Colin Campbell of New Hope

Father of John Campbell of New Hope.

1. Colin Campbell of St Elizabeth and Mary Tomlin were married in Westmoreland 24/11/1739. They had the following children baptised in Westmoreland: John, 13/05/1742; Tomlin, 26/12/1743; James, 23/01/1746; Mary, 20/08/1750; Henrietta, 20/03/1753; Elizabeth, 17/09/1754; Margaret, 13/12/1757 (born 28/1/1757).

2. Colin Campbell was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 1555 acres of land in St Elizabeth.

3. Colin Campbell was buried in Westmoreland 17/6/1760.

4. Colin Campbell of Westmoreland, planter. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1761. Slave-ownership at probate: 131 of whom 70 were listed as male and 61 as female. 21 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £49163.12 Jamaican currency of which £8450 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £400 currency cash, £35256.59 currency debts and £92.76 currency plate.

1. Familysearch.org, Jamaican Parish Registers, Westmoreland Baptisms, marriages, burials 1739-1825, Vol. 1 pp. 1, 3, 5, 8, 18, 22, 25, 31.

2. 'A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.

3. Familysearch.org, Jamaican Parish Registers, Westmoreland Baptisms, marriages, burials 1739-1825, Vol. 1 p. 39.

4. Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.

We are grateful to Paul Hitchings for his assistance with compiling this entry.