminent piety, and our grandmother was a daughter of that marriage. The school you speak of was established after his last marriage, for the benefit of his own sons, Archibald and Alexander.
My grandfather, who was John, being an infant at the period of his death, was baptized by his on his death bed. My mother thinks she has heard that Chief Justice Marshall, Mr Madison, and Mr Monroe, were taught by him, with her uncles Archibald and Alexander. She does not think that the school was established early enough to admit the belief of Colonel Marshall or General Washington's having been pupils of his.
To the property acquired by my mother's grandfather in Virginia, he gave the name of Kirnan, after a family seat in Argyleshire, Scotland. Campbellton was the residence of my grandfather.
Alexander married his cousin, Miss Fitzhugh, of Marmion, and had only one daughter by that marriage, whose name was Lucy; she lived in my grandfather's family until the period of her death, which occurred within a few years past. Mrs Wayne was by a second marriage.
The other brother, Archibald, married a Miss Hughes, of Maryland, and had two sons and a daughter. The eldest son Frederick, inherited a large entail estate in the island of Bute, in Scotland, from the Stuarts, who intermarried with the Campbells, and he took the name Frederick Campbell Stuart with the estate. The second son Ferdinand, was Professor of Mathematics in William and Mary, under the administration of Drs Smith and Wilmor. The daughter, Anna Campbell, married Dr. Tennant, an eminent physician of Port Royal; she died not many years since. Her children were Washington, who was a physician; Mercer, who married Miss Grymes of King George; Susan, the first wife of Dr John May of Westmoreland; Maria, who married Thomas Hunter of Fredericksburg; and Lucy, who married his brother, Teliaforo Hunter. Mrs Tennant lived and died a very consistent member of the Episcopal Church and her children are all members of it. We give this information in compliance with your request that mistakes might be corrected.
Yours very respectfully
Eliza C Leland
Virginia Gazette, Purdie and Dixon, August 04, 1774, page 2, Column 3
Deaths
Reverend Archibald Campbell, Rector of Wafhington Parifh, in Weftmoreland.
CAMPBELL, Rev. Archibald--probably born Scotland, s/o Archibald CAMPBELL "of Kirnan, Argyleshie, Scotland" & Anna STEWART "of Ascog."; in Virginia ca 1754 etc., of Westmoreland Co., Virginia; brother, Alexander (have shet) Some Emigrants To Virginia, W G Stanard, p. 20--Richmond Standard, April 12 & May 3, 1879
The Register of Saint Pauls Parish 1715-1798 - Stafford County, Virginia 1715-1776 -King George County, Virginia 1777-1798 George Harrison Sanford King
The reverend William Stuart married the next known minister of Washington Parish, the Reverend Mr. Archibald Campbell, to his first wife Rebecca Rallings on the 15th of January 1753. Reverend Archibald Campbell was rector of Washington Parish 1745-1775; the massive tombstone of his first wife is the sole remaining object on the site of pre-Revolutionary Round Hill Episcopal Church:
Archibald Campbell, brother of Alexander, an Episcopal minister and a Whig, remained in the country and had Washington and Lee among his parishioners. An elder brother of the poet married a daughter of Patrick Henry.
Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892: Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of the ... By Edmund Jennings Lee
Richard Henry Lee & Anne Aylett children
1) Thomas
2) Ludwell
3) Mary "was born on Saturday, the 28th day of July 1764, in the night. She was christened by the Rev Archibald Campbell, the 11th of March 1765, and her proxies were Mr Francis Lightfoot Lee, Mr. Joseph Lane and James Davenport, with Miss Elizabeth Steptoe, Miss Betty Washington, and Miss _____ (paper torn). She married on the 5th of July 1792, Col William Augustine Washington, the son of Augustine and Anne Aylett Washington, and died early in life, leaving no issue.
James Monroe
5th President, 1817-1825
Born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, James Monroe enjoyed all the advantages that being the son of a prosperous planter brought in colonial America. Not only did he come from a wealthy family, but one that was also rich in legacy. His father, Spence Monroe, traced his ancestry back to King Edward III of England. James's great-grandfather had fought at the side of Charles I in the English Civil Wars before being taken prisoner and exiled to Virginia in 1649. His mother, Elizabeth Jones Monroe, was of Welsh heritage and an educated woman for her times. From the ages of eleven to sixteen, James studied at one of the finest schools in Virginia, Campbelton Academy. He excelled at math and Latin, equaling the achievements of his brilliant school chum, John Marshall, who later became the Chief Justice of the United States.
Monroe spent his early years roaming the forests and marshes close to his family's farm. Later he attended Campbelltown Academy from 1769 to 1774 and was placed under the careful tutelage of the Reverend Archibald Campbell, a Scotsman who taught a small group of boys each year. These students studied Latin, mathematics, science, literature, and the Romance languages. John Marshall, one of Monroe's childhood friends and classmates, later became the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Marshall, John, jurist, born in Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, 24 September, 1755; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6 July, 1835
MARSHALL, Thomas, planter father of John Marshall, born in Virginia about 1655; died in Westmoreland county, Virginia, in 1704. His father, John, a captain of cavalry in the service of Charles I., emigrated to Virginia about 1650. He owned a large plantation in Virginia, and was the head of the Marshall family of Virginia and Kentucky.--His grandson, Thomas, born in Washington parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, 2 April, 1730: died in Mason county, Kentucky, 22 June, 1802, was the son of "John of the Forest," so called from the estate that he owned, was educated in Reverend Archibald Campbell's school, and subsequently assisted Washington in his surveying excursions for Lord Fairfax and others,
Encarta Encylopedia
James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758, one of the five children of Spence Monroe, a carpenter, and Elizabeth Jones Monroe. The family lived on a small farm at the edge of a forest in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Young Monroe walked several miles through the forest to attend the school of Parson Campbell, where John Marshall (later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States), was a fellow student and close friend. It was from Parson Campbell that Monroe learned the stern moral code that he retained throughout his life.
was in Jamaica prior to settling in Virginia
uncle of Thomas Campbell the poet
Old churches, ministers and families of Virginia, Volume 2 By William Meade
Parson Campbell came to Virginia previous to the year 1730. He resided at the glebe near Johnsville, in what was then Westmoreland but now King George county. He preached at Round Hill Church, and probably at Pope's Creek Church. A road leading a part of the way from the glebe to Round Hill Church still goes by the name of the Parson's road. It was said to have been cut through the forest for Parson Campbell's use. Parson Campbell was twice married. His first wife, died soon after her marriage. His second wife was a sister of the Rev William Stuart, of King George County. By this marriage there were three sons, Archibald, Alexander, and John; the two last mentioned were distinguished lawyers. Archibald, my grandfather, left a daughter and two sons. Frederick, the elder son, was a lawyer. He inherited an entailed estate in Scotland, and died in Europe. Ferdinand, the second son, was formerly Professor of Mathematics in William and Mary College, and died near Philadelphia.
Alexander was twice married, and left several children. Parson Campbell was from Scotland. He was related to the Stuart and Argyle families of that country, and was the uncle of Thomas the poet.
In addition to the performance of his ministrial duties, he also taught a school. It is said that he had among his pupils Madison, Monroe, and Chief Justice (James) Marshall.
The Rev William Stuart studied theology under his direction. Parson Campbell died leaving a considerable estate.
The following letter, having been received since the foregoing was published in the "Southern Churchman" corrects some inaccuracies and furnishes additional information.
"Bishop Meade, "Newstead, March 20, 1857"
"Rev, and Dear Sir: In perusing the brief sketch given by you of the Campbells of Virginia, my mother discovered some inaccuracies, which it gives us pleasure to correct as far as we can do so. She says that her grandfather (Archibald Campbell) married twice. Of the history of the first wife, whose name you saw on the tombstone at the Round Hill Church in King George, she knows little, as she survived but a very short time after marriage, leaving no descendants.
The second wife, who was her grandmother, was a Miss McCoy, daughter of William McCoy, who was the pastor of North Farnham Parish, Richmond county, in the year 1754, but whose name you incorrectly spell, in your article on that parish, Mckay. This William McCoy married a Miss Fitzhugh, of Marmion, King George, a woman distinguished for her eminent piety, and our grandmother was a daughter of that marriage. The school you speak of was established after his last marriage, for the benefit of his own sons, Archibald and Alexander.
My grandfather, who was John, being an infant at the period of his death, was baptized by his on his death bed. My mother thinks she has heard that Chief Justice Marshall, Mr Madison, and Mr Monroe, were taught by him, with her uncles Archibald and Alexander. She does not think that the school was established early enough to admit the belief of Colonel Marshall or General Washington's having been pupils of his.
To the property acquired by my mother's grandfather in Virginia, he gave the name of Kirnan, after a family seat in Argyleshire, Scotland. Campbellton was the residence of my grandfather.
Alexander married his cousin, Miss Fitzhugh, of Marmion, and had only one daughter by that marriage, whose name was Lucy; she lived in my grandfather's family until the period of her death, which occurred within a few years past. Mrs Wayne was by a second marriage.
The other brother, Archibald, married a Miss Hughes, of Maryland, and had two sons and a daughter. The eldest son Frederick, inherited a large entail estate in the island of Bute, in Scotland, from the Stuarts, who intermarried with the Campbells, and he took the name Frederick Campbell Stuart with the estate. The second son Ferdinand, was Professor of Mathematics in William and Mary, under the administration of Drs Smith and Wilmor. The daughter, Anna Campbell, married Dr. Tennant, an eminent physician of Port Royal; she died not many years since. Her children were Washington, who was a physician; Mercer, who married Miss Grymes of King George; Susan, the first wife of Dr John May of Westmoreland; Maria, who married Thomas Hunter of Fredericksburg; and Lucy, who married his brother, Teliaforo Hunter. Mrs Tennant lived and died a very consistent member of the Episcopal Church and her children are all members of it. We give this information in compliance with your request that mistakes might be corrected.
Yours very respectfully
Eliza C Leland
Virginia Gazette, Purdie and Dixon, August 04, 1774, page 2, Column 3
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Reverend Archibald Campbell, Rector of Wafhington Parifh, in Weftmoreland.
CAMPBELL, Rev. Archibald--probably born Scotland, s/o Archibald CAMPBELL "of Kirnan, Argyleshie, Scotland" & Anna STEWART "of Ascog."; in Virginia ca 1754 etc., of Westmoreland Co., Virginia; brother, Alexander (have shet) Some Emigrants To Virginia, W G Stanard, p. 20--Richmond Standard, April 12 & May 3, 1879
The Register of Saint Pauls Parish 1715-1798 - Stafford County, Virginia 1715-1776 -King George County, Virginia 1777-1798 George Harrison Sanford King
The reverend William Stuart married the next known minister of Washington Parish, the Reverend Mr. Archibald Campbell, to his first wife Rebecca Rallings on the 15th of January 1753. Reverend Archibald Campbell was rector of Washington Parish 1745-1775; the massive tombstone of his first wife is the sole remaining object on the site of pre-Revolutionary Round Hill Episcopal Church:
Archibald Campbell, brother of Alexander, an Episcopal minister and a Whig, remained in the country and had Washington and Lee among his parishioners. An elder brother of the poet married a daughter of Patrick Henry.
Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892: Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of the ... By Edmund Jennings Lee
Richard Henry Lee & Anne Aylett children
1) Thomas
2) Ludwell
3) Mary "was born on Saturday, the 28th day of July 1764, in the night. She was christened by the Rev Archibald Campbell, the 11th of March 1765, and her proxies were Mr Francis Lightfoot Lee, Mr. Joseph Lane and James Davenport, with Miss Elizabeth Steptoe, Miss Betty Washington, and Miss _____ (paper torn). She married on the 5th of July 1792, Col William Augustine Washington, the son of Augustine and Anne Aylett Washington, and died early in life, leaving no issue.
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