Nicholas Camp, freeplanter of Milford, CT

Baptized probably April 1597 Nazeing, Co Essex, England. Married: (1) Sarah (UNK); (2) Edith (UNK) Tilley, widow of John of Windsor, CT; (3) on July 14, 1652, Katherine (UNK) Thompson, widow of Anthony of New Haven. Died bef. Feb 1655/6.

Source for wives: Families of Ancient New Haven (Donald Lines Jacobus) says first wife Sarah's last name is unknown. Third wife given as Katherine, widow Anthony Thompson

Children:

1. Nicholas, born about 1631
2. Sarah, baptized 19 March 1643 in Milford, CT
3. Samuel, twin to John, bapt 2 Sept 1645 in Milford, CT
4. John, twin, bapt 2 Sept, 1645 in Milford, CT
5. Abigail, baptized 29 August 1649 in Milford, CT

Freeplanter in Milord, CT. Lot #50. Joined the Milford Church on November 2, 1643. His wife, Sarah, was the first adult to die in Milford, of complications of childbirth on September 6, 1645, after the birth of twins.

Source for above: Susan Emma Woodruff Abbott Families of early Milford, Connecticut, page 182.

Notes and Sources

John Tilley, master of a bark, was cruelly maimed by the Indians on the Connecticut River, near Saybrook, in October, 1636, and died three days later. He had a homelot assigned to him in Windsor, which Thomas Dewey "lawful att’y to Nich. Camp of M. and his wife Eady, formerly Eady Tilley" sold in 1646. [Winthrop%E2%80%99s "History of New England, "1853, p. 238; Stiles’s "History of Windsor," 1: 67, 167.]

1. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as New Haven genealogical magazine. vols. I-VIII. Compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. 8 vols. Rome, New York: Clarence D. Smith, 1923-1932. Vol II, page 375.
2. Susan Emma Woodruff Abbott Families of early Milford, Connecticut, page 182.
3. http://books.google.com/books?id=5XomAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA339&dq=Nicholas+...

Came on the Ship Lion with the Rev. John Eliot.

"Nicholas Camp was one of the founders and freeholders of that plantation and a member of the First Church of Milford". His wife, Sarah Camp, was the first adult to die in Milford. The church record says: *' She had twins on the 2nd of September, 1645 and was doing well till the night of the 4th, when she was taken very ill with cold and died on the 6th. She was buried in the garden of Mr. Peter Prudden, pastor.

On the 250th Anniversary of Milford's History, a memorial bridge was built in memory of its founders, and on the memorial stone blocks are the names of Nicholas Camp and Sarah Camp, his wife.

Their children were Abigail, born in England, 1627, died 1648, married Nathaniel Baldwin, one of the founders of Milford.

Nicholas Camp 2nd, born in England, 1629, died 1706, married, first—Martha Beard, a sister of John Beard, his second wife was Mrs. Mehitable Briscoe. Nicholas Camp was a freeman, and Deputy of the General Court at Hartford, 1670-1-2.

William, married Mary Smith of New Haven, 1661, and removed to Newark, New Jersey, and was the ancestor of the Xew Jersey Camps.

Sarah, baptized, 1643.

Samuel, (one of the twins) born 1645, married first, Hannah Betts; second, Mercy Scovell.

Samuel Camp, son of Nicholas Camp 2nd and his wife, Martha Beard, was born 1655, married his cousin, Mary Camp, a daughter of William Camp. Samuel Camp was a lieutenant of a Company of Milford's Train Band 1698. His son, Enos Camp, born 1687, died 1768, married Martha Baldwin, a daughter of Theophilus and Elizabeth (Canfield) Baldwin. Their children were:

~MY ANCESTOR~ NICHOLAS CAMP immigrated to America and was a free planter at Milford, Colony of Conn. as early as 1639. He drew lot #50 in the first division of land which contained 6 acres 1 rod and 20 poles. On Nov. 2, 1643, he joined the First Church of Milford.

He was married three times. His first marriage was in England to SARAH ELLIOTT and his third marriage was to, Katherine, widow of my ancestor, ANTHONY THOMPSON. His child with Sarah, NICHOLAS CAMP, JR., was my ancestor.

The picture at the right shows his name as a founder of Milford which was inscribed on the bridge over the Wepawaug River that runs through Milford.

Family links:

Parents:

 John Camp (1566 - 1630)

 Mary Goore Camp (1573 - 1620)

Spouses:

 Sarah Elliott Camp (1599 - 1645)

 Katherine Thompson Camp*

Children:

 Mary Camp Baldwin (1623 - ____)*

 Abigail Camp Baldwin (1625 - 1648)*

 Nicholas Camp (1627 - 1706)*

 William Camp (1638 - 1703)*

 Samuel Camp (1643 - 1735)*

 Samuel Camp (1645 - 1645)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Milford Cemetery Milford New Haven County Connecticut, USA Plot: BURIED IN REV. PETER PRUDDEN'S GARDEN -- No tombstone remains.

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Created by: Nareen, et al Record added: Jul 12, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 14902862

GEDCOM Note

Category:Nazeing, Essex Category: English Immigrants to America Category: Milford, Connecticut Category:England, Kemp Name Study

Biography

name=Kemp
: Nicholas Camp, AKA Campe Nicholas Camp was part of the Puritan Great Migration. He emigrated from Nazeing, Essex, to the Milford Colony in Connecticut by 1639.<ref>Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Directory, Immigrants to New England 1620-1640 - A Concise Compendium, p. 55</ref>

Uncertain Origins===: An article written by John D. Baldwin, III, and published in 1997 inThe Connecticut Nutmegger, was entitled, Why the Origins of Nicholas Camp, Sr. of Milford Remain Elusive! Unfortunately, the titletells the story. Since Nicholas Camp (or Campe) was a fairly common name in Nazeing, England, at the end of the sixteenth century, we havethree or four from which to choose.<ref name="Bald">Baldwin, John D.,III, Why the Origins of Nicholas Camp, Sr., of Milford, Remain Elusive, (Vol 30, Pgs 62-3), The Connecticut Nutmegger. Glastonbury, CT: ConnecticutSociety of Genealogists, 1970-. (Online database, accessed April 28, 2014. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) </ref> Date of Baptism could be 1591, 1597, or less likely, but still possible 1604.<ref name="Bald"/> His mother may have been Alice Case, Mary Tisonne, Mary Camp or someone else.

Birth ===: According to Baldwin in The Connecticut Nutmegger, most frequently given as baptism of Nicholas is 17 April, 1597, the date for "Nicholas, son of Old John Campe," but we have no documentation to support John Camp, "the elder", as father, or anyone else.<ref name="Bald"/>

Parents (not proven)

• Father: John Camp
• Mother: Mary Goore

Immigrated to Connecticut Colony===: NICHOLAS CAMP immigrated to America and was a free planter at Milford, Colony of Conn. as early as 1639. He drew lot #50 in the first division of land which contained 6 acres 1 rod and 20 poles. On Nov. 2, 1643, he joined the First Church of Milford. He was married three times.His first marriage was in England to Sarah Unknown, his second to widow Edith Tilley, and his third marriage was to Katherine, widow of Anthony Thompson.

Estate ===: The lack of probate records of his estate makes it impossible to assign all the children of Nicholas with certainty. The only proved surviving son was Nicholas, Jr., born around 1630, who had land recorded inMilford by gift of his father. It has sometimes been assumed that William Camp of Milford and Newark and Edward Camp of New Haven (whose widow married a Milford man) were other sons of Nicholas, Sr., but evidence is lacking.<ref name="McK">McKissen, Paul E. Mary Camp (b. Abt. 1625, d. Abt. 1652); 1767 20th Avenue, Longview, WA 98632, USA; paulmckissen@yahoo.com, accessed online April 28,2014 </ref>

: There were also daughters. One of them we identify as Mary, the first wife of John Baldwin, Sr. The evidence is discussed at length under Baldwin. In brief, her son Joseph Baldwin in a 1685 record called Nicholas Camp [Jr] his uncle, and the husband of her daughter Elizabeth in1680 called Nicholas Camp [Jr.] his cousin, a term applied to severaltypes of relationship, either direct or by marriage. John Baldwin of Newark (c.1642-1688) in his will called William Camp his uncle. He wasson of Nathaniel and Abigail Baldwin, hence Abigail was sister of William Camp. It seems somewhat likely that William and Abigail were children of Nicolas Camp, Sr. The evidence for Edward Camp is not so good.<ref name="McK"/>

Marriages

: Nicholas Camp married three times: : 1) Sarah Unknown (1599 - 1645) — married 1621 in Essex, England. SARAH, joined the church in Milford 4 Aug. 1644 and died there 6 Sept. 1645, four days after the birth of her twins, Samuel and John..<ref name="McK"/><ref name="Board"/>

First Wife, Sarah Was Not an ElliotThe will of Sarah Elliot's father is often misinterpreted. It actually reads, "my trusty and well-beloved friends, William Curtis, my son-in-law, Nicholas Camp the younger, and John Keyes ...." When this is published without the all-important comma after son-in-law, it reads," friends William Curtis, my son-in-law Nicholas Camp ...." When the comma is included, it is plain to see that Elliot's son-in-law was William Curtis, and "this is supported by published Curtis family material,"according to Baldwin.<ref name="Bald"/>

: 2. He married second, EADY [Edith] (b. 1695, at Nazeing, Essex, England) in 1646, She was widow of John TILLEY, Jr of Windsor, master of abark, who was maimed by the Indians on the Connecticut River, near Saybrook in October, 1636, and died three days later. He had a homelot assigned to him in Windsor, which Thomas Dewey "lawful att'y to Nich. Camp of Milford and his wife Eady, formerly Eady Tilley" sold in 1646. <ref name="Win">Winthrop, John, Esq., The history of New England from 1630 to 1649 (Pg 238) A new edition by James Savage. (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1852), accessed online April 28, 2014</ref><ref name="Stiles">Stiles, Henry R., ed. The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut ... (Pgs 67, 167) Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1893, accessed online April 28, 2014</ref><ref name="Board"/> : By this wife Nicholas Camp, 1st, had a daughter, Abigail, baptized in Milford, August 29, 1647.<ref name="Board"/> : 3. Kattern or Katherine Thompson Camp (b. ___ - d. ___ at New Haven,CT) After Anthony Thompson's death (Sept. 1648), Katherine married NICHOLAS CAMP, on July 14, 1652 in New Haven Colony.<ref name="FindAT">Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 07 May 2019), memorial pagefor Katherine Thompson Camp (unknown–unknown), sameas=no ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) Unknown.</ref>

: In the town records of New Haven is the following entry: "Nicolas Campe of Milford and Kattern Tompson of New Haven widdow were married bythe Governer the 14th of July 1652." : Kattern, widow of Anthony Sr. Tompson died May 23, 1647, having thena son Anthony Jr.(b. abt 1633) who took the oath of fidelity on May 2, 1654, and died the same year on the 26th of December. :Note: Husband Anthony Sr. Thompson died Sept. 1648. In his will of 23Mar. 1647, he mentions his eldest son ___ ; second son, Anthony ; daughter Bridget which he had by former wife ; other daughters ; wife ; and brothers William and John <ref>New Haven Probate Records, vol. 1, p. 33)</ref>. : Anthony Sr. married first Unknown (Unknown); and secondly Katharine,who married for her second husband, on 14 July 1652, Nicholas Camp ofMilford.<ref name="Thomp">New England Historic Genealogical Society Thompson Families of Connecticut (July 1912, Pg 199) Boston: 1912, accessed online April 28, 2014</ref> The Proprietors' records contain several references to payment of portions to Anthony's children,by " Kattern Camp," the children mentioned being John {1632-], Hannah[1645-1713], Liddia [1647-], Ebenezer [1648-], Anthony[1634-1654], and Bridget [1636-1720] (Proprietors' Records, vol. 2, pp. 91, 98, 114, 229).<ref> New England Historic Genealogical Society; Publisher: Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society; Year:1912 </ref> :Nicholas appears to have had wife Katharine's first husband's Thompson children living with them in Milford.

Children

: The known children of Nicholas Camp include:<ref name="FindAT"/> : Children of Nicholas and Sarah:

• (Certain) Mary Camp, was born on Mar 1620 at Milford, New Haven, CT. She died about 1652 in Milford, New Haven, CT. She may have married Mr. Baldwin.
• (Very uncertain) Edward, b. probably by 1622; d. 1659.
• (Certain) Nicholas Camp born on 7 Apr 1627 in Nazeing, Essex, England and died on 10 Jun 1707 in Milford, New Haven, CT.
• (Possible) William Camp (1638 - 1703)*
• (Certain) Sarah CAMP, baptized at Milford, 19 Mar. 1643<ref name="Board"/>.
• (Certain) Samuel Camp, Twin, (1645 - 1645) Infant death.<ref name="FindAGrave">Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 October 2020), memorial page for Samuel Camp (2 Sep 1645–2 Sep 1645), Find a Grave Memorial no. 40293436, citing Milford Cemetery, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568) .</ref>
• (Certain) John CAMP, Twin, (1645 - 1645) Infant death. :Note: First wife, Sarah Elliot Camp died 6 Sept. 1645, 4 days after the birth of twins Samuel and John. Nicholas then married widow Eady orEdith (___) Tilly in 1646.

: Child of Nicholas and Eady:

• (Certain) Abigail Camp Baldwin . Abigail was baptized in Milford, August 29, 1647<ref name="Board"/>. She married Nathaniel Baldwin in 1643 in Milford, CT. Abigail died March 22, 1647.<ref name="Board"/><ref name="McK"/> : Note: The following child is not likely to be of Nicholas and Sarah or of Eady.

Errors often reprinted are that the "Samuel Camp" of the second generation in Milford, was a son of Nicholas Camp, 1st; and that this Samuelwas the grandfather of the Rev. Ichabod Camp. It has been established, however, that Samuel Camp, son of Nicholas, 1st, died in infancy, therefore the Samuel Camp of the second generation was the Samuel, son of Edward Camp, born 1644-45 at New Haven. It has also been establishedthat the Rev. Ichabod Camp was a son of John Camp who was a son of Edward Camp, 2nd, of Milford, Connecticut.<ref name="McK"/>

:Samuel Camp who was born on 15 Sep 1655 in Milford, New Haven, CT. He was christened on 18 May 1662 in First Congregational Church, Milford. He died on 4 Apr 1733 in Milford, CT. (This child is probably the son of Edward Camp).<ref name="McK"/>

Death and Legacy

: Nicholas' date of death is uncertain: : Jacobus lists Nicholas Sr. date of death as c. : 1654.<ref name="AncNH">Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (New Haven Genealogical Magazine), Vol.2, pg 375 </ref>

:This written by Boardman in 1906::The death of Nicholas Sr. Camp, is believed to have occurred not longbefore 1658, when a " Widow Camp" of New Haven gave to her daughter, Bridget Tompson, a portion due her from the estate of her father, Anthony Tompson. Only one person of that name is found in the list of freemen in 1669, who was the son. The practice in the Milford records had been to distinguish them by the titles " Senior " and "Junior," but the return made by the searchers for Whalley and Goffe, May 20, 1661, has the signature of " Nicholas Campe" without any such title <ref>New Haven Colonial Records, II: 389n.</ref> The same is true of a deed to Nicholas Campe and John Beard, September 16, 1664, and in this case theson, who was at other times associated with his brother-in-law in land transactions, was undoubtedly the person named. [Milford Land Records, IV: 294; cf. IV: 329.]<ref name="Board">The Ancestry Of William Francis Joseph Boardman, Hartford, Connecticut (Pg 152) Hartford: TheCase, Lockwood & Brainard company 1906, accessed online April 28, 2014</ref> : Milford, Connecticut celebrates Nicholas Camp Sr. as his name is listed as one of the founders of Milford, Connecticut. His name is engraved on a memorial stone on the Memorial Bridge, which crosses the Wepawaug River as it runs through town. <ref name="Memorial"/> The cenotaph in the "Founders Cemetery" also names Nicholas Camp as a founder of Milford, Connecticut. <ref name="Memorial">Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 07 May 2019), memorial page for Nicholas Camp(10 Jan 1606–1662), sameas=yes, citing Milford Cemetery, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintainedby Nareen, et al (contributor 46613568) .</ref>.

Research Notes

From Find a Grave<ref name="Memorial"/> :Birth: Jan. 10, 1606, England :Death: 1662, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut:Cenotaph in Founders Cemetery Memorial Site, Milford, Connecticut Colony (New Haven, CT).

Sources

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See also:* Donald Lines Jacobus, Nicholas Camp of Milford, Connecticut, in The American Genealogist, New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Volume 15:125-6 As cited by Anderson in The Great Migration Directory.

• Parke, N. Grier The ancestry of Rev. Nathan Grier Parke and his wife Ann Elizabeth Gildersleeve, pp 51, at HathiTrust.org, (Woodstock, Vt. : N.G. Parke, 1959), [as cited by Robert Charles Anderson in the Great Migration Directory, page 55]
• Jackson, Ronald V., "Connecticut Census, 1790-1890," Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. Ancestry.com
• Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.
• Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., "American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. *Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submittedby Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. Page: Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=43575023&pid...

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