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Ancient Ancestors
Adam-
Adam- (This information was provided by the Campbell Family Organization.) The Campbell line of our Genealogy has been proven and certified to date back entirely to Adam.
The first part of the Campbell parentage ties into three biblical genealogies through Joseph, Levi, and Judah.
The second part of the pedigree is the historical pedigree which is accepted by historians and theologians alike. The pedigrees run from the bible genealogies down through Welsh and Scottish nobility and connect directly with that part of the pedigree which we call the family pedigree.
The third part of the history is from the family pedigree, which our forefathers have preserved in their personal records and those with whom they lived. Some of these are an integral part of the histories of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and across the plains to Utah.
The Campbell surname is one of the oldest in existence. The family is one of the largest. From the Campbell Clan there descends several branches such as that of Mc Arthur's who are the descendant of Arthur Campbell. then there are the McNiel's, the McGregors and we might go on and name quite a number of others. One of the legends has it that the name was first derived from a combination of names, such as "Camp Bellus" or "The beautiful camp of bellus" and this is fourth born out by one of the branches of the family that takes the name of Beaucamp.
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1st Century AD Joseph of Arimathea (Campbell Line)
Information from Catholic Online. Joseph is a direct ancestor of the Campbell line. He is the same man who requested the body of Christ and allowed him to use his unused tomb. It is said that later in his life he went to the land that eventually became known as England.
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Once when O'Neil of Ireland, a great Chief, who was related to the Campbells announced a visit to Colin the Lucky, Colin the Lucky caused his residence to be burned as if accidentally so that he would not have to entertain the royal visitor in his home. He entertained him in tents with all the pomp and pageantry of the times without having to let him enter his home. This is from the Campbell Clan History.
250 A.D. Constantius, Emporer of Western Rome is born. (Campbell Line)
He rules for only about a year. After he died his son Constatine ruled.
331 A.D. Feldelmia, a woman in the Campbell line, was born April 21 this year in a country now called Scotland.
560 A.D. Ceawlin King of Wessex lived(Campbell line)
735 A.D. Fergus, King of the Picts was born. (Campbell Line)
770 A.D. Bjorn "Ironside" Ragnarsson is born in Denmark.
781 A.D. Eochaid IV "the Poisonous" ruled.(Campbell Line)
According to Mike Ashley who wrote British Kings and Queens: The complete biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings and Queens of Britain: His nickname came from more from his personality than from any actual poison he may have wielded as a weapon.
801 A.D. Egbert Wessex (Campbell Line)
According to Mike Ashley who wrote British Kings and Queens: The complete biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings and Queens of Britain, Egbert Wessex was considered the first king of England because all the tribes united under his rule.
857 A.D. Athelwolf, King of Wessex (Campbell Line)
From the book British Kings and Queens: The Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings and Queens of Britain" by Mike Ashley. There is a very interesting paragraph about Athelwolf in Mike Ashley’s book. He was brave, and extremely religious. He donated a 10th of his entire kingdom to the church. There are more details in the book.
859 A.D. Kenneth 1 MacAlpin King of Scotland (Campbell Line)
Info from the Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings and Queens of Britain by Mike Ashley. Kenneth died in 859 A.D. in Iona Scotland of an illness. According to Mike Ashley he was a very smart and clever king. He invited his enemies to a feast. In preparation he dug trenches and hid them. After his guests were drunk his forces easily pushed them into the trenches and captured them.
863 A.D. Constantine I (Campbell Line)
Info from The Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings and Queens of Britain by Mike Ashley. His reign was dominated by battles with the vikings who had settled Ireland.
867 Bjorn "The Old" King of Sweden (Campbell Line)
Born in upsala Sweden to Erik Edmundson King of Sweden.
871 A.D. Alfred the Great King of Wessex (Hillman Line) comes to power.
921 A.D. February 13, Vratislov, Duke of Bohemia dies (Campbell Line)
954 A.D. Malcom II Mac Kenneth (Campbell Line)
Info from the Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings and Queens of Britain by Mike Ashley. His unfortunate habit of killing off all his rivals provoked bad feelings on the whole family. His grandson Duncan was the man who was killed by Macbeth.
971 A.D. Kenneth II King of Scotland- (Campbell line)
Sometime this year Kenneth II king of Scotland came to power. According to the book British Kings and Queens: The Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings and Queens of Britain by Mike Ashley, "He was a strong-willed but tolerant king. He sought to end the fighting over succession by suggesting that the first born son of the ruling king should be the next king. It took a generation for this concept to take hold but it did and eventually saved some conflict.
984 A.D. Gerberge Princess of Germans, Queen of France, dies (Campbell Line)
1002 A.D. Athelred II "the Unready" is married to Emma daughter of Richard, Duke of Normandy
According to Mike Ashley his nickname comes because of his famously poor judgement and indiciveness. He once ordered all the Danes in England to be massacred on St. Brice's day. This was one of his most famous poor judgements.
1004 A.D. Arthur Armderg (Campbell line)
He was nicknamed "Red Armor" because of the frequent blood red covering of his armor.
1054 A.D. Yaroslav I "the Kiev" dies in Ukraine (Campbell line)
1120 A.D. The Questions of Fionn from the Campbell Clan info
Grainne was a woman of our Campbell ancestry in the Campbell line. Before her union with Diarmis, she was married to Fionn. She successfully answered a series of riddles asked by Fionn before her marriage to him. She must give a correct answer in order to be accepted as Fionn's bride. Some of the questions and answers as related by a smith named Dugald Mac. They were as follows:
Question: What is more plenteous than the grass?
Answer: The dew, many drops on each blade.
Question: What is blacker than the raven?
There is death.
What is whiter than the snow?
Answer: There is the truth.
These are some of the questions and answers that were asked according to tradition in the Clans. (From Clan Campbell)
1306 a.d. Robert I, the Bruce, King of Scotland, Earl of Carrick, Lord of Annandale begins his rule. Also known as good King Robert.(Campbell Line)
1371 Robert II, King of Scotland, Earl of Atholl, Earl of Strathearn is crowned. (Campbell Line)
Mike Ashley in his book "British Kings and Queens" said that his Uncle David took the throne before him and was a very poor ruler. The black death came during that time and the kingdom was poorly managed. Then Robert II was crowned.
1390 Robert III, King of Scotland, Earl of Carrick (Campbell line) begins his rule.
Had a tragic life. Not a happy ending.
abt 1640 First known Hillman ancestory comes to America
John or Josiah Hillman lived was shanghaied from the banks of the Thames river in England. He is the earliest Hillman we have record of. We know he was shanghaied and brought to America as part of a forced labor crew for a ship. Once he was here he apparently decided to stay. We don't know his parent's names or the town he came from but we do know that he was fishing on the Thames when he was shanghaied.