When Nathaniel Kemp was born on 27 May 1791, his father, John Kemp, was 36 and his mother, Ann Bottomley, was 40. He married Lydia Charlesworth in 1813, in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom for about 28 years and Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 26 March 1876, in Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 84, and was buried in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
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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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