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

by George Austin Morrison

16 James⁵ De Camp (Lambert⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹). Administration on his estate was granted on 30 Nov., 1814, Liber A, page 79, in Newark Probate Office, to Elizabeth M. De Camp (presumed to be his wife) and Stephen De Camp.

Later a petition was filed (No. 1564), dated 17 April, 1815, for division of his real estate, which states he left him surviving the following children:

35	i	Eliphalet6.[[8]]
	ii	James6 (the petitioner).
36	iii	Stephen6.
	iv	Clark6.
	v	Freelove6, wife of Robert Bloomfield.
	vi	Sally6, wife of Johnson Ayres.

17 David⁵ De Camp (Lambert⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹), of Rahway, N. J., married Prudence ——; died in 1816, leaving a will dated 1813, March 29; proved 1816, July 2, in Liber B of Wills, p. 200, Newark Probate Office, in which he mentions his wife, Prudence; son, David De Camp, and grandson Elias, son of said David; and three daughters, viz., Mary, Sarah and Lucy. The executors were Thomas Martin and Peter Vandewater. The witnesses were Lewis Kelly, Benjamin De Camp and Morris Webster. His issue were:

37	i	David6.
	ii	Mary6.
	iii	Sarah6, married —— Arnold.
	iv	Lucy6, married John Randolph.

18 Moses⁵ De Camp (Lambert⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹) 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	Walter6, who died at Westfield, N. J., 24 May, 1802, aged 37 years.
	ii	Hannah6, who married Ellis Hand and had no children.
	iii	David6, 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	Nancy6, who married Squire Pierson and had nine children.
38	v	Ezekiel6.
	vi	Sarah6, who married Aaron Sayres and had three children.
	vii	Betsy6, who married Jacob Denman and had six children.
	viii	Rebekah6, who died at Westfield, N. J., 23 March, 1789, aged 4 years.

19[^[9]]Enoch⁵ De Camp (Henry⁴, Henry³, Laurence², John¹) must have married twice and had

BY FIRST WIFE.
39	i	Zachariah6.
BY SECOND WIFE.
	ii	John6, of Jefferson Township, who built a forge at Upper Longwood in 1800.