54 JOB^7 DE CAMP (_Benjamin_^6, _Lambert_^5, _Lambert_^4, _Henry_^3,
_Laurence_^2, _John_^1) was born 1796, and died 1839, June 7. He married
his cousin, _Rachel De Camp_, daughter of Eliphalet and Margaret De
Camp, who was born 1792, and died 1880, Feb. 25. Administration on his
estate was granted in Newark Probate Office on 28th June, 1839. Liber B,
p. 17, to Rachel De Camp. His issue were:
ii FANNY MARIE^8.
65 iii MAURICE FRAZEE^8.
iv MARY ELIZABETH^8.
v CALEB^8.
55 RALPH^7 DE CAMP (_Eliphalet_^6, _James_^5, _Lambert_^4, _Henry_^3,
_Laurence_^2, _John_^1). He was born at or near Rahway, N. J., and
married there _Mary Lee_, perhaps a daughter of that Samuel Lee, to whom
he deeded Westfield, N. J., property on 24 February, 1849 (recorded in
Newark Register’s Office, in Book Y 6 of Deeds, page 341). He removed to
Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N. Y., about 1849, and had issue (1) OSCAR^8, b.
near Cayuga, N. Y.; d. 1873; m. Olivia.
56 MOSES HALSEY^7 DE CAMP (_Zachariah_^6, _Enoch_^5, _Henry_^4,
_Henry_^3, _Laurence_^2, _John_^1). He lived at Chester, N. J., and died
there in 1886, leaving a will dated 28 Jan., 1878, proved and recorded
at Morristown, N. J., on 3 May, 1886, in which he mentions his wife,
Beulah, and children of his daughter, Mrs. Warner (Experience Ann, who
married Henry Warner); children of his daughter, Mrs. Smith, and
children of his daughter, Mrs. Collis. He married _Beulah Warner_, who
died 1893, leaving a will dated 1 May. 1890, recorded and proved at
Morristown, N. J., 1 May, 1893, in which he mentions children and
grandchildren as follows. His issue were:
i EXPERIENCE ANN^8 who married _Henry Warner_, and had issue (1)
_Beulah M._; (2) _Ann L._; (3) _William Halsey_; (4) _Henry
Dudley_; (5) _H. Archie_, (6) _Melissa L._, of Newark, N. J.
ii DAUGHTER^8, who married —— _Smith_, and had issue (1) _Beulah
M._
iii DAUGHTER^8 who married —— _Collis_, and had issue (1) _Louisa
W._
57 DAVID^7 SCHUYLER DE CAMP (Zachariah^6, Enoch^5, Henry^4, Henry^3,
Laurence^2, John^1) married _Rebecca Horton_, daughter of Hiram and Mary
(Rose) Horton, b. 1809, Dec. 29. (Early Germans of N. J., by Chambers.)
His wife left a will dated 1878, March 29, proved 1879, Jan. 11, at
Morristown, N. J., in which she states she is of Chester, N. J., and the
widow of David S. De Camp, deceased. She mentions below named children,
and Frank H., son of Silas O. De Camp, and Alfred E., son of David S. De
Camp, and names son Stephen H. De Camp, of Syracuse, N. Y., executor.
She made a codicil to will, dated 1879, Nov. 30.
The children of David S. and Rebecca (Horton) De Camp, were:
i HARRIET^8, who married _William Dietz_.
ii ALFRED EUGENE^8, who married _Kate Ming_, daughter of Chas.
and Susan Ming.
iii ABBY LOUISA^8 unmarried.
iv STEPHEN HALSEY^8 married _Catharine Crouse_.
v SILAS O^8., married _Emma Hall_, of Denville, and had son (1)
_Frank H_^9.
vi HIRAM H^8., married _Althea Lane_, daughter of Abram and Sarah
Lane.
vii DAVID S^8., had son (i) _Alfred E._^9.
viii ALONZO D^8., married _Lauretta Dixon_, daughter of Cyrus
Dixon, of N. Y.
ix MARY EUGENE^8, died at age of 8 years.
58 JOHN HENRY^7 DE CAMP (_Abram_^6, _Henry_^5, _Gideon_^4, _Gideon_^3,
_Laurence_^2, _John_^1) married and had issue:
i HARRIET, who married _Charles W. Minor_, of New York city, and
died at Bad Nauheim, Germany, on July 5, 1900.
ii JOHN P., who died unmarried at Tarrytown, N. Y., on November
14, 1897.
59 SAMUEL W.^8 DE CAMP (_John_^7, _Moses_^6, _Aaron_^5, _Aaron_^4,
_John_^3, _Laurence_^2, _John_^1) was of Caldwell, N. J. He must have
died unmarried in 1878, leaving a will dated 17 Feb., 1878, proved 14
March, 1878, recorded in Book V. of Wills, page 419, Newark Probate
Office, in which he calls himself of Caldwell, N. J. He further mentions
father, John De Camp, of East Orange; mother, Jane, and divides his
estate between his brother Daniel and his sister, Sarah Catherine
Vandenhoof, wife of Wm. R. Vandenhoof. He names as executor his brother
Daniel De Camp, and witnesses of will were Daniel Griffith and John
McChesney.
60 JOHN DE CAMP^8 (_Samuel^7 G. J._, _John_^6, _Henry_^5, _Lambert_^4,
_Henry_^3, _Laurence_^2, _John_^1) was born in New Jersey in 1812, and
died at Burlington, N. J., on 25th June, 1875. He was a U. S. naval
officer, being appointed to the navy from Florida in October, 1827. He
served on the sloop “Vandalia,” of the Brazil squadron, in 1829–30, and
received his promotion as past midshipman in 1833. He was in the West
India squadron until 1837, and was commissioned lieutenant in 1838, and
served on the frigate “Constitution” in 1854, along the African coast.
He was commissioned commander in 1855, and served in the navy yard at
New York as lighthouse inspector and as commander of the store ship
“Relief.” He was in command of the steam sloop “Iroquois” at the attack
upon Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and the capture of New Orleans
(April, 1862), and participated in various actions on the Mississippi,
including Vicksburg, while in command of the “Wissahickon.” He was
commissioned captain in 1862, and was in the South Atlantic squadron,
1863–64; was promoted to commodore in 1866; commanded the receiving ship
“Potomac,” 1868–69, and was retired in 1870 with the rank of
rear-admiral. (Appleton’s Biographical Encyclopœdia.) He married (1st)
_Mary Augusta Green_, d. June, 1843, and (2), on 14 July, 1846, _Laura
L. Wood_, born 1821, Aug. 13; died 1884, April 30. He had issue:
BY FIRST WIFE.
i A SON^9, who died in infancy.
ii A SON^9, who died in infancy.
iii MARY^9, b. 1843, June 17, who married Robert Lenox Banks, of
Albany, N. Y.
BY SECOND WIFE.
66 iv JAMES^9, b. May, 1847.