Brief Life History of William
When William Kempton was born about 1754, in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, John Kempton, was 31 and his mother, Mary Turner, was 27. He married Levina Merritt on 18 October 1783. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died after 1806.
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- William Kempton, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
- William Kempton, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
- William Kempton, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
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1755
Historical Boundaries 1755: Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America 1776: Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States 1838: Hopewell Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Name Meaning
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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