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
15 LAMBERT^5 DE CAMP (Lambert^4, Henry^3, Laurence^2, John^1), 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
33 i WILLIAM^6.
34 ii BENJAMIN^6.
iii SARAH^6.
iv ISABEL^6.
v MARY^6.
vi MARGARET^6.
16 JAMES^5 DE CAMP (Lambert^4, Henry^3, Laurence^2, John^1).
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:
35 i ELIPHALET^6.[8]
ii JAMES^6 (the petitioner).
36 iii STEPHEN^6.
iv CLARK^6.
v FREELOVE^6, wife of _Robert Bloomfield_.
vi SALLY^6, wife of _Johnson Ayres_.
17 DAVID^5 DE CAMP (Lambert^4, Henry^3, Laurence^2, John^1), 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:
37 i DAVID^6.
ii MARY^6.
iii SARAH^6, married —— _Arnold_.
iv LUCY^6, married _John Randolph_.
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