This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarilynRoth58 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.unknown/7611.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: RootsWeb & FamilySearch have information on William CAMPER, b. ca. 1754, MD; m. by 1774, Rebecca COVEY, b. ca. 1756. They had in Caroline Co., MD: Mary, b. 1775, m. 3 Jan. 1793, Jacob COVEY, s/o John COVEY & Sarah ANDREW Sarah, m. Hezekiah JAMES, who d. by 1824. John (ca. 1780 - bef. 1850) m. 30 Mar. 1802, Caroline Co., Mary DEAN, d/o Wm. Florence Rebecca Wm., d. bef. 1812 Thomas, m. 12 Dec. 1815, Caroline Co., Levisa WILLIAMS, d/o Jesse. Lovey, m. 21 May 1812, Caroline Co., Wm. SEWELL. Henry (ca. 1791 - 1860) m. Mary COVEY Tamsey, m. 5 Apr. 1813, Elisha CORKRAN (17 May 1792 - 2 Jan. 1869) s/o Lisha HENRY & Henry CORKRAN. _____ John CAMPER & Mary DEAN had in Maryland Anna (ca. 1802 - 23 Jan. 1841) m. 22 Jan. 1820, Andrew COVEY, d. 5 Mar. 1845, s/o Sarah ANDREW & John COVEY. Catherine, b. 180_?, m. 29 Dec. 1826, Daniel ALFORD. Sarah (ca. 1808 - 20 Jan. 1869) m. 2 May 1835, Garretson TURNER, s/o Ann ANDREW & Thos. TURNER. (Notice the gap in reported birth dates from ca. 1808 to 1819. Could some of the children born in that decade have moved away? ) James, b. ca. 1819, m. 1 Jan. 1844, Dorch. Co., MD, Mary E. CONNELLY. Rebecca (Oct. 1821 - 1910) m. 1 Je. 1839, Sussex Co., DE, Richard ANDREW (1816 - 1882) s/o Delia CARROLL & Richard ANDREW. Federalsburg, Caroline Co., MD, 1880: Richard ANDREW, 65; wf. Rebecca, 57; ch. Richard J., 31; Celia, 27; Laura W., 19; & Charles J., 12, all births in Maryland. Samuel (ca. 1825 - 1858 ) m. 6 Jan. 1847, Caroline Co., MD, Mary Ellen WRIGHT, b. 30 Dec. 1827, Caroline Co., MD. They had Francis "Frank," Martin (b. ca. 1849), Julia, & Mary "Mollie." [There's the "other" Martin.] _____ Censuses Lagro Twp., Wabash Co., IN, 1860, Joseph KEMPER {sic, CAMPER}, 40, b. MD; wf. Jane, 28, b. MD; ch. b. IN: Merry, 5; Martha, 3; & Allice, 2. Lagro Twp., Wabash Co., 1870, J. CAMPHER, 53, carpenter, b. MD; S. J., 39; b. NC; M. E., 17; J. A., 13; A.A., 7; F. E., 1. I see further online: Joseph CAMPER (26 Dec. 1816, [Caroline County?] MD - 18 Apr. 1894, Wabash Co., IN) m. 4 Feb. 1852, Tippecanoe Co., IN, Sarah J. TAYLOR (12 Oct. 1830, NC [birth date from cem.] - 7 Dec. 1903, bu. Center Grove Cem., Lincolnville, Wabash Co., IN). Children, b. Wabash Co., IN: Merry E., b. ca. 1853 = Mary E., m. 4 Sep. 1873, Wabash Co., IN, Martin V. B. MONTGOMERY. Center, Grant Co., IN, 1880: Martin MONTGOMERY, 38, OH VA _; wf. Mary, 27, IN MD IN. Martha, b. ca. 1867 Jessie Alice, b. ca. 1858, m. Wm. D. HARRELL. A. A. (female), b. ca. 1862/3, m. HAMMON. Florence E., b. 1869, IN; m. 19 Jan. 1893, Wabash Co., IN, Silas L. SNIDER. The family began early in Maryland and also started early making it difficult to research them. John CAMPER had son John, bpt. 1699, and Robert CAMPER had John, b. 1702, both bpt. St. Michael's, Talbot Co., MD. One post mentioned John CAMPER who m. Nancy Sarah LOVEL & James W. CAMPER who m. Nancy DOWNEY (no dates or places given). Do you have more information on them? Have you contacted the people who put CAMPER data on RootsWeb Family Trees? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.