Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Kemp was born in 1651, in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Kemp, was 32 and his mother, Frances Corbet, was 30. He married Mary Steward on 28 October 1678, in Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died in March 1688, in his hometown, at the age of 37, and was buried in Lammas with Little Hautbois, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
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- Tho... Kemp, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Tho. Kemp in entry for Elizabeth Kemp, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
- Thomas Kemp, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German: status name for a champion, Middle English and Middle Low German kempe. In the Middle Ages a champion was a professional fighter on behalf of others; for example the King's Champion, at the coronation, had the duty of issuing a general challenge to battle to anyone who denied the king's right to the throne. The Middle English word corresponds to Old English cempa and Old Norse kempa ‘warrior’; both these go back to ancient Germanic campo ‘warrior’, which is the source of the Dutch and North German name, corresponding to High German Kampf .
Dutch and North German (North Rhine-Westphalia): from the personal name Kempe, Kampe; see 1 above.
Dutch and Flemish: metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or processed hemp, from Middle Dutch canep ‘hemp’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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