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.