Stricker Family Tree - John Camp, Veteran of French and Indian War and Revolutionary War

John Camp - Veteran of French and Indian War and Revolutionary War\

Family Connection - 4th Great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker

John Camp was born in Newton, Connecticut on Feb. 2, 1730 to parents Lemuel Camp and Alice Leavenworth Camp. He married Bethiah Glover on Feb. 7, 1750 in Newton. They had at least nine children:

                Peter         b. 1751         d. 1754

                Olive        b. 1758         d. 1786

                Abigail     b. 1760         d. 1786

                James       b. 1761         d. 1822

                John         b. 1764         d. 1825

                Ruby        b. 1765         d. 1850

                Rebekah   b. 1771         d. 1815

                Sarah        b. 1772         d. 1860

                Reuben     b.  1774        d. 1867

The next appearance of John in official records is his enlistment in 1757 in Capt. Eldad Lewis' company, Col. Benjamin Hall's Regiment of Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War. His Company was called to the defense of Ft. William Henry, a British fort on the southern side of Lake George in New York.   

The Connecticut Military records are not very detailed, but if he was at Fort William Henry as specified, here is what happened there. 

Fort William Henry

Fort William Henry was built in 1755. On August 3, 1757, during the French and Indian War, over 7500 French and Native American forces surrounded the fort and began a siege. There were less than 2000 people inside the fort, including British and Colonial soldiers and their wives and children. On August 9th, the Fort surrendered and the British and French forces agreed on terms. The British and Colonial Forces were to be allowed to march to Ft. Edward, about 20 miles away. 

As the surrendered forces marched out of the fort and down the road to Ft. Edward, the Native American forces attacked the rear of the group. By Aug. 11th, over 700 of the British and Colonial forces and their families were killed. 

Side Note - this siege, surrender, and march is recounted in James Fenimore Cooper's novel, The Last of the Mohicans. 

We know John Camp returned safely home to Connecticut after Ft. William Henry because when the Revolutionary War began, he joined. He enlisted in the 8th Connecticut Regiment,  Col. Return J. Meigs' Regiment of Foot, Capt. Elijah P. Humphrey's company. He enlisted on May 23. 1777 for the duration of the war. 

He enlisted as a Sargent, not a Private, likely because of his previous service. He served mostly in New York.

On May 7, 1778, he was assigned to Recruiting Service. He was in the White Planes, New York area in the fall of 1778. 

The last record in his military history indicated he deserted on Nov. 9, 1778.

It is assumed he returned home, but I've found no other records of him until his death in Newton,

Connecticut on May 22, 1800.    

John Camp > Sarah Camp > William Grover > Eugene Aaron Grover > Lillian May Grover > Gertrude Myra Newland > Roy Ellsworth Stricker

John Camp is in the outer ring of the orange section of the fan chart, near the top of the section.