Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Samuel Campbell
On this day, 250 years-ago, Samuel Campbell made his first of three appearances in the Store DayBook. His account was #224, which referred to a ledger book that summed all of Samuel's credits and debits to the Colden enterprise. Samuel was represented in the store by his son. Later in July of 1768 he was represented by his daughter. Only on the final entry in August of 1768, did he appear himself in the store.
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| Samuel Campbell farm bisecting road from Goodwill Church to Walden Mills. The property was deeded to the Barkleys in 1793. Colden home on the right. Base map ©Google 2018 |
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This article is one in a series of a daily accountings of Colden Store transactions. Be sure you read the first installment for an introduction to the store. You should also read this article which appeared in the Journal of the Orange County Historical Society.
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There were at least two Samuel Campbells living in this area at this time. One was the father of Samuel Jr., Joel (eponym of this blogsite), Jonathan, Ruben, and others. I mention these four brothers by name as they are all mentioned in the DayBook. The other Campbell siblings (Daniel, Mary, Nathaniel, Levi, and Nathan) do not appear in the DayBook by name. Samuel Sr. was about 70 years old on this date. He wrote his will in 1773 and is believed to have died about the same time.
Samuel Jr. would have been about forty-years-old on this date. He probably had a son named Samuel, but that is only conjecture. The other siblings may have also named sons after their father, Samuel Sr. For example, in the 1790 census there are two Samuel Campbells living in this area. One is referred to as "Samuel the 1st." (not Sr. or Jr. as was used by the census-taker in some instances) The other is living on the farm of Samuel Campbell Sr. and is referred to as "Samuel the 2nd." (not Jr.) Samuel Jr. would have been about 60 years-old on in 1790 and was known to be living on the Samuel Sr. farm, so are Samuel Jr. and Samuel the 2nd the same person? Both Samuel the 1st and Samuel the 2nd had two male household members under 16 years-old which makes it even more confusing.
When Samuel Sr. wrote his will in 1773 (five years from today's date of April 30, 1768), he and Samuel Jr. were living on the same farm. It sat north of the Goodwill church on the road that travels down the Wallkill river towards the mills at what is now, Walden, New York (see map above). That is probably the direction Samuel's son walked on this day, 250 years-ago, with his gallon of molasses and twenty-eight pounds of salt. Whether this son was one of the many sons of Samuel Sr. or a son of Samuel Jr. is not known.
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