viii MOSES^7.
36 STEPHEN^6 DE CAMP (_James_^5, _Lambert_^4, _Henry_^3, _Laurence_^2,
_John_^1) was born 1782 in Essex Co., N. J. He removed to New York and
married _Abigail_ ——. He died in 1825, and his burial is recorded in the
Trinity Church records as taking place in St. John’s Churchyard on 8
Dec. 1825, aged 43. His only known issue was:
i AMELIA^7, b. 1813, buried in St. John’s Churchyard 3 April,
1829, aged 16 (Trinity Church Records).
37 DAVID^6 DE CAMP (_David_^5, _Lambert_^4, _Henry_^3, _Laurence_^2,
_John_^1). He married _Sarah Williams_, daughter of Enoch Williams (Deed
C3–375), was of Rahway, N. J., and died 1846, leaving a will not dated,
but proved 1846, Feb. 23, in Liber H. of Wills, page 318, Newark Probate
Office, in which he mentions a son David D’Camp (sic), as sole heir, and
if David die then his estate is to go to his nephew David Arnold and
niece Phebe Arnold. The executor was Hugh Hartshorne. The witnesses were
Elizabeth Hartshorne, Hugh H. Bowne, and Thomas F. Cook. He must have
had a son Elias for this grandson is mentioned in his father’s will (see
_ante_). Some mention is made of him in deeds recorded in Newark
Register’s Office, A3–87; C3–375. His issue then was:
i ELIAS^7
ii DAVID^7.
38[16]EZEKIEL^6 DE CAMP (Moses^5, Lambert^4, Henry^3, Laurence^2,
John^1) was born at Westfield, N. J., on 4th October, 1779, and married
on 22 July, 1799, _Mary Baker_, daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Osborn)
Baker of Westfield, N. J., who was born 25 June 1780. In 1811 he made a
journey to Ohio to select his future home in Butler county, and removed
there with his father and mother and family in September 1812. The
emigrant party consisted of Moses De Camp aged 77; Sarah, his wife, aged
65; Ezekiel, his son, aged 33; Mary, his wife, aged 32, and 10 children,
the youngest, Henry, being a babe of six weeks. He died 25 October,
1860, aged 81 years, his wife having died 1 December, 1859, aged 80
years. The children of Ezekiel and Mary (Baker) De Camp were as follows:
i PHEBE^7, b. 16 October, 1799.
ii HANNAH^7, b. 17 November, 1800.
iii DAVID^7, b. 1 August, 1802.
iv WALTER^7, b. 25 September, 1803.
v HIRAM^7, b. 1 February, 1805.
vi JOHN^7, b. 15 November, 1806.
vii HARVEY^7, b. 25 November, 1807.
viii JOSEPH^7, b. 2 August, 1809.
ix MARGARET^7, b. 23 December, 1810.
x HENRY^7, b. 9 August, 1812.
xi DANIEL^7, b. 28 December, 1813.
xii JAMES^7, b. 7 May, 1815.
xiii MOSES^7, } twins, b. 11 December, 1816; Moses
xiv SARAH^7, } died 17 Feb’y, 1827, aged 10 years, 2 months and 6
days.
xv MARY^, b. 18 June, 1818.
xvi LAMBERT^7, b. 17 January, 1820.
xvii JOB^7, b. 11 March, 1822.
39 ZACHARIAH^6 DE CAMP (Enoch^5, Henry^4, Henry^3, Laurence^2, John^1)
of Chester, N. J., was born 16 January, 1780, and died 4 June, 1840. He
married (1st) on 7 November, 1801, _Experience Halsey_, b. 23 December,
1782; d. 18 December, 1831, said to have been from Long Island. He
married (2d) _Eliza Stout_, a daughter of Thomas Stout of Chester, N. J.
He left a will dated 15 May, 1840, proved 15 June, 1840, at Morristown
Probate Office. In it he mentions below named children, probably by his
first wife, and names John Van Doren as executor.
56 i MOSES HALSEY^7, b. 29 Jan. 1803.
57 ii DAVID SCHUYLER^7, b. 5 May 1804.
iii JOHN C.^7, resided at Chester Cross Roads, N. J.
iv CHARLES S.^7
v EXPERIENCE ANN^7.
40[17] GIDEON^6 DE CAMP (Morris^5, John^4, Henry^3, Laurence^2, John^1)
born 1744 at Westfield, N. J. He was a physician and owned lands near
Westfield, N. J. He is buried on the road between Westfield and Rahway,
N. J., in a wood, and his tombstone reads “died December 18, 1815, age
71.” He left a will probated at Newark, N. J. It is dated 6 Dec. 1813,
proved 13 Jan. 1816, in Liber B. of Wills, page 189, and states he was
of Essex County, N. J.; mention is made of 4 grandchildren, viz. John,
Louisa, Gideon, and Juliet De Hart. The codicil, dated 23 Feb. 1814,
strikes out the name of David S. Craig as executor. The executors under
the will were Ralph Phillips of Maidenhead, Hunt Co., N. J., and David
S. Craig of Rahway, N. J. Witnesses were Fletcher M. Brooke, Lewis
Terrill, and Noah Frazee. The will was proved a second time on 3d June,
1816, Liber B. of Wills, page 189, as at the time of the first probate
Ralph Phillips was out of the State of New Jersey.
His only known issue was:
i DAUGHTER^7, who married —— _De Hart_, and had issue (1)
_John_^8; (2) _Louisa_^8; (3) _Gideon_^8; (4) _Juliet_^8.
41 BENJAMIN^6 DE CAMP (_John_^5, _Benjamin_^4, _Henry_^3 _Laurence_^2,
_John_^1), must have been born at or near Woodbridge, N. J., and removed
thence to Somerville, Somerset Co., N. J., where he married _Dina
Hardenburgh_ daughter of Joshua Hardenburgh (?) and had known issue as
recorded in Dutch Church of Somerville:
i JOHN^7, b. 1803, Dec. 11, at Somerville, N. J.
42 ABRAM^6 DE CAMP (Henry^5, Gideon^4, Gideon^3, Laurence^2, John^1). He
married (1st) _Evanna Tout_. Her first name was probably Yvonne, she
being of French descent and related to the Mapes family. He had no issue
by her. By order recorded 1829, Dec. 31, at Troy, he was appointed
guardian of Mary Eliza Coe, infant daughter of Edward M. Coe, son of
Rev. Jonas Coe, D. D. The letters of guardianship were recorded 1830,
June 7, and the age of the infant is stated therein to be one year, as
is certified by Eve Ripley (_i. e._, the former widow of Robert
McCullen, of Troy, N. Y.). Abram De Camp was for some time engaged in
stationery business in Wall street, but failed and retired to
Washington, where he lived with his brother Sidney. He died at
Washington and is buried in Glenwood Cemetery, just north of that city.
He married (2d) _Ann Perrot_, daughter of John and Eliza (Lowey) Perrot,
b. 1806, Aug. 5; d. 1886, March 24. He separated from his second wife
about 1840. By her he had issue: