Robert Campbell was born in 1673, in Perthshire, Scotland. He married Janet Stewart about 1695, in County Tyrone, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America in 1714. His occupation is listed as selectman in Voluntown, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 14 February 1725, in Voluntown, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 52, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
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Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology, the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .
Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell .
English: variant of Camel , under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).
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