Person Sheet

Name Hester
Spouses
1 Philemon CAMP  Birth 3 Mar 1633, Hunsdon, Hertford, England Father Edward CAMP (1572-1681) Mother Grace MOTT (1581-)
Children Grace (1664-) Edward (1666-) Philemon (1668-)
Notes for Philemon (Spouse 1)
Notes for PHILEMON CAMP: Philemon learned the blacksmith trade from his father. For sometime he worked with his father at their blacksmith shop in their house. When his father and later his older brother, George died, he inherited the Camp house. Later he sold the house and gave up the blacksmith business to become a farmer. Children of PHILEMON CAMP and HESTER are: i.GRACE5 CAMP, b. March 09, 1664/65. ii. EDWARD CAMP, b. March12, 1666/67. iii. PHILEMON CAMP, JR., b. February 15, 1668/69. In 1628 The Gate House was again sold. This time to Edward Campe, a blacksmith, who went to live there with his family and had his' smiths shop there. Edward and Grace Campe had three sons, Edward, George and Philemon. Edward emigrated to America in 1640 when he was 23 years old. George became a shoemaker and Philemon was a blacksmith working with his father. There are two interesting documents relating to the Campes in Hertford Record Office both dated 1673. In one, Edward Campe made over the Gate H9use and smithsshop to Philemon to hav after the death of himself and his wife. Meanwhile Philemon who was married and had three children was to have the middle chamber and use of the kitchen. In the other document, George Campe gives his brother Philemon the right to enter upon his premises at anythime to repair the Gate House. At that time George seems to be the owner of Wynslowesf although it was then in the occupation of Henry Stacy. Once again one family owned Wynsl wes and the Gate House. Edward Campe died in 1682 and his son George died three years later. Philemon became the owner of both houses. He had two sons, Edward and Philemon, who both became smiths. When Philemon made his will in 1696 he left Wynslowes to his wife Hester for her lifetime and to his. eldest son Edmund. The Gate House was left to his second son Philemon with the smiths shop and stock of iron. In 1709 Philemon and his wife leased the Gate House to Thomas Cramphorne, Coachman of London, for a year. Philemon evidently ceased to be a blacksmith when he later sold the Gate House to Thomas Cramphorne. By 1712 he had become a farmer. In 1719 three of the Campe children were paying to go to the Charity School in Hunsdon, so it seems that they were still living in the village, possibly at Wynslowes.