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
The following named De Camps are found among the New Jersey and New York
records, but as yet cannot be linked with any of the Laurent De Camp
descendants. For the sake of completeness, however, the names are given
herein.
JOHN DE CAMP of New Hanover Township, Burlington Co., N. J., died in
1844 leaving a will dated 4 January, 1843, proved 26 November, 1844, in
which he mentions sons _Gideon_, _Joseph_, _John_, _James_; daughters
_Elizabeth Emley_, _Mary Emley_, wife of Thomas Emley; _Rebecca
Hartshorne_, wife of William Hartshorne, Jr.; granddaughters _Charlotte
Emley_, wife of Samuel Emley; _Martha Borden_, wife of Thomas Borden;
and _Lydia Hartshorne_, daughter of a deceased daughter, Lydia
Hartshorne. He names as executor his son Joseph De Camp, and son-in-law
William Hartshorne, Jr., and the witnesses to the will were Hannah
Rogers, John Emley, and Oliver H. P. Emley.
MARGARET DE CAMP married _Stephen Scudder_, both of Rahway, N. J., on
26th March, 1789 (Register of First Presbyterian Church, N. J.)
LAURENCE DE CAMP is mentioned in the will of Joseph Kelsey, Sr., of
Elizabethtown, N. J,, dated 13 February, 1739, proved 1 July, 1742, as
“my cousin.”
MORRIS DE CAMP, Sergeant of Essex Co., N. J., was living 1818, and
mentioned on N. J. Pension Roll of soldiers of Revolutionary War.
EZEKIEL DE CAMP (b. 1741) of Essex Co., N. J., in 1818, was aged 77
years, and died 20 Feb. 1834. N. J. Pension Rolls.
ENOCH DE CAMP (b. 1757) of Morris Co., N. J., died 19 April, 1832, aged
75 years. N. J. Pension Rolls.
MATTHIAS DE CAMP, died 1 July, 1813. N. Y. Pension Rolls.
MATHEW DE CAMP, married _May Mollens_ and had issue _Jenny_, b. 1777,
Mar. 18, at Albany, N. Y.
MATHEW DE CAMP married _Magdalena_ ——, and had issue _William_, b. 1775,
June 13. Sponsors, Simon Van Etten and Elizabeth, his wife.
ELIHU DE CAMP[18] married _Mary Miller_ and died in Brooklyn, N. Y., on
12 Sept. 1846. He is said to have been a cousin to that _Job De Camp_
who died 1844. He left a will dated 6 June, 1846, proved 7 Oct. 1846,
and recorded in Book 10 of Wills, page 20, Kings Co. N. Y. Probate
Office, in which he mentions his wife _Mary_, and son _William M._ of
New Orleans, La. Citations for probate were issued to _William M. De
Camp_ at New Orleans; _Elizabeth De Camp_, at Hudson, N. Y., and _Ann De
Camp_, a minor under 14 years. His widow _Mary (Miller) De Camp_, died
1847, leaving a will dated 13 Oct. 1847, proved 29 Dec. 1847, and
recorded in Book 10 of Wills, page 463, in which she mentioned a son
_William M. De Camp_, daughter _Ann_, and daughter _Elizabeth_, a
lunatic now at Utica Insane Asylum. These De Camps are buried in Trinity
Cemetery at Manhattanville, N. Y. city. The daughter _Ann_ was alive and
unmarried in 1893; _Elizabeth_ married _A. Conklin_, but had no issue
and was living in 1893.
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