In 1677 the names “Laurens Jansen and wife” appear in a list of church members at New Utrecht, N. Y., and he undoubtedly lived at this place from 1664 to 1688, for on the 26th September, 1687, his name appears on a list of these inhabitants of Kings County, N. Y., who took the oath of allegiance to England as follows: “Lawrens Janse De Camp 23 Jaere” (Doc. Hist. of N. Y., vol. I., p. 415), (that is, he had been in New Netherlands 23 years) of New Utrecht, N. Y. Shortly after this date he must have removed to Staten Island, N. Y., where there was a large Huguenot settlement and a French church established as early as 1680. On 30th December, 1701, he joined in a Petition of the Protestants of New York to King William III. (N. Y. Col. Mss., vol. IV., p. 942), entitled “A list of the maj^r part of the freeholders and inhabitants of Richmond County” “Johannes de Campe; Larrens de Campe.” The John De Camp here mentioned was his eldest son. In 1719, May 7th, he was Local Pastor of the Staten Island Dutch Church. On 20 June, 1679 “Laurens Janz & Altie Gillis” his wife, were the witnesses at baptism of Maria, the child of Antoine Du Chesne and Anna Bocque at Flatbush, N. Y. On 5th May, 1688, Laurens Jansen and Altie Gillis, his wife, were the witnesses at baptism of Angenetie, child of Hendrik Jansen Cammega and Anna Maria Vervele at Flatbush, N. Y. His children were: i JOANNES^3, bapt. 1677, Apl. 2, at Brooklyn, N. Y. by Dom. Gideon Schaets. Witnesses: Joannes Gillisz and Tryntje Gillis. 2 ii JOHANIS^3, bapt. 1679, Feb. 2, at Flatbush. Witness: Tryntje Gillis. iii STYNTJE^3, bapt. 1681, Jan. 16, at Flatbush. Witness: Gillis and Elsje Mandeville. She is Christyntje or Christina De Camp and married _Christoffel Christopher_, and their names appear on Staten Island Dutch Church record as witnesses on several entries of birth. 3 iv HENDRIK^3, bapt. about 1682, probably at Flatbush. 4 v AGIDIUS^3, bapt. 1683, Apl. 8, at Flatbush. Witnesses: Hend Gillis and Aaratie Peters. vi WERAICHIE^3, bapt. 1685 at Flatbush. Witnesses: Dan Polhemus and Neeltje Cornelissen V. d. Veer. Her name as entered is wrong or meant for Marytje. She married _Charles Ellens_ and had a son (11) _Johannes_^4, bapt. 1719, May 7, at Staten Island. Witnesses: Laurens de Camp, Loco. Past: Nicholas Bakkers, Catherine Vlierboom.