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Campbell, Andrew, a resident of Ered- erick county, is believed to ha\e been the ■"Mr. Canijjbell" who was a burgess troin Erederick county in 1745-1747. lie was one of the first justices of l-"rederick county.

Campbell, Archibald, came to N'irgiuui in 1745. Ele was son of Archibald Campbell, of Kernair, Argyleshire, Scotland, and his wife, Anna Stewart, of Ascog. He was minister oi Washington parish from 1754 to 1774. He had a brother, Alexander Lamp- bell, who was a merchant at Ealmouth, \'ir- ginia, but returned to Scotland. This brother was father of Thomas Campbell, the poet.

Campbell, Colin, was major and adjutant for the eastern district of X'irginia in 1775. He died in Surry county in 1780, leaving sons, Archibald, AE D., and Colin.

Campbell, Hugh, a native of Scotland, w as an attorney-at-law, Norfolk county. By his deed in 1691 he gave 200 acres of land in each of the counties of Norfolk, Isle of Wight and Nansemond for free schools.

Cant, Major David, was a resident of Gloucester county, which he represented in the house of burgesses in 1659-60. He mar- ried a daughter of Colonel Augustine War- ner, and had sons — Augustine, David, Wal- ter, and probably John ( q. v.).

Cant, John, probably a son of Major David Cant ; member of the house of burgesses from Middlesex in 1692.

Cargill, John, son of Rev. John Cargill, who went from England to the Leeward Island in 1708 and thence to \'irginia. John Cargill Jr. married, in \Trginia, Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of Nathaniel Harrison,

I.I 'AX aketield," Surry county. He was burgess for Surry count\- in the assembly of 174J-1747, but died in 1744 l)efore the assem- bly ended. lea\ing a son John, who married (first I Sarah .\very. (second) Anne Jones.

Carlyle, John, was a scion of an ancient and influential family of Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He was a son of A\illiam Carlyle, a surgeon of Carlisle, luigland, and Rachel Murray, his wife. He was born l-'ebruary 6, 1720, came to Virginia about 1740, and settled first at Dumfries, Prince William count}-, but as early as 1744 he was a mer- chant at iielhaven, afterwards Alexandria. I le was one of the incorporators and a mem- ber of the first board of trustees of Alex- andria, where he built in 1752 the historic "Carlyle House," which was the headquar- ters of General Edward Braddock in 1755. in 1754 he was appointed major and com- missary of the Mrginia forces; in 1758 he was collector of the customs of Sotith Po- tomac, and in 1775 member of the county committee of safety. With Mr. John Dal- ton he was engaged for twenty-five years in a mercantile and shipping business. Ele married (first) in 1748, Sarah Eairfax, sec- (jnd daughter of Hon. William Eairfax, (sec- ond) Sybil \\"est, daughter of Hugh and S}bil (llarrison) West, lie died in Octo- ber, 1780.

Carpenter, Nathaniel, a Devonshire gentle- man, brother of Coryndon Carpenter, Escp, of Launceston, Cornwall, England; was a physician and a collector of the customs; resident in King and Queen county, Vir- ginia, in 1768. He married Nancy Eauntle- roy, daughter of Bushrod Fauntleroy, of Northumberland county, and left issue.