When John Kempton was born in 1724, in Middlesex, England, his father, Edward Kempton, was 28 and his mother, Mary Barslek, was 28. He married Mary Turner on 30 November 1749, in Westminster, Middlesex, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He died on 24 October 1759, in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America, at the age of 35.
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Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.
The Seven Years' War began as a North American conflict then stretched between England and France. England, along with allies, battled France in America, India, and Europe, making it arguably the first global war. The conflict ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and England was victorious. The Seven Years' war ultimately led to discontent in the colonies and the American Revolution.
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 .
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