INDEX TO SURNAMES.

1.Note.—(A.) One Gerrit Jansen Van Campen and Machtelt Stoffels, his wife, had a child Jan, baptized at Kingston, N. Y., on 18 April 1661. Witnesses: Jacob Jansen Van Campen; (undoubtedly a brother), Juriaen Westvaal, Marytjen Hansen, and Tryntje Tyssen Bos. From this child Jan sprang all the Kingston, N. Y., and Somerville, N. J. families of “Van Campen” descendants of which settled in Schawangunk, Minisink, and Delaware Water Gap.On 11th June 1667 one Jan Smedes sued Gerrit van Campen in the New Amsterdam Mayors Court and on 17th December 1667 Bartholomew van den Schol sued him in the same court.One Gerrit Jansen Van Campen bought a house and lot at Flushing, N. Y., of Peter Jansen Schol on 27 November 1688 (Liber C. page 45 Flushing Register Office). It seems a fair assumption to regard this Gerrit Jansen Van Campen of Kingston, New York, and Flushing as one and the same person, and that Jacob Jansen Van Campen, who was a witness at the baptism at Kingston, 1661, was probably a brother.(B.) There was a Gerrit Janzen Van Campen, who had a wife Aeltje Pieter Lamberts, and a child Cornelia, baptized at N. Y. Dutch Church on 1st January 1655. Witness Emmetie Van der Slüys. The name of the witness inclines one to believe that Gerrit Janzen Van Campen was closely related to the following party.(C.) Lambert Hendrickson Van Campen in 1664 took the oath of allegiance at New Amsterdam, and was assessed later as living in “Marketfield Alley.” He and his wife Barbetje Barents, had a child Hendrick, baptized in N. Y. Dutch Church, 9 November 1661. Witness: Marritie Van der Slüys.(D.) One Jan Martyn Van Campen had a child Johannis, baptized in N. Y. Dutch Church, 4 April 1660. Witnesses: Nicasius de Sille and housewife, and Pieter Montfort. This man was in command of a privateer and is mentioned in N. Y. Colonial records.

On 11th June 1667 one Jan Smedes sued Gerrit van Campen in the New Amsterdam Mayors Court and on 17th December 1667 Bartholomew van den Schol sued him in the same court.

One Gerrit Jansen Van Campen bought a house and lot at Flushing, N. Y., of Peter Jansen Schol on 27 November 1688 (Liber C. page 45 Flushing Register Office). It seems a fair assumption to regard this Gerrit Jansen Van Campen of Kingston, New York, and Flushing as one and the same person, and that Jacob Jansen Van Campen, who was a witness at the baptism at Kingston, 1661, was probably a brother.

(B.) There was a Gerrit Janzen Van Campen, who had a wife Aeltje Pieter Lamberts, and a child Cornelia, baptized at N. Y. Dutch Church on 1st January 1655. Witness Emmetie Van der Slüys. The name of the witness inclines one to believe that Gerrit Janzen Van Campen was closely related to the following party.

(C.) Lambert Hendrickson Van Campen in 1664 took the oath of allegiance at New Amsterdam, and was assessed later as living in “Marketfield Alley.” He and his wife Barbetje Barents, had a child Hendrick, baptized in N. Y. Dutch Church, 9 November 1661. Witness: Marritie Van der Slüys.

(D.) One Jan Martyn Van Campen had a child Johannis, baptized in N. Y. Dutch Church, 4 April 1660. Witnesses: Nicasius de Sille and housewife, and Pieter Montfort. This man was in command of a privateer and is mentioned in N. Y. Colonial records.

2.Note.—The authorities for above facts are as follows: “La France Protestante,” by Hogg; “Bulletin Protestant,” VIII., pp. 444, 454, 455; “List of French Protestants who were Naturalized in England,” by Agnew; “La France Protestante,” by Henri Bordier; “History of the Huguenot Refugees in America,” by Charles W. Baird, ed. 1886, pp. 772; “Carres d’Hozier,” vol. 148, folio 19; “Histoire de l’Eglise Protestante de France,” by Charles Drion, 1885; “Histoire Ecclesiastique des Eglises Reformes de France du XVI. au XVIII. Siecle,” vol. 2, pp. 483; “Collection of Genealogies of America,” by Charles Browning, 1891, pp. 726; “Histoire des Refugies Protestants de France,” by Charles Weiss, vol. 1, pp. 367; “Recherche Nobiliaires en Normandie, par un Gentilhomme Normand (Amedee du Buisson de Courson),” 1876, pp. 236.

3.Note.—It has been stated that he was related to that Nicholas Camp who went from Wethersfield to Milford, Conn., in 1639, and had a son or a grandson, William Campe, who removed to Newark, N. J., about 1665. Not the slightest proof of such relationship exists, and upon none of the Milford, Conn., or Newark, N. J., records dealing with this Camp family does the prefix “De” appear. Moreover, it is well established that the Milford Camp family was of English origin.

4.Note.—There were several of the early inhabitants of New Amsterdam who were called “Laurens Jansen” on the records, none of whom can be identified with our “Laurens Jansen De Camp.” It is interesting, however, to trace out such of these “Laurens Jansen” worthies as can clearly be followed.(A.) In a list of early immigrants the following appears: 1659 February, In the Faith, “Laurens Janssen from Wormer” (Documentary History of New York, vol. III.) The same man appears on the N. Y. Dutch Church records as follows: “1666 May 6, Laurens Janzen j. m. van Wormer in Noorthollt en Annetje Jans wedevan Lucas Elderzen.”(B.) On the same church record also appears one Laurens Jansen who had a wife Marritie Aldrichs, and children baptized Maritje, 1672 April 16; Annetje 1674 July 8; Albert 1676 November 11; Wyntje 1679 April 23; Neeltje 1682 May 20; Jan 1685 April 29; Belitje 1693 June 18.(C.) In a list of those who took the oath of allegiance at New Utrecht, N. Y., on 26th September 1687, appears one “Laurens Janse, natur” who also appears later in a list of inhabitants of New Utrecht, 1698, as having a wife, three children, and two slaves. (Hist. of Kings Co.) He it is who, on Brooklyn Dutch Church records appears as follows: “1696 Jannetje, child of Laurens Janse and Hendrikje Jacobse; Witnesses Stoffel Gerritse and Annetje Jans,” and also in a deed “Laurens Jansen and Hendrickse, his wife, both of the Yellowhook, Town of New Utrecht, Kings Co. N. Y. to William Matysen of Brooklyn N. Y.,” dated 8 May 1708, consideration £412–0 Acknowledged 21 March 17¹⁸⁄₁₉ recorded in Liber 4 of conveyances page 207 Kings Co. Registers Office conveying land on Yellowhook consisting of 66 acres. It is this Laurens Jansen that Mr. Tunis G. Bergen confounds with our Laurens Janz (de Camp) in his work (Early Settlers of Kings Co.), and has erroneously attributed to him several of the children of our Laurens Janz de Camp. A careful examination of the names of parents and witnesses on the original Flatbush and Brooklyn Dutch Church records (Onderdonk’s copy, in Long Island Hist. Soc.) shows the excusable error of Mr. Bergen. It is a curious fact, however, that our Laurens Janz de Camp and this Laurens Jansen should both live at New Utrecht between 1670–1700.(D.) Another Laurens Jansen appears indirectly in N. Y. Dutch Church records, viz.: “1659 June 19 Jan Gervon van Beaumont in Walslant, Soldaet en Lÿsbeth Hendricks Wedevan Laurens Janzen Deenmarken” (i. e.a Dane).Here, then, we find no less than four other Laurens Jansen in New Amsterdam living contemporaneously with our Laurens Jansen De Camp and apparently in no way related to him.

(A.) In a list of early immigrants the following appears: 1659 February, In the Faith, “Laurens Janssen from Wormer” (Documentary History of New York, vol. III.) The same man appears on the N. Y. Dutch Church records as follows: “1666 May 6, Laurens Janzen j. m. van Wormer in Noorthollt en Annetje Jans wedevan Lucas Elderzen.”

(B.) On the same church record also appears one Laurens Jansen who had a wife Marritie Aldrichs, and children baptized Maritje, 1672 April 16; Annetje 1674 July 8; Albert 1676 November 11; Wyntje 1679 April 23; Neeltje 1682 May 20; Jan 1685 April 29; Belitje 1693 June 18.

(C.) In a list of those who took the oath of allegiance at New Utrecht, N. Y., on 26th September 1687, appears one “Laurens Janse, natur” who also appears later in a list of inhabitants of New Utrecht, 1698, as having a wife, three children, and two slaves. (Hist. of Kings Co.) He it is who, on Brooklyn Dutch Church records appears as follows: “1696 Jannetje, child of Laurens Janse and Hendrikje Jacobse; Witnesses Stoffel Gerritse and Annetje Jans,” and also in a deed “Laurens Jansen and Hendrickse, his wife, both of the Yellowhook, Town of New Utrecht, Kings Co. N. Y. to William Matysen of Brooklyn N. Y.,” dated 8 May 1708, consideration £412–0 Acknowledged 21 March 17¹⁸⁄₁₉ recorded in Liber 4 of conveyances page 207 Kings Co. Registers Office conveying land on Yellowhook consisting of 66 acres. It is this Laurens Jansen that Mr. Tunis G. Bergen confounds with our Laurens Janz (de Camp) in his work (Early Settlers of Kings Co.), and has erroneously attributed to him several of the children of our Laurens Janz de Camp. A careful examination of the names of parents and witnesses on the original Flatbush and Brooklyn Dutch Church records (Onderdonk’s copy, in Long Island Hist. Soc.) shows the excusable error of Mr. Bergen. It is a curious fact, however, that our Laurens Janz de Camp and this Laurens Jansen should both live at New Utrecht between 1670–1700.

(D.) Another Laurens Jansen appears indirectly in N. Y. Dutch Church records, viz.: “1659 June 19 Jan Gervon van Beaumont in Walslant, Soldaet en Lÿsbeth Hendricks Wedevan Laurens Janzen Deenmarken” (i. e.a Dane).

Here, then, we find no less than four other Laurens Jansen in New Amsterdam living contemporaneously with our Laurens Jansen De Camp and apparently in no way related to him.

5.Note.—Elsie de Mandeville was the daughter of Gillis Jansen de Mandeviel from Garder, Holland, who emigrated to New Amsterdam in February, 1659, on the ship De Trouw (Faith), a private trader going to Manhattan, which sailed 13 February, 1659, with near one hundred passengers, but no French except one—“De Ruine.”It has been suggested that this single French emigrant was Laurens Jansen de Camp “de Rouen,”i. e., that the passenger whose name is left blank or cannot be deciphered in the original list was “from Rouen,” a city in the province of Normandy, France. While there is no substantial proof of the above contention it is based upon reason as it is known that Laurens Jansen de Camp came from Normandy, and that there was a De Camp family in that city, one member of which, Jean de Camp, a saddler, was killed there during the St. Bartholomew massacre, August 1572.The name “Gillis Janzen” erroneously appears in a list of passengers on the ship “Moesman” which sailed in April, 1659, and it was long supposed that this was another person of the same name. (Doc. Hist. of N. Y.) An examination of the original document now on file at Albany, N. Y., proves conclusively that this “Gillis Janzen” is recorded not as a passenger, but as one itemized in the ship manifest against whom a charge is made for a small sum of money advanced by the direction of the Dutch West India Company. Gillis Jansen de Mandeville brought over with him his wife Altje (Pieters or Hendricks), and four children, viz.: (1) Hendrick Gillis, born in Gelderland; (2) Gerretje Gillis; (3) Aeltje Gillis; (4) Jan Gillis; and it is presumed that two children (5) Tyntje Gillis, and (6) David Gillis, were born later at Flatbush, N. Y. He died between 1696–1701, leaving a will dated 15th September 1696, proved 1701, in New York County, Liber 2 of Wills, page 109. In it he calls himself of Greenwich, N. Y. (an outlying district of the city), and mentions his wife Elsie Mandeville, eldest son Hendrick, son David, daughter Tynte, wife of Corn Jansen De Veer (should be “van der Veer”), daughter Altje, wife of Lawrence Johnson (meant for Laurens Jansen de Camp), daughter Perette, wife of Peter Mutt; daughter Geritie, wife of John Muthel.The original will, on file in the New York Surrogate’s Office, is written in English, and bears a wax seal upon which a coat of arms or crest can be traced, resembling a horse rampant.

It has been suggested that this single French emigrant was Laurens Jansen de Camp “de Rouen,”i. e., that the passenger whose name is left blank or cannot be deciphered in the original list was “from Rouen,” a city in the province of Normandy, France. While there is no substantial proof of the above contention it is based upon reason as it is known that Laurens Jansen de Camp came from Normandy, and that there was a De Camp family in that city, one member of which, Jean de Camp, a saddler, was killed there during the St. Bartholomew massacre, August 1572.

The name “Gillis Janzen” erroneously appears in a list of passengers on the ship “Moesman” which sailed in April, 1659, and it was long supposed that this was another person of the same name. (Doc. Hist. of N. Y.) An examination of the original document now on file at Albany, N. Y., proves conclusively that this “Gillis Janzen” is recorded not as a passenger, but as one itemized in the ship manifest against whom a charge is made for a small sum of money advanced by the direction of the Dutch West India Company. Gillis Jansen de Mandeville brought over with him his wife Altje (Pieters or Hendricks), and four children, viz.: (1) Hendrick Gillis, born in Gelderland; (2) Gerretje Gillis; (3) Aeltje Gillis; (4) Jan Gillis; and it is presumed that two children (5) Tyntje Gillis, and (6) David Gillis, were born later at Flatbush, N. Y. He died between 1696–1701, leaving a will dated 15th September 1696, proved 1701, in New York County, Liber 2 of Wills, page 109. In it he calls himself of Greenwich, N. Y. (an outlying district of the city), and mentions his wife Elsie Mandeville, eldest son Hendrick, son David, daughter Tynte, wife of Corn Jansen De Veer (should be “van der Veer”), daughter Altje, wife of Lawrence Johnson (meant for Laurens Jansen de Camp), daughter Perette, wife of Peter Mutt; daughter Geritie, wife of John Muthel.

The original will, on file in the New York Surrogate’s Office, is written in English, and bears a wax seal upon which a coat of arms or crest can be traced, resembling a horse rampant.

6.Note.—The above Laurence De Camp has been placed as a son of Gideon3(Laurence2, John1), but there is no proof that such was his descent. The fact of his marriage date being about 1752 would indicate that he was not identical with Laurence4De Camp (Gideon3, Laurence2, John1), baptized at Staten Island 1719, June 7. Witnesses Laurence de Camp and Altje Mandeviel. But he has been so placed until future data proves this assumption true or erroneous.

7.Note.—The names of children of Aaron5De Camp not mentioned in will were furnished by Geo. E. De Camp, of Roseland, N. J., his great-grandson.

8.Note.—The name of his son Eliphalet6is not mentioned in this petition, but is learned from a deed of Abraham Reynolds, sheriff, to Zophar Hatfield, dated 17 September, 1823, and recorded in Newark, N. J., in Book P2, page 542.

9.Note.—He may be identical with that Enoch De Camp of Morris Co., N. J., mentioned in N. J. Pension Rolls of Revolutionary War as dying 19 April, 1832, aged 75 years.

10.Note.—At Troy, N. Y., the Rev. Jonas Coe baptized a Sally de Camp on 2 November, 1816; a Christina de Camp on 3 August, 1817; he married a Cinderilla de Camp to Matthew Nobles on 30 January, 1809.

11.Note.—If he was aged 96 at death it would make his birth 1757. This, however, is an error for he was baptized 1764, and probably was born at earliest in 1763. The fact is curious as showing how erroneous a family statement of old age can be.

12.Note.—There is a curious family tradition that the Rousseaus were related to the philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau of France, and that the ancestor of Dr. Alexander Rousseau and the ancestor of Henry De Camp came over in the same ship from France. The Rousseau family claim that the father of Dr. Alexander Rousseau was born in Bordeaux, France, and was the first of his name to come to America. All the “De Camp” data, however, is to the contrary, and goes to disprove the Rousseau traditions and claims, and the ancestors of Henry De Camp had been in America since 1664. There is a strong probability that the Troy “Rousseau” family were closely related to, if not identical with the great “Roosa” family of Kingston, N. Y., which intermarried several times with the Freer family of New Paltz and Kingston, N. Y., and when the members of said “Roosa” family removed to Troy the name was corrupted or changed to “Rousseau.” Curiously enough there were “Rousseau” and “Rozet” names recorded in N. Y. French Church records about 1680, and the Staten Island Dutch Church record contains a birth record of a child of one Peter Ruisseau and —— Mesereau. As Staten Island Church records contain many De Camp names this is a significant coincidence.

13.Note.—Eve De Camp who married Robert McCullen, was the maternal great grandmother of the compiler of this record.

14.Note.—Either this Moses (or his cousin) was in Col. Chas. Webb’s 19th Cont. Army, Capt. Bostwicks’ Co. who crossed the Delaware Xmas 1776, Adjt.-Gen. Johnstone (Com.) Roster of Troops, including some N. J. troops. Morris of Westfield, N. J., where Moses came from (in roll is called Moses Camp).

15.Note.—These children are given by Miss Wilson of Elgin, Ill., and must have died before the will was made.

16.Note.—An admirable compilation of these Ohio De Camp families has been made by James M. De Camp, of Cincinnati, Ohio, entitled “Record of the Descendants of Ezekiel and Mary Baker De Camp, of Butler County, Ohio,” which was printed and published by the Western Methodist Book Concern, Cincinnati, O., in 1896 (pages 177), and to which reference is directed. As a record has been made of these De Camps of Butler Co., the compiler of the within work has not incorporated this branch of the general De Camp family into the present compilation.

17.Note.—It may be that this Gideon6De Camp was not a son of Morris5De Camp (John4, Henry3, Laurence2, John1). He could not be identical with Gideon4(Henry3, Laurence2, John1), baptized 1721, May 21, or with Gideon4(Gideon3, Laurence2, John1) baptized 1727, Oct. 15. He is clearly a grandson of Henry3(Laurence2, John1), but the fact that he was a physician in good circumstances owning several valuable tracts of land at Elizabeth, Westfield, and Rahway, is indicative that he might not be identical with the Gideon6(Morris5, John4, Henry3, Laurence2, John1) mentioned in Sheriff’s Deed, Isaac Ward, Sheriff, to Moses Jacques, dated 11 Jan. 1804, recorded Newark Registry in Book H. of Deeds, page 522, as one against whose land a judgment writ of fi. fa. was issued and under which the land was seized and sold.

18.Note.—The above De Camp line was furnished by James A. De Camp of 95 Reade street, N. Y. city, who states that perhaps Elihu De Camp was a son of Lemuel De Camp. This, however, the lineal descendants of Lemuel De Camp deny, and no mention is made of such a son in the will of Hannah De Camp, widow of said Lemuel De Camp. Mr. De Camp further states that Elihu De Camp had another daughter Mary, but if so she is not mentioned in either her father’s or mother’s will. It therefore remains to trace out the father of Elihu De Camp.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTESSilently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.Re-indexed footnotes using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.

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