At the extreme end of Glidden Street in Newcastle we come to an ancient stone gateway which leads to the Glidden Estate. This is one of the oldest land grants of the “Twin” villages of Damariscotta and Newcastle and was first established by Joseph Glidden Jr. who came to Newcastle about 1750, from Durham, N.H.

In 1758 he purchased 192 acres of land from the William Vaughn estate. This included the present farm and other land purchased from Benjamin Jones, John Hussey, and Joseph Taylor. One condition of the purchase of the Vaughn property, which is the present farm, was that he should build a house and live in the same within 6 months from the date of purchase of the land. It is evident that he did not fully comply with this condition but he did build the house in 1760 and occupied it. The Taylor homestead (see photo) was across in a westerly direction from the present Academy Hill and he purchased this farm in 1774. He lived, however in the first mentioned house until 1781 when, he gave the old farm to his son Joseph Glidden III and moved to the Taylor farm.

Joseph Glidden III continued to live in the old house which was referred to as the original homestead or “Glidden Farm”. He married Mary Waters and they had ten children, one of whom was Captain Samuel Glidden who married Catherine Cottrill. He was the last of the Gliddens’ to own and live on the old homestead on Glidden’s Neck. In 1862 six years before Captain Samuel died he sold the farm to Charles E. Metcalf. Although the original Joseph Glidden Jr.1 was the first owner of the farm he only lived there to three generations and sold to the Metcalfs, but Joseph’s brother Zebulon, had a son John whose son was William T., whose son was Col. John M. Glidden. The latter bought back the Farm. A full account of this may be read in the Herald & Record dated Dec. 16, 1886.

Another son was Col. John Glidden (1785-1867) who married Mary Jordan Lovett from Thomaston, ME and they had 10 children. He served as Capt. of the Massachusetts Militia, 2nd Brigade then served in the war of 1812. He retired from the Army as a Colonel. He was an eminent shipbuilder and added much prosperity and growth to Newcastle.

His daughter Jane H. Glidden Married Alpheus Taft Palmer who was my Gt.-Gt. Grandfather. Their daughter Kate Glidden Palmer married George Douglas Campbell. Their eldest son was Geo. Douglas Jr. who married Esther Black and had 3 sons. My Father John Douglas Campbell was the eldest.

Their 2nd son, Glidden Campbell, married Alleyne Starr and had 4 children: Margaret, John, Gordon and Ian.

John Glidden2 and Mary had another daughter Catherine C. Glidden3. She married William Taylor Glidden4 (2nd cousin 1ce removed) son of John Glidden5 and Sarah (see below)

Joseph Glidden Jr.1 had two brothers, Tobias and Zebulon. Tobias had married Marion Chapman , daughter of Nathanial Chapman III. who came to Damariscotta in 1754 and helped build the first village. Zebulon Glidden married Temperance Whidden and they raised a family. One of their sons being John Glidden. This son followed his uncles, Tobias and Joseph III to Newcastle in 1734. He later lived in Wiscaswet where he married Sarah Shovey who died and he later moved to Newcastle where he married Susan Stinson in 1817. John Glidden and Sarah Shovey had eight children one of whom was William Taylor Glidden4. William married Susan Cotter and they had three children. By his second wife, Catherine C. Glidden3 (2nd cousin 1ce removed) he had four more, one of whom was Colonel John M. Glidden.

Colonel John M. Glidden. built the large magnificent house (see photo) we now know and also preserved the old farm house of his great grandfather Joseph, which still stands to this day.

He also maintained the winter house on Glidden Street . This Family were among the social leaders of the twin Villages in the “Gay- Nineties” and they were indeed an illustrious family. The Colonel had inherited great wealth from his father and grandfather who were great factors in shipping in Boston. He maintained, a retinue of servants, butlers, footmen and farm hands. There were numerous saddle-horses and hounds and he was a member of the Governor’s Council of the State of Maine. The Colonel was active in many state-wide organizations and was a great public servant. He was a prominent Republican and many affairs of state were held at this great estate.

The Colonel was also a prominent Episcopalian and contributed greatly to the Saint Andrews Episcopal Church of Newcastle, he being Senior Warden for some time.

When Colonel John M. Glidden died he was a great loss to both Communities and there was much sadness at his passing. The servants, who loved him, shed many tears at his graveside and the committal at the Glidden Yard on Glidden Street in Newcastle was attended by the Saint Andrews Choir.

No more colorful or public-spirited man ever lived in the Twin Villages than Colonel John M. Glidden and he is still remembered for his generosity and talent. His son Joseph occupied the old homestead in the summer months, but the color and activity of the old days has gone and we only remember the estate as the great active home of Colonel John M. Glidden of Newcastle Maine.

Edited by Ian M. Campbell

8288 Highway 331

RR#2

Mill Village, NS

B0J 2H0

May 29, 2020

Mary R. Campbell 2^nd youngest daughter of Colin & Phoebe Campbell 

Mary R. Campbell was born February 25, 1860 in Weymouth North. NS.  She married Donald Kemp who was the Mercantile Bank Manager and later of the Royal Bank in Weymouth. 

In Cousin Sydney Holyoke’s memoirs I found these stories: 

 “ Aunt Mary and Uncle Donald made a wonderful couple devoted to each other.  I was her train bearer and Mary Vroom was the Flower girl. They lived in the big red house which Uncle Donald had built for his bride.  Their house had the first running water in the village, that is, the first natural flowing water.  He tapped the spring which was the source of the stream which operated Nichol’s Mill.  This spring was on high enough ground that it flowed right into the bathroom on the 2^nd floor. 

Their house, close to the river, had a lovely view  up to the railway bridge and out to the mouth of the river. The boat house was a hangout for me, for bathing and boating. 

 I remember one day, with my cousin “Dougal”, when we were sailing in Uncle Donald’s boat, we saw a man waving to us from the wharf behind Charlie Hankinson’s store. He asked us to take him across the river to the French shore.  We told him we would if he gave us a couple of cigars.  After we delivered him we lit up the cigars.  I was not effected but Dougal got very sick.  We took back the boat and started to walk home. As we went we met some of our aunts driving “Nanky Poo” in their Phaeton (a horse driven carriage).  I implored Dougal to buck up and not look so sick.  We didn’t want them to know we had been smoking.  Dougal’s father was very strict and would have punished him. Fortunately our sin was never found out. 

Aunt Mary was born to be a social  leader.  She and her neighbor Mrs. Burrill, fought without rancor to out–entertain each other, but in this Aunt Mary usually had the last word.  She simply loved to have people about her and would go to any amount of work to prepare for her many parties. She had a grass tennis court in front of the house and would delight and having guests happy and well fed.  At least once in the summer she would hire a two masted scooter and a tug to pull it across the bay to Sandy Cove.  This was a grand affair with 30 to 40 quests. One of the social highlights of the summer. 

Their house, in contrast to Beechwood, had a modern, up-to-date bathing facilities and that we used to go down there periodically to bath. When I was pressured into doing this I always sat around for several hours thereafter reading one of the many interesting books from Uncle Donald’s library.” 

 They had 1 child Jessie Catherine Matheson Kemp born in 1893.  She married Cuthbert Aikman Simpson. 

The Very Reverend Cuthbert Aikman Simpson was an Anglican priest and academic. From 1954 to 1959, he was Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford. From 1959 to 1969, he was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. Born on 24 May 1892, educated at the University of King’s College in Nova Scotia and ordained in 1921, his first post was a curacy at St Alban’s Woodside, Nova Scotia. He was a Fellow and Tutor at the General Theological Seminary in New York City. In 1954 he became a Canon of Christ Church, Oxford. Five years later he became Dean of Christ Church. a post he held until 1969. An eminent author and educator.                                           

He died on 30 June 1969. 

Jessie Simpson’s obituary. Wife of the Dean of Christs Church was a most vital person who will be sadly missed at Christ Church. She welcomed everyone to the Deanery, and took a personal interest in every undergraduate.  She was so enthusiastic and young in Spirit that each felt at ease with her.  She would spend hours watching the rowing, would allow the musicians to practice and give concerts in the Deanery, would invite brides and bridesmaids to change in her spare room before weddings in the cathedral.                                                                                                                        The wives of the Dean’s colleagues were. equally welcome. She had a luncheon club for them every Monday and arranged lectures to interest them.  She organized a party of wives to do needlework.         She was extremely efficient because she did so much with the minimum of fuss.                                           It is cruel that she should have been taken ill when she was so much needed at the Deanery of Christ Church and greatly beloved by everyone. 

Colin Campbell III, Merchant and Shipbuilder

By Ian Murray Campbell, Nova Scotia

The author is a great-great-grandson of the Colin Campbell III who is the subject of this article. This Colin Campbell, ship owner of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, was the great-great-grandson of John Campbell, 5th of Barcaldine (ca 1700-1777). John became deeply involved in debt due mostly to his efforts to bring to justice the murderer of his half-brother Colin Campbell of Glenure, (see the book “The Appin Murder”). He sold his estates to his half-brother Duncan, who had inherited Glenure following Colin’s murder on the 1st of January, 1751. John’s great-great-grandfather was Patrick or (in the Gaelic) Para Dubh Beag, a younger son of Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy, (one of the Baronets of Nova Scotia), and the founder of the Barcaldine family.

Colin Campbell III was born at Shelburne, Nova Scotia on 7 August 1822. He was the oldest son of Colin Campbell II (1798-1878) and Maria Taylor (1790-1873), and the grandson of Colin Campbell I (1752-1835)

The elder Colin had been born at Inveraray in June 1752.  It is said that Colin came to America with his father or his brother Archibald and that there were five other brothers who also came making seven in all. He had a sister Helen and possibly other sisters living in Scotland. Most of his brothers were officers of rank in the British forces in America. Some of these in the 42nd regiment of Black Watch.  

He  had become a notary public in New York in 1782 and went to Nova Scotia with the Loyalists the following year where he became a Notary.  He firstly married Alice Hogg, daughter of his partner.  He married secondly Elizabeth Hardy, daughter of Loyalist Richard Hardy, a relation to Sir Josiah Hardy, Colonial Governor of New Jersey in 1761.

After the death of his second wife, Colin moved to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, where was firstly Collector of Customs, then Supervisor of Customs for the Maritime Provinces and Commissioner of Crown Lands under commission of King George IV. He represented Shelburne in the Provincial Legislature for 35 years.  He died on 20 July 1835 and is buried in St. Peter’s church in Weymouth North, NS

Colin Campbell II and his wife Maria moved from Shelburne to Weymouth shortly after the birth of Colin III and their children were brought up at Weymouth. He was a Registrar for Digby County and also a Notary Public.  He was also a founding member and subsequent master of the Widow’s Friend Lodge in Weymouth, Nova Scotia.  He died in 8 September 1878.

Colin III received his education at Weymouth and Digby.  Like many merchants in the Maritime Provinces during the latter half of the nineteenth century, the third Colin was a master mariner, operated a general store, carried on an extensive timber trade, built and operated his own vessels, and was politically active on the provincial level. Campbell began as a merchant at Weymouth (now Weymouth North) in the early 1840’s. His first vessel was the “Cygnet”, a schooner of 60 tons built by Henry Bart at Weymouth in 1848. Two years later he became the master and owner of a small brigantine, and the next year he owned a quarter share in the “Maria”, a new Brigantine of 136 tons built at Weymouth by George Taylor.

In 1854, Campbell established his own yard near his general store at Weymouth. Over the next 27 years he build eighteen vessels, including thirteen barques, three brigantines, a brig and a schooner. All but one were built at Weymouth with Reuben Hankinson as the master builder, and all were named for members of the Campbell family.

The first vessel built in the Campbell yard was the “Colin Campbell”, a brig of 169 tons launched in July of 1854.   Campbell built the “Douglas”, a brigantine of 110 tons in 1857 and the “Charlotte” a schooner of 71 tons in 1859 before launching his first barque, the “Helen Campbell” of 274 tons in August of 1860. From then onwards both his output and the size of his vessels steadily increased. 

His first two large barques were the “Susan L. Campbell” of 599 tons, launched in July of 1863, and the “Minnie Campbell” of 664 tons, launched in November of 1865.  Over the next ten years six more  barques and a brigantine were added to the Campbell fleet. The largest of these were the “Agnes Campbell” of 690 tons, built in 1870 at a cost of $29,559; the ”Harriet Campbell” of 649 tons, built in 1873 at a cost of $30,872, and a second “Susan L. Campbell” of 727 tons, built in 1875 at a cost of $34,336.

Three more large barques were added to the Campbell fleet: the “Douglas Campbell” of 875 tons, built in 1876; the ‘Harry Douglas of 1,112 tons, built in 1877, and the  “Campbell” of 1,155 tons, the largest and the last of the

Campbell vessels built in 1879.

After 1854 Colin Campbell was the sole owner of all of his vessels until 1873 when his son George Douglas Campbell  held a quarter share of three of them. Another son, John, acted as his father’s agent in London. Campbell enjoyed considerable success with his vessels. While a few only lasted three or four years, over half were under his ownership from eight to thirteen years. At the time of his death in 1881, eight vessels flew the Campbell house flag. The fleet included a brigantine and seven barques, and represented 6,000 tons of shipping valued at over $800,000.

In 1871 Campbell joined partnership with George Johnson and carried on a dry goods and grocery business at Weymouth Bridge (now Weymouth). Campbell held three quarters of the shares and Johnson held one quarter. The partnership was known as Colin Campbell and Co., and continued until his death.

In addition to his store and his fleet of vessels, Campbell was agent at Weymouth for the Merchants Bank of Halifax. In April, 1872 he formed the Weymouth Marine Insurance Company of which he was president. The company ran into financial difficulties in October, 1878, and, closed the following year. 

Campbell also had a very active political career. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Digby in the Howe government from 1859 until 1867, and after Confederation served in the Hill government from 1857 until 1878.  He also sat on the Executive Council from November 30, 1860 until June 5, 1863 and from June 19, 1875 until October 15, 1878. He was a Liberal-Conservative and voted for extension of the railways by the government, free schools, and Confederation.

On December 9, 1845 Campbell married Phoebe Ann, daughter of Josiah Gilbert Seeley of Saint John, New Brunswick. They had a family of ten children; four boys and six girls born between 1846 and 1862. His home, “Beechwood,” was located across the road from the store and shipyard at Weymouth North.  His wife died on October 28, 1904 at the age of 82.

On Saturday, June 24, 1881, Colin died suddenly of a heart attack. The store at Weymouth taken over by his son George Douglas who operated under the name of G.D. Campbell. The fleet of vessels was to be sold but, the sons disputed Colin’s will and a court case followed “Campbell vs. Campbell”  In 1895, the vessels that still remained in the fleet were sold.

Uncle Ren and one of his Cats

Reynell Taylor married my grandfather’s sister Katherine (aka Kay Campbell.)

In the late 40’s and early 50’s I spent many summers in Weymouth North at my grandparents home called “Riverside”. Uncle Ren lived in his own section of this large house and I spent many happy hours with him in what would today be called, his “Man Cave”. He was a woodsman, a lumberman and a great storyteller. He took me fishing and taught me how to shoot a rifle. We used to go down behind the old barn and he would set up some tin cans to shoot at with his 22 rifle. Great fun for a young boy!

His voice was very deep and rich and he always had some interesting stories to tell.

When he was a young boy he broke is right arm. The Doctor only put a cast on his arm up to his wrist and his hand hung over the end of the cast in an “L” shape. After the cast was remover his wrist was frozen in this position for the rest of his life. However, he learned to use his hand in various innovative ways. He played the harmonica quite well and it fitted perfectly in his hand and looked as if it was designed to do this. It also looked very natural when draped over the top of a steering wheel.

He used to take me on his rounds to check on his saw mill in Weymouth and to supervise the loading of lumber on ships tied up at the dock. These experiences gave me a lifelong love of the sea. Unfortunally his son Ken also had the same love and sailed on the Nova Queen which was lost with all hands in 1934.

One of his stories was about mushrooms. He told me about a field nearby that was “White with mushrooms”. Being very fond of mushrooms but didn’t know they grew wild I coaxed him to take me on a search for wild mushrooms. We trudged up the hill very near to Riverside until we came to a cow pasture. It wasn’t exactly “White with mushrooms”, but I saw quite a few mushrooms of various sizes and shapes. I asked Uncle Ren how to tell the good ones from the poisonous ones. He told me to watch the cows. In the field there were a number of cows and we observed one eating some mushrooms. We then picked a mushroom just before it was consumed by the cow to use as a sample to guide us for others.

When we got home we had a nice basket full. My grandmother, being a nurse, was a bit cautious about us eating them. As further proof Uncle Ren put a silver spoon in the frying pan and said if it turned black they were poisonous . The spoon didn’t turn black and were all fried up and on the dining room table when we looked at him and said, “You be the First to eat them”. He took a large spoon full and started eating when suddenly – he grabbed at his throat and let out a groan. This gave me quite a start until I saw a grin on his face and then a roar of laughter. Needless to say I waited until he had eaten a few more mouthfuls before I started. They were delicious and to this day I have always enjoyed wild mushrooms and the fond memory of my uncle.

I’m sure there are some of you who remember Uncle Ren Taylor and might have a story to tell Beechwood Tales about this extraordinary man.

            Marion (Aunt “Min” Taylor) Campbell

Aunt Min or Minnie, as she was called in the Family, did not like her name, Marion, according to Cousin Sydney Holyoke1, who wrote in his story of Beechwood – “True to her straight forward nature, she did something about it by going to the parish register at St.Peter’s and substituted the Name Minnie”
She was born Aug. 19, 1862 the last of 10 children of Colin Campbell III and Phoebe Ann Seely (Sometimes Seeley) “On shipboard, returning home from the continent she met a young Englishman, going to a parish in Newfoundland and eventually married. She moved with him to Newfoundland and after a few years in that Province “Uncle Robert”, (Robert Holland Taylor) got a Parish in a suburb of Baltimore. After his death she moved back to her original home at Beechwood, Nova Scotia.”1
“Uncle Robert and Aunt Min had 3 children Cuthbert (Uncle “Cuth”), Wilfred (died young) and Dorothy (“Dot”)

  With F.Marshall Montgomery

Cuthbert Robert Holland Taylor was educated at the Royal Military College and spent his working life in the RCN. From Midshipman to Rear Admiral he served in both WW1 and WW2. He was the Admiral in charge of all the convoys out of Halifax during WW2. He retired in 1949 and lived in Chester. I remember visiting with him with my Dad as a young boy. His power of command was so strong I was afraid to speak.
“He was travelling to Weymouth, with his wife (Evelyn Jones- “Aunt Evie”) and just as he reached Weymouth he felt ill, pulled over and died at the wheel of his car.” 1

Wilfred was in the Airforce in WW2 and was killed in 1940.

Dorothy (known as “Dot” in the Family), married Major Stuart Cunynghame. He was the 3rd son of Sir Francis George Thurlow Cunynghame 9th Bt. of Milncraig, and Jessica Bloxsome,2 and spent his active life in command of the native troops of the White Rajah of Sarawak.
After his retirement, the Family settled in England.  Sud Holyoke remembers:
“Dorothy was ten years my junior, but as a very small child, I still remember her flying legs about Beechwood, and even at such a tender age her ability to make up and tell stories. In England to pass the time Dorothy, started to write novels and had quite a following in British circles, though I think none of her books were ever published in the US. I only read one of her books and found it pleasant reading”1
More on cousins, Aunts, Uncles, (sometimes mixed up) and all the stories of the Campbell Family that I can Find.

Ian M. Campbell – Mar, 2019

Ref. – 1. Sydney Holyoke’s many letters to the Family.

           2. “The Peerage.com” M, #330981 

           3.Ian M. Campbell’s files and photos of the Campbell Family

Susan Ladd (Campbell) Hyde

Aunt“Susie” as she was known in the Family, was the daughter of Colin Campbell III and Phoebe Anne Seeley.  She was born at Beechwood, Weymouth North, in 1858.  I remember, as a boy, in the late 1940ies, visiting other Aunts with my Father whenever we were in Weymouth.  It was a very formal affair with tea and cucumber sandwiches. By then Susie and her sisters were gone but the next generation visited in the summer.    Aunt Bal and Aunt Jessie to name a few.
I have in my possession an article about Beechwood written by cousin Sydney Holyoke whose Mother, Charlotte was Susie’s sister.  This is an interesting Story written by him about his Aunt Susie.

“My Aunt Susie was the last of the Campbell “girls” to get married.  I think she had no special object in matrimony, she simply wanted to be able to put a “Mrs.“ before her name.   Finally she met and married a clergyman, with a county parish in Massachusetts, by the name of William Hyde.   It didn’t appear to be a very close marriage because, every summer she left her husband, and his lonely preaching, while visiting the home of her youth Beechwood.  Also she did not leave her estate to her   husband but to her sister, Aunt Min‘s children, Cuth and Dorothy.

One summer she bought a new, shiny, black model T-Ford touring car, the  kind where you put on side curtains when it rained. This was  Aunt  Susie’s pride and joy, a priceless possession.  She had a  special  dustcloth which she went all over the car before she started  and then again as soon as she returned home.

The model-T had no gas gauge. The attendant at the gas pump had a stick which he put into the tank to see how much gas was left.  She would have none of this!  She had her own special stick and after wiping it carefully with a clean cloth and gave it to the attendant to use rather than to trust his stick.

In those days, ladies, particularly those of some considerable maturity, wore skirts down at least to their ankles.  So she would then daintily lift up her skirt, reach into the top of her black cotton stockings and remove her purse  to  pay her bill .

Aunt  Susie  owned  her  car  but never did learn to drive  it.  She had a very reliable chauffeur, her sister Minnie.  Aunt Min  did all the driving while Susie always sat straight and proudly with her on the front seat.   Aunt Min was an excellent driver and was most articulate when she  stopped the car and told off some poor unfortunate male whose  driving  methods  displeased her .  It was really a treat to drive with that odd pair of old , but “young -at- heart” ladies .”

These are some of the stories from cousin Sydney Holyoke which I have found in his many letters to my Grandfather and to Aunt Bal.  There are more letters that may be in the possession of cousin Elissa or other members of the Family.  If you have any to share please copy to me.  Elissa and I plan to get together to sort through them properly so these memories will not be forgotten.

November 11, 1918 – At 11 am–the 11th hour of the 11’the day of the 11th month fighting stopped included the cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of German forces to behind the Rhine, Allied occupation of the Rhineland and bridgeheads further east, the preservation of infrastructure, the surrender of aircraft, warships, and military materiel, the release of Allied prisoners of war and interned civilians, eventual reparations, no release of German prisoners and no relaxation of the naval blockade of Germany. Although the armistice ended the fighting, it was not a surrender by the Germains and  needed to be prolonged three times until the Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on 28 June 1919, took effect on 10 January 1920.

Extract of Matriculation of the Arms of Ian Murray Campbell  Associate of the Insurance Institute of Canada, Insurance Adjuster, residing at “GLYNDWR”, Pleasantville, in the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, having by Petition unto the Lord Lyon King of Arms of date 25 August 1982 Shewn; THAT he, the Petitioner, who married at Halifax, Nova Scotia aforesaid, 29 June 1963, Margaret Marion, daughter of Frederick R. H. Bywater and his wife Rosalia Knauer, and has issue by her a son and heir apparent John George Frederick Campbell (born 31 August 1969) and a daughter Catherine Margaret Campbell (born 12 April 1967), was born at Halifax aforesaid 25 May 1940 and is the eldest son and heir of the late John Douglas Campbell and his wife (married Hantsport, Nova Scotia, 25 June 1938) Marjorie Jean, daughter of Daniel William Murray; THAT the Petitioner’s said father (born Weymouth North, Nova Scotia 29 August 1909) was eldest son of George Douglas Campbell, Junior, and his wife (Married St. Stephen, New Brunswick, 30 September 1908) Esther Martha, daughter of John Black; THAT the Petitioner’s said grandfather (born Weymouth North aforesaid 2 July 1881) was eldest son of George Douglas Campbell, Senior, and his wife (married Bangor in the State of Maine, United States of America, 19 August 1880)Catherine (Kate) Glidden, daughter of Captain Alpheus T. Palmer of Bangor aforesaid; THAT the Petitioner’s said great-grandfather (born Weymouth North aforesaid, 27 December 1852) was fourth son of the Honourable Colin Campbell III, Member of the Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia, and his wife Phoebe Anne, daughter of Josiah Gilbert Seeley, of New York and of St. John, New Brunswick; THAT the Petitioner’s said great-great-grandfather (born Shelburne, Nova Scotia, 7 August 1822) was eldest son of Colin Campbell, Junior, Registrar for Digby County and Notary Public, and his wife Maria (Snyder), daughter of Colonel John Taylor, Loyalist and pioneer in Weymouth (Sissiboo), Nova Scotia; THAT the Petitioner’s said great-great-great grandfather (born Shelburne aforesaid, 28 October 1798) was Second son of Colin Campbell, Senior, and his second wife (married 15 November 1796, there being no issue by his first wife) Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Hardy, a Loyalist and relative of Sir Josiah Hardy, Colonial Governor of New Jersey in 1761; THAT the Petitioner’s said great-great-great-great-grandfather (born Inveraray in the County of Argyll, Scotland, 30 July 1752) who went to Shelburne with the Loyalists in 1783 and became Collector of Customs there, was, there is reason to believe, second son of David Campbell of Belmont and his wife (married 7 March 1756) Jean Campbell; THAT the said David Campbell of Belmont (born circa 1729-30, settled in New York 1776) was second son of John Campbell of Barcardine and his wife Margaret, daughter of Angus Campbell of Keithick in the County of Forfar; THAT certain Ensigns Armorial were recorded in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland (Volume 1, folio 135) of date 6 March 1755 in name of the said John Campbell of Barcardine, descended of the ancient family of Campbell of Glenorchy; and the Petitioner having prayed, that the aforesaid Ensigns Armorial might now be matriculated in his own name with a suitable difference, The Lord Lyon King of Arms by Interlocutor of date 24 July 1984 Granted Warrant to the Lyon Clerk to matriculate in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland in name of the Petitioner the following Ensigns Armorial, videlicet: Quarterly; first and fourth, Gyronny of eight Or and Sable; second, Argent. a lymphd Sable oars in action; third, Or, a fess chequy Azure and Argent; all within a bordure per pale dexter Vair, sinister Azure charged of three mullets Argent. Above the Shield is placed an Helm befitting his degree with a Mantling Sable doubled Or, and on a Wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest a man in highland garb holding in his dexter hand a dirk all Proper and in his sinister hand a mullet Argent, and in an Escrol over the name his Motto “C’EST PETIT PEU

Matriculated the 28th day of November 1984
Extracted furth of the 20th page of the 68th Volume
of the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland
this 30th day of November, 1984

 Capt. Palmer was the Gt. Gt. Grandfather of Ian Campbell

Capt. Palmer was an officer in the Mexican war and was an intimate friend of President Franklyn Pierce.                                                         

At the close of the Mexican war he retired and went to California seeking his fortune as a 49er.  He pitched and occupied the 3rd tent  in Marysville.  Capt. Palmer had on April 21st, 1847, become a member of Rising Virtue Lodge of Masons in Bangor and as soon as the growth of Marysville warranted the movement he organized a Masonic Lodge there which was instituted under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Califor­nia then a very insignificant body. 

Some photos taken up at the barn.

Photos

Grandson Chris’s Christening at Weymouth North

Small Gathering at the Glynbyrn Farm House

Gordon – Margaret -Sheila

All of these ladies – are, were or married to Campbells

Clan Campbell Reunion 2016

Where does this side of the Family connect?

Palmer:  Great Grandmother’s birth name was Catharine (Kate) Glidden Palmer.  Her Father was Alpheus Taft Palmer.

Glidden:   Kate’s mother was Jane Glidden thus the connection with the Gliddens.  The Family was involved with Shipbuilding and lived in Damariscotta-Newcastle, Maine.  I have a complete history about the Gliddens that goes back to the 1600’s

Dinsmore:  Elinor Palmer married a George Dinsmore and that’s where Joanne (Jodi) and her sister Cindy are connected.  Elinor’s Gt-Grandfather was Alpheus Palmer.  I also have a large file on the Palmers.

Photo’s of Elinor, Jodi and Cindy are below along with photos of the Glidden mansions on Glidden Ave. in Newcastle, ME

We became connected at the 1985 Reunion.  See the Post for this reunion.