Born about 15 Jan 1796 in Readington Twsp, Hunterdon, New Jersey

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Died 9 Mar 1861 at about age 65 in Port Murray, Warren County, New Jersey, USA

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Biography

This person was created through the import of My Family File 8.ged on 05 December 2010. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.

Name

Name: John H. /Schamp/

Source: #S60

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1803

Place: Readington Twsp, New Jersey

Source: #S60

Death

Death:

Date: AFT 1858

Source: #S60

John H. Schamp's headstone states that he died on 9 March 1861 at the age of 65 years, 1 month, and 25 days. This is how I arrived at his DOB. ^[1]

1840 Federal Census (Mansfield, Warren, New Jersey): John H. Schamp 1 male 5-10, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50. 1 female under 5, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 40-50.^[2]

1850 Federal Census (Mendham, Morris, New Jersey, United States):

Household Gender Age Birthplace

John Schamp M 59 New Jersey

Mary Schamp M 53 New Jersey

Sarah Rachel Schamp F 24 New Jersey

Margaret Schamp F 22 New Jersey

John Schamp F 25 New Jersey

Ursala Schamp M 13 New Jersey^[3] (NOTE: FamilySearch indexing has interpreted John Sr.'s age as 59, Ancestry.com's indexing has interpreted it as 52, which makes the most sense.)

1860 Federal Census (Mansfield, Warren, New Jersey, United States):

Household Gender Age Birthplace

John H Schamp M 63 New Jersey

Iricilla Schamp F 22 New Jersey

Mary Schamp F 9 New Jersey^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #37092200
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHYW-GSF : accessed 07 Jan 2014), John H Schamp, 1840.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6ML-MDH : accessed 07 Jan 2014), John Schamp, Mendham, Morris, New Jersey, United States; citing dwelling 58, family 71, NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 458.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFCM-P2R : accessed 07 Jan 2014), John H Schamp, Mansfield, Warren, New Jersey, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. , family , NARA microfilm publication ; FHL microfilm 803711.

• "New Jersey, Marriages, 1678-1985," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZG8-543 : accessed 08 Dec 2013), John O. Schamp and Elizabeth Ann Perry, 16 Feb 1856.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Ron Norman for starting this profile.

Note

Two profiles for John H Schamp were created originally. One John H Schamp was noted in genealogical files on FamilySearch to be the son of Henry G and Margaret Schamp. His birthdate was listed as about 1803 and his death being after 1858. The other John H Schamp was created when tracing the ancestors of Bruce Schamp. The most distance male ancestor noted was John H. Schamp that died in 1861. His birthdate was believed to be in 1797 based on his headstone. The areas in which both John H's were believed to live in Hunterdon, Warren, or Morris counties. The towns were no greater than 20 miles from one another in a triangle (see attached photo). A search of the 1840, 1850, and 1860 census records did not support two John Schamps having existed in those three counties with a birth year between 1790 and 1810. Therefore, I think the greater preponderance of the evidence supports that they are the same individual.Norman-1065 21:43, 8 April 2016 (EDT)