Hunterdon County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 6, page 38. “Earliest American Ancestors of Somerset Families.” “ Schomp—originally Schamp, of Huguenot origin, the family in 1573, escaped from France [immediatley after the St. Barthowlemew’s Day Massacre] to the Netherlands, from which country Pieter Schamp, a soldier, came to New York City in 1672. His son George [Joost], about 1712, settled between South Branch and Neshanic in Somerset co. and, in 1729, removed to Pleasant Run, Hunterdon co. between White House and Flemington. From him, descend the Schomp families. Part of the original house built at Pleasant Run by George’s son Hendrick and used as a tavern still stands [as of 1917].” The will of George Schomp was proved 14 Jun 1760. The inventory was taken on 10 Jun 1760 and included personal property of a Dutch Bible and other books, a silver cup, looking glass, and five negroes.

Hunterdon Historical Newsletter, Spring 1975, vol 11, #2
Early Settlers of Hunterdon County — The Schomp Family
Joost Schamp was the second child, and only son, of the seven children of Pieter Schamp and his wife, Jannetje Dircks. Pieter and Jannetje were residents of Bushwick, Long Island, New York, (now a part of Brooklyn), when Joost was born in 1676. Because there was no church in the village at the time, Joost’s parents brought him to the Reformed Dutch Church of New York City, where he was baptized on August 23, 1676.
Joost’s youth was spent on his father’s Bushwick farm. While still in his teens, his father died, and, as the only son, he took over the family farm.