Brief Life History of Sarah
Sarah Kemsley was born about 1806, in Kent, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of William Kemsley and Ann. She married Thomas Clegget on 14 May 1832, in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Burham, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Wouldham, Kent, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years.
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- Sarah Claggett in household of Thomas Claggett, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Kemsley - Government record: birth-name: Sarah Kemsley
- Sarah Kemsley, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): habitational name from Kemsley Street in Bredhurst (Kent). The placename may derive from an Old English personal name Cyma (genitive Cymes) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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