De Camp Genealogy: Laurent De Camp of New Utrecht, N.Y., 1664, and his descendants — John Shaqi
De Camp Genealogy: Laurent De Camp of New Utrecht, N.Y., 1664, and his descendantsMorrison, George Austin
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De Camp Genealogy: Laurent De Camp of New Utrecht, N.Y., 1664, and his descendants
Morrison, George Austin
DeCamp family; DeCamp, Laurent, approximately 1645-; New Utrecht (New York, N.Y.) -- Genealogy
6 LAMBERT^4 DE CAMP (Henry^3, Laurence^2, John^1) 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:
14 i HENRY^5.
15 ii LAMBERT^5.
16 iii JAMES^5.
17 iv DAVID^5.
v JOSEPH^5.
18 vi MOSES^5, born 1735, Sept. 25, at Westfield, N. J.
vii ELIZABETH^5.
viii LEAH^5.
7 HENRY^4 DE CAMP (Henry^3, Laurence^2, John^1) 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:
19 i ENOCH^5, had a son _Zachariah_^6.
ii JOB^5.
iii PHEBE^5, who married —— _Akron_.
iv ELIZABETH^5, who married _Thomas Scudder_.
v MERCY^5, who married _William Hetfield_.
vi SARAH^5, who married _William Gillman_, and mentions in will
“my kinsman” Joseph De Camp, of Rahway, N. J.
20 vii ZACHARIAH^5, who married and had a son _Kimble_^6.
8 JOHN^4 DE CAMP (Henry^3, Laurence^3, John^1), 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.”
John^4 De Camp was buried on the road between Westfield and Rahway, in a
wood, near the grave of his brother Benjamin^4 De Camp. His tombstone
reads: “Died Oct. 23, 1782, age 67.”
He doubtless had several children, the only known child being
21 i MORRIS^5.
ii ABRAHAM^5 (doubtful).
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