23 JOHN^5 DE CAMP (Gideon^4, Gideon^3, Laurence^2 John^1) was born at
New Brunswick, N. J., and baptized there 1759, April 19. He died
intestate at Troy, N. Y. 1809, and letters of administration were issued
1809, March 18 (L. 3, p. 166) to Eve De Camp and Edward Ostrander. He
married _Eve_ ——. At Troy, N. Y., the following deeds are recorded:
Jacob Van der Heyden to John De Camp, carpenter, of Troy, N. Y., dated
1790, Oct. 25, rec’d L. 77, p. 369; Peter Wither, of Troy, N. Y., to
John de Camp, of Troy, N. Y., dated 1802, Nov. 25, rec’d L. 3, p. 187;
Jacob van der Heyden to John De Camp, carpenter, of Troy, N. Y., dated
1790, Oct. 25, rec’d L. 3, p. 189. Release of Dower, John De Camp and
wife Eve, dated 1805, Jan. 25, rec’d L. 77, p. 371.
His wife Eve married, for her second husband, John Haskins, at Troy,
1814, Jan. 14, by Rev. Jonas Coe.[10]
His children were as follows:
i JOHN^6, born 1800, Oct. 11.
ii MARTIN^6, born 1803, July 17.
iii CHRISTINA^6, born 1805, Oct. 26; married _Henry Rousseau_ at
Troy on 10 May, 1826, and had issue; _George H. Rousseau_^7,
who died in N. Y. about 1893.
iv CLARISSA^6, born 1807, Oct. 19.
v MARY^6 (Polly).
vi A DAUGHTER^6, who married —— _Buel_.
24 HENRY^5 DE CAMP (Gideon^4, Gideon^3, Laurence^2, John^1) 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}/X/_{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]i EVE^6, 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 Ann_^7, b. 1806 Oct. 21; (2)
_Almira_^7, b. 1808, Sept. 6; (3) _Elizabeth De Camp_^7, b.
1810, Oct. 6; (4) _Juliet_^7, b. 1812, Sept. 25; (5)
_Catherine_^7, b. 1815, Jan. 5; (6) _Sarah Coe_^7, b. 1816,
Feb. 2. She married (2d) —— Ripley, an inventor of Troy, N.
Y., and had issue.
ii JOHN^6, b. 1791 July 25, bapt. 1792, Feb. 26, at Schagticoke,
N. Y., died 1791.