Campbell, Alexander

  • From Alexander Campbell of Adolphustown By Jean Norry, 2011. https://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/extras/Campbell-Alexander1/Campbell-Alexander-1-by-Jean-Norry.pdf
    • In the fall of 1783 Alexander and his family were still living in Montreal and he would have heard about the Peter Vanalstine group coming from New York City. They landed at Quebec and then proceeded up the river to Sorel. The provision lists of that winter of 1783 -84 show they were at Sorel. The British had built a new fort there a few yearsbefore this and they thought this would be accommodation for all the refugees. It seemsto me that Alexander and maybe his wife too, had scurried around the city and found this group of old friends from Tappan. They had until the next spring to make their decision to join this group going west to the Cataraqui. These people from New York were called Associated Loyalists because they had been part of the support group bringing in suppliesof food and wood to the population in New York. In years to come they were their neighbours in North Adolphustown and their children and grandchildren intermarried for a hundred years or more. The Hycks, the Bogarts and the Valleaus and the Mabeys, theBensons, the Hagermans and the Christopher German family were the early settlers in North Adolphustown.
    • Alexander Campbell was buried in Picton in 1811 presumably at the Old White Chapelcemetery. He entered the death ofAlexander Campbell of Adolphustown, as 10th of April, 1811. He was 82 years old. His will was made on the 6th of April, 1811. It seems that he had been staying with his daughter Jennett Miller, wife of Elisha Miller. Perhaps he lived with Elizabeth Valleau, his youngest daughter, wife of Hildebrand Valleau. Both Elizabeth and Jennet are buried at this cemetery in Picton. The Archibald Campbell family plots are in the Gosport Cemetery, on a high hill overlooking Hay Bay, in North Adolphustown.
  • United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=1181
  • Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163842525/alexander-campbell