History of the Campbell Family (1920) - Searchable PDF & Surname Index

Trace Eight Centuries of Clan Campbell Lineage Across Scotland, Ireland, Colonial America & the British Empire

Originally published in New York in 1920 by R. L. Polk and Company as part of The Maxwell Series: Famous Old Families, Henry Lee's History of the Campbell Family is an essential transatlantic reference for anyone researching Clan Campbell (Na Cambeulich / Siol Diarmid). Spanning from the eleventh-century Lordship of Lochow in Argyllshire to the pioneer settlements of New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, the Carolinas, New York, and Canada, this scarce volume connects medieval Highland chiefs and cadet houses with 17th- and 18th-century colonial immigrants, Revolutionary War and Civil War officers, statesmen, and more than thirty-five official Campbell coats of arms recorded in the Lyon Register.

What's Inside This Enhanced Fairbairn's Crests Digital Edition:

• Complete 184-Page Searchable Volume: Includes 4 pages of newly typeset Fairbairn's Crests Front Matter (Pages i–iv), all 155 printed pages of Henry Lee's original 1920 edition (Pages 1–3 and 5–156), and a newly compiled 25-page Back-of-Book Genealogical Research Index.
• Archival Scan & Native OCR Preserved Intact: Unprinted blank separator sheets (Original Scan Page 4) have been removed while leaving the original archival page backgrounds, typography, and native embedded OCR search layer 100% intact for instant Ctrl+F / Cmd+F keyword searching.
• 108 Indexed Clan Campbell Branches & Cadet Houses: Detailed accounts of the Earls, Marquesses, and Dukes of Argyll, Breadalbane (Glenurchy), Cawdor (Calder), Loudoun, Blythswood, Stratheden, Craignish, Duntroon, Inverawe, Dunstaffnage, Barbreck, Succoth, Ardkinglass, Skipnish, Shawfield and Islay, Auchinbreck, Lochnell, Lawers, Aberuchill, Barcaldine, Ardeonaig, Monzie, Glenlyon, Ardnamurchan, Jura, Cessnock, MacIver-Campbell, MacArthur of Strachur, and the Goibhnean of Muckairn.
• Colonial North American Immigrant & Land Records (1679–1775): Documents early Campbell settlers in Boston (1679–1704), East Jersey aboard the Henry and Francis (1685–1686), Maryland (1689–1748), Voluntown, Connecticut (1714), Donegal and New London townships in Pennsylvania (1720–1739), Augusta and Orange Counties in Virginia (1730–1746), the Cape Fear valley in North Carolina (1735–1757), New Hampshire (1728–1765), and Captain Lauchlin Campbell's 1737–1740 Islay migration of 423 settlers to New York.
• Military Muster & Officer Rosters: Comprehensive rosters of commissioned Campbell officers in the Continental Army and State Militias during the American Revolution (including Brig.-Gen. William Campbell, "Hero of King's Mountain"), the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Union and Confederate armies in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and British Imperial campaigns (Bannockburn, Flodden, Pinkie, Langside, Sheriffmuir, Ticonderoga, Waterloo, Balaklava, and the Relief of Lucknow).
• 35+ Official Campbell Coats of Arms, Crests & Mottoes: Chapter IX provides full heraldic blazons, crests, supporters, and mottoes from the Lyon Register for the principal houses and cadet branches of Clan Campbell.
• Nested PDF Bookmarks & Exact Page Offset Guide: Includes clickable PDF bookmarks for every chapter and index section, plus a clear conversion formula (Merged PDF Page = Printed Page + 3 for main text pp. 5–156).

Historical & Regional Overview

Few Scottish clans exercised greater influence over Highland and national affairs than the Campbells of Lochow and Argyll. Beginning with the traditional descent from Diarmid o' Duibhne and the eleventh-century marriage of Gillespic Campbell to Eva, heiress of Paul o' Duibhne, Henry Lee traces the rise of the MacChaillan More across Argyllshire and Perthshire. The narrative follows Sir Colin Campbell of Lochow (knighted 1280), Sir Niel Campbell (who fought beside Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn and married Lady Mary Bruce), the Lords of Lorn, and the successive Earls, Marquesses, and Dukes of Argyll, alongside the dramatic histories of Castle Innischonnel, Inverary Castle, Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe, Dunstaffnage Castle, Castle Campbell in the Ochil Hills, Taymouth Castle, Finlarig Chapel, and Cawdor Castle.

Moving across the Atlantic, Lee reconstructs the migration of Highland, Lowland, and Ulster-Scots Campbells to the New World. Genealogists will find rich biographical and geographical detail on early merchants, ministers, postmasters, frontier colonels, U.S. Senators, Representatives, State Governors, Supreme Court Justices, university presidents, inventors, and Canadian Fathers of Confederation, culminating in an authoritative heraldic directory of Campbell armorial bearings.

Surnames, Clan Branches & Families Indexed in This Volume:

Aberuchill, Abinger, Abney-Hastings, Achanduin, Airds, Albany, Allen, Angus, Anson, Arran, Ardbeath, Ardchattan, Ardeonaig, Ardentinny (Ardintenny), Ardkinglass, Ardlarich, Ardmaddie (Armaddy), Ardnamurchan, Ardpatrick, Argyll (Argyle), Arnold, Asknish, Ashfield, Athole (Atholl), Auchawillig (Auchwillan), Auchendarroch, Auchinbreck, Auchmannoch, Ava, Balcarres, Balerno, Baliol (Balliol), Ballinaly, Ballochyle, Bannerman, Barbour, Barbreck, Barcaldine, Beaton, Beauchamp, Bellomont, Blythswood, Boquhan, Borghese, Boswell, Bothwell, Breadalbane, Bruce, Buccleuch, Burk, Burnley-Campbell, Burns, Butler, Calder (Cawdor), Callander, Cameron, Campbell (Cambel, Kambel, de Campo Bello, Na Cambeulich, MacChaillan More, MacCallum More), Campbell-Bannerman, Cannon, Cardigan, Carlyle, Carrick, Cawdor, Cessnock, Cheatham, Christian, Clarke, Cleveland, Clinton, Cluny, Clyde, Cockburn-Campbell, Cope, Cosby, Craignish (Clan Doull Craignish), Crawfurd (Crauford), Cromwell, Cruachan, Cumberland, Cunningham, Dalrymple, Danna, Darnley, Davis, Deans, Defoe, Dell, Dennistoun, Dernachie, Dickinson, Douglas, Drummond, Duibhne (Diarmid o' Duibhne, Paul o' Duibhne, Siol Diarmid), Dunmore, Dunoon, Dunstaffnage, Duntroon, Dunton, Earnhill, Ederlin, Elie, Ellanrie, Ellengreig, Emlyn, Eustace, Fanning, Finnab, Forbes-Robertson, Fraser, Frost, Gargunnock, Garrows, Gartsford, Gilbert, Glenary, Glencairn, Glencardel, Glendochart, Glenfalloch, Glenfeachan (Glenfeochan), Glenlyon, Glensaddel, Glenurchy, Glenure, Goibhnean, Gordon, Grafton, Graham, Grant, Green, Greene, Gunning, Hamilton, Hart, Hastings, Hawke, Henry, Hereford, Holland, Hume, Huntly, Inverawe (Mac Dhonnachie), Inverliver, Inverneill, Inverstrigan, Islay, Johnson, Jowett, Jura, Keithock, Keppel, Kidd, Kilberry, Kilkdurkland (Kirkdurkland), Kilmartin, Kilmichael, Kilmorie, Kirton, Knap, Knox, Lafayette, Lamb, Lambinus, Lamond (Lamont), Lawder (Lauder), Lawers, Learned, Lee, Lennox, Lerags, Lergachonzie, Lergnachunzeon, Lincoln, Lindsay (Lindsey), Livingstone, Lix, Lochalsh (Lochlash), Lochland, Lochnell, Lochow, Lorn (Lorne), Lort, Lothian, Loudoun (de Loudoun), Lovat, Lundy (Lundie), MacAlpin (Macalpine), MacArthur (MacArtair), Macaulay, MacCaillirean, MacCallum (McCallum), MacCorquodale (Mac Corquadale), MacDonald (Clan Donald), MacDougall (MacDugal), Macfarlane, Macfarquharson, MacGillivray (MacGillivrail), MacGregor (MacrGegor, Rob Roy), MacIver (Maclver, MacIver-Campbell, Macliver), MacNab, MacNaughton (MacNachtan), Macpherson, Madison, Mammore, Mar, Marchmont, Marlborough, Maxwell, May, Melford, Menteith (Mentieth), Menzies, Methven, Middleton, Mochaster, Montgomery, Montrose, Monzie, Moray, Morton, Morville (de Morville), Moy, Muckairn, Munro, Mure, Murray, Napier, O'Neil (O'Neill), Oib, Ormadale (Ormidale), Ottar, Palmerston, Parker, Pickens, Pierce, Pinkerton, Poe, Polk, Pope, Purves-Hume-Campbell, Queensberry, Rachan, Raschoille, Rich, Richmond, Riddell, Rizzio, Robertson, Ross, Rudill, Ruthven, Scarlett, Schawfield (Shawfield), Schofield, Scott, Seaforth, Sevier, Seward, Shelby, Sinclair, Skeldoun, Skerrington, Skipnish (Skipness), Smallwood, Sonachan, Sonans, South Hall (Southall), Spencer, Stephens, Stewart (Stuart), Stirling, Stonefield, Strachur (Stra'chur), Strathbogie, Stratheden, Succoth, Sullivan, Tanner, Tarnish, Thames Ditton, Torobolls, Trousdale, Tuckett, Tyler, Ulva, Vivian, Wallace, Washington, Wellesley (Wellington), Westerkeams, White, Woodside.

Parishes, Castles, Counties, Townships & Settlements Indexed:

Abernethy, Abingdon (VA), Achachrossan, Albany & Albany County (NY), Alberta, Alleghanies, Allegheny City & County (PA), Allington Heights & New Haven (CT), Alton (IL), Amboy / Perth Amboy (NJ), Ancram Moor, Anderson & Bloomington (IN), Antietam, Antrim & Belfast (Ireland), Arbroath, Ardchonnel / Innischonnel Castle, Ardscodniche, Argyllshire, Arrochar, Atlanta & Savannah (GA), Augusta County (VA), Ava (Burma), Ayr & Ayrshire, Badajoz, Balloch / Taymouth Castle, Balmoral & Crathie, Baltimore (MD), Bannockburn, Barbacue Church & Cape Fear (NC), Barcaldine Castle, Bath & Buffalo (NY), Battle Abbey, Bemis's Heights, Ben Buie, Ben Cruachan, Berwickshire, Bethany College & Brush Run (PA), Blackhall, Bloody Bay, Blue Ridge, Boston & Bunker Hill (MA), Botetourt & Culpeper Counties (VA), Brisbane & Wyndham (Australia), Brooklyn & Flatbush (NY), Buena Vista & Monterey (Mexico), Bull Run, Burlington (NJ & ON), Calcutta & Lucknow (India), Camden, Campbell Hall & Cherry Valley (NY), Campbell's Station & Knox County (TN), Campbelltown (Campbeltown, Kintyre), Canaan & Voluntown (CT), Canongate & Edinburgh Castle (Argyll Tower), Cape Breton & East River (Nova Scotia), Cardross & Dumbarton Castle, Castle Campbell (Castle of Gloom) & Dollar, Castle Dounie, Castle Sweyn & Knapdale, Cawdor (Calder) Castle & Nairn, Charleston (SC), Charles County & St. Mary's County (MD), Chowan Precinct & Edenton (NC), Chippewa & Niagara Falls, Cleveland & Salem (OH), Clough & County Fermanagh (Ireland), Colintraive & Cowal, Conestoga / Donegal Township & Derry Church (PA), Corinth & Iuka, Cowpens & King's Mountain, Craigmillar, Crinan Canal, Culloden, Cupar (Fife), Danville & Henniker (NH), Detroit (MI), Dettingen, Fontenoy, Malplaquet & Ramillies, Dundee, Dunollie Castle, Dunstaffnage Castle & Loch Etive, Duntroon Castle & Slochmhullein, Durban & Natal, East Greenwich (RI), East Jersey, Eutaw Springs & Guilford Court House, Fair Oaks, Five Forks & Petersburg, Falkland, Fayetteville (NC), Finlarig Castle & Chapel, Firth of Clyde & Firth of Lorn, Flodden, Fort Augustus, Fort Monroe, Fort Pulaski, Fort Sumter, Fort William, Gaines Mill, Galena & Springfield (IL), Germantown & Philadelphia (PA), Glen Ary, Glencoe, Glenshie, Gylen Castle, Halidon Hill, Holyrood, Inverness, Inverary & Inverary Castle, Island of Islay, Island of Jura, Jamestown & James River (VA), Kilchurn Castle & Loch Awe, Kilmun, Kishacoquillas Valley & Lancaster County (PA), Lake Champlain, Langside, Ledaig, Leith, Lexington, Lismore, Loch Fyne, Loch Leven, Loch Linnhe, Loch Tay, Londonderry (Ireland & NH), Madras, Middlesex & Somerset Counties (NJ), Milledgeville (GA), Montreal & Quebec, Moore's Creek, Morvern, Mull & Tiree, Murfreesboro & Shiloh, Nashville & Sumner County (TN), New Brunswick, Newfoundland, New London (PA), Newport (MD), New York City, Orange County (NY & VA), Oriskany, Ottawa, Ridgetown & Winnipeg (Canada), Oxford (MA), Pass of Brander & River Awe, Perthshire, Pinkie, Pittsburgh, Preston, Rannagulzion, Red Mountain, Richmond (VA), Saratoga & Stillwater (NY), Scone, Sheriffmuir, Short Hills, St. Andrews, Staten Island, Stirling & Stirling Castle, Stobhall, Stono Ferry, Strathfillan, Strathnairn, Strawberry Plains (TN), Ticonderoga, Tryon County (NY), Tullibardine, Tyrone (Ireland), Ulster, Valley Forge, Wallace (Nova Scotia), Wanstead House, Waterloo, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall, Williamsport (PA), Yorktown.