William Warren Kempton Sr

Brief Life History of William Warren

When William Warren Kempton Sr was born on 19 July 1806, in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States, his father, Jonathan Kempton, was 23 and his mother, Mehitable Sanders, was 21. He married Hannah Ray on 18 February 1824. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 19 August 1888, in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Warren Kempton Sr
1806–1888
Hannah Ray
1806–1897
Marriage: 18 February 1824
Julia Ann Kempton
1831–1834
William Warren Kempton Jr
1833–1901
Ivory Bean Kempton
1835–1897
Fannie Church Kempton
1839–1894
Ruth Damon Kempton
1841–1860
Jonathan Kempton
1842–1903
Benjamin Ray Kempton
1845–1905

Sources (19)

  • William W Kempton, "United States Census, 1880"
  • William Warren Kempton, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • William W. Kempton, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1820

Maine is the 23rd state.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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