Brief Life History of James
When James Kempton was born about 1758, in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, John Kempton, was 35 and his mother, Mary Turner, was 31. He married Rachel Smith about 1778, in New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 21 June 1806, at the age of 49.
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English (southeastern):
perhaps occasionally a habitational name from a place called Kempton in Shropshire, named from an Old English personal name Cempa + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
variant of Kimpton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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