The Camp Family of Bradford, Pennsylvania

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Nicholas Camp, American ancestor, was born in England, and came to this country in 1638 from Nasing, county Essex. He was at Watertown, Massachusetts, for a time, then at Wethersfield, Connecticut, and in 1639 appears at Guilford, Connecticut. As early as 1646 he had a house and lot of six hundred acres, one right and two parcels at Milford, Connecticut, although his name appears on the list of “free planters” of Milford dated November 20, 1639. In 1686 he was taxed on one hundred and ninety-nine pounds of property at Milford, and died there in 1706. He joined the Milford church, November 2, 1643. His first wife, Sarah (Beard) Camp, died September 6, 1645. He married (second) Mrs. Katherine Thompson, July 14, 1652. Issue by both.

(II) Samuel Camp

Samuel, son of Nicholas Camp and his second wife, was born in Milford, Connecticut, September 15, 1655, died at Durham, Connecticut. He married (first) November 13, 1672, Hannah Betts, (second) January 6, 1681, Mercy Scoville, and left issue.

(III) John Camp

John, son of Samuel Camp and his second wife, was born at Milford, Connecticut, March 1, 1700, died at Durham, 1754. His wife was living in 1754. They had issue.

(IV) Israel Camp

Israel, son of John Camp, was born in Durham, Connecticut, February 16, 1723, died January 6, 1778. His second wife was Mary (Guernsey) Camp, of Milford, Connecticut. One of the sons of Israel Camp settled in Camden county, New Jersey, and is the progenitor of the Camps of Smethport.

(V) _____ Camp

Son of Israel Camp, was born in 1750, in Connecticut. He married and left sons. These sons all married and left issue:

  • Daniel, of whom further;
  • William, settled in New York City;
  • Ephraim, in Cincinnati, Ohio;
  • John, in New Jersey.

(VI) Daniel Camp

Daniel, grandson of Israel Camp, was born in Connecticut, 1778. He moved to New Jersey and settled in Gloucester township, Camden county. He married Ruth Pheffer, who bore him two sons:

  • John, who left no descendants,
  • Ephraim, of whom further.

(VII) Ephraim Camp

Ephraim, son of Daniel and Ruth (Pheffer) Camp, was born near Winslow, New Jersey, about 1806. He learned the trade of glassblower and spent his active years employed in the glass factories of Winslow. He was a Whig in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married a widow, Mrs. Rebecca Wescott, whose first husband died shortly after the birth of their only child, David Wescott, who married and left two children: a son Harry, now a glassworker in West Virginia, and a daughter. The seven sons of Ephraim Camp all learned their father’s trade of glassworker and followed glassblowing or glass cutting as a business, except George.

Children of Ephraim and Rebecca (Wescott) Camp, all born near Winslow, New Jersey:

  1. Benjamin Clark, born November 21, 1828, now living in Monongahela City, Pennsylvania, aged eighty-four years; he married Rachel Haines, of Millville, New Jersey, born December 23, 1828, also aged eighty-four years; children:
    1. Catherine Josephine, married R. E. Byers;
    2. Rev. Henry W., deceased, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, married Sarah Power, living children:
      1. Gail Power Camp, now residing in Monongahela City, Pennsylvania,
      2. Eugene W. Camp, a druggist of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, married and has
        1. Walter Camp
        2. Eleanor Camp;
    3. Benjamin Edwin, now a druggist at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, married Emma Wolf, children:
      1. Rachel
      2. Josephine.
  2. Thomas W., died in Iowa; married and left children:
    1. Henry
    2. Frances.
  3. John, died in West Virginia in 1910; married Isabella McGrath, who died in 1906; children:
    1. William, deceased;
    2. Joseph, deceased;
    3. Ann;
    4. Ida;
    5. Sadie.
  4. Ephraim, died in Pittsburgh; married and left issue:
    1. John,
    2. Elizabeth,
    3. Rebecca.
  5. William Davis, of whom further.
  6. Daniel, died in Ottawa, Illinois; married and had two daughters.
  7. George, for many years connected with the fire department of Pittsburgh; married and has a son Harry, also connected with that department.
  8. A daughter, died in infancy.

(VIII) William Davis Camp

William Davis, son of Ephraim and Rebecca (Wescott) Camp, was born at Winslow, New Jersey, July 2, 1841. When nine years of age his parents moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended the public schools. He early learned the glassblower’s trade and in the pursuit of his calling traveled around among the glass manufacturing cities. He worked in Pittsburgh and New Castle, Pennsylvania, and Bellaire, Ohio, for several years, finally locating at Mount Vernon, Ohio, where he is now factory manager of the Camp Glass Company. He is a Republican in politics, and while resident of Bellaire served in the common council of that city. He is a member of the Baptist church which he serves as deacon.

He married Mary Ann Lloyd, born in New Castle-on-Tyne, England, October, 1840, died in Mount Vernon, Ohio, October, 1909, daughter of George Lloyd, born in New Castle-on-Tyne, an iron worker in his native land and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, later a farmer in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania. He died in New Castle, Pennsylvania, 1898. His wife, Rebecca (Fellows) Lloyd, born in England in 1814, died in New Castle, Pennsylvania, 1873.

Children of George and Rebecca Lloyd:

  1. Edward, died in infancy.
  2. Mary Ann, of previous mention, wife of William Camp.
  3. George, born 1842, now living in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, an iron worker, now a farmer; married Martha, and has issue:
    • George,
    • Rebecca,
    • Mattie,
    • Harry
    • and others.
  4. William, born 1844, died in New Castle, Pennsylvania; married Elizabeth Cecely, who survives him; children:
    1. Carrie,
    2. William,
    3. Samuel,
    4. George,
    5. Grace.
  5. Samuel, born 1847, married and resides in the south, a fruit farmer of Louisiana; no living issue.
  6. James, born 1854, now a cattle dealer; wife died leaving children:
    1. Benjamin
    2. Rebecca.
  7. Ellen, born 1856, married Calvin Irwin, a farmer near New Castle; children: Lottie and another.

Children of William Davis and Mary Ann Camp, first five born in Pittsburgh:

  1. George, born January, 1859, died in Bradford, Pennsylvania, 1906; was a partner with his brother, Thomas Wescott Camp, in the glass business; he married in New Castle, Pennsylvania, Emily Barnett; children:
    • Harry, born 1883;
    • Pearl, 1890; both living in New Castle.
  2. Thomas Wescott, of whom further.
  3. Daniel, born April 2, 1863, a glassblower and a stockholder of the Camp Glass Company, Mt. Vernon, Ohio; married Ella Scott, of Terre Haute, Indiana; child, Scott, born 1892.
  4. Rebecca, born 1865; died March, 1892; married John Bowden, who died March, 1912; no living issue.
  5. Elizabeth, born July, 1867, married (first) William Wilkinson, deceased, a farmer; children: Elsie, married a Mr. Cramer; Carrie, married a Mr. Stanley, both living at Shingle House, Pennsylvania; she married (second) Norman Kiefer, a lumberman, and resides at Smethport, Pennsylvania; no issue.
  6. Carrie, born June 16, 1869, married Robert Colderwood, and resides in New Castle, where he is engaged in the tinning business; they have a large family.
  7. Ruth, born in Bellaire, Ohio, 1871, married Frank Riggall, of Bolivar, New York, now secretary and bookkeeper with the Camp Glass Company, Mount Vernon, Ohio; children: Howard, born 1901; William, 1903; Archibald, 1905.
  8. Nellie, born in Bellaire, Ohio, 1873, married (first) Archibald Madison, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, a wood worker, now deceased; child, Ruth; she married (second) a Mr. Wescott, of Winslow, New Jersey, a glasscutter, now of Mount Vernon, Ohio.
  9. Harry, born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, 1881, now a glasscutter of Mount Vernon, unmarried.

(IX) Thomas Wescott Camp

Thomas Wescott, son of William Davis and Mary Ann (Lloyd) Camp, was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1861. He attended the public school of Pittsburgh until he was nine years of age, then began working in a bottle making plant, remaining one year. His parents then having moved to Bellaire, the lad followed and until 1881 was employed in a glass manufactory. In the latter year he continued in the same business in New Castle, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1895, becoming thoroughly familiar with every detail of the glass trade. He spent the years of 1895 to 1898 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, thence going to Du Bois, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in glass manufacturing for himself in a small plant. In 1900 he moved to Smethport where he has engaged extensively in glass manufacture, now being president of the Smethport Glass Company; president of the Camp Glass Company of Mount Vernon, Ohio; president and general manager of the Empire Glass Company of Shingle House, Pennsylvania, also having business interests of lesser importance. He is a thoroughly capable man of affairs, energetic and straightforward in the conduct of his business, serving in the interests of the companies over which he presides with fidelity and zeal. He is a Free Mason of high degree, belonging to McKean Lodge, No. 388, Free and Accepted Masons, and Coudersport Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree. He is also an Odd Fellow, belonging to Chenango Lodge and Lawrence Encampment of New Castle, Pennsylvania. In politics he is a Democrat, and in religious belief a Methodist.

He married, November 7, 1882, Sarah Catherine Barber, born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1863. Child, Mabel Claire, born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, February 28, 1884; married, in Smethport, Mark Pomeroy, assistant cashier of the Port Allegany National Bank and resides at Port Allegany, Pennsylvania; child, Catherine, born July 24, 1908.

John Benjamin Barber, father of Mrs. Camp, was born July 6, 1835, at Hammersmith, London, England, died at Smethport, February, 1908. He was a nail manufacturer. He married Mary Ann Scott, born in Staffordshire, England, March 17, 1834, died in Smethport, May 27, 1906. John Benjamin Barber was a son of Charles Walker Barber, born in London, November 18, 1778, died in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He married, August 25, 1834 (being then fifty-six years of age), at St. Martin’s Church, London, Sarah Catherine Cole, born June 30, 1818, died in New Castle. They emigrated in 1836, settling near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Children of Charles Walker Barber:

  1. John Benjamin, of previous mention.
  2. George Stafford, born November 12, 1836, died in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, September 17, 1841.
  3. Christopher William, born August 25, 1838, died in New Castle, 1911, a nail worker; married Elizabeth Scott, who survives him, a resident of New Castle; children:
    1. Harry,
    2. Kate,
    3. Mary,
    4. Clara,
    5. William,
    6. Lillian.
  4. Catherine B., born December 28, 1840, deceased.
  5. Johnson Smith, born January 11, 1844, now a steel worker in New Castle; married and has a family.
  6. Ann Louisa, born July 25, 1846, died in New Castle, 1909; married Henry Emery, an iron worker, who survives her with issue.
  7. Elizabeth McDonough, born October 10, 1848, married John Shealer, whom she survives, a resident of New Castle, with several children.
  8. Charles Walker, born August 12, 1851, died in New Castle, 1894; married and left issue: Earl and Iva.

Children of John B. and Mary Ann (Scott) Barber, all born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, except the first:

  1. James, born in Niles, Ohio, 1856, now a restaurateur of Cleveland, Ohio; married (first) Grace McCrea, who left children, by second wife Catherine no issue:
    1. Nettie
    2. Roy, the latter deceased;
  2. Elizabeth, born 1858; married John Walker, now shipping clerk for the Smethport Glass Company; children:
    1. Scott,
    2. Edward,
    3. Gertrude, married Bernard Gurlock.
  3. Benjamin, born December, 1860, now a groceryman of New Castle; married Emma Edwards; children:
    1. John, born 1878;
    2. Carrie, 1883, both living in Cleveland, Ohio.
  4. Sarah Catherine, wife of Thomas Wescott Camp; she is a member of the Episcopal church of Smethport, and the Order of the Eastern Star.
  5. Harry, born 1871, now a glass worker of Smethport; his wife died shortly after her marriage.
  6. George, born 1873, now a baker of New Castle; married Lena Zimmerly; children:
    1. Adelaide, born 1899;
    2. Sadie, 1901;
    3. Melva, 1903, died 1906;
    4. daughter, born 1909.

Mary Ann (Scott) Barber, mother of the foregoing six children, was a daughter of Jonathan Scott, born in Staffordshire, England, September 25, 1809, died April, 1892. His wife, Mary (Jones) Scott, born November 8, 1808, in England, died November 4, 1888. Children:

  1. Salina;
  2. Emma;
  3. Mary Ann, of previous mention;
  4. James W., born June, 1836, died June, 1889;
  5. John Jones, born October 6, 1838;
  6. Elizabeth E., March 2, 1841;
  7. Henry John, October 16, 1843, died December 14, 1885;
  8. Hannah Lloyd, April 22, 1846;
  9. Emily Jane, October 14, 1848;
  10. Samuel Jones Tyler, June 6, 1850.

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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