De Camp Genealogy: Laurent De Camp of New Utrecht, N.Y., 1664, and his descendants

by George Austin Morrison

12 Gideon⁴ De Camp (Gideon³, Laurence², John¹) was baptized 1727, October 15, at Staten Island. Witnesses: Cornelis Egmont and Elsje De Camp. He lived and probably married at New Brunswick, N. J. His wife’s name was Christina ——. His children were:

	i	Maria5, bapt. 1751, July 21, at New Brunswick, N. J. She died young.
	ii	Catrina5, bapt. 1753, March 18, at New Brunswick, N. J.
	iii	Maria5, born 1754, Jan. 18; bapt. 1755, Feb. 16, at New Brunswick, N. J.; died 1836, Nov. 27. She married, 1780, April 23, John Martin Van Voorhees, born 1751, July 19; died 1814, Nov. 14, and had issue (1) Martin6, bapt. 1781, April 22; died 1797, Aug. 25, unmarried: (2) Gideon6, b. 1784, Nov. 23; died 1805; (3) Eve6, b. 1785–6, July 7; (4) John Martin6, bapt. 1788, May 25; died 1810, Sept. 3; (5) Ellen6, b. 1791; died 1867, Jan. 1, unmarried; (6) Maria6, bapt. 1794, April 6; died 1880, March 16, unmarried.
	iv	Eva5, bapt. 1756, Oct. 17, at New Brunswick, N. J. Witness, Altje De Campe.
23	v	Johannes5, bapt. 1759, April 19, at New Brunswick.
	vi	Gideon5, bapt. 1762, Sept. 19, at New Brunswick.
24	vii	Hendrick5, bapt. 1764, Sept. 9, at New Brunswick.
	viii	Lena5 (Helen), b. 1769; bapt. 1769, Dec. 17, at New Brunswick; died 1824, June 20, at Newburg, N. Y. age 55 years. She married Robert McKune, of Newburg, N. Y.; b. 1761, June 12; died 1843, July 2, age 82 years, 20 days, and had issue (1) Hezekiah6, b. 1790, Oct. 17; died 1826, April 28, age 35 years, 6 months, 11 days; (2) Helen;6 (3) Emma;6 (4) Henry;6 (5) Joseph;6 (6) Robert H.6, b. 1823, Aug. 19; (7) Emmeline;6 (8) Mary.6 She and her husband’s gravestones are in Newburg Cemetery, N. Y.

13 Aaron⁵ De Camp (Aaron⁴, John³, Laurence², John¹) was of Caldwell, Essex Co., N. J. He married Ketura Clark of New Providence, N. J. On 23 January, 1790, he petitioned at Newark, N. J. (File No. 427, Probate Office Records) to have division of lands left by his father, Aaron De Camp. Mentions his father’s death in 1788, leaving ten children, viz., Aaron (the petitioner), Moses, John, Job, Levi, Lot, Mary, Sarah, Amy, Docia and Aaron Stephen, Moses, and Ludlow Squier and Sarah, wife of Jacob Tingley, all children of Jemima, daughter of Aaron De Camp (who died 1788), who died before her father.

Aaron⁵ De Camp died about 1827, leaving a will not dated but proved 29 March, 1827 (Liber D. of Wills, p. 465), Newark, N. J., Probate Office. In it he mentions his wife Ketura, sons Moses, Benjamin, Daniel; grandsons John and Daniel, sons of his son Moses; daughters Sarah Riker, Abigail Beach, Mary Shippen, and Deborah De Camp. He names as executors Zemas Harrison and William Gould. Witnesses, Josiah Steele, Abram Personett and Nathaniel M. Gould. The children[^[7]] of Aaron⁵ and Ketura De Camp were:

	i	John6, died unmarried.
	ii	Daniel6, died unmarried.
25	iii	Moses6.
26	iv	Benjamin6.
	v	Sarah6, who married —— Riker and had issue.
	vi	Abigail6, who married —— Beach, and had three children.
	vii	Mary6, who married —— Shippen.
	viii	Deborah6, who married Warren Newcomb (see Deeds, Book A3, p. 87, dated 5 June, 1828), Newark, N. J.

14 Henry⁵ De Camp (Lambert⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹) was probably born at Woodbridge, N. J., and removed to Sucsunna Plains, N. J., where he died. He married (name of wife unknown) and had issue:

27	i	Joseph6, b. 1759.
28	ii	John6, b. 1760.
	iii	Silas6, married and had issue: 1. Israel7.
29	iv	David6.
30	v	Moses6.
31	vi	Lemuel6.
32	vii	Morris6.

15 Lambert⁵ De Camp (Lambert⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹), 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	William6.
34	ii	Benjamin6.
	iii	Sarah6.
	iv	Isabel6.
	v	Mary6.
	vi	Margaret6.