24 Henry5 De Camp (Gideon4, Gideon3, Laurence2, John1) was born at New Brunswick, N. J., and baptized there 1764, Sept. 9. He died 1853, July 26, at Greenport, L. I., N. Y. State, and is buried in the Stirling Cemetery there. He married Elizabeth Frear, also written “Fryer” and “Frair,” daughter of John and ——. She was born about 1768 and died at Troy, N. Y., 1830, aged 62 years. Her family is said to have owned land above Troy near the Mohawk river, and a home on the Hoosack road. On 26 Nov. 1792, the contract for building the First Presbyterian Church at Troy, Dr. Jonas Coe, rector, was let to Abel House, Robert Powers, Henry and John De Camp, and Benjamin Smith for £46 13s. York money in cash. On the subscription lists for the court house and gaol appear “John De Camp £6; Henry D’Camp (sic.) £6.” At Troy Register’s Office appears the following deed, Jacob Van der Heyden to Henry De Camp, carpenter of Troy, N. Y., dated 1790 Oct. 25, rec’d L. 4, p. 183. Deed, Henry de Camp and Elizabeth, his wife of Troy, N. Y., to Andrew Proudfit of Argyle, Washington Co., dated 1806, Mar. 6, L. 4, p. 185. Signed “Henry D. Camp, Elizabeth her
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mark De Camp.” Witnessed by Robert McCullen, Ruggles Hubbard. Deed, Henry De Camp of Troy to John Bordman, dated 1808 Feb. 19, rec’d L. 4, p. 498. Signed Henry D’Camp. Witness, Robert McCullen. Henry De Camp was a contractor early in life and later ran a line of sloops between Troy and New York. He failed in business, however, and retired to Greenport, Long Island, where he died. In the Evening Mirror, 1 Aug. 1853, N. Y., is the following: “Henry De Camp, a soldier of the Revolution, died at Greenport, L. I., on the 26th inst. (July) aged[[11]] 96 years.” There is a tradition that in 1775 at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he was 14 years of age, and immediately enlisted and served all through the war. This would apparently place his birth at 1761. In the N. Y. Herald of Monday, 1st August, 1853, the following obituary notice appears:

“Henry De Camp, a soldier of the Revolution, died at Greenport, L. I., on the 26th ult., aged 96 years. Mr. De Camp was born in New Brunswick, N. J. When he was yet a mere youth the Revolution commenced and he joined a company raised at New Brunswick. At the close of the war he learned the trade of a carpenter, and commenced business at Troy, N. Y., at which place he settled when there were only six or seven houses there. He built the first Presbyterian Meeting House erected there. He would have been astonished could he have visited Troy to have seen to what it had grown. For the last twenty-five years he has resided at Greenport, L. I. Out of a large family only four children survive him, and fourteen grand, twenty-three great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.” Henry De Camp’s wife was a sister of Mary Frear, who married Dr. Alexander Rousseau[[12]] of Troy, N. Y.

The children of Henry and Elizabeth (Fryer) De Camp were:

[[13]]iEve6, born about 1788–89, place unknown; died about 1832 in Troy or Schenectady. She was married (1st) 1805, Dec. 8, by Rev. Jonas Coe at Troy, N. Y., to Robert McCullen, son of ——, and had issue, all born at Troy, N. Y., and baptized by Rev. Jonas Coe, D. D. (1) Mary Ann7, b. 1806 Oct. 21; (2) Almira7, b. 1808, Sept. 6; (3) Elizabeth De Camp7, b. 1810, Oct. 6; (4) Juliet7, b. 1812, Sept. 25; (5) Catherine7, b. 1815, Jan. 5; (6) Sarah Coe7, b. 1816, Feb. 2. She married (2d) —— Ripley, an inventor of Troy, N. Y., and had issue.
iiJohn6, b. 1791 July 25, bapt. 1792, Feb. 26, at Schagticoke, N. Y., died 1791.
42iiiAbram6.
ivCatherine6, b. 1795, Feb. 20; d. 1868 June 1, in New York, N. Y.; married 1821 June 18, Horace Cogswell, son of Smith and Phebe (Wells) Cogswell, b. 1798, Oct. 9; d. 1849, Oct. 4, and had issue (1) Phoebe Elizabeth7, 1822, Oct. 9; (2) Caroline Louise7, b. 1825, Nov. 22; (3) Eliza Antoinette7, b. 1827 Oct. 5.
43vHenry6, b. 1804, Oct.
viEliza6, b. 1805, Jan.; d. 1888, July 9; married 1832, June 6, George Cripps, son of Joseph and Susanna (Rogers) Cripps, b. 1796, May 19, in England; d. 1876, Nov. 6, and had issue (1) Susan7, b. 1833, July 25; (2) Mary Catherine7, b. 1835, Feb. 26; (3) Emily L.7, b. 1836, Dec.
44viiSidney6, b. 1806, May 16.

25 Moses6 De Camp (Aaron5, Aaron4, John3, Laurence2, John1) was of Caldwell, N. J., and married Katherine Williams, a sister of his brother Benjamin6 De Camp’s wife, and had six children:

45iJohn7.
iiDaniel7.
iiiAbigail7, who married —— Howells.

26 Benjamin6 De Camp (Aaron5, Aaron4, John3, Laurence2, John1) of Caldwell, Essex Co., N. J., married Dorcas Williams, died in 1838, leaving a will dated 1837, June 10; proved 1838, Aug. 7 (Liber G. of Wills, p. 95, Newark, N. J. Probate Office). In it he mentions his wife Dorcas; four sons, Aaron, Timothy, Jonathan, and Zenas Harrison; three daughters, Phebe, Mary, and Ketury (sic.) Names as executor his son Aaron. Witnesses: Zenas Harrison, Grimes Bolton, William Moore. The children of Benjamin and Dorcas De Camp were as follows:

46iiTimothy7.
iiiJonathan7.
ivZenas Harrison7.
vPhebe7.
viMary7.
viiKetura7.

27 Joseph6 De Camp (Henry5, Lambert4, Henry3, Laurence2, John1) was born 1759, and died 1800. He lived at Mt. Pleasant, N. J., and married Jane Tuttle, daughter of Moses and Jane (Ford) Tuttle, of Morristown, N. J., born 1769; died 1831, and had issue:

iiMary Morris7, b. 1789, who married John R. Hinchman of Dover, N. J., later of New York; son of James and Diademia (Redding) Hinchman of Newton, N. J., and had issue (1) Lesbia; (2) Theodore; (3) John; (4) Nancy; (5) Mary; (6) Anna; (7) James; (8) Frank; (9) Cornelia.
iiiCornelia7, b. 1791, who married Chillion Beach, and had issue (1) Columbus; (2) Mary; (3) Chillion.
47ivChillion Ford7, b. 1793.
vJames7, b. 1795.
viSusan Grandon7, b. 1798, married Guy M. Hinchman of Dover, N. J., son of Joseph and Zerviah (Seeley) Hinchman of Milford, and 1st cousin of John R. Hinchman, above, and had issue (1) Zerviah; (2) Jane; (3) Louisa; (4) Augustus; (5) Stella; (6) Sophronia.
viiJane7, b. 1799.