When the Catholic party, headed by Catherine di Medici, culminated years of cruel persecution with the massacre of the French Protestants on St. Bartholomew’s Day, 24th August, 1572, a number of the surviving Huguenots fled for safety to the Netherlands and England. In many cases the name of illustrious families disappear forever from the records of France only to reappear in and flourish under the protection and religious toleration of the Dutch and English nations. Between the years 1572 and 1620 the names of many of the French refugees underwent a change suitable to the environment and in some cases became so Dutch in character that it is extremely difficult to trace them back to the original French. The curious custom so prevalent in the Netherlands of using no surname and designating as “Laurence, the son of John,” (Laurens Jansen) if such was the father’s Christian name, renders the task of the genealogist still more complicated, and when added to the fact that localities and towns of the same derivative designation exist both in France and Holland (as the hamlet of “Camps” in France and the villages of “Campen” in the Netherlands and Denmark), it is small wonder that the greatest confusion prevails as to the ancestral source of many early New Amsterdam families. As early as 1650 the names of “De Camp,” “Van Kamp” and “Van Campen” appear on the church and State records of New Amsterdam and the surrounding towns. It was long supposed that these three families were closely related, if not identical, but a critical examination of the records not only of the parents and children, but also of the baptismal sponsors, carries the conviction that the “De Camp” and the “Van Campen” families were of different origin and nationality. Almost all the original “De Camp” settlers who can positively be identified and traced as such were recorded in the Dutch church records of New Amsterdam, Brooklyn, Flatbush, New Utrecht, and Staten Island, under the names “Van Kamp” and “Van Campen” by the clerks of the above several parishes. It is only after the year 1710 that the name begins to be written correctly as “De Camp” or “D’Camp” on the church records.

At first it was theorized that some of the early “Van Campen” settlers were originally members of the “De Camp” family, basing the presumption upon the repeated recording of the name of “De Camp” in its Dutch equivalent, but upon classifying and comparing the names of the several sponsors at the baptism of the “De Camp” and “Van Campen” children, the strongest evidence is found to sustain the statement that the two families were nowise related by blood or marriage, the one being of French and the other of Dutch origin. As a matter of general interest, however, and for the sake of more complete record some few facts concerning the “Van Campen”^[1] family are given in the foot-notes and the genealogical student can thus verify the above statement and draw his own conclusions. Every effort has been made by the compiler to trace the “De Camp” name in France, but a thorough search in the archives of the “Bibliotheque Nationale” at Paris, and of the Department du Pas de Calais at Arras, fails to disclose any information of direct bearing upon the American families of “De Camp.” For the purpose of record however, the following facts may be of interest. The name “De or Du Camp, Camps and Campe,” also “Decamp” appear in the records of the cities of Laon, Rosay, Rouen, Caen, Montauban, and Camp (a small hamlet near Abbeville) of France, and in the archives of the cities of Lausanne and Geneva of Switzerland.

Tristan and Pierre De Camp of Lusigran de la Cabé les Pezenas, district of Beziers, were received as inhabitants of Geneva on 7th January 1555.

Jean de Camp, a saddler, was killed at Rouen during the St. Bartholomew massacre, August 1572.

Noel de Camp, a nobleman, Seigneur de La Boudrie, was received as an inhabitant at Geneva on 4th September 1572.

Jean de Camp, a native of Montauban, setting out from Moulins (about 1572) with two gentlemen, was seized and hung near that city, with his companions.

Jean de Camp, going from Tours, received a passport on 2d July 1590.

Marthe (de) Camp de Bombelles, born of a good family of Montauban, married a Catholic officer in the “Desert,” who wasted her marriage portion and then abandoned her, alleging under the then law that his marriage with a Protestant was a nullity. The unfortunate woman was supported by a family named “Van Robais” and her daughter “Charlotte” later married one of that name.

Daniel de Camp, son of Paul de Camp, a merchant at Sedan and Marthe de La Croix, was born about 1643, and became minister at Laon. He married at Charenton on 11th June 1673, Marie, daughter of Mathew Roguin and Margarite Bolduc. He was a member of the Synod of Ile de France on 26th August 1677, and minister of the church at Roncy 1677–79.

Moses de Camp, of Montauban, was a student at the faculty of the town in 1657. He became pastor of Mazamet 1659–68; was imprisoned several times in 1665 for refusing to salute the Sacrament when passing in the street; he died in February 1668.

Marie de Camp, of La Rochelle, widow, aged 49 years, with two children, was naturalized at London as Mary de Camp on 21st November 1682, and was assisted there 1702–06.

Pierre de Camp, of Pary le Monial in the Duchy of Burgundy, was received as a refugee with others at Lausanne on 21st August 1688. He was a copper-smith and died there on 1st March 1705 aged 64 years.

Laurent de Camp was Seigneur of Bernoville (Picardie or Normandie) in 1746.^[2]

There appears to have been a large family of “Du Campe” located in the neighborhood of Boulogne from 1475, but it is uncertain whether they were of same family as the Protestant “De Camps.”

Huchon du Camp owned a fief in the county of Boulogne in 1477.

Jehennet du Camp owned an estate at Wissant prior to 1500.

Thomas du Camp owned an estate at Luberg in 1505.

Henri, Jeanne, Robin and Antoinette du Camp held fiefs at Engouasant in 1553.

Francois du Camp was prosecutor and counsellor in the Seneschal’s Office at Boulogne in 1558.

Antoine du Camp, son of John and Antoine du Camp, son of Robert, declared their fiefs at Boulogne in 1572.

William du Camp held a fief at Maninghen-les-Wimille in 1575.

Margueritte Du Camp, daughter of Guillaume Du Camp and Francoise Noel, living at Lianne, parish of Allingthun, married on 21 May, 1631, Jehan Flahaut, son of Nicholas Flahaut and Leonarde Lambert, living at Laires.

Antoine Le Febure, Sieur Du Camp du Rien, living at Wierre-au-Bois, son of Antoine Le Febure (husband of 2d wife Peronne Damiens), married on 28 October, 1631. Suzanne Caullier, daughter of Jean Caullier and Marye Frutier, living at Boulogne.

In “Recherche Genealogiques sur les contés de Boulogne, etc., Tome I., pp. 312,” is mentioned a family of “Du Campe” in Boulogne who had the arms on a shield of silver, two bars, red. The ancestry is as follows:

“Jean Rolant Du Campe, married to Marie de Euyl, was the father of Martin, 1482; ——, of Bois-le-Duc, father of Robert, married at Montreuil in 1538 first to Helene Gressier, daughter of Antoine and Peronne du Camp and second to Jacqueline Le Bois (remarried to Gabriel de Lozieres). He had by his first marriage Nicholas, Sieur de Hubert, who married at Montreuil in 1569 Laurence de Lozieres, the daughter of his stepmother, whence he had issue Francois and Jeanne, the wife of Jean Le Vasseur. Francois, Sieur de Cambremont, married in 1617 Jacqueline Lesseline, daughter of Pierre, Sieur de La Malotterie, captain and high bailiff of Samer, and Agnes Bertrand, and had issue Philippe and Louis, priest of the Oratory of Boulogne.

“Philippe, Sieur de Tardinghen and Longueville, musketeer of the king, attached to the regiment of the marines, married at Calais 24 February, 1672, Adrienne Marguerite Lepigault, daughter of Nicolas, Sieur de Vertesalle, mayor and judge-consul of Calais, and Jeanne Pollart (Nobillaire de Rousseville), and had issue Louis, esquire, Sieur of Tardinghen, Ostove, Longatte, La Teutrie and Noir-Bonningue, who purchased in 1710 the estates of Frency and Rosamel paying 46,050 pounds for the inheritance of Monseigneur Augustine de Gouffier, Count of Rosamel. He married in 1696 Antoinette Catherine Carpentier, daughter of Antoine, Sieur of Lespagnerie and Catherine de Courteville d’Hodieg. He was master of the waters and forests at Boulogne, and the father of many children. From him descended the present Du Campes of Rosamel, allied to the La Rue, Le Blond de Plouy, Cacheleu d’Houdan, etc., among whom were Daniel Antoine, lieutenant in the Liannois regiment in 1729; Claude Louis Marie, marshal of the camp in 1789; and in the present century a rear-admiral, minister of war, father of another rear-admiral, a son of whom is at the present time commander of a vessel.”

There are many references concerning these “Du Campes” in the archives of the Department Pas du Calais at Arras, from which may be learned the following facts: Francois and Jacqueline (Lesseline) Du Campe had issue Guillaume, eldest son, an advocate at Sarlement, and later Sieur of Cambremont; Philippe, second son, baptized at parish of St. Joseph on 9 November, 1646, his godfather being Philippe de Crequy, Chevalier-Seigneur de Hesmont, Souverains Moulins, Wimille, and other estates; Francoise, a daughter, who signed a marriage contract with Regnaut Destailleur, Knight, Sieur de Questreque, on 10 September, 1659, and had a child, Marie Francoise Destailleur, married to Bertrand de La Haye, Seigneur de la Houssaye, on 27 January, 1684, by Louis, priest of the Oratory; Louis, who was priest of the Oratory at Boulogne, and died 8 November, 1700.

Philippe and Adrienne (Lepigault) Du Campe had a son Louis and a daughter Nicolle, who married Jean de Lafontaine, Sieur Dufart.

Louis and Antoinette (Carpentier) Du Campe had a son Louis Antoine baptized 15 April, 1697, and a son Francois, baptized 10 October, 1712.

Daniel Antoine Du Campe, squire and Seigneur de Rosamel, was married on 7 January, 1727, to Marie Marguerite de la Rue du Rosny, by Louis Claude Du Campe, priest of the parish of St. Joseph, and had a son Daniel, baptized on 20 September, 1729–30.

Claude Louis Marie Du Campe, Chevalier, Seigneur de Rosamel, Chevalier of St. Louis, Major of the Royal Navarre Regiment, married Marie Armande Cecile de St. Martin, who died 17 February, 1765, aged 19 years. He was also Seigneur of Frency, Seguian, Journy, Lamotte, Courteville, and Zelucy.

Claude Charles Marie Du Camp de Rosamel was born at Boulogne 1774 (?), was minister of marine, and died 19 March, 1873.

In addition to above “Du Campes” clearly related to the great Du Campe family of Boulogne, we also find the following mentioned in the Arras archives:

Jean Descamps (sic) living at Boulogne, a son of Jean Descamps, deceased, and Margueritte Chevalier, married on 28 September, 1681, Catherine Delarre. Witness, Maurice Descamps, his younger brother.

Guillaume Du Campe and Marie Boutalle had a son Jean, who obtained a beneficiary letter on 12 October, 1705.

Nicholas Du Camp and Marie Isabelle Battel, his wife, living at Cremaren, had a lawsuit at Samer with Jean Battel and Marie Duflos, his wife, on 30 October, 1733.

Marie Anne Barbe Austreberthe Coulomber Du Camp, daughter of Jacques and Angelique Rose Du Camp, living at Boulogne, married on 24 July, 1736, Antoine, Seigneur du Blaujel. Witness, Jean Du Camp, proprietor, living at Lianne.

Marie Rose Descamps, widow of Charles Jacques, living at the hamlet of Partel, gave a donation to Marie Rose Jacques, her daughter, of furniture situated at Bienvillon-au-Bois on 11 October, 1741.

Louise Marie Du Camp, living at Brumembert, signed a contract of marriage with Adrien Gardin, laborer, living at same place, on 11 January, 1755.

In “Le Cabinet Historique” (Indicateur Armorial d’Houzier, Charles Rene), edition 1866, may be found the names of those “De Camps” entitled to bear coat-armor about 1650. The list is as follows:

Jean André de Camps, Counsellor to the Presidial of Pamiers. Arms: On a shield azure a chevron with two roses in chief and a wheat sheaf in point, all in gold. (Montpellier, vol. 15, fol. 1483.)

Jacques de or du Camp, notary in the district of Lauvan. Arms: On a shield sinople (the color green in English heraldry) a chief fessy, gold and sable. (Montpellier, vol. 15, fol. 1483.)

Francois de Camps, Abbe de Ligny. Arms: On a shield azure, a lion gold holding in his two front paws a shield, sable. (Paris, vol. 24, pt. ii., fol. 1137.)

Laurent de Camps, Chief Surgeon of the King’s Hospitals at Maubeuge. Arms: On a shield azure three trefoils, gold, 2 and 1. (Flanders, vol. 12, fol. 1438.)

Etienne des Camps, scribe of the king at the gallery called La Forte. Arms: On a shield azure a crescent gold between two towers silver, placed front, three stars gold ranged in chief, and three ducks, also gold, ranged in point, swimming on a river of silver. (Provence, vol. 29, pt. i., fol. 668.)

Jacques de Camps, bourgeois. Arms: On a shield azure two towers silver, jointed sable, accompanied in point by a dog, gold, running after a hare, gold, on a meadow, silver, and a chief gules charged with three gold stars. (Provence, vol. 29, pt. i., fol. 818.)

Bertrand de Camps, Procureur Audit of Parleement; Capitoul (municipal officer of Toulouse). Arms: On a shield azure a chevron gules, accompanied in chief by dots azure, and in point by a lion of sable, tongued and armed gules and a chief, azure, charged with three silver stars. (Toulouse, vol. 14, pt. i., fol. 137.)

Pierre de Camps, esquire, Seigneur de Clairbourg, and former body guard to the king, Valet of the Wardrobe to Monsieur (the Dauphin). Arms: On a shield azure a chevron gules, accompanied by three merlets of sable.

From the above facts it will be noted that there existed a large family of Protestant “De Camps” at Montauban between 1625–1675; a great Catholic family of “Du Campe” at Boulogne between 1600–1780, and an indication of “De Camps” at Rouen. Perhaps a clue to the ancestry of the New Jersey “De Camp” family may lurk about that Laurent De Camps who was Chief Surgeon at Mauberge and that Laurent De Camps who was Sieur de Bernoville in 1746. The fact of a Maurice Descamps being a witness to the marriage of his brother Jean Descamps and Catherine Delarre on 28 September, 1681, may also be important, as this Maurice was a son of Jean and Margueritte (Chevalier) Descamps, deceased in 1681, and it will hereafter be seen that the name of Morris is a favored one in the early New Jersey De Camp families.

The purpose of the present work is to trace and record the descendants of “Laurens Jansen De Camp,”^[3] a French Huguenot, who arrived in this country about 1664, and appears to have been the first and only one of his name who came to the shores of the New Netherlands.

1 Laurence² De Camp, the son of John¹ De Camp, was probably born either in the province of Picardie or Normandy about 1645. He arrived at New Amsterdam in 1664, in company with other Huguenots, from Holland; but the name of the vessel in which he crossed the ocean is unknown. Dr. Charles W. Baird, in his “History of the Huguenot Refugees in America,” states that his fellow-emigrants were Antoine du Chaine, Nicolas de La Plaine, Jean de la Warde, all of Normandy; and Simon Bouclé, Jacques Monier, Pierre Monier, Gedeon Merlet, Jacques Cossart, and Jean Paul de Rues. In the early Dutch church records he is repeatedly called “Laurens Jansen,”^[4] but in 1687 his full name, “Laurens Jansen De Camp,” appears on the Kings County, N. Y., rolls.

He must have been quite young at the date of his emigration for he married about 1676 Elsie de Mandeville, daughter of Gillis and Altje (Hendricks) de Mandeville^[5] (also written Mandeviel), and had most if not all his children born within the period of from 1676–1696. In the Assessment Roll of New Utrecht made up 24th August, 1675, his name appears as “Laurens Jansen 1 Pole, 2 Horses, 2 Cows, £52; 24 Morgens of Land £48; Total; £100;” and in the Assessment Roll of the same place made up 29th September, 1676, he appears as “Laurens Jansen 1 Pole; 2 Horses; 2 Cows; £52; 12 Morgens of Land; £24; Total £76.”

In 1677 the names “Laurens Jansen and wife” appear in a list of church members at New Utrecht, N. Y., and he undoubtedly lived at this place from 1664 to 1688, for on the 26th September, 1687, his name appears on a list of these inhabitants of Kings County, N. Y., who took the oath of allegiance to England as follows: “Lawrens Janse De Camp 23 Jaere” (Doc. Hist. of N. Y., vol. I., p. 415), (that is, he had been in New Netherlands 23 years) of New Utrecht, N. Y. Shortly after this date he must have removed to Staten Island, N. Y., where there was a large Huguenot settlement and a French church established as early as 1680. On 30th December, 1701, he joined in a Petition of the Protestants of New York to King William III. (N. Y. Col. Mss., vol. IV., p. 942), entitled “A list of the maj^r part of the freeholders and inhabitants of Richmond County” “Johannes de Campe; Larrens de Campe.” The John De Camp here mentioned was his eldest son. In 1719, May 7th, he was Local Pastor of the Staten Island Dutch Church. On 20 June, 1679 “Laurens Janz & Altie Gillis” his wife, were the witnesses at baptism of Maria, the child of Antoine Du Chesne and Anna Bocque at Flatbush, N. Y. On 5th May, 1688, Laurens Jansen and Altie Gillis, his wife, were the witnesses at baptism of Angenetie, child of Hendrik Jansen Cammega and Anna Maria Vervele at Flatbush, N. Y.

His children were:

2 John³ De Camp (Laurence², John¹) was born at New Utrecht, N. Y., about January 1679. He was baptized on 2d Feb. 1679, at Flatbush, N. Y. Witness: Trynte Gillis. He must have removed to Staten Island with his father, for his name appears on a List of Protestant Freeholders of Richmond Co., who petitioned King William III., on 30 Dec. 1701, as “Johannes de Campe.” He married about 1701, Mary Praal, daughter of Peter and Mary Praal, and died about 1765. He left a will dated 9 Feb. 1764, probated in Essex Co., N. J., on 28 May, 1766, Liber H., fol. 610, in which he mentions a son Aaron; heirs of a son John, deceased; heirs of a daughter Mary Vannamen, deceased; heirs of a daughter Dinah Power, deceased; and a daughter Sarah Oughtletree. The executors named were William Parrat, Jacob Bedell, and Recompense Stanbury. The witnesses were Jonathan Milford, Abraham Rutan and William Coles.

In 1715 “Johannes Van Campen and Saara Van Namen” were witnesses at baptism of Tys, child of Johannes Sweem, at Staten Island.

The children of John De Camp were:

3 Henry³ De Camp (Laurence², John¹) was born at New Utrecht, N. Y., about 1682. He married on 17 Apl. 1704, at Dutch Church in New York City Maria de Lamars. The record runs “1704 Mar. 30, Hendrik de Kamp j. m. van N. Utrecht wonende of Staten Ylandt met Maria de Lamars j. f. van de Bowery: Getrouvt 1704 Apl. 17.” In the census of New York, 1703, is found “Old Ward: Walter Lamas 1 Female child. 1 Male over 60 years of age.” It is evident that Walter Lamas was the grandfather of Henry de Camp’s wife. Hendrick De Camp (sic) left a will dated 4 June, 1771, proved 10 Aug. 1771, in Middlesex Co., N. J., in which he calls himself of Woodbridge, N. J., and mentions a wife Mary; a son Henry; great grandson Ezekiel, son of grandson Lawrence; daughter Aliche (Altje) Lovel; to his disrespectful son Lambert 10 shillings; a son John; a daughter Christian Woodroffe; a grandson, son of his son Benjamin, deceased; also a granddaughter, child of his son Benjamin, deceased; grandson Joseph, son of his son Lambert. In case of any controversy of his will he appoints his friend Joseph Shotwell of Rahway, as mediator. Names as executors his son John and his friend and neighbor William Smith. The witnesses were William Marsh, Josiah Stansberry and David De Camp. His children were as follows:

4 Gideon³ De Camp (Laurent², John¹) was born at Flatbush, Long Island, about March 1683. He was baptized there on 8 April, 1683, and had as witnesses his uncle and aunt Hendrick (Gillis) Mandeviel and Aratie (Peters) Mandeviel. He married Henrietta Ellis, daughter of Bastian and Sarah Ellis (?). On 27 July, 1714, as Gidie Van Campen he and Styntje Christoffel were witnesses at baptism of Geesie, child of Rut van der Bergh, at Staten Island. In 1715 Giedie Van Campen and Elsie Van Campen were witnesses at baptism of Aeltie, child of Hendrick Van Campen, at Staten Island. On 12th Sept. 1717, Gydon Van Campen and wife were witnesses at baptism at Staten Island, by Dom. Freeman, of Gillis, child of Cobus Creven. On 30 April, 1721, Gideon de Camp and Hendrikje Elles were witnesses at baptism of Femmetje, child of Cornelis Egmont and Elsje de Camp, at Staten Island. On 24th July, 1743, Gedejon Decamp and Hendrikje Decamp were witnesses at baptism at New Brunswick, N. J., of child of Bastejan Ellis and Sarah, his wife. Gideon De Camp must have removed to New Brunswick, N. J., about 1735, for on 27 Nov. 1735, he signed the rules of the New Brunswick Dutch Church as “Gyedieion De Camp” and in the Pew List he appeared as the owner of Pew Seats Nos. 16, 17, and 18.

One Bastian Ellis of Staten Island, Richmond Co., N. Y., left a will dated 25 Mar. 1760, proved 2 Dec. 1763, recorded Liber 24 of Wills, page 227, in N. Y. Co., in which is mentioned wife “Sary” and children Cornelis, Bastian, Catran, Sarah, Eagye, Areeanche, Hendrickai and Mary. Whether he was the father or brother-in-law of Gideon De Camp is as yet undetermined.

His children were as follows:

5 Aaron⁴ De Camp (John³, Laurence², John¹) died about 1788, leaving following issue:

The names of his children are learned from a Petition of Aaron De Camp, dated 23 Jan. 1790 (No. 427 Newark Probate Office), to partition the lands of his father Aaron De Camp, who died 1788.

6 Lambert⁴ De Camp (Henry³, Laurence², John¹) was baptized at Staten Island on 17 Apl. 1711. Witnesses: Johannes Van Campen and wife Mary (his uncle and aunt). He married Mary ——, and must have died about 1790. His will is dated 4 Oct. 1784, and was proved 4 Oct. 1790. In it he speaks of himself as of Elizabeth Boro, Essex Co., N. J., a son of Hendrick De Camp. He gives to his son Henry certain lands in Somerset Co., N. J.; to son Lambert lands in Essex Co., N. J. Mentions sons James, David, Moses, daughters Elizabeth and Leah, and his wife Mary. He also mentions a brother Henry. Names as executors his sons Joseph and David. Witnesses: John Allen, Enoch De Camp and Dan Marsh.

His children were as follows:

7 Henry⁴ De Camp (Henry³, Laurence², John¹) was baptized 1715, at Staten Island. Witnesses, Cornelis Egmont and Marytie Van Campen. He married and lived at Woodbridge, N. J., and died about 1785. In his will, dated 1776, October 31, proved 1785, May 30, he calls himself “Quaker,” of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., N. J., and mentions sons Enoch, Job; daughters Phebe, wife of Akron; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Scudder; Mercy, wife of William Hetfield; Sarah, wife of William Gillman; grandson, Kimble, son of his son Zachariah. Names as executors Joseph De Camp and William Smith. Witnesses, Uzziah Codington, Enoch Moore, and Moses Jacques. His children were as follows:

8 John⁴ De Camp (Henry³, Laurence³, John¹), born 1715, was baptized at Staten Island 1717, April 17, by Dom. Antonius. Sponsors: Claas Baeker and Marytie Van Campen. He must have married and removed to Woodbridge or Elizabeth, N. J., about 1735, for he owned a plantation at Elizabeth. This is mentioned in a deed of Isaac Ward, sheriff, to Moses Jacques, dated 11 January, 1804, recorded in Newark Register’s Office in Book H. of Deeds, page 522, as follows: “Which said tract of land and premises are that part of the homestead and plantation formerly of John De Camp, deceased, and afterwards divided off to Morris De Camp, and by him conveyed to his son Gideon De Camp.”

John⁴ De Camp was buried on the road between Westfield and Rahway, in a wood, near the grave of his brother Benjamin⁴ De Camp. His tombstone reads: “Died Oct. 23, 1782, age 67.”

He doubtless had several children, the only known child being

9 Benjamin⁴ De Camp (Henry³, Laurence², John¹) was baptized on 21 January, 1728, at Hackensack, N. J. Witnesses, David Pauwer and Rachel Banta. He married Elizabeth ——. He lived and died at Woodbridge, N. J., and administration was granted on his estate to his widow Elizabeth on 17 April, 1759. He is buried on the road between Westfield and Rahway, in a wood. A gravestone says: “Born 1725; died April 7, 1759, age 34.” His children were:

10 Gerrit⁴ De Camp (Gideon³, Laurence², John¹) was baptized at Staten Island on 17 April, 1717, by Dom. Antonius. Witnesses: Bastijan Eleyen and Gersteyntjes Christofeer. He married Susannah ——. Letters of administration were granted to his widow Susannah in Somerset Co., N. J., on 8 November, 1763. His children were:

11 Laurence⁴ De Camp (Gideon³, Laurence², John¹)^[6] was a resident of New Brunswick, N. J., about 1750, and married Janette ——, by whom he had issue:

12 Gideon⁴ De Camp (Gideon³, Laurence², John¹) was baptized 1727, October 15, at Staten Island. Witnesses: Cornelis Egmont and Elsje De Camp. He lived and probably married at New Brunswick, N. J. His wife’s name was Christina ——. His children were:

13 Aaron⁵ De Camp (Aaron⁴, John³, Laurence², John¹) was of Caldwell, Essex Co., N. J. He married Ketura Clark of New Providence, N. J. On 23 January, 1790, he petitioned at Newark, N. J. (File No. 427, Probate Office Records) to have division of lands left by his father, Aaron De Camp. Mentions his father’s death in 1788, leaving ten children, viz., Aaron (the petitioner), Moses, John, Job, Levi, Lot, Mary, Sarah, Amy, Docia and Aaron Stephen, Moses, and Ludlow Squier and Sarah, wife of Jacob Tingley, all children of Jemima, daughter of Aaron De Camp (who died 1788), who died before her father.

Aaron⁵ De Camp died about 1827, leaving a will not dated but proved 29 March, 1827 (Liber D. of Wills, p. 465), Newark, N. J., Probate Office. In it he mentions his wife Ketura, sons Moses, Benjamin, Daniel; grandsons John and Daniel, sons of his son Moses; daughters Sarah Riker, Abigail Beach, Mary Shippen, and Deborah De Camp. He names as executors Zemas Harrison and William Gould. Witnesses, Josiah Steele, Abram Personett and Nathaniel M. Gould. The children^[7] of Aaron⁵ and Ketura De Camp were:

14 Henry⁵ De Camp (Lambert⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹) was probably born at Woodbridge, N. J., and removed to Sucsunna Plains, N. J., where he died. He married (name of wife unknown) and had issue:

15 Lambert⁵ De Camp (Lambert⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹), was born in 1733, probably at Woodbridge, N. J. He married (1st) Charity ——, b. 1729; d. 1792, April 10, aged 63 years, and (2d) Phebe ——. He died on 14 April, 1814, aged 81 years, leaving a will dated 1812, Oct. 24, proved 1814, April 14, at New Brunswick Probate Office. In his will he speaks of himself as of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., N. J.; mentions son William and his children; son Benjamin and his children; his wife Phebe, and his four daughters, Sarah, Isabel, Mary and Margaret. He names as executors Isaac Laing and his son William De Camp. Witnesses were Robert Shotwell, Nancy Kelly and Lewis Kelly.

His widow, Phebe De Camp, of Rahway, N. J., died about 1825, leaving a will dated 1818, Nov. 26, proved 1825, Oct. 21, in Liber D. of Wills, p. 272, Newark Probate Office. In it she mentions one Sarah Arnold and Phebe Pricket, granddaughter of Edward Marsh and Mary, sister of Phebe’s mother; also Lucy, John Randolph’s wife, and two nieces, Mary and Phebe, daughters of Noah Marsh. The executrices were Mary and Phebe Marsh, and the witnesses were Elizabeth Worth and David S. Craig. It is probable that Lambert De Camp had issue by his first wife Charity —— only, said issue being

16 James⁵ De Camp (Lambert⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹). Administration on his estate was granted on 30 Nov., 1814, Liber A, page 79, in Newark Probate Office, to Elizabeth M. De Camp (presumed to be his wife) and Stephen De Camp.

Later a petition was filed (No. 1564), dated 17 April, 1815, for division of his real estate, which states he left him surviving the following children:

17 David⁵ De Camp (Lambert⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹), of Rahway, N. J., married Prudence ——; died in 1816, leaving a will dated 1813, March 29; proved 1816, July 2, in Liber B of Wills, p. 200, Newark Probate Office, in which he mentions his wife, Prudence; son, David De Camp, and grandson Elias, son of said David; and three daughters, viz., Mary, Sarah and Lucy. The executors were Thomas Martin and Peter Vandewater. The witnesses were Lewis Kelly, Benjamin De Camp and Morris Webster. His issue were:

18 Moses⁵ De Camp (Lambert⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹) was born at Westfield, N. J., 28 September, 1735, and married Sarah Ross. He removed to Butler County, Ohio, in September, 1812, and purchased land there, dividing between his sons David and Ezekiel, who accompanied him, 160 acres in Reily Township, Section 14, Range 1, East, about four miles south of Oxford, Ohio. He died here 5 October, 1827, aged 92 years, and his wife died 15 May, 1835, aged 89 years. Their graves are in cemetery of old Bethel Presbyterian Church, seven miles west of Hamilton, Ohio. Moses De Camp served through the Revolutionary War, and his flintlock musket is in hands of Mrs. Rebecca Hand Mustin, a great-granddaughter, at Wood’s Station, Ohio.

The children of Moses De Camp and Sarah Ross were as follows:

19^[9]Enoch⁵ De Camp (Henry⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹) must have married twice and had

20 Zachariah⁵ De Camp (Henry⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹) married and had issue.

21 Morris⁵ De Camp (John⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹). Little is known of him, except the fact that he owned land in Essex County, N. J. He may be identical with that Morris De Camp who was a sergeant in Col. Elisha Sheldon’s 2d Regiment of Dragoons, Capt. Barnet’s Company, and was wounded in the foot at Staten Island fight on 23 August, 1777, during the Revolutionary War. He is mentioned in the muster rolls as Morris Decamp, Serg’t, 25 Jan., 1777, Westfield, N. J.; farmer; discharged. (Hist. of Woodbridge, N. J.) He must have married and lived at Westfield, N. J., his only known issue being

22 John⁵ De Camp (Benjamin⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹) was born about 1750, and lived in Somerset Co., N. J. He died in 1828, leaving a will dated 23 May, 1828, recorded in Somerset County Probate Office on 20 June, 1828, in Book C of Wills, page 349. In it he appoints Joshua Hardenburgh trustee to take and hold all his estate, real and personal, including lands in Ohio and Illinois, and pay income from same to his son Benjamin for life, and at his death to divide estate share and share alike between his son Benjamin’s children. Names Joshua Hardenburgh as sole executor and trustee. Witnesses, Aaron J. Austin, Peter Daley, Catharine Daley. He left issue him surviving.

23 John⁵ De Camp (Gideon⁴, Gideon³, Laurence² John¹) was born at New Brunswick, N. J., and baptized there 1759, April 19. He died intestate at Troy, N. Y. 1809, and letters of administration were issued 1809, March 18 (L. 3, p. 166) to Eve De Camp and Edward Ostrander. He married Eve ——. At Troy, N. Y., the following deeds are recorded: Jacob Van der Heyden to John De Camp, carpenter, of Troy, N. Y., dated 1790, Oct. 25, rec’d L. 77, p. 369; Peter Wither, of Troy, N. Y., to John de Camp, of Troy, N. Y., dated 1802, Nov. 25, rec’d L. 3, p. 187; Jacob van der Heyden to John De Camp, carpenter, of Troy, N. Y., dated 1790, Oct. 25, rec’d L. 3, p. 189. Release of Dower, John De Camp and wife Eve, dated 1805, Jan. 25, rec’d L. 77, p. 371.

His wife Eve married, for her second husband, John Haskins, at Troy, 1814, Jan. 14, by Rev. Jonas Coe.^[10]

His children were as follows:

24 Henry⁵ De Camp (Gideon⁴, Gideon³, Laurence², John¹) was born at New Brunswick, N. J., and baptized there 1764, Sept. 9. He died 1853, July 26, at Greenport, L. I., N. Y. State, and is buried in the Stirling Cemetery there. He married Elizabeth Frear, also written “Fryer” and “Frair,” daughter of John and ——. She was born about 1768 and died at Troy, N. Y., 1830, aged 62 years. Her family is said to have owned land above Troy near the Mohawk river, and a home on the Hoosack road. On 26 Nov. 1792, the contract for building the First Presbyterian Church at Troy, Dr. Jonas Coe, rector, was let to Abel House, Robert Powers, Henry and John De Camp, and Benjamin Smith for £46 13s. York money in cash. On the subscription lists for the court house and gaol appear “John De Camp £6; Henry D’Camp (sic.) £6.” At Troy Register’s Office appears the following deed, Jacob Van der Heyden to Henry De Camp, carpenter of Troy, N. Y., dated 1790 Oct. 25, rec’d L. 4, p. 183. Deed, Henry de Camp and Elizabeth, his wife of Troy, N. Y., to Andrew Proudfit of Argyle, Washington Co., dated 1806, Mar. 6, L. 4, p. 185. Signed “Henry D. Camp, Elizabeth her
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mark De Camp.” Witnessed by Robert McCullen, Ruggles Hubbard. Deed, Henry De Camp of Troy to John Bordman, dated 1808 Feb. 19, rec’d L. 4, p. 498. Signed Henry D’Camp. Witness, Robert McCullen. Henry De Camp was a contractor early in life and later ran a line of sloops between Troy and New York. He failed in business, however, and retired to Greenport, Long Island, where he died. In the Evening Mirror, 1 Aug. 1853, N. Y., is the following: “Henry De Camp, a soldier of the Revolution, died at Greenport, L. I., on the 26th inst. (July) aged^[11] 96 years.” There is a tradition that in 1775 at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he was 14 years of age, and immediately enlisted and served all through the war. This would apparently place his birth at 1761. In the N. Y. Herald of Monday, 1st August, 1853, the following obituary notice appears:

“Henry De Camp, a soldier of the Revolution, died at Greenport, L. I., on the 26th ult., aged 96 years. Mr. De Camp was born in New Brunswick, N. J. When he was yet a mere youth the Revolution commenced and he joined a company raised at New Brunswick. At the close of the war he learned the trade of a carpenter, and commenced business at Troy, N. Y., at which place he settled when there were only six or seven houses there. He built the first Presbyterian Meeting House erected there. He would have been astonished could he have visited Troy to have seen to what it had grown. For the last twenty-five years he has resided at Greenport, L. I. Out of a large family only four children survive him, and fourteen grand, twenty-three great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.” Henry De Camp’s wife was a sister of Mary Frear, who married Dr. Alexander Rousseau^[12] of Troy, N. Y.

The children of Henry and Elizabeth (Fryer) De Camp were:

25 Moses⁶ De Camp (Aaron⁵, Aaron⁴, John³, Laurence², John¹) was of Caldwell, N. J., and married Katherine Williams, a sister of his brother Benjamin⁶ De Camp’s wife, and had six children:

26 Benjamin⁶ De Camp (Aaron⁵, Aaron⁴, John³, Laurence², John¹) of Caldwell, Essex Co., N. J., married Dorcas Williams, died in 1838, leaving a will dated 1837, June 10; proved 1838, Aug. 7 (Liber G. of Wills, p. 95, Newark, N. J. Probate Office). In it he mentions his wife Dorcas; four sons, Aaron, Timothy, Jonathan, and Zenas Harrison; three daughters, Phebe, Mary, and Ketury (sic.) Names as executor his son Aaron. Witnesses: Zenas Harrison, Grimes Bolton, William Moore. The children of Benjamin and Dorcas De Camp were as follows: