8 JOHN^4 DE CAMP (Henry^3, Laurence^3, John^1), born 1715, was baptized
at Staten Island 1717, April 17, by Dom. Antonius. Sponsors: Claas
Baeker and Marytie Van Campen. He must have married and removed to
Woodbridge or Elizabeth, N. J., about 1735, for he owned a plantation at
Elizabeth. This is mentioned in a deed of Isaac Ward, sheriff, to Moses
Jacques, dated 11 January, 1804, recorded in Newark Register’s Office in
Book H. of Deeds, page 522, as follows: “Which said tract of land and
premises are that part of the homestead and plantation formerly of John
De Camp, deceased, and afterwards divided off to Morris De Camp, and by
him conveyed to his son Gideon De Camp.”
John^4 De Camp was buried on the road between Westfield and Rahway, in a
wood, near the grave of his brother Benjamin^4 De Camp. His tombstone
reads: “Died Oct. 23, 1782, age 67.”