Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Joel Campbell
250 years ago today, my 5th great-grandfather and his brother were at the Colden Store. His name was Joel (eponym of joelcampbell1735.blogspot.com). Jonathan Campbell was his brother. The DayBook records that they both appeared in person and had sequential account numbers: 198 and 199.
This article is one in a series of a daily accountings of Colden Store transactions. Be sure you read the first installment for more of an introduction to the store. You should also read this article which appeared in the Journal of the Orange County Historical Society.
Joel had just turned 33 years-old a few weeks ago and Jonathan was 28. Joel was married and had at least five children of ages twelve to newborn. Jonathan had a younger family.
Their story (this is the very very short version of their story...see more at bit.ly/JoelCampbellBook) was similar to that of their close neighbors. Mr. Tuthill of Morrisontown, New Jersey had invested in a large section of the Brasier patent. This land sat to the north of the Colden lands and presumably north of the store. Tuthill resold 50-100 acre plots of this land to other New Jerseyites looking for a new start. Joel's father did not purchase in the Tuthill tract, but he relocated his family to land that bordered it on the north, part of the Wileman patent. Joel's father convinced his eight sons and maybe some daughters and relatives to join him, even though they had well-established families in New Jersey. This had all happened within the prior decade.
Somehow they maintained contact with relatives left in New Jersey. For example, in five years a New Jersey niece of Joel would be present at the signing of his father's will. In twenty years, Joel's sister would sell lands in New Jersey and join him in New York.
Eventually the connections with New Jersey Campbells ceased as Joel moved further west into Pennsylvania. Recently, YDNA has allowed a reconnection with a Campbell line that remained in New Jersey for many generations.
On this day, Joel was feeling optimistic about the future. He purchased the higher quality (and higher priced) rum and an apron made of Check (linen cloth with a pattern).
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