Susan Kemper

Femaleabout 1761–3 December 1836

Brief Life History of Susan

Susan Kemper was born about 1761, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States. She died on 3 December 1836, at the age of 76.

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    1776

    Age 15

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776 · The Declaration to the King

    Age 15

    """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."""""""

    1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital

    Age 19

    On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.

    Name Meaning

    German: status name denoting a peasant farmer or serf, an agent noun derivative of Kamp 1.

    North German: occupational name for an official calibrator who marked the correct weight and measures for verification, from Middle Low German kempen.

    German and possibly also Dutch: habitational name for someone from any of the twelve places called Kempen in the Dutch-German border area.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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