History of West Virginia and the People
(The Tucker Line).
(I) Rev. Henry Camden, the first member of this family about whom we have definite information, was born May 4, 1773. Early in the nineteenth century he came from Maryland and settled in Harrison county, Virginia. He married, at Montgomery, Maryland, January 8, 1793, Mary Belt, born in Montgomery county, Maryland, January 9, 1778, daughter of Colonel Frederick and Deborah (Woodward) Sprigg. Colonel Sprigg fought in the revolution, and was the original owner of Chevy Chase, near the city of Washington. Children of Colonel Frederick and Deborah (Woodward) Sprigg: Margaret, born November 27, 1775; Mary Belt, married Rev. Henry Camden; Prissa Woodward, born April 27, 1780; Johonas, born June 20, 1783. ...
