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Hugh Campbell [of Letterbrath?], b. about 1700 or earlier, had a son named
John Campbell, of Letterbrath, who married Margaret McFarland
of Leardin. John owned considerable property in the townlands
of Letterbrath, Aughalane, Oughtboy, Glenone, Glencoppag
Eden, and Beragh. He had 3 sons – I. Hugh II Andrew
III John.
I. Hugh married (1) Catherine Denny (2) Elizabeth Buchanan.
Both supposed to be from Sixmilecross district, but Elizabeth
Buchanan was probably from the townland of Beragh
in the parish of Cappagh.(See Assignment of
30 Sept. 1735, Wm. Buchanan to John Campbell),
“Beragh” should not be mistaken for the village and
townland of the same name in the parish of Clogherne
By Catherine Denny he had
(a) Sarah, m. Wm. Campbell, Derbrough, and was
mother of (1) “Big Ann”, (2) Catherine (m. Samuel
Anderson, Derbrough), (3) Sarah (m. Hamilton
Campbell & went to America), (4) Matilda (m. James
Campbell, Plumbridge), (5) Eliza (m. James McCalla)
(6) Margery (m. - Clarke), (7) Margaret
(m. Hugh Armstrong, Derbrough), (8) Hugh [m.
Isabella Dudgeon), (9) John (m.- Omagh),
(10) Wm. James (went to America,), (11) Robert
(d. young)
(b) Margaret, m. Rev. Robert Reid, Donemanna,
Carrick, probably the “Robert Reid”, youngest son
of James Reid, farmer, of the farm of Tydavnett,
Co. Monaghan, who matriculated in Glasgow
University in 1787, and took a theological
course in the Associate (Burgher) Hall.
She was mother of Andrew, Hugh, Sarah
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(went to America), Eliza Catherine (m – Winslow?
both lost at sea on way to America),
Rebecca (m (1) – Fenton (2) – Kilpatrick,
Tullyherin)
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(c) Catherine (history unknown)
(d) Mary, m. Joseph Clarke, Maghera, & was mother of
Andrew (m. Mary, daughter of Andrew Campbell)
(e)John (died young)
By Elizabeth Buchanan, Hugh Campbell had
(a)Andrew, m. Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of Neil Boyle
Estate Agent, Derry.
(b)Hugh, m, in U.S.A., Mary Kyle, from Mountfield
and had no family. Died -.-
(c)Robert [d. 16 Oct.1879], m. in, U.S.A., Virginia Kyle,
niece of his brother Hugh’s wife and was father
of James Alexander (d. in Paris, 13 July 1890, aged 26),
Hugh(d. 1931) and Hazlett
(d)James Alexander (died young)
(e)Eliza (died young)
(f)Ann (d. unmarried, at Aughalane House,
20 March 1876, aged 84.
(II) Andrew, of Lower Derbrough. Nothing known of him except
that he owned land in Gleniane, and was alive on 16 Feb
1780 (see Deed of that date).
(III) John. “John Campbell ye younger” is mentioned in a
Lease of 24 November 1768.
Andrew, son of Hugh Campbell and Elizabeth Buchanan
m. 9th Sept. 1822, Elizabeth Boyle [d. 12th March 1875, aged 80
and had
(1)Bessie, m. 3rd July 1872, John Robinson, Donemanna, and
d. without issue, 4th Dec. 1896, aged 77.
(2)Mary [b. 1824, d. 1899] m, 7th April 1846, her cousin
Andrew Clarke, Maghera. They went to America in 1856.
She was mother of Mary [b.1847] who married in 1868
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Dr. JH Devore, (2) Dr. Robert Campbell [d 1926] Pittsburg,
(3) Joseph Morrison, (4) Hugh Canpbell (5) Bessie [d.
unmarried, 1922], (5) Virginia Jane Campbell
(6) Charles Hamilton [b. 1866].
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(3)Annie [d. 5th Nov. 1902] m. James Mc Farlane,
Letterbrett, and was mother of (1) Alexander,
(2) Elizabeth (m. Andrew Campbell, Eden Mill) (c) WM
James (d. in Jamaica) (4) Campbell (went to America)
(5) Robert (m. d. )(6) Ann
Buchanan (d. young), (7) Rev. Hugh, [?] Markethill
d.1910),(8) Virginia (m. 1901, John Sayers, Castletown,
Strabane, d. 1921) (9) John, Assist, Co. Survey of
Magherafelt (m. d. )
(4)Jane [d. 1901], m. 1850, Robert Dunn [d. 1896], Plumbridge
and was mother of (1) Samuel, J.P., Plumbridge (m. Sarah
Donnell and d.1923), (2) Andrew [d.1894,aged 40]
U.S.A., Anne Eva Davis,(3) Hon. Robert Campbell
[b.14th Feb. 1855, d. ] of Princeton, Minnesota,
U.S.A., (4) Hugh [b.14th Feb. 1855],(5) Charles
[d. 1890 aged 30], m. in U.S.A. - Mc Bride, Fahan[?]
(6) Ann Eliza, m. John Donnell (7) James,
his cousin, Matilda Dunn & d.1926, (8) William
Uppingham, m. 1899, Edith E. Wolfe.
(5)Margaret [d. 21st Nov. 1883], m. 1 Feby 1848, Hugh
Mac Culloch [d. 9 Jany 1891], Ballyarton and was
mother of (1)William (d. young), (2) Rev Hugh
(m. June 21st -81 Anna Ross), (3) Bessie (d. young),(4) Robert
Campbell (m. [?] 4th 82[?] Mary E. Thomas , d 15th Nov 1918), (5) Anna (m.
Hugh Morrison, (6) John Mitchell(d.30th Mar 1930),
(7) Andrew Buchanan (m. Sept 1905 Blanche McFarland d.22 August 1980[?]
(8) Ellen Jane (m. 30th August 1889 Joseph Cunningham,
Eaton, Derry, (9) Virginia Mary(m. 27th April 189[?] Robert
Mac Donnell,), (10) Charlotte Matilda, (11)
Margaret Kyle.
(6) Sarah [d. 1905], m. John McLaughlin, Plumbridge
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And was mother of (1) Margaret (d. unmarried),
(2) Bessie (m. Terence O’Neill), (3) William Alex
(d in London, 1907). (4) Annabel (d. unmarried),
(5) Charlotte Virginia Jane (m. 1889, Alex Paterson, London).
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(7) Charlotte, m. John Campbell (d. 11 Mar. 1900), son of Joseph
Campbell and Margaret Glass, Plumbridge; emigrated to
Kansas City, U.S.A. and was mother of William,
Joseph, Elizabeth, Margaret (m. Jesse N. Johnson), Robert
(8) Hugh Kyle [d. 10 Augt 1877], m. 1 Dec, 1859, Mary
Jane, daughter of Rev. John Moore, MA, and was
father of Alexander Albert (m. 1913, Lily Robinson)
(9) Robert Doyle, m. 1867, Jane McFarland and was
father of Andrew James (m. Jane Douglas, and
Mary Virginia ( d. aged 16), Robert Arthur (d. unmarried)
William Litton.
(10) Virginia, m 1868, Alexander Hamilton, Newtownstewart
and was mother of James Herbert, Elizabeth Josephine
(d. 1886), Margaret Rebecca (d. ) Annie
Virginia, Andrew Alexander Buchanan.
Transcribed by Brian McCrory
