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
18 MOSES^5 DE CAMP (Lambert^4, Henry^3, Laurence^2, John^1) 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:
i WALTER^6, who died at Westfield, N. J., 24 May, 1802, aged 37
years.
ii HANNAH^6, who married _Ellis Hand_ and had no children.
iii DAVID^6, who was born 1772, married _Sarah Wood_, removed to
Butler Co., Ohio, in 1812, and died there 22 August, 1860,
aged 88 years and 29 days. His wife died 6 September, 1864,
aged 87 years.
iv NANCY^6, who married _Squire Pierson_ and had nine children.
38 v EZEKIEL^6.
vi SARAH^6, who married _Aaron Sayres_ and had three children.
vii BETSY^6, who married _Jacob Denman_ and had six children.
viii REBEKAH^6, who died at Westfield, N. J., 23 March, 1789, aged
4 years.
19[9]ENOCH^5 DE CAMP (Henry^4, Henry^3, Laurence^2, John^1) must have
married twice and had
BY FIRST WIFE.
39 i ZACHARIAH^6.
BY SECOND WIFE.
ii JOHN^6, of Jefferson Township, who built a forge at Upper
Longwood in 1800.
20 ZACHARIAH^5 DE CAMP (Henry^4, Henry^3, Laurence^2, John^1) married
and had issue.
i KIMBLE^6.
21 MORRIS^5 DE CAMP (_John_^4, _Henry_^3, _Laurence_^2, _John_^1).
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
40 i GIDEON^6.
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