Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Kemp was born on 17 August 1762, in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Ebenezer Kemp, was 58 and her mother, Mary Bradstreet, was 32. She married Joseph Sawtell 3rd on 22 February 1788, in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Groton, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1790. She died on 21 December 1814, at the age of 52.
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- Hannah Kemp, "United States Census, 1790"
- Hannah Kemp, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Hannah Kemp, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Name Meaning
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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