“His Christianity was pure, his views of religion sound and scriptural, and his fidelity and integrity of character were like his own well aimed rifle, true to the mark.”

– Rev. Thomas Aitken
Obituary of Moses Van Campen


"I was nurtered in the school of the rifle and the tomahawk."

- Moses Van Campen

“The notes of war are hushed,

    The rage of battle o’er,

The warrior is at rest,

    He hears our praise no more.

The soldier nobly fought

    For all we dearly love,

He fought to gain a heavenly crown,

    And now he reigns above.”


- Rev. Thomas Aitken
Inscription, Moses Van Campen's tombstone

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The "Lee Wise & Dorothy Smith Family Genealogy", published by Lee Wise at RootsWeb.com, an Ancestory.com community, provides the folllowing detailed genealogy of Moses Van Campen.  It begins with Gerrit Jansen VanCampen, the Great Great Grandfather of Moses Van Campen.  

While mutiple descendants of Gerrit Jansen VanCampen were named Moses, the subject of this tribute and his listing appear about half way down the page.  The listing is called out in larger font for easier identification.  A listing of Moses Van Campen's known descendants, can be found on the Decendants page.   

1 Gerrit Jansen VanCampen
  + Machtelt Stoffels
    2 Jan Gerritsen VanCampen b: BEF 18 APR 1661
      + Tjantje Janse Decker b: 1671
        3 Lysbeth VanCampen b: 1688
          + Jan Kortright
        3 Jan VanCampen b: 1693
            4 Jan VanCampen b: BEF 28 JUN 1713
            4 Abraham VanCampen b: BEF 1 JAN 1718
              + Jacobus Van Garden
              + Catherine
            4 Gysbert VanCampen b: BEF 20 MAY 1718
                5 Lisbeth Van Campen b: BEF 26 MAR 1735
                5 Jan Van Campen b: BEF 3 MAY 1737
                5 Mattings Van Campen b: BEF 31 OCT 1739
                5 Lucas Van Campen b: 18 JUL 1741
                5 Sara Van Campen b: 15 DEC 1745
                5 Sara Van Campen b: BEF 17 SEP 1749
            4 Elizabeth VanCampen b: BEF 10 JAN 1720
              + Hendricus Van Weyen
                5 John Van Weyen b: BEF 12 JUL 1741
                5 Lena Van Weyen b: BEF 24 APR 1744
            4 Isaak VanCampen b: BEF 30 JUL 1721
                5 Magdalena Van Campen b: BEF 18 NOV 1745
                5 Marytjen Van Campen b: BEF 13 JAN 1745
                5 Catharina Van Campen b: BEF 19 JUN 1747
                5 Alexandria Van Campen b: BEF 5 MAR 1749
                5 Magdalena Van Campen b: BEF 10 JUN 1750
            4 Jacob VanCampen b: BEF 19 JAN 1724
              + Sara Decker
                5 Catharina Van Campen b: BEF 31 MAR 1754
                5 Jan Van Campen b: BEF 23 FEB 1756
        3 Gerrit VanCampen b: 1694
          + Marytjen (Mary) Roosa b: 28 AUG 1698
            4 Elizabeth VanCampen b: BEF 30 APR 1718
            4 Ary (Aaron) VanCampen b: BEF 17 AUG 1720 d: 1771
              + Sara VanCleef
            4 Maria VanCampen b: BEF 24 FEB 1723
              + Thomas Cool
            4 Jan VanCampen b: BEF 3 OCT 1725
              + Elizabeth Depuy (Depew)
                5 Daniel VanCampen b: 24 MAY 1764
                  + Rosanna Shaw
                    6 Daniel VanCampen
                      + Hannah Griswold
                        7 John VanCampen
                        7 Mary VanCampen
                        7 Margaret VanCampen
                        7 Electa VanCampen
                        7 Susan VanCampen
                        7 Lillis VanCampen
                        7 Catherine VanCampen
                        7 Clarissa VanCampen
                        7 Lemul VanCampen
                    6 Jerod VanCampen
                    6 Elijah VanCampen b: 1811 d: 13 OCT 1864
                      + Sally M. Crawford b: 1813 d: 23 MAR 1901
                        7 William "Will" VanCampen b: 1836
                            8 Mabel VanCampen
                        7 John Crawford VanCampen b: 9 OCT 1838 d: 15 NOV 1919
                          + Amanda Melvina Gowing b: 1838 d: 1916
                            8 Mary VanCampen b: 1859
                            8 Minney VanCampen b: 1860
                            8 Eva VanCampen b: 1864
                            8 Lillian "Lilly" VanCampen b: 1867
                            8 Frank Elijah VanCampen b: 1871 d: 1955
                              + Mary Eldora "Mamie" Sturgeon b: 1879 d: 1962
                                9 Marion James VanCampen b: 1898 d: 1978
                                  + Living Guthrie
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                      + Living Hicks
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                      + Living McKamy
                                9 Minnie Inez VanCampen b: 1899 d: 1974
                                  + John L. Morrison b: 1895 d: 1972
                                    10 Living Morrison
                                      + Living McMurray
                                    10 Patricia Ruth Morrison b: 1928 d: 1995
                                      + Dale Allen Sheneman b: 1924 d: 1987
                                9 Hazel Audrey VanCampen b: 1901 d: 1990
                                  + Edwin Andreas Monson b: 1893 d: 1959
                                    10 Living Monson
                                      + Living Bartz
                                    10 Living Monson
                                      + Gordon Vincent Olson b: 1926 d: 1981
                                      + Living Anderson
                                9 Frank Eugene VanCampen b: 1906 d: 1980
                                  + Ruby Violet Brown b: 1913 d: 1980
                                    10 Baby Boy VanCampen b: 1934 d: 1934
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                      + Living Sandvig
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                      + Living Fox
                            8 Victor Eugene VanCampen b: 1874 d: 1962
                              + Fannie Elizabeth Knapp b: 1873 d: 1963
                                9 Living VanCampen
                                  + Theodore Morse Holcomb
                                    10 Living Holcomb
                                9 Myrtle Violet VanCampen b: 1905 d: 2001
                                9 Living VanCampen
                                9 Robert Eugene VanCampen b: 1090
                                9 William James VanCampen b: 1911 d: 1986
                                  + Mabel Harriett Qualey b: 1919 d: 1986
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                      + Living Rohde
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                      + Living Wendt
                                9 Living VanCampen
                                9 Melvina Veola VanCampen b: 1915 d: 1931
                            8 John Austin VanCampen b: 1881 d: 1958
                              + Nellie Mae Bache b: 1884 d: 1958
                                9 Charles Austin VanCampen b: 1903 d: 1905
                                9 John Delbert VanCampen b: 1905 d: 1917
                                9 Addie VanCampen b: 1904 d: 1904
                                9 Nellie Melvina VanCampen b: 1906 d: 1961
                                9 Lillian Alice VanCampen b: 1908 d: 1990
                                9 Irene Mae VanCampen b: 1910 d: 1991
                                9 Living VanCampen
                                9 Living VanCampen
                                9 Living VanCampen
                                9 Earl Everett VanCampen b: 1922 d: 1998
                                  + Evelyn Bachler d: 2000
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                      + Living Charlton
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                        7 Harry Daniel VanCampen b: 20 DEC 1842 d: 1 FEB 1916
                          + Fannie Loretta Holden b: 11 OCT 1844 d: 1 MAY 1920
                            8 Jenny Fantashia VanCampen b: 23 JAN 1865 d: 5 JUN 1894
                            8 Charlie Theron VanCampen b: 8 APR 1868 d: 21 MAR 1950
                              + Alice Rebecca "Beckie" Gilcrest b: 18 FEB 1874 d: 21 JUL 1958
                                9 Harry Lynn VanCampen b: 2 MAR 1900 d: 9 SEP 1979
                                  + Living Schoonover
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                      + Living
                                9 Rox Thomas VanCampen b: 15 JUN 1904 d: 6 NOV 1974
                                  + Helen JOY
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                      + Living Witherow
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                      + Living Willis
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                    10 Living VanCampen
                                      + Living Gossett
                                9 Victor Lee VanCampen b: 4 JUL 1905 d: 3 JAN 1989
                                  + Ruth E. Bolen b: 5 JAN 1909 d: 15 FEB 1997
                                    10 Jack Dennis VanCampen b: 5 FEB 1944 d: 22 DEC 1987
                                       + Living Smith
                                9 Audra Neota VanCampen b: 2 MAR 1910 d: 25 JAN 1997
                                  + Perry Homer "Homer" Howard b: 1 NOV 1905 d: 10 NOV 1996
                                9 Dawn Marie VanCampen b: 29 OCT 1912
                                  + Living Hankey
                                  + Charles Andrew "Capt." Geiger b: 23 SEP 1876 d: 3 JAN 1960
                                9 Living VanCampen
                                  + Ralph Coleman Wise b: 22 DEC 1911 d: 16 JUL 1996
                                    10 Living Wise
                                      + Living Smith
                        7 Caroline VanCampen b: 1842
                          + Elkins
                        7 Emeline VanCampen b: 1848
                          + Clute
                    6 Moses VanCampen
                    6 Hannah VanCampen
                    6 Annie VanCampen
                    6 Lorinda VanCampen
                    6 Henry VanCampen
                    6 Polly VanCampen
                5 Moses VanCampen b: 1768 d: 11 AUG 1838
                  + Anna Riggs
            4 Cornelius VanCampen b: BEF 21 JAN 1727
              + Wyntje Depuy b: ABT 1735
                5 Jacobus VanCampen
                5 Elijah VanCampen
                5 Moses VanCampen b: 20 JAN 1757 d: 15 OCT 1849
                  + Margaret McClure b: 1761 d: 1816
                5 Antje VanCampen b: 1759
                5 Elizabeth VanCampen b: 1764
                5 Leah VanCampen b: ABT 1765 d: 5 DEC 1836
                  + Thomas Murlin
                5 Nicholas VanCampen b: ABT 1768 d: 28 MAR 1780
                5 Samuel VanCampen b: ABT 1769 d: 30 JAN 1849
                  + Martha Drake
                5 Anna VanCampen b: 24 JUL 1777
                  + Thomas Mitchell
                5 William VanCampen b: AFT 1778
                5 Benjamin VanCampen b: 26 FEB 1788
                  + Adelia Stone King
                  + Mary Saunders
                  + Mary Hunter
            4 Elisabeth VanCampen b: BEF 14 JAN 1732
            4 Leah VanCampen b: 1737
        3 Jacob VanCampen b: 1696
          + Marretje Westfall b: NOV 1694
            4 Jan Van Campen b: 1718
            4 Simon Van Campen b: 1721
            4 Petrus Van Campen b: 1721
            4 Heyltjen Van Campen b: 1723
            4 Neeltjen Van Campen b: 1727
        3 Abraam VanCampen b: 1698
          + Susanna DePuy b: JAN 1698 d: 1752
            4 Moses VanCampen b: BEF 1724
            4 Jan VanCampen b: 1726 d: 1805
            4 Benjamin VanCampen b: 1728
            4 Maria VanCampen b: 1732
            4 Catherine VanCampen b: 1733 d: 1804
              + Benjamin Depuy b: JUN 1729 d: 26 SEP 1811
                5 Abram Depuy b: 1765 d: 1851
            4 Abraham VanCampen b: FEB 1736 d: 1 MAY 1811
            4 Susannah VanCampen b: ABT 1738
            4 Moses VanCampen b: 1743
        3 Heyltje VanCampen b: 1700
          + Jacob (SR) DeWitt b: 30 DEC 1691 d: 1748
            4 Evert DeWitt b: 25 NOV 1733 d: 1 NOV 1801
            4 Johannes DeWitt b: 22 SEP 1734
            4 Jacob Rutsen DeWitt b: 22 AUG 1736 d: ABT 1802
              + Leah Kortreght b: 1738
                5 Heyltje DeWitt b: 22 NOV 1759
                5 Moses (Capt) DeWitt b: 23 OCT 1761 d: 8 DEC 1842
                5 Bedewyn DeWitt b: 8 JAN 1764 d: ABT 1797
                5 Mary DeWitt b: 28 MAY 1766
                5 Samuel DeWitt b: 27 AUG 1772
                5 Severyn DeWitt b: 1781
                5 Janneke DeWitt
                5 Hannah DeWitt
                5 Egbert DeWitt
                5 Jacob DeWitt
                5 Margaret DeWitt
                5 Elesabeth DeWitt
                5 Rachel DeWitt
                5 Esther DeWitt
            4 Elizabeth DeWitt b: BEF 17 SEP 1738
            4 Marie DeWitt b: BEF 5 OCT 1740
            4 Catrina DeWitt b: 1742
        3 Cornelis VanCampen b: 1702
            4 Lisbeth Van Campen b: BEF 15 MAY 1737
            4 Isaac Van Campen b: BEF 1 JAN 1740
            4 Cateran Van Campen b: BEF 4 JAN 1743
            4 Isaac Van Campen b: BEF 5 MAY 1745
            4 Thomas Van Campen b: BEF 23 DEC 1746
            4 Elisabeth Van Campen b: BEF MAY 1750
            4 Thomas Van Campen b: BEF 2 AUG 1752
            4 John Van Campen
        3 Mechteld VanCampen b: 1705
        3 Izaak VanCampen b: 1708
            4 Cornelis Van Campen b: BEF 24 AUG 1735
                5 Cornelius Van Campen b: BEF 8 JAN 1756
                5 Isaac Van Campen b: BEF 28 JUN 1758 d: 1843
                5 Cornelius DePue Van Campen b: BEF 4 DEC 1760 d: 21 NOV 1839
                5 Abraham Van Campen b: 8 OCT 1765
                5 Elsje Van Campen b: 28 MAR 1768
            4 Willem Van Campen b: BEF 11 JUN 1738
              + Elizabeth Decker
                5 Johannis Van Campen b: BEF 23 NOV 1764
                5 Jannetie Van Campen b: 30 NOV 1766
                5 Lycia Van Campen b: 3 DEC 1769
                5 Deborah Van Campen
                5 James Van Campen
                5 Alexander Van Campen
                5 Andrew Van Campen
            4 Jannetjen Van Campen b: BEF 28 SEP 1740
            4 Jacobos Van Campen b: BEF 30 JAN 1743
            4 Abraham Van Campen b: BEF 9 JUN 1745
            4 Annatje Van Campen b: 1750
            4 John Van Campen b: BEF 28 APR 1752
            4 Elizabeth Van Campen b: BEF 7 AUG 1754
        3 Nicholas VanCampen b: 1710
        3 Jannetjen VanCampen b: 1711/12
    2 Elizabeth VanCampen
      + Jan Hendricksen Cortright b: 1674
        3 Johannes Cortright b: 1712
        3 Maria Kortright b: MAR 1715 d: BY 1750
          + Jurian Tappen b: 1696
            4 Ariantje Tappen b: APR 1739 d: BY 1773
            4 Thomas Tappen b: FEB 1743
            4 Sara Tappen b: 1745

Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=leewise&id=I2454