Th E Essex County (England) Kemps

C O NTENTS

I KEMP

TH E ESSEX C O U NTY (EN GLAND) KEMPS

G WILLIAM KEMP , THE EN LISH COMEDIAN

TH E PLANTIN G OF PLYMOUTH COLONY

V R B M . WILLIAM KEMP OF DUX URY

EDWARD KEMP OF DEDHAM , WENHAM , AND CHELMSFORD

S K G AMUEL EMP , PRO ENITOR VIII JONATHAN KEMP OF THE FIRST GENERATION JOSEPH KEMP OF THE SECOND GENERATION

BENJ AMIN KEMP OF THE THIRD GENERATION JOHN REED KEMP OF THE FOURTH GENERATION JAMES KEMP OF THE FIFTH GENERATION XIII WILLIAM KEMP OF THE SIXTH GENERATION XIV WARS OF THE COLONIAL PERIOD

WA R OF THE REVOLUTION

EN GAGEMENTS AT LEXIN GTON AND CONCORD

XVII BATTLE O F B UN K ER H ILL

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X VIII VVA R (N? 1 8 1 2 — 1 8 1 5

H N XI X AMERICAN ANCESTORS OF THE O . WILLIAM KEMP

NE W Y K OF TROY , OR

DESCENDANTS OF WILLI AM AND EDWARD KEMP OF PLYMOUTH AND MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONIES — 1 6 3 5 1 6 6 7

XX I DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL KEMP OF MASSACHUSETTS - BAY <3 0 LONY I 6 6 3 ~ I Q O 4

XX II COLONIAL MILITARY SERVICE

XX III REVOLUTI ONARY WA R SERVICE

XX I V APPENDIX

KEM P

te rm Kem N Old English , the p designated a soldier

engaged in single combat . The name Kemp is derived from the S ax on word to

Kem p or combat , which in Norfolk [County , England] - is retained to this day ; a foot ball match being called a

' camping or Kempz ng; and thus in Saxon a Kemper sig

ﬁ -at- I n ni es . a combatant , a champion , a man arms some parts of Scotland , the striving of reapers in the ' ” -ﬁ d Kem z n Vida: E t m o harvest e l is still called p g. An y D C logical ictionary of Family and hristian Names , by

A 1 8 . 1 2 . William rthur, New York , 5 7 , p 7

TH E ESSEX C O UN TY (EN GLAN D) KE MPS

Finchi n ﬁ e ld Hi ckfo rd H N g parish , undred , Essex

n County , E gland , abou t a mile north of the parish ’ church , is a manorial mansion known as Spain s H all , which took its name from H ervey de H ispania (or Spain) .

The estate of which the site of the hall i s a part came , as it is related , by marriage or otherwise , into the posses sion of the Kemp family . 2 my k emp ﬁ mealugp

o t h e h o f J hn Kemp , living in paris in the reign Ed

I 1 2 2 A G ward ( 7 had by his wife , lice unter , a so n M named Nicholas , who married argaret , daughter of “

R . ichard de H ispania J ohn Kemp , their son , married

o a daughter of Reymond , son of J ohn de Linc ln , b and had with her a considera le estate , in this parish ,

d o f R e m o n s . called y J ohn , their son , had also a son the same name , who by his Wife , Whose maiden name ’

R 1 1 . was Amesbury , had ichard , living in 3 7 His wife s C f name was atharine , of whom no o fspring is recorded ;

M e k ell his second wife , argaret , daughter of Robert J , b 1 0 6 mercer of London , rought him in marriage , in 4 ,

k e ll and u s i c W E s . e s t es . the manors of J J illiam Kemp , q , A their son and hei r, had by his wife , lice Miles , a son ’ 1 2 was b Robert , who , dying in 5 4, uried in Kemp s

Chapel , in this church ; having had , by his wife Anne

A u ld e rﬁ e ld p of Kent , seven sons and three daughters ,

o f none of whose names occur i n records , except that

William , the eldest son . He married Mary , daughter of b John Colt, and sister to Jane , wife of the cele rated ‘ o o ﬁ s rin chancellor, Sir Th mas More . The p g of this A marriage was Robert , rthur, Henry , John , (which three

G e C last died without issu e , ) and eorge , seat d at avendish f M r G C in Su folk ; also arge y , married to eorge avendish

o ff W of Glemsf rd , in Su olk ; Anne , wife of Thomas right ,

No rwick M o o of ; and argaret , married to Th mas D wnes ,

s he after Whose decease married a second husband ,

R hb o r u h W named u s o g . The second wife of illi am

Kemp , the father , was Mary , daughter of J ohn Maxey ,

Esq . , and widow of Yardley ; their marriage settle 1 2 ment bears the date of 5 4 . abs hemp cram ming$) 3

h e . t z Robert Kemp , Esq , eldest son , married Eli a beth , daughter of Clement Higham of Barrow H ill , in ff Su olk , chief baron of the exchequer , and had by her W b B illiam and Ro ert ; ridget , wife of Clement Paman , of f Chevington , in Su folk ; and D orothy married Ralph Lee of Sussex . William , the eldest son , was rendered remark

of able by the voluntary pu nishment himself, for some impropriety of speech which he considered highly crim inal , and for which alleged offence he imposed a vow of silence during the term of seven years , to which he

x u nde vi strictly submitted , with most e traordinary and 1 6 2 8 1 . 8 ating perseverance H e died in , having in 5 5

P c o - married hilippi , daughter and heiress of Francis

Gunter, of Aldbury , in Hertfordshire , and had by her his only daughter J oan , married to J ohn B urgoyn e ,

o b Esq . , of Sutton , in Bedf rdshire . His rother Robert , who was of Gessing, in Norfolk , married Frances Min

z gay , and had by her Robert , E dm und , Eli abeth , wife ” 1 of O utlaw , Isabel , etc .

1 o and o o a of ou n o f n an The Hist ry T p gr phy the C ty Essex , E gl d , by ' ’

6 1 6 2 6 . Vl a e oma on on 1 8 6 vol. . : Th s Wright , L d , 3 , i , pp 5 , 5 , 53 The o and n u o f ou n of n an P hili Hist ry A tiq ities the C ty Essex , E gl d , by p 62 6 6 6 a o V o an on on 1 68 v ol. . a M r t , L d , 7 , ii , pp 3 , 3 3 , 3 4, 3 5 ; ls The isit

n 8 8 . on o f a n 1 6 1 2 a . ca on o 1 ti s Essex , R ve , , by W lter C Met lfe , L d , 7 , pp

2 0 2 I . 3 , 3 4 «t he h emp ﬁ m alouy

WI LLIAM KEMP , THE EN GLISH C O MED IAN

I LLIA M KEM P was a comic actor of high repu

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tation . Like Tarlton , whom he succeeded as wel in the fau o u r of her Majesty [Q ueen Eli z abeth] as in ] ’ the opinion and good thoughts of the general audience ,

o he usually played the cl wn , and was greatly applauded f for his buf oonery , his extemporal wit , and his perform ance of the jig or grotesque dancing . Between the years 1 5 89 and 1 5 93 he belonged to a company under the management of the famous E dward Alleyn . A few

B u rb ad e years later, he and Thomas Pope , Richard g ,

J ohn Hemings , Au gu stine Phillips , William Shakespeare ,

William Slye , and Nicholas Tooley formed the company ’ called the Lord Chamberlain s Servants . William Kemp ’s eminence and popularity as an actor are substantiated by many historical incidents . H e and William Shakespeare and Richard B u rb adge were more than once selected to entertain Q ueen Elizabeth and her court, and together received pecuniary rewards from her Majesty as tokens of her pleasure in witnessing 2 plays in which they had the principal parts . The plays

1 d d i n m 1 88 c a a on ie S . Ri h rd T rlt epte ber, 5

2 The follo win g en tries appe ar In the manu s cript accou n ts of the Tre a ‘ u o f am : to am K m am S a a and s rer the Ch ber Willi e p , Willi h kespe r , c a u a au n to o Ch amb erle n e u on Ri h rd B rb ge , serv tes the L rd y , p the Mar i 1 f r ou n celle s a an a at al . to c o twoe C w rr t d ted Whiteh l xv j , 594, s everall comedies or interlu des shewed by them before her M aj e sti e i n d nn c n ma t me a a Viz . u on St. S n a an o Christ s y l ste p ste , , p tephe s d ye I e tes ﬁtbe 1 13 m m45 211 23 1 03 11 5

’ were presented in Greenwich Palace , on Saint Stephen s

1 day and that of the Holy Innocents , in D ecember, 5 94 . After the ren o vati o n and enlargement in 1 5 96 of the theatre at the Blackfriars and the erection of th eGlobe ’ 1 in 5 99 , the company of the Lord Chamberlain s Ser - vants played alternately at the ﬁ rs t mentioned place i n w R inter and at the last in su mmer . When omeo a nd

' J u li et and M u e/z A do a bou t Notnz ng were originally brought upon the stage , Kemp acted Peter and D og “ berry . In the second quarto of the former play 1 6 5 99 , and in the only quarto of the latter, I OO , Kemp

‘ is preﬁxed to some speeches of Peter and Dogberry .

Two Gentlemen o Verona H e also played Launce in f ,

A s ou L i ke i t - Touchstone in y , the grave digger in H a m

‘ Zez H en r I V , J ustice Shallow in the second part of y , and

M ere/lu ne o en i c Launcelot i n the f V e. O n the ﬁ rst pro ’ 1 E ver M a n i n M duction , in 5 99 , Ben J onson s y s H u mou r h e , personated a character in that play , and there is good reason to believe that in E very M a n ou t of Ms

H u mou r , by the same dramatist , he represented Carlo f ” B uf one .

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i . and a o f xii Zz . s . vi d a . . v a rewar z Z . d ye j j j by w ye her M j esties e vj . l ii . r. iii . oi i n a l . ou was n a n x t c a ac . j j , xx The C rt the Gree wi h P l e F m a n a a ren e i ch fo r u a s i a a n or ki g re dy t G w the Q . M j e t e g i st her High

n es com n ac o f vii . dai e s m en se D e cemb r 1 as i g thether, by the sp e j , . 594,

' m l n v i a h a S n o Ch a b er e e i . Zz xii i eret r. ii . pp by bill ig ed by the L rd y , j . j . j

' M o Th h eﬁ e ilde u n k ea er o f a T o . S . S ou , der p her M j esties h se a ou at Gren ewi ch for the allowan c e of viij . l b rers there three sev erall ’ i h xi o wa n f n tes at . . m an a on s oo o r m a n g , j the , by re s it ight w rke , ki g c an a c am nc a an d clo ssette s m en re le e the gre t h ber, the Prese e , the g lleries , m r f D ece b . 1 xxiii o M . a o n c a ac . n S , 594 , j , A r re view Gree wi h P l e , a s a a i n 1 n a a om an an c n a n wa s it ppe red 594, e gr ved by B sire fr ie t dr wi g , u in 1 6 p blished 7 7 . 6 «t he Pu mp a mralugp

The most sensational of his many merriments , his

d aie s Nine wonder, performed in a morrice from Lon ” 1 don to Norwich , in 5 99 , is quaintly set forth in a small

himse lfe satis ﬁ e quarto work , written by to his friends , 1 6 00 which was published in London , in , by Nicholas “ Ling , and sold at his place of b usiness , at the west ” doore of Saint Paules Chu rch . Th e popular comedian

Mistri s dedicated his little book to Anne Fitton , Mayde

o of Hon ur to her Maj esty , Q u een Elizabeth . The only copy of the original work extant is in the Bodleian

Library , at Oxford , England , and is said to be a great curiosity , and , as a ru de pictu re of national manners , ” extremely well worth reprinting . Two editions of “ Kemps Nine D aie s Wonder were published in the nineteenth centu ry ; one with an introdu ction and notes

. 1 8 0 by the Rev Alexander Dyce , London , 4 , printed for the Camden Society , the other, edited from the original

M S . by Edmu nd Goldsmith , privately printed ,

1 88 . Edinburgh , 4 Nothing is deﬁnitely known concern ing the death of the distinguished actor, but it has been 1 6 0 assumed that he died in 3 , du ring the plagu e of 1 that year .

1 - f o f a a . a u n o S . O tli es the Life h kespe re , by J O H lliwell Phillipps ,

l. on on 1 888 n on v ol. . 1 2 0 1 2 1 v o L d , , seve th editi , i , pp , , ii ,

' Vz e : K m n D ai e s on an n o u c on and 1 . d p . 53 e ps Ni e W der, with i tr d ti a 8 0 am n S o c u b n o . n c on on 1 tes by the Rev Alex der Dy e , L d , 4 , C de iety p li cati on s K m n D ai e s on om o n a m anu ; e pes Ni e W der , edited fr the rigi l c m u n o m a n n s ript by Ed d G lds ith , priv tely pri ted , Edi

u 1 88 . b rgh , 4

8 one M u mmmealogp

While Separatist men and women were freely thrown

o n int su ch mu rderous i mpriso me nt , b ut few of the Puri tans were conﬁned for their nonconformity ; these few were mostly or entirely clergymen , whose prison life was made mild through the interest and wealth of their partisans , and was generally brief . Bradford says that the Puritans had another great advantage over

‘ the Separatists : the latter had not only harder mea

enco u n su re from the same persecuting prelates , but te re d the hostility and sharp invectives of the Puritan preachers themselves the forward ministers who not only stirred up against them the people at home , b ut so prej u diced the Reformed clergy of other countries that while Puritan refu gees found a cordial reception there , the Separatists met with no favor . Thus the ej ected Puritan clergy were mostly well cared for at home ; bu t the unfriended Separatists , depri ved of a livelihood , were compelled to ﬂy to other and uncongenial lands ,

‘ ’ or else might have perished I n prison .

Through the united pressure of prelates , Puritans , and placemen , the Separatists were dispersed . Many sought the protection of obscu rity , bu t most contrived to conform far enough to escape Special notice . The sect rapidly diminished , and at the accession of J ames

I . there is supposed to have been in the whole kingdom but one of their chu rches in operation . That was some

Gai nsb o r hundred and ﬁfty miles from the capital , at

‘ ough , and was in charge of a pastor of right eminent ’ u nE n lish parts , who bore the neither marked nor g name of J ohn Smith . Some twelve miles to the west , arou nd the hamlet of Scrooby , this body had a few scat di ne hemp ( Bmealugp 9

— te red friends wh o re mained there when i n 1 6 0 5 1 6 06 ” the Gainsborou gh ﬂock ﬂed to Amsterdam .

The Separatists living in th e vicinity of Scrooby , in the H undred of Basset Lawe , in the co unty of Notting hamshire , inclu ded in their nu mber William B rewster , later known as Elder Brewster , and William Bradford ,

o who became the second governor of Plymouth C lony .

The congregation had for its pasto r , Richard Clifton .

a With him J ohn Robinson , as j u nior pastor, was ssoci “ ated , who had been a clergyman in the Established - Chu rch near Norwich , being deprived for non ritual ” ism . The meetings of the congregation did not long

c onse escape the attention of the informers , and as a qu e nce the religious services of the Separatists were thereafter secretly conducted . Finally , in the autu mn

1 6 0 o . of 7 , the congregation determined to ﬂee to H lland There were many other ‘ notable passages and trou bles which winnowed out the less courageous and stead fast of the fugitives , but drew in others . In vario us ways

t o the constant ones were sent over Amsterdam , the rear of the col umn being gu arded by the brave patriarchs

ﬂ o c —C of the k lifton , Robinson , and Brewster . A stay i n England was especially dangerous for this Horatian three ; but they held thei r ground u ntil there were no more to be helped across , and then they followed . “ 1 6 0 8 In A ugust , , like the Children of Israel on the

Arabian shore , this reu nited band of pilgrims stood by the banks of the Z u yd e r Zee and pou red ou t so ngs of praise for thei r deliverance . B u t sadness mingled i n

n their j oy . For England they had an abidi g love ; her langu age and usages , her traditions and history , her I O ﬁ be hemp {Benealugp

hills and meadows , the homes of thei r youth and the graves of their dead , were interwoven with their thoughts

a ns o and e ctio . The religi us freedom of Holland they could only enj o y as foreigners ; and though thei r mother land had been to them merciless beyond endurance , their hearts would continue u ntraveled u ntil they could beat i n a new England more truly English than England herself . “ o At Amsterdam were two Separatist congregati ns .

1 The chief was that banished from London in 5 93 , after - the execu tion of Greenwood , its sub pastor or teacher .

o It still had its former learned pastor, J hnson , while the ’ martyr s place was ﬁlled by Ainsworth , one of the ﬁrst

Hebrew scholars of his day . The other body

o was that already noticed as escaping from Gainsb rough , - ” and leaving behind those ex members around Scrooby .

The newcomers determined to leave Amsterdam .

1 6 0 About May , 9 , some nine months after their arrival , ’ swe ete o they removed to Leyden , a city of situati n on - the O ld Rhine , about twenty two miles southwest of

wh o Amsterdam . B rave Clifton , then ranked as a ’ ﬁ ft - reverend old man , though b ut y six years old , had worn ou t before his time , and now retired from service , himself and family remaining with Johnson ’s people at Amsterdam . The Scrooby band at this second hegira numbered abou t one hu ndred persons . On reaching Leyden , Brewster had been made ruling elder, ” and three deacons had been ordained . The sojou rn of the Scrooby Separatists in Leyden contin ued in an unbroken body until 1 6 2 0 when certai n “ English merchants , titled Adventu rers , stipulated to i tbe hemp a mealogp 1 x

V ir convey to America , near the northern limits of the ’ ginia Company s patent , such of them as might be selected to go there as colonists . Sailing from D elft

S eedwell haven , Holland , in a pinnace named the p , the little body of emigrants arrived at Sou thampton , Eng

M a ower land , where the ship yﬂ was at anchor awaiting their coming . Twice the two vessels essayed to make

n the voyage , and twice retur ed to English ports in con sequence o f the assumed u nseaworthiness of the Speed

l o n 1 o r wel . 6 M a we Finally , September , the yﬂ , with one hundred and two passengers aboard , p ut to sea

o al n e from the harbor of Plymouth . On November 2 0 (new s lyle) land was Sighted off - Cape Cod , after a voyage of sixty seven days . Finding themselves obliged to abandon the intention of settling V ’ within the irginia Company s territory , the colonists began to qu estion where they should seek a su itable place for a settlement . “ The Virginia C o mpany had no rights i n Ne w

o England , and of c urse their patent could confer none ; n either did any other body exercise authority there .

The King made a general claim to the whole territory ,

n o t bu t had delegated no power to the Pilgrims , even authorizing them to enter the country . I t was therefore asserte d that as soon as they had left the ship every

o wn one would be his master, and that all government would be at an end . I t was true that , landing beyond V the limits of the irginia Company , the Pilgrims would lose such rights as they might claim to derive from

o their patent , and w uld be outside of all established

authority . They indeed recognized James I . as their I 2 Gaye hemp a mealugp

sovereign , b ut he ignored them . Th e moment they 0 1 o landed north of 4 north latitu de , they would bec me

o m waifs and estrays , save that they would still be a v lu tary church . The leaders were equal to the emergency .

o fo r If England had no g vernment them , they would make one fo r themselves . “ The adult males of the company were summoned to ’ M a ow er s the yﬂ cabin , the necessities of the case ex plained , and the following document was drawn up and Signed by the men of the company (those in italics had ’ the title of Master , or

In ye name of God , Amen We whose names are

sove rai ne underwritten , the loyall subjects of our dread g

Lord , King James , by ye grace of God , of Great Brit

ir l nd 81 I e a &c . aine , Franc , king , defender of ye faith , , hav e in g u ndertaken , for ye glorie of God and advance m ente of ye Christian faith , and honour of ou r king and countrie , a voyage to plant ye ﬁrst colonie in ye North V erne parts of i rginia, doe by these presents solema and m utually in ye presence of God , and one of another , covenant and combine o u r selves t o geathe r into a civill body politick , for ou r better ordering and preservation and fu rtherance of ye ends aforesaid ; and by verlu e nea ro e nacte f to , constitu te , and frame su ch j ust and e u all f q lawes , ordinances , acts , constitu tions , and o ﬁces ,

o m e et e fr m time to time , as shall be thought most and

Of o convenient for ye generall good ye Col nie , unto which we promise all du e submission and obedience .

“ ‘ I n witne s Wh e rof we have hereunder subscribed - 1 1 . our names at Cap Codd ye of November, in ye year

rai n e sov e rai ne a e of ye g of ou r g lord , King J m s , of «t he hemp QBeneaIugp 1 3

England , France , Ireland ye eighteenth , and of Scot - ? 1 6 2 0 . land ye ﬁfti e fourth . An Dom .

J o/z n Ca re/er E d a d e D e or es , w r Till y, g y Pri t ,

Wi lli a m B ra d ord o e om as W am s f , J hn Till y, Th illi ,

E dw a rd Wi nslow F a c s C oo G e W s o , r n i k, ilb rt in l w,

Wi lli a m B rewster omas Ro e s E dm u d a eso , Th g r , n M rg n ,

[ sa a c A llerton omas e e e B o , Th Tink r, P t r r wn ,

M les S la n d i sn o Ri dale R c a d B ritterid e y , J hn g , i h r g , o de E d a d F u e Geo e S ou e J hn Al n , w r ll r, rg l ,

S a m u el F u ller o u e R c a d C a e , J hn T rn r, i h r l rk ,

‘ CIz ri szo /zer M a rli n F a c s E a o R c a d Ga d e p r n i t n , i h r r in r,

Wi lli a m M u llens am es C o o e o , J hilt n , J hn All rt n ,

o C rack ston T om as E s J hn , h ngli h ,

R i ch a rd Wa rren o B o E d a d D ote , J hn illingt n , w r y,

o H o a d oses e c e E d a d L s e J hn wl n , M Fl t h r, w r i t r, ’ n m a S te en H o k i ns o Good . p p , J hn n

Th u s in a few minutes was this little u norganiz ed group of adventurers converted into a commonwealth . The ﬁrst act of the citizens of the new-made state was to conﬁrm J ohn Carver as governor till their next N ew

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2 th . Year s Day , (March 5 ) Of this compact J o hn Q uincy Adams remarked in

1 80 2 ° This is perhaps the only instance in h uman history of that positive , original social compact which speculative philosophers have imagined as the only legitimate source of government . H ere was a u nanimou s and personal assent by all the individuals of the community to the

‘ o wni e/i z li e oeea me a na ti on association , y y . The settlers of all the former E uropean colonies had con tented themselves with the powers conferred up o n them by their respective charters , without looking beyond the I 4 ﬁ ne hemp a mealogp seal of the royal parchment fo r the measure of their ’ rights and the rule of their duties .

While this important matter was in progress , the

M a ow er yﬂ had doubled the Cape , and headed for a time

loffi n toward the east along Long Point , finally g to an anchorage a furlong within this Point and about a mile from the Site of Provincetown . “ The first morning which greeted the Pilgrims in

2 2 . their port of refuge was that of Su nday , November With heartfelt thankfulness for preservation from the

o dangers of the sea, they held their w rship and sang ’ ’ o the Lord s s ng in a strange land . O n Monday morn ing worldly cares retu rned The Pilgrims at once prepared to explore the coast

— a - in their own shallop , sloop rigged craft of twelve or

ﬁfteen tons , which they had brought between decks , having been obliged to take her partly to pieces for stowage . It was supposed that their carpenters would trim her up in six days ; but parts had been so strained ” during the voyage that seventeen days were required . ff After sailing to di erent points on the mainland , and examining the physical features of the places explored

, , by them certain of the principal men , . on Monday

2 1 new st le 1 1 old s t le December ( y ) or December ( y ) , landed at Plymou th , and marched into the land and

c ornfi e lds — a found divers and little running brooks , place (as they supposed) fit for settlement ; at least it was the b est they could find . The place was known to them as Plymouth , having been so named five years earlier by Captain J ohn Smith of the V irginia Colony .

Nine days later , it having been voted to settle there ,

I 6 age hemp wenealogp

’ governor s house , before which is a square enclosu re -‘ up o n which fou r patereros (sleen szu eéen) [little cannon] fl are mou nted , so as to ank along the streets . Upon the hill they have a large square ho use with a ﬂat roof, made of thick sawn planks stayed with oak

o f beams , upon the top which they have six cannon , which shoot iron balls of fou r and ﬁve pou nds and com mand the su rrou nding cou ntry . The lower part they use for their church , where they preach on Sundays and the usual holidays . They assemble by beat of dru m ,

’ ﬁ relock each with his musket or , in front of the captain s

o o n do r ; they have their cloaks , and place themselves in order, three abreast , and are led by a sergeant wi thout beat of drum . Behind comes the Governor in a long robe ; beside him , on the right hand , comes the preacher with his cloak on , and on the left hand the captain with - his side arms and cloak on , and with a small cane in his hand ; and so they march in good order , and each sets his arms down near him . Thus they are constantly on th ei r guard , night and day . “ Their government is after the English form . The

Governor has his council , which is chosen every year by the entire commu nity by election or prolongation of ” 1 term .

1 The Pilgrim Repu blic (an hist orical review of the col ony of New

mou o n . oo n o on 1 888 1 1 1 2 1 6 Ply th) , by J h A G dwi , B st , , pp . 7 , , , , 1 8 1 2 2 2 6 2 0 1 2 6 0 1 6 2 6 6 , 9, 3 , 5 , , 9, 3 . 3 , 3 , 3 4, 44. 4 , 5 , 5 , 5 7 , 59, . 3 . 4, 68 1 2 1 00 1 0 1 1 02 1 0 0 0 06 08 0 6 . 5 , , 9 , 9 , , , , 9, 3 3 , 3 5 , 3 , 3 , 3 9 Qibe hemp «Benealogp 1 7

X MR . WI LLI A M KE MP O F D U BU RY

UXBURY , in Plymouth Cou nty , Massachusetts , - thirty eight miles southeast of Boston , and eight from Plymouth , by the way of the O ld Colony Railroad , became the seat o f the homes of a n umber of the first set tle rs of Plymou th about the year 1 6 3 0 . The privilege of founding a new settlement there was evidently gained with some di fficulty ; for the change of residence of such valued and influential men as Captain Myles Standish ,

J onathan Brewster, John Alden , Thomas Prence , and later of Francis Eaton , George Soule , and Moses Simon so n , was in many ways detrimental to the growth of Ply

ﬁ rst- mouth . The stip ulation that the fou r named should remain at D uxbu ry in the winte r is set fo rth in the fol lowing record “ ° ll 2 o f A n 1 6 2 A re . . 3 , p The names those which promise to remove their fam [ilies] to live in the towne in th e winter time , that they m [ay] the better repair to f O . the worship God J ohn Alden , Captain Standish , ”

o . Jonathan Brewster , Th mas Prence

D uxbury , it is said , was given the nam e o ut of respect to Captain Standish , whose an cestors had a

e family seat kno wn as D uxbury H all , near the villag of

Chorley , in Lancashire , England , where he was born . The cause of the exodus of these and other prosperous s ettlers to D u xbury and elsewhe re in the two adj acen t colonies is fu rnished by this record , under the date of 1 6 3 2 1 8 «t he hemp dBenea gp

This year the p e o ple of [Plymouth] begin to grow

o i n thei r outward estates , by the ﬂowing of many Pe ple into the country , especially into the M . C . [Massachusetts

o Col ny] . By which means Cattle and Corn rise to great price , Goods grow plentiful , and many are enriched .

And now thei r Stock increasing, the I ncrease vendible ; there is no longer holding them together . They m ust go to their great Lots : they can no otherwise keep thei r cattle ; and having O xen grown , they m ust have more land for Plowing and Tillage . By this means they scat ter round the Bay [of Plymouth] quickly , and the Town

o wherein they lived till now compactly , is so n left very

o thin , and in a short time alm st desolate . The Church also comes to be divided , and those who have lived so long together in Christian and Comfo rtable Fellowship ” mu st now part .

1 6 6 ff o I n 3 , in an e rt to reunite the people , a j oint committee of nine advised that Plymouth and D uxbury villages be consolidated at J ones Rive r (Kingston) , and that a stone church be built there in token of stabil ity . The proj ect was argued before a meeting of the citizens , who then referred it with power to the two churches , Where it ﬁnally died . Owing to this sus pense , D uxbury was not incorporated , nor a pastor elected until 1 6 3 7 . I t seems at the ﬁrst to have been u nder the - able lay ministration of Elder Brewster, who soon estab lishe d a home in D uxbu ry ; but now the chu rch settled

Ralph Partridge , a learned Camb ridge scholar whom Laud had ejected from his English pulpi t and ‘ hunted ’ like a partridge over the mountains . D u ring the delay li the hemp ch enealngp 1 9

Scituate had been i ncorp o rated therefore D ux bu ry dated as the third town in the Colony [of Ply I t mou th] . became prosperous , and attracted a ﬁne class of inhabitants through its superior fertility to Ply ” 1 mouth . The ﬁrst persons surnamed Kemp to settle wi thin the territorial bo u nds of that part of North America geo graphically styled New Englan d were William Kemp , his wife Elizabeth , and their son William . They were

J a mes conveyed there by the ship of London , of which

William Cooper was master , havin g taken passage i n

th o f 1 6 that vessel about the 5 April , 3 5 , at the town of H ampton , a parish in Middlesex Co unty , England , b on the north ank of the Thames River, twelve miles westward of London , the ship having late r cleared fro m Southampton .

It would seem that the husband and wife , whose names a do not appe r o n the prese rved list of passengers , had entered themselves on it u nder ﬁctitious appellations , and that their so n had registered himself with the title o f r a n o se v t . O n board the ship was als An thony

ta ler Thacher of Saru m , in Wiltshire , designated a y , who , with his family and his nephew Thomas Thacher, intended to make a new home in A merica . A fear of detention or other misfortune evidently inﬂ ue nced these persecuted Separatists to avail themselves of such oppo r tu ne means as temporarily furthered th eir personal i n

1 f a u VVin sor o on o o o n o f u u . n Hist ry the T w D xb ry , M ss , by J sti , B st ,

8 I o 1 c . o n . 1 . m u o n o 49, pp 9, , 3 . The Pilgri Rep bli , by J h A G dwi , pp

2 oo n o 6 1 62 1 1 1 2 oo no . 45 , 453 , f t tes ; 3 , 3 ; 9 , 9 , f t tes 2 0 age hemp czBenea gp t e re sts at a ti me when it was n o t an easy u ndertaking for any of their sect to quit Englan d unhindered and without distress . The J a m es arrived at Boston on the fou rth day of

J une . Not a few of the passengers made their way im mediately to Plymouth , where also went William Kemp , his wife and son , and were heartily welcomed there by many of the settlers whom they had known in England . The novel features of thei r s urroundin gs and the ener geti c toil of the colonists afford ed them no little plea su re and surprise , and it was not long before they were as much concerned to promote advantageously their per sonal welfare as others of the growing commu nity . Until 1 6 3 6 the management of the affairs of the col ony had been intrusted entirely to the gove rnor and his council . That year Elder William Brewster, the Rev . R alph Smith , Deacon John Doane , Deacon John Denny

o of Plymouth , J nathan Brewster and Christopher Wads

o f o A n worth D uxbury , James Cu dworth and Anth ny nable of Scituate , were delegated to join the governor and his councillors in the preparation of su ch laws as might better advance the welfare of the colonists . Prior to that time there had been no law establishing the ofﬁces ffi of governor, cou ncillors , and constables . These o cers had been annually elected by the General Court , and had administered the government subj ect to the action “ of the people as a b o dy politic . The governor and ’ councillors (assistants) were called the bench , and the ’ town members com mittees at ﬁrst , and then deputies .

o The two branches sat as one body , with the govern r presiding ; and so continued to do till the end of the co l t e he mp QBmea gp 2 I

ony . This body might pass laws , but , except i n a crisis ,

ﬁnal action mu st be postponed till the next session .

Decisions in the General Court were by a majority vote , with no division between the bench and the deputies . Yet the freemen still met annu ally in on e assembly as a ’ cou rt of election , and chose the governor , assistants ,

1 6 . treasu rer, and (after 43 ) colonial com missioners “ The ﬁrst action taken , as recorded , to beneﬁt Mr .

- was William Kemp as an estate owner, at a Court of 1 6 Assistants held in Plymouth , on J anuary 7 , 3 9 , when he was granted a p ortion of land , a mile or two from the head of the South River ” having its source in Little

I sland Creek Pond , in the town of D uxb ury , whence it

ﬂowed northerly through Cranberry Pond , and thence d northeasterly into Massachusetts Bay . E ward Wins low, J ohn Alden , J ohn Brown , J onathan Brewster , and William Bassett were appointed a committee to view the

o situati n of the tract and report the natu re of the land , when the court wo uld decide the n u mber of acres ” to be assigned hi m . The site of the tract was known to

Namassacu set the Indians by the name of t . Titled

as William Kemp is in the records of the co u rt , he may be regarded as being well born and a man of marked ability , inasmuch as the term was bestowed only upon men of good extraction and distinction by the ﬁrst settlers .

On the minu tes of the General Cou rt , held at Ply mou th on March 5 that year, the name of Mr . William Kemp appears among “ the names of su ch as are pro ” o posed to take up their freed m the next cou rt . This p urpose was accomplishe d on D ecember 3 , at a Court of 2 2 dtbe hemp ctBenea gp

Assistants sitting that day , which admitted the following

: persons as freemen into the colony Mr . J oseph H ull , l . C ase Linn e tt Mr Thomas Dimmack , William y , Robert ,

Twisd e n J ohn Williams , J ohn , Thomas Chambers , J ohn H i ” e w s . . , Mr Anthony Thatcher, and Mr William Kemp .

The same day , as is recorded , Mr . William Kemp was sworn as a member of the Gran d Inquest .

6 1 6 0 o o f On April , 4 the C u rt Assistants ordered that

a portion of land should be laid ou t for M r . William

Kemp between the lands of Mr . Comfort Starr and those granted to William Bassett , with a portion of meadow land , which Mr . William Collier, J onathan B rewster , and

William Bassett were to view . It is elsewhere recorded that John H owland sold to

2 1 6 0 1 0 William Kemp of D uxbu ry , on J une , 4 , for £ 4 , all that his messuage and outhouses situate in D uxbury aforesaid and fou r score acres of upland and ﬁve acres of ” meadow .

As entered in the minutes of the Court of Assistants , 1 6 0 held on the last day of August , 4 , it was ordered that “ Mr . William Kemp should be granted fou r score

Namassac u se tt acres of upland at , with some convenient w ” meado , which might be added to it at the discretion of Mr . William Collier, Captain Myles Standish , Jonathan

Brewster, William Bassett , and J oshua Pratt , who were appointed by the cou rt to view and lay out the same . The prosperou s colonist pro bably did not liVe long enough to come into possession of this last grant of land , for the next recorded action relating to him taken by the

' cou rt was that of granting to Mrs . Elizabeth Kemp , on

2 1 6 0 N ovember , 4 , letters of administration permitting

2 4 ﬁ ne he mp ch enealu gp

youngest daughter of the Rev . Ralph Partridge , the ﬁ rst pastor of the chu rch at Duxbu ry . She died in Wey 2 1 6 6 mouth on J une , 4 , having been the mother of three

was sons and two daughters , the elder of which given the name of Patience , that of her grandmother, the wife of the Rev . Ralph Partridge , who to this granddaughter

2 1 6 bequeathed in his will , signed on September 9 , 5 5 , 1 6 8 and exhibited for probate on May 4 , 5 , a lot of ten

’ acre sf It is related that Patience Thacher became the wife “ ” of William , the son of Mr . William Kemp of D ux bury . No date of their marriage seems to be extant .

H owever , a number of incidents give good grounds for the conjecture that they were married abou t the year 1 6 6 0 , and that they shortly afterward became settlers at “ Cocheco (Dover) , New Hampshire where , on Dover ” 1 6 6 Neck , in 4 , a William Kempe was named as being - a tax payer . Whether they were blessed with children nothing is known by any of the well-informed gene alogi sts .

Regarding Patience , the daughter of William and

Elizabeth Kemp , a few facts are preserved worthy of mention . She married in Weymou th , in the extreme northeast part of Plymouth Colony , on November 9 ,

1 6 6 0 , Samu el , son of J ohn and Grace Seabury of Boston ,

1 0 1 6 0 . born there on December , 4 After their marriage they made D uxbury their place of residence , where 2 1 6 6 Patience died on October 9 , 7 , having become the mother of two sons and ﬁve daughters . Samuel Seabury ,

1 6 who was a physician , married again , on April 4 , 7 7 ,

z P ab o di e Martha , daughter of William and Eli abeth of di ne hemp wenealogp 2 5

2 1 6 0 . D uxbu ry , born there on Feb ru ary 4 , 5 H er mother was the daughter of J ohn and Priscilla M ullins

1 6 2 . Alden , born i n Plymou th in 5 Samuel Seab u ry ,

S eb u r S ab e rr whose su rname was also spelled y , y ,

S ab e rre S ab er y , and y , died in D u xb ury on A ugu st 5 ,

1 6 8 1 .

Two years before the death of his wife , Patience Kemp , 1 6 o r , more accu rately , on J uly 7 , 74 , he was granted , by “ the General Court , liberty to look o ut for land s to accommodate him in refere n ce to several former grants made by the cou rt unto Mr . William Kemp , deceased , which the said Mr . Kemp never had , nor any for him , and w as disappointed of some parcels of land assigned him ; and thereby he having an inte rest therein , as appears by the records of the cou rt , if, therefore the said ~ Mr S ab e rr so n-in - ﬁ nd e t . y , his law , can any lands as y u ndisposed of, he is to have a competent accommodation ” of lands out of the same .

o This concessi n , it would seem , put hi m in possession of the lands which he owned at Island C reek , and , per haps , on the North River , at the Gurnet , and at the - Brick kilns , having probably been assigned hi m as an heir

o f to the property M r . William Kemp .

Mr . Ralph Thacher , brother of Patience Thacher, wife of William Kemp , then probably deceased , made on 1 6 82 J uly 7 , , a similar application to the General Cou rt , praying that body to take into consideration a grant of land made unto Mr . William Kemp , lying within the town

Namassak ese tt of D uxbu ry , about , with meadow con v e ni e nt to be laid forth u nto the same , which meadow was never yet laid out according to court order , neither what 2 6 ﬁ re hemp ch enealogp was done about the laying of it o u t to be found upon the ” record nor in any other writing . In answer to the peti tion , the cou rt that day ordered Ensign J ohn Tracy ,

o P a b o d J ohn S ule , and William y y to repair to the said places and lay out the said lands in the same prop o rtion as they were ﬁrst ordered to be laid out .

P ab odi e Through J ohn , the son of Sam uel and Martha , 1 6 who married , December 9 , 9 7 , Elizabeth Alden , the

Right Rev . Samuel Seabury , the ﬁrst bishop of the

Episcopal Chu rch in America , traced his descent . (See

Seabury genealogy in the Appendix . )

Th e English ancestry of M r . William Kemp of

o D uxbu ry , it w u ld seem , could deﬁnitely be determined from information to be found i n some of the chu rch records in Essex County , England , probably in those of 1 Fi nchin ﬁ eld the parish ch urch of g , if extant .

1 Res u lt of S ome Researches amon g the British Archives for I n form ati on a to ou n o f n an a in Y a 1 8 8 1 8 Rel tive the F ders New E gl d , M de the e rs 5 , 59 , 8 — m a n on 1 6 . and 1 860 Sa u . o o . , by el G Dr ke , third editi , B st , 5 , pp 5 5 5 7 co o f o on o f mou in n an a an Re rds the C l y Ply th New E gl d , edited by N th '

l ﬂ . . o on 1 8 v ol. 0 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 hu rt e . 1 . S iel B , M D , B st , 5 5 , i , pp 9, , 7 , 3 7 , 44,

l . 2 vol. . 0 1 1 l . 2 1 1 6 1 vo . 1 vo . 5 5 , ; ii , pp 7 , 3 7 ; v , pp 5 , 5 ; vi , pp 9 , 93 ; f n f u a ac u 1 82 . o o o o u vol. . 1 vii , pp 7 5 , Hist ry the T w D xb ry , M ss h setts , 8 0 0 06 n a u c n o o on 1 . 1 1 2 . o by J sti e Wi s r , B st , 49, pp , 4, 73 , 3 5 , 3 Ge e l gy an d Bi o graphic al Sket ches o f the Des cendan ts of Th oma s an d Anthony 8 n an 6 . ac V n an 1 8 2 . Th her, i el d , New Jersey , 7 , pp , 7 , , 9 New E gl d His 1 8 v l. . ol. torical and n a o ca vol. . 2 v o Ge e l gi l Register, iv , p 49 ; vii , p 5 ; v, f o f o n f u a ac u 8 . o o co o u r p . 3 5 C py Old Re rds the T w D xb y , M ss h setts , 8 0 2 An o ca mou 1 . 1 . m u c . Ply th , 93 , pp , 5 The Pilgri Rep bli Hist ri l Review m n o on 1 888 of o on o f ou o n . o o the C l y New Ply th , by J h A G dwi , B st , ,

0 1 02 0 0 . pp 4 , 4 , 4 3 , 4 4 «t he hemp {Benealogp 2 7

W E D ARD KEMP O F DED H A M , WE N H A M , AND C H E LMSFO RD

H E village of Dedham , in Norfolk County , Massa

ch u se tts o f , lies about ten miles sou thwest of th e city

Boston . Its site was originally a part of the territory of Massachusetts Bay Colony acquired i n 1 6 2 8 by a patent granted to an association of E nglishmen titled the Mas s ach u setts Bay Company . It is said that many members “ of the company were men of wealth and ed ucation ; some had titles , and several had inﬂuential conn ections . It was expected that the corporation and its o fﬁcers

1 6 2 8 would continue in Englan d ; and with this idea , in , it sent over to Nau mkeag (Salem) J ohn Endicott as a - - sort of deputy governor, with a body of working men .

Endicott found already on his territory some eight settle ? ments , ranging from single households to the village at Nau mkeag I n Salem the Episc o pal form of w o rship had been the only one known from the beginni ng in 1 6 2 —6 5 ; and E ndicott and his fellows , as Puritans , not

wh o sa w only adhered to it , b ut no one them d epart fro m England supposed that they would ever do othe r “ wise . In 1 6 2 9 three Episcopal clergymen were sent over to Massachusetts Bay by the corporation in

E ngland . I t is further related that one of them , when

England began to fade from their view , stood at the

Ta lbot stern of the ship on which they were passengers , and exclaimed 2 8 Efﬁe hemp dBenea gp

We will not say as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England , Farewell , Babylon Fare ’ o $ well , R me B ut we will say , Farewell , dear England

Farewell , the Ch urch of God in England , and all the ’ Christian friends there $ We do not go to New Eng ” land as Separatists from the Chu rch of England .

The Rev . Ralph Smith , with his family , was also a passenger on board the same vessel . Although it was

o suspected that he was a Separatist , he was all wed to stay , as his goods were on board the ship and no time could be spared to discharge them on the eve of the sail

Ta lbot ing of the . The governor in England of the Mas “ sach u se tts Bay Company , however, sent Endicott an order concerning Smith , that unless he will be conform f able to our government , you su fer him not to remain ’ within the limits of our grant . Finding himself not wanted in Massachusetts Bay

Colony , th e Rev . Ralph Smith went with his family and servants to Plymouth , and was mad e pastor of the chu rch 1 6 2 of that settlement in 9 , he being the ﬁrst minister to take charge of the congregation . Although a u niversity scholar , it is said he was a far inferior preacher to Elder “ Brewster ; b ut being a mi nister of Episc o pal ordina ” “ tion , and , unlike Brewster , he could administer the

o sacraments , which had not bef re been enjoyed at Ply ” 1 mouth . The beginning of the history of Dedham is set forth in the town records with the following particulars : The General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony having on

1 An o ca o f o on of The Pilgrim Repu blic . Hist ri l Review the C l y New 6 2 888 . 2 2 2 . mou o n . o o n o on 1 Ply th , by J h A G dwi , B st , , pp 3 4, 3 5 , 3 , 3 9 ﬁ ne hemp ch eneaiugp 2 9

1 6 September 3 , 3 5 , ordered that a plantation should be

settled abou t two miles above Charles River , preparations

were forthwith begun to accomplish the proj ect . An asso ciatio n of the pers o ns about to settle there held a meeting

i s on September 5 , in the minutes of which it entered “ that all y e names of them which are admitted into ou r Society are subscribed to a petition to the court for an

additional grant of land , with a prayer that the town

might be distinguished by the name of Contentment . On the l oth of September the General Court granted the petitioners the enj oyment of “ all that land on the

easterly and southerly side of Charles River , not form

erly granted u nto any town or particular person , and permitting them to have ﬁve m iles squ are on the other

side of the river . To these grants forming the town

the cou rt gave the name of D edham .

Prefacing the ﬁrst book of the records of the chu rch , 1 6 8 established at Dedham in 3 by its ﬁrst pastor , the

o Rev . J ohn Allin , is this informati n

The township of Dedham , consisting of abou t thirty

1 6 families residing there in 3 7 , b ein g come together by divi ne providence from several parts of England , few of them known to one another before , it was thou ght meet and agreed upon that all the inhabitants that aff ected church commu nion , or pleased to come , should meet every ﬁfth day of the week at several houses in order lov e i ngly to discou rse and consult t o gether [on] su ch questions as might further tend to stablish a peaceable and comfortable civil society , and prepare for spiri tual commu nion in a chu rch society , that we might be further acquainted with the (spiritual) tempers and so ﬁ ne hemp Genealogy

gifts of one another, and partly that we might gain fur ther light in the ways of Christ ’s Kingdom and govern

o ment of his chu rch , which we th ught might conduce to this end .

The Lord thus far clearing up o u r way before us , we agreed upon the eighth day of the ninth m o nth [No ve mb e r 1 6 8 o ] , 3 , to make our public pr fession , and enter ” o ne i nto solemn covenant with the Lord , and another .

2 1 6 . O n April 4 , 3 9 , the Rev J ohn Allin as pastor and J ohn H unting as ruling elder were ordained to serve the

Dedham c o ngregation . - 1 6 The meeting house b uilt , in 3 7 , of logs , twenty by -i “ s x . thirty feet , was covered with thatched grass The pitts [so the pews are called in the records] were ﬁve feet deep , and fou r and a half feet wide . The elders s eat , and the deacons seat , were before the pulpit ; the

o s o comm union table sto d before these seats , and was placed that the co mmuni cants could approach it in all directions . The adult male inhabitants of Dedham subscribed their names to the following Covenant

1 o . We wh se names are hereunto subscribed , do , in l the fear and reverence of our Al mighty God , mu tua ly an d severally promise amongst o urselves and each other to profess and practice one truth according to that most perfect rule , the fou ndation whereof is Everlasting Love .

o ff 2 . That we shall by all means labor to keep from us all such as are contrary minded , and receive only such u nto us as be su ch as may be probably of one heart with u s as that we either know or may well and truly be informed to walk in a peaceable conversation ,

3 2 «t he hemp «Benealogp

the margin of the meadow near the modern village .

There were then very few carpenters , j oiners or masons

saw- i n the colony . There was no mill i n the settlement for many years . The only boards , which could be pro cu red at ﬁrst , were those which were sawed by hand . These houses therefore must have been principally con stru cted by farmers , not by mechanics , and have been

o very rude and inconvenient . Their roofs were c vered ” 1 with thatch . - In 1 6 4 2 there were fo rty seven proprietors of land in

the town . The earliest deﬁnite informati o n relating to Edward

Kemp of England being i n A merica , after his arrival with his wife Ann and daughter Esther, is that of his 1 1 6 8 taking the oath , on March 3 , 3 , probably at Boston , to become a freeman of the Colony of Massachusetts

Bay . Whether he was a near or a distant kinsman of ” Mr . William Kemp of D uxbury , there seems to be no particulars in any of the records of New England to con

ﬁ rm the one o r the other of these apparent alternatives . The tenor of the oath which was administered to j ustify his right to be a freeman of Massachusetts Bay “ : Colony is disclosed by its wording I , Edward Kemp , ’ o being , by the Almighty s most wise disposition , bec me

o f a member this body , consisting of the Governo r ,

o D eputy Govern r, Assistants , and a commonalty of the

Massachusetts in New England , do freely and si ncerely acknowledge that I am j ustly and lawfu lly subj ect to the

1 f f a vol. . 1 2 0 u c co o o n o m 2 . Re rds the T w Dedh , iii , pp , , 3 , Ch r h f wn o f am 1 m co o o . o o f a Re rds the T Dedh , pp . , 9 The Hist ry Dedh , by

n 82 . 1 1 2 1 0 a u o on o on 1 2 . Er st s W rthi gt , B st , 7 , pp 3 , 7 , 3 , 3 3 , 3 5 , ti the hemp eBenealugp 3 3

d o government of the same , and accordingly submit my person and estate to be protected , ordered , and governe d

o by the laws and constitu ti ns thereof , and do faithfu lly promise to be from time to time obedient and conforma ble thereu nto , and to the authority of the said Governor and Assistants , and their successors , and to all such laws , orders , sentences , and d ecrees as Shall be lawfully made and published by them o r their successors ; and I will always endeavor (as in duty bou nd) to advance the peace and welfare of this body or commonwealth to my u tmost skill and ability ; and I will , to my best power and means , seek to divert and prevent whatsoever may

to tend th e ruin or damage thereof , or of any the said

Governors , Depu ty Governors , or Assistants , or any of them or their successors , and will give speedy notice to them or to some of them , of any sedition , violence , treachery , or other hu rt or evil which I shall know , hear , o r vehemently suspect to be plotted or intended against the said commonwealth , or the said gove rn men t estab lish ed ; and I will not at any ti me su ff er or give con sent to any counsel or attempt that shall be given or attempted for the impeachment of the said government , or making any change or alteration of the same c o ntrary

u t to the laws and ordinances thereof, but shall do my most to discover , oppose , and hinder all and every su ch ” counsel and attempt . So help m e God .

This oath was doubtless administered at Boston , where , it is likely , he arrived at the beginning of the spring of

1 6 3 8. H is going to D edham was evidently on accou nt of his following the calling of a blacksmith , for in the diff erent settlements in the two adjoining colonies at that 3 4 t e hemp QBeneaIugp

ti me there was great need of mechanics , su ch as carpen

o ters and blacksmiths , for wh se services there was an

o urgent and increasing demand . Thr ugh the knowledge

co mm u of some interested person , Edward Kemp was n icate d with in Boston and overtu res were made to hi m

o to take up his ab de in Dedham . To secure his acc ep tance of the proposals extended him , a meeting was called 1 1 6 8 of the freemen of Dedham on J uly 3 , 3 , of which

“ e there is extant the following record : The 1 3 th of y

o 6 [5 th] month . Most of our T wne assembled in y Morne

e nte rte ne d ing to take order about a Blacke Smith to be y . I t was agreed by di u rse men to lay downe c e rtey ne m o n e e s e y to buy coles to further y same , amounting unto

‘3 : 1 1 an 3 75 8. as by y particulars i n a note hereunto exed ; the same mon ey to be wrought out by y 3 Smith for y e sayd s ev e rall men when he shal be thereunto

Requi red . It will be seen that further action in the matter was

o n 2 8 : 6 : taken seven weeks later, or the of ye month ” is commonly called August , of which the following the minute “ That which was agreed upon ye last meet t

i . 81 . . e ing was Read Conﬁrmed It was agreed y [ , that]

E dw : e nte rt e n e d Kempe , Blacksmith , shal be y u nto the

Smiths lott , to have ye one halfe of ye same as it was formerly layd out together also with one halfe of all ye

81 c e rtifﬁ cate dependences the reunto belonging , pro ’ d u c e df

H av mg been informed o f this fulﬁlment of the stipu lations embraced in the provisions of the agreement ,

r E dwa d Kemp proceeded to Dedham , where , on the 2 th th 2 1 6 8 7 of ye 7 month , or September 7 , 3 , he was t e hemp ch enealogp 3 5

present at a meeting held that day , and took part in the c o nsideration of such aff airs of the town as then engaged the attention of those attending it . 2 1 6 2 On J anuary , 4 , he and J ohn Eaton and D aniel

Fisher were chosen su rveyors of highways for that year .

H e soon acquired considerable property in Dedham . In

the valuation of houses for the rating of the local taxes , some of the largest and best built being estimated as 2 worth £4 5 and the smallest as low as £ , his dwelling

1 5 . was appraised at £ 5 5 While living in Dedham , more than twenty acres of land were apportioned to him . As shown on a map of the village in more recent - years , his house lot lay not far northwest of the meet

- o f ing house , and mostly north the line of Harvard

Street , near its intersection with High and East streets . ’ Samuel Foster who married Kemp s daughter Esther ,

1 1 6 8 as i n Dedham , on November 5 , 4 , was rated a tax

in payer the town in September of that year . Esther

who 1 6 1 was Kemp , was born in 9 , p robably in England , - at the time of her marriage twenty nine years old . Whether the father of Edward Kemp or any brother accompanied him to A merica is u nknown , but there was - a Robert Kemp , locally known to be a plain hearted ” Christian , who was received into membership with the 1 6 ch u rch in Dedham in 3 9 . Probably the wife of Edward Kemp (her Christian name not being entered on the register) , as one might be led to infer from the ” o f entry , ye wife [ ] o ur brother Kempe , was

“ e e received comfortably into y chu rch y 1 1 th of the 8 ” ’

1 1 1 6 . dau h month , or October , 3 9 Edward Kemp s g 6 1 6 6 . ter Esth er became a member of it on March , 4 3 6 «t he hemp ch enealugp

A n o teworthy fact hist o rically sets forth the profound c o nvicti o n of Ed ward Kemp and other inhabitants of the town o f Dedham in 1 6 44 that a free scho o l was i ndispe n sable to the welfare of the pe o ple of each settlement in N ew England as s o on as they had the means o f sup

. l po rting one by taxation The Rev . Carlos S afte r of

1 86 6 Dedham , in a comm unication written in , calls “ : attention to it , saying I am not aware that a tax was levied upon the inhabitants of any other town for the

o f support a free school as early as this . Dorchester

‘ ’ o 1 6 To m sons appr priated , in 3 9 , the rentage of Island , which had been granted to the town by the General

Cou rt several years befo re , for the maintenance of a ” school .

ver a ti t li t r The following transcript is b m e e a ti m . The punctu ation has been supplied .

‘ 1 6 44. At a meeting the ﬁrst day of the Eleventh month Assembled th o se whose names are under written

o o f with other the inhabitants of this T wne [ Dedham] . The sd Inhabitants taking into C o nsideration the great ne ce siti e of p ro u iding some meanes for the Edu ca

o lr sd tion of the youth in Towne , did in an unanimous consent declare by v o ate their willingne s to promote that w o rk e o ro u id e , pr mising to put too their hands to p 1 o maintenance for a Free S ch o oll i n ou r said T wne .

‘ re solu e t estef i n And farther did consent , y g it by

1 Re cords o f the G overn or an d Comp an y of the M ass ach u setts Bay i n - l . . a c o f n an 1 6 2 8 1 6 1 v o . o New E gl d , 4 , i , pp 3 53 , 3 75 The E rly Re rds the n l o n of am D on a on o c vo . . T w Dedh , edited by Gle s Hill , t w lerk , iii , pp 1 2 8 66 8 6 8 1 06 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 , , 3 , 47 , 4 , 49 , , 4, 93 , 95 , 9 , 9 , , 7 , , 5 , 54, 7 , 7 , d n a o ca 1 6 1 8 1 8 . n an o ca an 7 , 7 , 5 The New E gl d Hist ri l Ge e l gi l Register,

1 866 vol. 1 6 1 66 . , xxi , pp , 5 , one hemp Genealogy 3 7

ra e a vo ate to y s the some of Twenty pounds p . annu towards the maintaining of a Schoole m r to keep a free ’ Schoole in our sd Towne . Th e resolution had the approval of more than forty - of the tax payers of the town in atten dance , Edwin

Kemp being one of the voters . 1 6 2 Leaving Dedham in the Spring of 5 , E dward

Kemp moved to Wenham , distant about twenty miles northeasterly from Boston and six north of Salem . The site of the village was embraced in the tract of land which the inhabitants of Salem , having on November 5 , “ 1 6 3 9 , agreed to plant a village near the river which ” ru nneth to Ipswich , were granted . The ﬁrst settlers

o called the place En n , which , when the town was incor

o rated 1 6 . p in 4 3 , obtained the name of Wenham ’ so n-in - Samuel Foster, Edward Kemp s l aw , also , in

1 6 2 . 5 , changed his residence from Dedham to Wenham

n A mo g the ﬁrst settlers of the place were Esdras Read ,

Richard Goldsmith , and A u stin Killam . 1 6 0 1 The Rev . Joh n Fiske , born i n England i n , and educated at E mman uel College , Cambridge , was ordained

8 1 6 . pastor of the chu rch at Wenham on October , 44 I n 1 6 3 7 he had quitted England in disguise to escape

wh o persecu tion , the Rev . J ohn Allin , became pastor of the chu rch at Dedham , being a passenger on the same ship . 1 1 6 Edward Kemp was chosen , on May 4 , 5 5 , a deacon of the Wenham chu rch , then having probably not more than twenty members . As recorded , he an d a nu mber

1 6 of other residents of the town , in November , 5 5 , accepted certain proposals made them to remove to 3 8 Q be hemp Genealogy - Chelmsford , about twenty three miles northwest of

Wenham , also in Massachusetts Bay Colony . Their exodus is described in the following words : “ 1 6 I n September , 5 4 , propositions were made to the

church of Wenham and their pastor , the Rev . John i e . Fiske , to remove to this place [ . , Chelmsford] . An account of these negotiations in the quaint diction of the time has been preserved in the handwriting of Mr . Fiske ’ A day was set of meeting at Chelmsford . Vpo n the sd day set divers of ye Brethren acc o m

n i d v n o h e lm s o mit e e pa e the Pastor ouer t C . where ye C t

81 divers others were present . A View was taken of ye

rse nt satisf e d place . The Brethren p y themselves aboute th e ire accommodations 81 p rop o salls were then made to

o 81 earel m a nte nance ye pastor for his accomm dation y y y , as to be te n d e rd v nto him by consent of ye whole of mi ’ Inhabitants 81 in their name by ye C o tte e .

Soon after their return to Wenham , the major part

of the chu rch , seven i n number , wi th their pastor decided

’ to accept Chelmsford s proposals . B ut at this stage of

the proceedings , for some unexplained reason , the nego

o ff tiatio ns were b roken . Thus the matter Lay dormant as ’twere all winter

: till ye I st mo [March] , 5 5 , at which time Bro Read coming ouer enformed vs in such wise here at Wenham

sd as there v po n both ye P . 81 ye engaged brethren de m u rred Vp o n ye proceedings 81 some yt [that] had sold

o a a ne here at Wenham , redeemed their accommodati ns g y into their possession and a Letter was s u tably sent by

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o f on the other [or west] side Concord River . The court accepted and granted thei r requ est . Having by a j o int committee examined and viewed the aforesaid tract of land , and having found divers others , to the n umber - of thirty nine in all , desiro us of uniting with them i n erecting a new plantation , they jointly petitioned the ” 1 1 6 legislatu re [on May , 5 3 ] for a grant of land , bor

P awtu ck e tt dering upon the river Merrimac , near . This tract became the town of Chelmsford .

was 2 2 The ﬁrst town meeting held on November ,

1 6 54 . The town of Chelmsford was incorporated on

2 1 6 . i s May 9 , 5 5 The origin of the church there not

I ts o certainly known . existence began ab ut the time of th e exodus from Wenham , at which place the Rev . J ohn Fiske had formed a religious society about th e year

1 6 44 .

The names of Edward Kemp , Samu el Foster, and Samu el Kemp appear among those of the signers of a

fo r o petition permissi n to trade with the Indians , ad “ o o d ressed To the h nored C urt assembled at Boston ,

1 dated at Chelmsford , May 7 , Samu el Kemp , “ ” whom Edward Kemp in his will calls his kinsman , d id not remain long thereafter in the town as a settler, for before the close of the year 1 6 5 8 he was in posses sion of a tract of land in the adjacent town of Billerica . ’ - i s From the Rev . John Fiske s note book derived the informati o n that he began catechising in public at “ 1 6 6 Chelmsford early in April , 5 , and that B rother ” Kemp had catechisms , which could be pu rchased at

“ ‘ ’ o f Sixpence each . The entry , Sister Kemp , wife d Deacon Edward , . , evidently is authority for the dec one hemp Genealogy 4 1 larati o n that she died a t Wenham before the exod us of

1 6 5 5 . Besides having diff erent tracts of land apportioned 1 6 6 to him at C helmsford , he , on September 3 , 7 , was “ granted to hold that meadow that was laid o ut to

Samuel Kemp , lying beyond Stony Brook , containing nine acres , more o r less ; and ten acres of plain , lying on the Pine Plain , lying by the Great Swamp ; unless any person appear within one year fo r whom the Town shall desire it , paying to Edward Kemp forty shillings , with s u ch due c o nsideration as shall be thought meet by the ” selectmen .

I n the inventory of his property , made shortly after

o n 1 1 6 6 8 - his decease D ecember 7 , , his dwelling ho use , barn , and the land on which they were standing were

0 2 appraised at £ 5 ; his outlying land at £ 7 ; his horses , 2 oxen , and cows at £ 3 3 ; his hives of bees at £ ; his - p ewter and brass ware at £6 ; his saddle and pillion at £ 1 ; debts d ue hi m by book and bill at £ 3 6 ; and his shop tools , agricultural i mplements , and household goods d at £ 82 5 5 . 8 .

Th e composition of his will , written by some u nknown n person , striki gly exempliﬁes the peculiar style of writ ing and spelling i n vogu e in the colonies at that time :

Know All men by these presents that I , Edward

Kemp of Chelmsford in the co un . of Middlesex in th e

Massachusets in New England , blacksmith , being at the

81 Date hereof in good perfect memory , do make this my

t ’

81 t e stam 81 . last will in manner forme as followeth , I mp

al [I mprimis] . I co mitt my Soul into the hands of

u mighty God that gave it , and my body v to the earth 4 2 fi the hemp Genealogy

' XtarI whence it came , to receive a decent [Christian]

‘ s b u riall e x ce cu to h O e i n lo at the charge of my , p g for a g

res u rre cc o n o f re v nion o rions the same , and there f with

o my soul , through th e power and mercy of the L rd

r h is Christ my Savio at the great day of appearing .

A s o It . [Item] concerning the ou tward go ds of this

C h w o b e tru ste d life , the L rd hath mee with , I do give and bequeath them as followeth ,

’ 81 v nto Imp . I do give bequ eath Samuel foster my

81 . grandchild my shop tooles , my fowling peece “ v nto It . I give the said Sam u el my Grandchild ten

’s e x ce c u to pounds , to be payd him by my , according as

c a e able v se he shall be p of making of the same . “

. ro tto n It I give vuto Sam uel Kemp of g , my kins h o f w C man , one those cowes of mine , he hath the present

v o n v se of p hire . “ 81 v se I t . I give bequeath to the of the Chu rch of Chelmsford ten shillings to be payd into the hands of

’s x o the deacons by my e cecu t . “ v nto ﬁ sk e r It . I give Mr J ohn Pasto to the Church of Chelmsford ten shillings to be payd by mine ex

ce c u to rs . “ v nto ﬁ sk e I t . I give Moses of Chelmsford ten shil

lrs lings to be payd by my e x ce c u to

It . as touching all the rest of my outward estate ,

le ac e s over and besides the above Speciﬁed g y , I do give and bequeath with all my housen , lands , goods , house hold fu rnitu re , stocke , or whatsoever or by whatever name the same may be called , whereof I am possessed

wh e re v nto claim e or I may a legall right , in whose hand

v nto soever, with all debts du e mee by any person what ﬁ ne he mp G enealogy 43

v nto 81 v nto soever , my sonne in law Samu el foster ,

81 81 Ester foster his wife , To have to hold to them to their he y re s 81 assignes forever . “ 81 o rd e ine It . I do hereby constitute , the said

r ex c ec u to Samu el foster , my sonne in law , my sole to t Hi nck sman this my last will t e stam . and M r . Thomas

s u rvi so r A l of Chelmsford aforesaid my p to the same , way es provided 81 my mind 81 will is that the said Sam uel foster my e x ce cu to r shall allow or cau se to be allowed

sa i sfacco ﬁ v nto competent tt the said Mr . Thomas H incks

e x enc e s man , for all such necessary p of time , labor, or

v nto otherwise as he shall be occasionally put , i n the faithfull discharge of that trust reposed by mee v pon

w o rk e him in the said place 81 of supervisorship .

“ t In witne s vnto this my said will 81 te stam as above

v o n expressed , I , the said Edward Kemp hau e p this twenty seav e nth day of January in the y e are of ou r Lord

si x 81 seav e n one thousand h u ndred sixty , put my hand

81 seale .

d — Sealed 81 d e li u In the F K the marke of

’

ff n ﬁ k n . o o . s e se . 81 presence . J , Edward Kemp a seale

Edward Spalding , ” 1 ﬁ k e Moses s .

Esther, the daughter of Edward Kemp , and wife of Samuel Foster (who bore the titles of deacon and ser

was geant) , the mother of twelve children , nine boys and

1 was o a i n 1 66 of c a an c i n The will pr b ted April , 9, whi h there is tr s ript o a co of cou n of a ac u in the Pr b te Re rds the ty Middlesex , M ss h setts , the ff c a a — n f co t am vol. . 1 6 1 1 6 a o o e o Re rd O i e E st C bridge , iii , pp 3 ; ls the

n n o on 6 1 66 S amu o cu o . i ve t ry exhibited , April , 9, by el F ster, the exe t r 44 ﬁrbe hemp Genealogy

0 three girls , born in Chelmsford , the ﬁrst on April 3 ,

1 6 8 1 6 6 . 5 7 , and the last on March , 9 She died i n

o n 1 6 1 0 2 Chelmsford April , 7 , and her husband on J uly 1 1 6 of that year .

SA M U E L KEM P , PRO GEN ITO R

H E village of Billerica , in Middlesex County , Mass

ach u se tts b - , is a out twenty eight miles northwest of

Boston , thirteen northwest of Wobu rn , eight southeast

six o f o of Lowell , east Chelmsf rd , and six north of Bed ford . The territory of the town which bears the sam e

ha shin name was early called S w . The ﬁrst farm there was probably occupied in 1 6 5 2 . Two years later there

h a hi n S ws . 0 were nine families settled at O n May 3 , 1 6 5 5 , the name Billerica , after Billericay , a village in

Essex County , England , was bestowed upon the town . 1 6 I n November, 5 4 , the following qu aintly written (and later interpolated) entry is fou nd to be one of the earliest records that have been preserved descriptive of the beginnings of the town : Sertin Orde rs made by vs the present i nh abita ntes

Bille ri ce e weall e ' of the Town e of y , for y of y [town]

1 n f n am a o . n o n 86 o o . o 1 0 The Hist ry We h , M ss , by Myr O Alle , B st , , f on a on a u c i n am 1 2 2 . anu a o n pp . 3 , 4 , 5 M l the C greg ti l Ch r h We h ,

H . 1 8 1 a . . . . o o o . . 1 M ss , by the Rev W C W d , Brist l , N , 79, pp 3 , 4, 7 5 , - m o f . an 8. ac o o oo o n 7 7 , 7 Extr ts fr the N te b k the Rev J h Fiske , with mu n m 8 8 1 1 n a 6 1 0 2 . n o u c o S . a 1 . i tr d ti by el A Gree , C bridge, 9 , pp , 9, , , 3 ﬁ ne hemp Genealogy 45

l 1 y [That wh] at person or persons soever [shall] i nhab i tante s propound themselves to be [ ] amongst vs , to

’ tak e r iv iled e s c o mo ns de viti o ns p of [the p ] g of the , [of

81 c . la] ndes , , if not known to vs , h e or they shall bring with them a certiﬁcate fro m the place fro m whence they

to o r come , such a testimony as shall b e satisfactory

’ sons towne , or select p of th e same , before they shall b e

am o n ste ‘ tak e admitted as inhabitants g vs , to p of any privile dge s as aforesaid with v s ; an d after their Admis sion they shall subscribe their names to all the orders of

r t o s elv es the Towne , with , y are or shall be made for the

V public good of the place , as also for barin g p their pro

i n portions all p ubliqu e charges , in Chu rch , Towne , or

w e all v comon , with those persons that came p at the

riv iled es e u all ﬁ rst , and so shall have thei r p g in q pro

portion .

1 8 -ﬁ v e In 6 5 there were twenty families in the town .

There was a road from it to Wobu rn , another to Con “ cord , one to Chelmsford , and one to Andover . These roads were little more than paths in the woods ; indeed the word path ’ is not infrequ ently applied to them in

the records . Fences were not yet built , and the care of

cattle and swine was a matter of common concern . A

herd in the care of a keeper , driven out in the morning

and home at night , was the natural convenience of thei r ” primiti ve life . “ - It needed hardy , cou rageous , self relying men and women to plant homes in this wilderness ; men and w women who could live happily ithout luxu ri es , or what thei r children deem conveniences , and fertile in resources to supply their own necessities . Su ch , it is plain , were 46 Qrbe hemp G enealogy

o these Billerica men . They had disc u ragements , dan gers , hardships , in plenty , but they were of too stu rdy ” stu ff not to be able to meet and surmou nt them .

The distinction of being the progenitor of those i nhab i

o f tants New England who were su rnamed Kemp , ex clu siv e of the contemporary offspring and probably “ ” undiscoverable descendants of Mr . William Kemp of

o f D uxbu ry and Edward Kemp of Chelmsford , places Samu el Kemp in a ﬁeld of view partic ularly i nteresting to those who may be enabled to trace the line of the ir

o descent thr ugh him to ancestors also born i n England ,

o eve n t remote centuries . There are certainly many historical facts which afford tenable ground on which to

fou nd this supposition . No reason more deﬁnite than a disincli nation to settle at Chelmsford seems ascribable for Sam u el Kemp ’s quit ting that town after sojourning there a Short time . Required as he was to subscribe his name to the agree

o f ment of association the settlers of the town of Billerica ,

1 6 8 when , in 5 , he made known his desire of becoming one of their nu mber, Samuel Kemp willingly covenanted to comply with the laws and ordinances institu ted for the pro tection and welfare of the inhabitants . He was - there upon granted a half share of land for a farm , a - whole share being calle d a ten acre lot . I n order that

o this phrase logy may not be wrongly interpreted , it may be explained that the lots int o which the town had been

ﬁ v e - divided were locally denominated ten and acre lots , the ten-acre lots comprising one hu ndred and thirteen

ﬁ ve - acres of upland and twelve of meadow , and the acre

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1 6 6 0 The restoration of Charles I I , in , to the throne of England , displacing the government styled the Com m o nwealth o f , was taken advantage by certain persons

o To i n New England to engender political dissensi ns . refute the charges made of existing dissatisfaction in the town of Billerica with the change of the form of govern 1 1 6 6 ment , an address , dated O ctober 9 , 4 , was sent to “ the General Court of Massachusetts Bay , titled Th e

ff re e H u mble Representation of the Inhabitants , both ” men and others , of the Town of Billerica , bearing the

-ﬁ v e signatures of thirty of the loyal settlers , which in cluded those of Samuel Kemp and Thomas Foster . The n umber of families occupying farms in the town probably 1 -v aggregated not more than forty ﬁ e at that time . Finding it to his advantage to sell his farm and the improvements on it to Thomas Ross , Samuel Kemp , after parting with his property in Billerica , removed

1 6 6 thence , in the spring of 7 , to the town of Groton , w about sixteen miles west ard . The occupation of lands within its bounds began later than at Billerica . This is histori cally disclosed by the recorded action of the Gen

2 1 6 . eral Court sitting in Boston on J uly 3 , 5 5

There being a petition preferred by Mr . Dean Win

th ro so n . p [ of Governor J ohn Winthrop] , Mr Thomas

H inckley , and divers others for a plantation upon the

P e river that runs from Nash ua into Merrimack , called ta awa p y , and another from some of the inhabitants of

Concord for a plantation i n the same place , to both of

1 o o f ca a ac u a n a o ca Hist ry Billeri , M ss h setts , with Ge e l gi l Register, by 88 1 2 0 6 6 . n . az n o on 1 . the Rev He ry A H e , B st , 3 , pp 7 , 5 , 4 , 53 , 5 7 , 4 , 5 ,

8 1 60 1 6 1 1 6 2 1 6 1 8 1 a 80 . 2 1 1 1 n o ca . 9 , 54 , 5 , , , , 5 , 5 , 9 ; Ge e l gi l Register, p Q De he mp Genealogy 49 which the Court retu rned this answe r : That the Court thinks meet to grant the petitioners eight miles square in the place desired , to make a plantation , which hence

Gro ate n s i c forth shall be called [ ] , formerly known by

P e ta awa . the name of p y , and that M r [Thomas] Danforth of Cambridge , with such others as he shall associate to himself , shall and hereby is desi red to lay i t o ut with all

convenient speed , that so no enco uragement may be wanting to the petitioners for the speedy procuring of a

godly Minister amongst them , provided that none shall

enjoy any right or portion of that land by gift, from the

Selectmen of that place , b ut such as shall b uild hou ses

on their lots , so given them , within eighteen months ’ ’ from the time of said town s laying o ut , or town s grant

to such persons , and for the present Mr . D ean Winthrop ,

M r . J ohn Tinker , M r . Thomas Hinckley , Dolor Davis , t William Martin , Matthew Harrington , J ohn Wi t , and Timothy Cooper are app ointed the Selectmen for the

said Groton for two years from the time it is laid o ut , to

lay ou t and dispose of particular lots , not exceeding

twenty acres to each hou se lot , and to order the p ru den

ff at tial a airs of the place , the end of which time , other Selectmen shall be chosen and appointed in their rooms ;

the said Selectmen of Groton giving Mr . D anforth such satisfaction for his service and pains as they and he shall ”

. Gro at e n agree The name Groton , spelled in the ﬁrst

part of the grant of the General Co u rt , was given to the

plantation by Dean Winthrop , whose father came from

Groton , S uffolk County , England .

O c A committee , appointed by the General Cou rt in 1 6 tober, 5 9 , to view the plantation and report its condi so di ne he mp G enealogy

tion and prospects , advised the cou rt that it would be advantageou s that the lands and meadows Should be so divided that they would accomm o date at least sixty fam ili es o -a - , that n ne have less than ten acres for house lot

and ﬁve acres of meadow , two and a half of intervale ,

tw o o and and a half of ther land for their planting , in

o the ﬁrst divisi n , and that none be admitted to settle there , but on the following conditions

1 . That they go up with their families within two years afte r their grants , on penalty of forfeiting their grants again to the town and so many shillings as they had acres granted them for their house lots , and that the like inj u nctions be p ut upon those above named as old planters . “ 2 . That all town charges , both civil and ecclesiasti

’ cal , be levied according to each man s grant in this ﬁrst

fo r division of lands , seven years next ensu ing , excepting only such whose stocks of cattle shall exceed one hun dred and ﬁfty pounds estate . “ 3 . That the power of admission of inhabitants and regulating the aff airs of the said place be referred to a

t o committee of mee pers ns , empowered by the General

o Court thereto , until the plantation be in some g od meas u re (at least) ﬁlled with inhabitants and be enabled regu larly and peaceably to carry on the same themselves . After the acceptance of the report of the c o mmittee

o by the General C u rt , the settlement of families on land within the bounds of the town proceeded with many evi d nce s e . of prosperity As reported at that time , there were not more than four or ﬁve families occupying farms in the town . Gbe he mp Genealogy 5 1

2 The ﬁ rst recorded town meeting was held on J une 3 ,

1 6 6 2 . I t was then agreed by the settlers that the hou se “ for the minister sh o uld be se t u pp on the plane whare i t ” i s o now framing . It was also v ted that the meeting

se t house Sho uld b e upon th e right hand of the path , - by a small white oak , marked on th e south west Side ”

1 6 . with two n otches an d a blaze . In 6 3 the Rev Samu el Willard was ordained as pastor of the Groton

o congregation . From that time until the completi n of the meeting-house the inhabitants worshipped in the

’ minister s dwelling . The work on the frame b uilding “ was not vig o rou sly pushed to a speedy conclusion . At a general town meeting , held on the ﬁfth of the eighth

1 6 6 6 o o m onth , , it was v ted by a maj r part of the town ,

- is that the meeting house frame , that i s now framed , to be removed and to be s e t up in a place near the corner

’ ” o of Joseph Parker s fence . The thatching of the ro f was accomplished at a c o st for material and labor aggre

1 2 5 . 8d gating £ 7 . The making of the p ulpit required

5 . an expenditure of £ 3 , and the glass for the windows£ 3 5 The completion of the meeting-house at the end of

1 6 6 6— December , 7 , is disclosed by the following minutes “ - 2 th l oth m . 1 6 6 6 At a general town meeting , held 4 , ,

it was agreed , and by vote d eclared , that all the lower

n - seats in the new meeti g house , that now is , should be divided , six for men , and six for women , and also the front seats for the gallery ; the b est provision that th e t o wn can provide both fo r the minister and also for the

’ people to sit upon the n ext Lord s day come sevennight ;

and every one to be placed in their places , as they shall ” contin u e in the futu re . 5 2 t e hemp G enealogy

1 1 0 m . 1 6 6 6 At a general town meeting , held 3 , , ,

For better proceeding in setting seats for the women , as

fo r well as the men , it was agreed , and by vote declared , that the front gallery on the north side o f the meeting

o h use Should be divided in the middle , and the men that

t o shall be placed there , their wives are be placed by ”

as . their h usbands , they are below The records of the town contain not a few peculiar enactments of the early settlers . Several of the most striking are the following ' “ o 1 6 6 —6 At a general t wn meeting , held 5 March , 5 ,

w as it agreed and voted , that there should be trees ” all o marked for Shade for the cattle i n comm n highways . A t the same meeting it was also agreed and voted that the mark [designating each tree set apart for this pu rpose] should be a great T, and that any person who shall fell o r lop any such tree marked by the men appointed , shall pay for every tree fallen or lopped [words ” illegible] shillings . “ 1 1 6 — At a meeting of the Selectmen , J anuary 3 , 7 3 4 ,

it was then agreed upon , and by vote declared , that all such town highways regularly laid out and marked with the town mark , all the wood and timber upon these

highways so marked , from half a foot and upward at e stub , walnut and pine trees xcepted , shall be reserved for manding of the highways and other public works , and that no man shall fell any such tree or trees upon th e penalty of ten shillings a tree .

1 o o f o n o f o on nc u n and S Hist ry the T w Gr t , i l di g Pepperell hirley , by 6 1 6 1 a u o on 1 8 8 . 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 C leb B tler, B st , 4 , pp , , 5 , , 7 , 5 , 3 4, 3 , 3 7 , Gite hemp G enealogy 5 3

Samuel Kemp and the o ther settlers of the town of Groton had not as yet been mentally distu rbed by any fears of becoming the victi ms of I ndian enmity . They were quietly enj oying the fruits of their t o il in seeing the enlargement of th e cultivatable areas of their farms and the increasing comforts of their growing households ,

1 6 when , in the sp ring of 7 5 , they were alarmed by a ru mor of the hostile attitu de of the savages , whom the noted sachem of the Wampanoags , Metacom , called by the English King Philip , had incited to take part with him in an attempt to extirpate the colonists of N ew

am England . Being well provided with ﬁrearms and m unition , and also somewhat skilled in the use of them , not a few warriors of other tribes were then already on - the war path under his leadership . The early discovery of King Philip ’s purpose happily enabled the people of the different settlements to make hasty preparations for the protection of themselves and property . The ﬁrst of the many horrifying events of what is his

’ to ricall y styled King Philip s War was the massacre , on

2 1 6 S wanse J une 4 , 7 5 , of eight or nine colonists at y ,

- o abou t forty six miles s uthwest of Boston . Although more than seventy miles distant from that scene of

o a re hen blo dshed , the settlers of the town of Groton , pp sive that the Weym essit Indians occupying the site of Lowell might b reak faith with the colonists and ally ’ themselves with King Philip s followers , speedily took steps to have a small body of soldiers stationed there to scout about the outlying cou ntry in order to detect the presence in the neighborhood of any savages affording m evidence of hostile intentions . The ste exigenci es of 5 4 «t he hemp Genealogy this period of general alarm caused the selectmen of the

o 2 2 1 6 o f 2 1 5 . d town to v te , on J uly , 7 5 , the su m £ 3 4 4 .

o f to defray the expenses the war . While nothing of any local import o ccurred to magnify the p erils of their posi tion o n the frontier of the colony du ring the su mmer and autumn , the cautiou s settlers were not willing to pass the winter on their farms without the protection of the sol diers whom they had felt obliged to retain there since the beginni ng of the war . Therefore , at a general town

1 6 meeting , held on December 9 , 7 5 , they agreed and by vote declared that the soldiers who were still remaining i n the town should continu e there at the town charge u ntil favorable information should be received from the army sent against the Narragansett Indians . This reso lu ti o n was assu redly wisely taken , inasmuch as the later presence of the soldiers in the town in no little measure contributed to the preservation of most , if not all , the lives of the inhabitants . The particulars of the shocking atrocities of the bloodthirsty enemy of which they were horriﬁed witnesses are contai ned i n a narrative written by a contemporary clergyman : The surprisal of Gro t o n was after this manner : O n

2 d o f the [ March , the Indians came in the night and riﬂed eight or nine houses , and carried away some th cattle , and alarmed the town . O n March 9 , about ten in the morning, a party of I ndians , (having two days

o f lurked in the town , and taken possession three ou t

o houses , and feasted themselves with c rn , divers swine , and poultry , which they there seized , ) laid an ambush fo r two carts which went from the garrison to fetch in some hay attended by four men , two of whom espying

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o any such matter , (for the day bef re many had been upon discovery [by reconnoitering] many miles , and found no signs of an enemy being so near, ) were attend ing their occasions [chores] , some foddering their cattle ,

e a some milking their cows , of whom the enemy might sily have made a seizure , b u t God prevented ; they hav ing another design in hand , as soon after appeared . These two Indians were at length espied and the alarm given ; whereupon the most of the men in the next gar

o rison and some also in the second , (which was ab ut

su r eight or nine poles distant , ) drew ou t and went to prise those two Indians , till ou r men reached the brow of the hill , then arose the ambush and discharged a volley upon them , which caused a disorderly retreat or rather a rout , in which one was slain and three others wounded . Meanwhile another ambuscade had arisen and come upon the back side of the garrison so deserted of men and pulled down the palisadoes . The soldiery in this rout retreated not to their own bu t passed by to the next w garrison , the omen and children meanwhile exposed to

z e s ha ard , but , by the goodness of God , made a safe cape to the other fortiﬁed house without any harm , leav ing their substance to the enemy , who made a prey of it , and spent the residu e of the day in removing the corn ff im and hou sehold stu , (in which loss ﬁve families were

i h d o ov e r s e . p , ) and in ﬁring up n the other garrison H ere also they took some cattle . No sooner was the signal

o o gi ven by the ﬁrst v ll ey of sh t than immediately , in sev eral parts of the town , did smoke arise , they ﬁring the hou ses . “ In the afternoon they used a stratagem , not unlike ti the he mp Genealogy 5 7

o the ther , to have surprised th e single garrison , b ut God

o ld prevented . An Indian (if an Indian , ) passed along

o n the street with a black sheep his back , with a slow pace as one decrepid . They made several Shots at him , at which several [of the garrison] issued ou t to have

o taken him alive , but the watch man , seas nably espyi ng an ambush behind the house , gave the signal whereby they were preserved . “ The night following the enemy lodged in the town ,

o f some them in the garrison they had surprised , but the body of them in an adj acent valley , where they made themselves merry after their savage manner . The next morning they gave two or three volleys at Captain

’ o ff w a s Parker s garrison , and then marched , fearing , as

o r thought , that a supply [ a su ccoring body of soldiers] might b e nigh at hand . This assault of theirs was managed with their wonted subtlety and barbarou s cruelty , for they stripped the

o body of him wh m they had slain in the ﬁrst onset , and

o ff o then cutting his head , ﬁxed it up n a pole looking towards his own land . The corpse of the man slain the

his o ff week before , they du g o u t of grave , they cut his head and one leg , and set them upon poles , and stripped

o ff . his winding sheet An infant , which they fou nd dead in the house ﬁrst su rprised , they cu t in pieces , which afterward they cast to the swine .

1 On March 4th Maj or Simon Willard , with seventy horse , came to the relief of the settlers , and also forty - foot soldiers from Watertown ; b ut the Indians were all

o ﬂed , having ﬁrst bu rnt all the h u ses [about forty] in the - town save four that were garrisoned , the meeting house 5 8 ti the hemp G enealogy

being the second house they ﬁred . Soon after Captain

w o f o Sill was sent ith a small party drago ns , of eight

o ff o f ﬁles , to fetch the inhabitants Groton and what was left from the spoil of the enemy , having u nder his con d uct abou t sixty carts , being in depth [or in line] from front to rear above two miles , when a party of Indians ,

c lying in ambush , at a pla e of eminent advantage , ﬁred up o n the fro nt and mortally wounded two of the ﬁ rst carriers , who both died that night , [and would] (had God permitted) have don e eminent damage to the whole

o b dy , it being a full hou r before the whole body could

w as be drawn up , which done with care and cou rage ; bu t the I ndians , after a few more shots made withou t

o doing harm , retired and made no further assault up n them . 2 0 O n Sunday , March , the Indians fell upon Marl

o borough , about eighteen miles s uth of Groton , while

o - the settlers were w rshipping in thei r meeting house .

o was F rtunately no one killed , and they speedily took refuge in their fort , an d escaped bodily harm , excepting - one man , who was slightly wou nded . The meeting house

o o and many dwellings , left without pr tecti n , were bu rned by the savages . Lancaster , which had been attacked a

o month before it , lay about midway between Grot n and

o Marlbor ugh .

o The committee app ointed by the General C u rt , early 1 6 6 n in the month of March , 7 , to report upo the best means for the preservation o f the frontier towns of the 2 8 county of Mi ddlesex , on March advised that the inhabitants of such towns as Lancaster, Groton , and

M arlborough , who were forced to quit them , should be ﬁtbe hemp Genealogy 5 9 ordered to settle at o ther frontier towns in order to strengthen them with defenders , and that the people of th o se towns to which they were sent sho uld se e to the

o o accommodation of the h meless s j ou rners .

Concord , distant about fou rteen miles southeasterly

was o from Groton , resorted to as a place of temp rary residence by some of the dispersed settlers . As Samuel

o Kemp is recorded as having taken at Andover, ab ut - twenty three miles northeast of Groton , the oath of

t o o n 1 1 allegiance the general government , February ,

1 6 8 7 , it may j ustly be assu med that he and his family were then abiding in that town .

1 2 1 6 o o f O n December , 7 7 , th se of the settlers the Of w town Groton d elling temporarily at Concord , at a special meeting held for the p urpose of ascertaining the nu mb er who were willing to return to their abandoned

o re farms and again engage in the cultivati n of them , solved That if the providence of God prevent not by

o r death Sickness , or by the enemy , that then we will go up in the Spring followi ng, and begin to repair our habitations again , if God permit ; and for the true per fo rm an ce of this agreement we do engage the forfeitu re of o ur whole right in Groton unto those that do go up ” and carry on the work . Samuel Kemp w a s no doubt timely informed of this intention , and promptly began making whatever prepara tions as were necessary for the journey and the trans

o rtati o n o o p of su ch g ds , furniture , and agricultu ral

was i mplements of which he possessed , or which he was

w as able to purchase . H e then the father of ﬁ ve chil

: so n dren the eldest a , bearing his name , ﬁfteen years 6 0 fabe hemp Genealogy

o f o age , and the youngest , also a son , an infant b rn

’ du ring the family s exile , and commemoratively chris ” tened Zerubbabel , a stranger by confusion . The u ndisturbed reseating of the settlers upon thei r farms , and the gradual i ncrease of the means by which they were enabled to reach higher planes of prosperity than any they had previously attained to as colonists of

New England , made them the more appreciative of the favorable circumstances permitting them the greater e n

o m e nt o j y of thei r w rldly possessions , as well as such social and educative advantages as were then aff orded them as

fo frontier people . Zealously concerned r the betterment of th e condition o f the highways in the vicinity of his farm , the interested people of hi s neighborhood elected , 1 0 1 6 8 on December , 4 , Samu el Kemp one of the four

o su rveyors of the t wn . ’ so 1 6 8 When King William s War, called , began in 9, the frontier towns of New England again became scenes of Indian cruelty and ruthless incendiarism . On March

1 1 6 1 — 2 ff 7 , 9 9 , seven garrisons were established in di erent

parts of the town of Groton . In the northerly part , where lay the farms of Enoch Lawrence , Lieutenant

Lakin , Joseph Lawrence , Samuel Walmer , James Blood ,

John Shattu ck , Samuel Kemp , and Daniel Barney , the garrison comprised thirteen men .

As chronicled by Cotton Mather, the settlers of the

2 1 6 town of Groton were su rprised , on J uly 7 , 94 , about “ daybreak , by a party of hostile Indians . They began their attacks at the house of one Lieutenant Lakin , in the outskirts of th e town , but met with a repulse there , and lost one of their crew . Nevertheless , in other parts of that plantation , (where the good people had become one he mp Genealogy 6 1

to so tired out as lay d own their military watch , ) there n were more than twenty perso s killed , and more than a ” dozen carried away . The same writer further relates 1 6 that , in J une , 9 7 , one man was killed at Groton , and ” another with two children carried into captivity . From that year until 1 7 0 2 the New E ngland colonists were not distu rbed in their peaceful occupations by the hor

' arfare ro rs of I ndian w . ’ f King Philip s War, the ﬁrst a ﬂicting the colonists of

New England , may be regarded as the most distressing one of all the Indian wars which decimated the nu mber of its inhabitants and subj ected the su rvivors to direful ff ordeals of mental and bodily su ering . In it not less

six than h undred of the settlers lost their lives , twelve towns were laid waste , and Six hu ndred and more build m ings , ostly dwellings , bu rned . Later than the year 1 6 9 2 there are no particu lars apparently extant relating to Sam uel Kemp . It may reasonab ly be inferred that the Span of his natu ral life did not extend beyond the last decade of the seventeenth 1 century .

J ONATH AN KE M P O F TH E FI RST GENE RATI O N

O NATH AN , the second son of Samuel and Sarah

Foster Kemp , born in Groton , Massachusetts , on

6 1 6 6 8 w as April , , by many adverse experiences per

1 o o f o n of o on n c u n an d S Hist ry the T w Gr t , i l di g Pepperell hirley , by — a u o on 1 8 8 . 68 6 0 6 80 81 8 8 86 1 C leb B tler, B st , 4 , pp , 9, 7 , 73 , 7 , , 4, 5 , , 9 ,

93 , 95 6 2 «t he he mp G enealogy so nally inured during the ﬁrst forty years of his life to m o st of the hardships and perils incident to his having a home in a frontier town so exposed as that of his

to of o nativity frequent incu rsions blo dthirsty savages . In all probability they restrained him from taking unto himself a wife until the termination of King William ’s

1 6 . War in 9 7 Being ardently enamoured of Mary , a

o o o daughter of J seph Gils n , one of the original propri et rs

o of land in the t wn of Groton , they were u nited in holy matrimony i n 1 6 98. Upon the o utbreak o f hostilities between Great Britain ’ 1 0 2 and France in 7 , known as Q ueen Anne s War, which

o c ntinued through a period of eleven years , the colonists

o of New England , particularly those of the frontier t wns , were again subjected to the malevolence and treachery

1 6 o f of Indian foes . I n 9 7 the people Groton became so greatly alarmed for their safety that the town came

n ear being deserted and again abandoned . While it

’ ap pears that J onathan Kemp s brothers , Samu el and

re m o v Zerubbabel , at that time entertain ed thoughts of

ing from it with their families , neither of them left it .

J onathan , however , concluded to settle at Chelmsford ,

where he seated himself and his family , that year, upon

an unoccupied farm . The town o f Chelmsford being diversiﬁed for the most

part by meadows and uplands , with here and there , at

that time , stretches of virgin forests , and irrigated by

nu merous meandering creeks and rivulets , its fertile tracts of alluvial soil aff orded many desirable sites for

farms . The lan d embraced in the one obtained by J onathan Kemp b o rdered upon the stream called the

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J O SEPH KEMP O F TH E SEC OND GENERATI ON

O S E P H so n , the eldest and child of J onathan and

Mary Gilson Kemp , born in Groton , Massachusetts , 1 0 1 6 on September , 99 , having become of full age on

o f o the farm his father in the t wn of Billerica , married ,

2 0 1 2 0 on December , 7 , in Concord , Margaret Chamber

o f . lain Chelmsford They settled in Billerica , where , in

the later days of his life , he established a cooperage . The disappearance of his name from the list of tax payers i n the town after the year 1 7 5 5 was a c on se

n ce 1 was qu e of his decease in 7 5 6 . He the father of

o seven sons , two of whom served as s ldiers in the French

o . and Indian War , and ﬁve in the War of the Rev lution

B ENJ AM IN KEM P O F TH E TH I RD GEN ERATI O N

E N A MI N J , the third son of Joseph and Margaret

o 2 0 Chamberlain Kemp , b rn in Billerica on J u ne ,

1 1 7 3 , was still a resident of that town when his father

1 n o t o died there in 7 5 6 . He had c mpleted his twenty

o n 1 1 8 seventh year when , May , 7 5 , he enlisted in

’ o B u tte rﬁ e ld s o Captain J nathan c mpany , raised to go

that year in the expedition against Canada , commanded rcilibe hemp Genealogy 6 5

- Wo rc by Major General James Abercrombie . From e s

B ro o k ﬁ eld ter , by the way of Lei cester , , Hadley , North

o Pi tts ﬁ e ld ampt n , and , they marched to Greenbu sh , on

o the east bank of the H udson , and there , by ferry , cr ssed t o - the city of Albany , where they joined Major General

’ Abercrombie s army . While in camp at Albany , the company was assigned to Colonel William William ’s V regiment , and with it passed up the H udson alley northward to Lake George .

o On the ﬁrst of J uly , six th usand three hundred and sixty-seven regulars and nine thousand and twenty fou r provincials were collected around the decaying ru ins of Fort William Henry . Fou r days later the whol e

n armament stru ck their tents , and in ni e hundred bateaux - - and one h u ndred and thirty ﬁ ve whale boats embarked on the waters of Lake George ; a large number of rafts ,

ac co m armed with artillery and loaded with provisi ons , i d pan e the e xpedition . That night the proud host - rested for ﬁve hou rs on Sabbath Day Point , and early on th e morning of the sixth , reached the landing at the lower end of the lake .

Fort Carillion , against which the E nglish we re then advancing , stood near the point of the peninsula formed by the j unction of the outlet of Lake George with Lake

Champlain . The road from Lake George to Ticon deroga crossed the river or outlet twice , with bridges .

Near the lower bridge , and less than two miles from the

saw- fort , the French had b uilt mills , which were defended by a slight military work . They had also built a log camp near the landing at th e foot of Lake George . To oppose the powerful army then advancing against 6 6 one hemp G enealogy - them , the French had only twenty eight hundred regu lars and fo u r hundred and ﬁfty Canadians . B ut Gen eral M o nt calm was not in mind to despond . With

o c nsummate j udgment he marked ou t his lines , half a mile west of the fort, and pushed the work with such ardor that , in ten hou rs , a wall as many feet high had been thrown up across the high ground which lay b e tween the swamp and the bank of the outlet . “ I mmediately on landing , Abercrombie , leaving his baggage , provisions , and artillery in the boats , formed his men into three columns and advanced toward Ticon

o der ga . The route lay through a thick and tangled wood which prevented any regular progress , and th e troops , misled by the bewildered guides , were soon thrown into confusion . While thus pressing forward in disorder, the head of the advance colu mn , under Lord

Howe , fell in with a party of the French troops , who had lost their way likewise , and a warm skirmish ensued . At the ﬁrst ﬁre the gallant Howe fell and instantly ex

w as pi red . H e the idol of the army and had endeared

m e n f himself to the by his a fability and virtues . Infuri

o ated by the loss of thei r bel ved leader , his men rushed

forward and swept the French from the ﬁeld . Aber

’ crombie s bugles then sounded the retreat , and the

fatigued soldiers returned to the landing place , where

they encamped for the night .

o Early on the m rning of the seventh , Lieutenant Colonel Bradstreet moved forward with a stro ng party

saw- and took possession of the mills , while Abercrombie

his again formed men in order of battle , and prepared to

advance against the French works . B ut the attack was Gbe he mp Genealogy 6 7

o f th e not made until the morning the eighth , when whole army was brought up , except a small detachment left to guard the boats , and a provincial regiment sta - ti o ne d at the s aw mills . Montcalm had that morning received a reinforcement of fou r h u ndred men under M . de Levy , which increased i - h s force to about thirty six hu ndred . Behind the newly erected lines , which were then strengthened by a wide

f a ba tti s and di ﬁcult , he posted the tried battalions of La

Reine , La Sarre , Bearn , Guyenne , Berry , Langu edoc , and Roussillon , and calmly awaited the onset .

o t infan As the Engli sh appr ached , the rangers , ligh

’ ’ ’ - R u le s s D o te s try , bateau men , and gg , y , Partridge s , Wil ’ ’ liam s s o f , and Bagley s regiments the provincials , with a battalion of the New York regiment , took post in front , - o ut of cannon shot of the French works . Next came th e regulars destined for the assault , while the Connecticut and New J ersey troops were drawn up i n the rear . At ’ o one o cl ck the English b ugles so unded the attack , wh en the regular battalions moved forward with quick and — -ﬁfth steady step the veteran Fifty leading , closely fol

o l wed by the gallant Colonel Graham , at the head of

’ M u rray s Highlanders .

As the colu mns approached , and when the ranks be came entangled among the logs and falle n trees which protected the breastworks , M ontcalm open ed a galling

o f o ﬁre artillery and musketry , which m wed do wn the f brave o ﬁcers and men by hundreds . Fo r four ho u rs the English vainly strove to cut their way through the

a ba tti s impenetrable , u ntil Abercrombie , despairing of su ccess , and having already lost one thousand nine h un 6 8 one hemp G enealogy - dred and forty four men in killed and wounded , ordered

r n o t . a etreat . Montcalm did pursue Having refreshed

o his exhausted s ldiers , he employed the night in strength e n i n his o g lines a u seless lab r, for the frightened Aber cro mbie did not st o p u ntil he reached the head of Lake

o Ge rge , and even then he sent his artillery and ammu ” niti o n to Albany for safety .

o : The English l ss was regulars , fou r hu ndred and

- - o sixty four killed , twenty nine missing , and one th usand o n e hundred and seventeen wounded ; provincials , eighty

two seven killed , eight missing , and h undred and thirty nine wounded . The French loss was one hundred and - ten killed and two hundred and forty eight wounded . The body of Lord Howe was taken by Captain Philip

Schuyler to Albany , and bu ried with beﬁtting honors in

o a vault under the English church . On the erection f ’ St . Peter s Episcopal Chu rch , and the demolition of the 1 80 2 old edi ﬁce in , originally standing in the middle of

J onker (now State) Street , the remains of the distin gu ish e d English o fficer were interred in a tomb beneath the fl o o ring of the new building . The return of the disco mfite d army to Albany and the dispersion o f the pr o vi ncial troops t o their di ff erent destinations cast no little gloom over the New England colonies . The disgrace of the disastrous termination of the expedition could not j ustly be attributed either to the

to British regulars or provincial volunteers and militia , bu t wholly to Major General Abercrombie , whose military indiscretion and lack of knowledge of the strength and formidableness of the position of the French were con spicu ou s to all u nder his command . Returning to Bil one hemp G enealogy 6 9

o lerica , Benjamin Kemp and ther of his comrades in the expedition residing there marched no less than two hu n 1 dred and ﬁfty miles . Not l o ng afterwards Benj amin Kemp changed his resi

o dence to Chelmsford . Southeast of it , ab ut eighteen miles distant , lay the village of Wob u rn , where Captain

wh o J ohn Reed , had served in the French war with con sid e rable 1 distinction , and had died , in 7 5 5 , at his home there , was the father of J u dith , the ﬁrst daughter borne him by his second wife , J udith Proctor Reed . She and

Benjamin Kemp , after du e acquaintance , plighted troth ,

o o f and in order to c nform to the chu rch rules that day , they made a formal declaration of their pu rpose to marry , nd thereupon the banns were pu blished in the places

: of their residence , as appears in the following record “ The names of Benjamin Kemp of Ch elmsford and

J udith Reed of Woburn , and their Intention of marriage 1 1 6 1 were entered March 4 , 7 , and p ublishment of su ch their Intention was made by Posting up their names and - Intention at the Meeting house in said Chelmsford , the ” day following . As is further recorded , they were mar ried at Chelmsford on May 5 , The name of Benjamin Kemp as a tax-payer in the

1 m m an 1 866 . o o f a a a n S . a Hist ry L ke Ch pl i , by Peter P l er, Alb y , , pp 2 6 7 , 7 5 , 7 , 7 7

2 o n son o f a an d a c o n u u 1 1 2 J h , R lph M ry Pier e Reed , b r A g st 4, 74 , V ma K z a au o f a an and a n n V m an c m rried e i , d ghter N th iel M ry Wi y , De e ber

1 c : a . m a con u oc o . n 9 , 73 5 ; hild D vid He rried , se d , J dith Pr t r Childre u o n o m 1 0 1 a a c m 1 o n J dith , b r N ve ber , 745 ; M rth , De e ber 3 , 747 ; J h , w ar and an an u a 1 1 . was a ca a n i n n c J ry 9 , 749 He pt i the Fre h , died J d ‘ n m Vi e . f am in u o a d u a 1 1 . o o ry 3 , 7 55 Hist ry the Reed F ily E r pe A er i a o \Vh m r n 6 ca c itte o e o o 1 8 1 . , by J b Reed , B st , 7 0 «t he hemp Genealogy town of Chelmsford appears for the ﬁrst time in the book

1 8 1 6 2 of assessments u nder date of November , 7 , where , - as entered , his poll , real estate houses and and

o - o 1 5 d pers nal pr perty assessments aggregated £ 4 . 4 % .

. 2 2 1 6 for that year Thereafter to November , 7 9 , he is listed as a taxpayer there . The disappearance of his name from the Chelmsford tax lists was an evident con

1 0 to o f sequence of his moving , in J u ne , 7 7 , the town

Ashbu rnham , about thirty miles westward , so called in honor of an English earl . Prior to its i ncorporation , in

1 6 o 7 5 , it had been known as D rchester Canada . On ’ 1 1 0 December 4 , 7 7 , Benj amin Kemp s name was regis t e re d v - , with the names of se enty three other settlers , as a payer of a poll tax demanded of him that year .

After living several years in the town of Ashburnham , he moved eastward eight miles to the town of Fitch

b urg , where he erected for hi mself a dwelling . The

town was then thinly inhabited , having about forty families within its bounds when it was incorporated in

1 6 7 4 and titled Fitchburg in honor of John Fitch , one of ’ its earliest settlers . The site of Benjamin Kemp s dwell “ V ” ing , in what is now called the illage , is indicated by “ : a local historian , who descriptively remarks Not far ’ was from the time when [David] Gibson s house built , Benjamin Kemp built a house where J onas Marshall ’s

brick house now stands . But this was so far west that it was n ot then considered as forming a component part

‘ ’ of the middle of the town . The inhabitants of the town of Fitchbu rg were no less resolute in maintaining their declared rights than those

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o B ritish s ldiers , whom their brethren , in the rapidity of

o f their ﬂight , had left to the mercy the people .

As there was no immediate need of their services , a ” 1 large n u mber of the men soon retu rned home . Benjamin Kemp evidently in that decade changed his residence to Pelham , New Hampshire , a small village l about ten miles north of Lowe l , Massachusetts , where ,

o 1 e ab ut the beginning of September , 7 7 9 , he enlist d “ to serve for the defence of Portsmouth two months ” o unless so ner discharged . His name is entered on a ro ll of the company of volunteers commanded by Cap

2 1 . tain Hezekiah Lovejoy , dated September 7 , 7 7 9 I n the following year, on J uly 9 , he enlisted in Captain ’ A ik e ns s J ames company , in the New H ampshire regi ment , in the service of the United States , commanded

o by Colonel Th mas Bartlett , raised for the defence of 2 West Point . O n October 4 , that year, he received his discharge warrant , and retu rned to Pelham .

Shortly afterwards , as it appears , he returned to Fitch

1 0 . b urg , Where he lived u ntil 79 Meanwhile his son 1 6 1 82 Benjamin , born in 7 4 , enlisted in 7 , in Fitchbu rg , 1 to serve in the Continental Army , and on May 4 , that

year , was paid at Worcester , Massachusetts , by Captain

J onathan Wood of Fitchburg , the money due hi m as

bounty . Either he or his father was elected to several

f o ne 1 8 town o ﬁces , of which , in 7 7 , was that of surveyor

of hoops and staves .

1 o of u n am a ac u z a S a n u n am Hist ry Ashb r h , M ss h setts , by E r te r s , Ashb r h , 8 6 f n o f c u u u o 1 8 . 1 2 1 2 . o o o C . 7 , pp 5 , Hist ry the T w Fit hb rg , by R f s T rrey , 80 8 c o f o n of c u 1 86 . 1 . o Fit hb rg , 5 , pp , , 97 , 99 The Old Re rds the T w

8 8 vol . itchbu r a . a c c c u 1 . F g, by W lter A D vis , ity lerk , Fit hb rg , 9 , pp

1 0 1 0 . 5 , 7 Gbe he mp Genealogy 73

1 0 Benjamin Kemp , when he moved , in 7 9 , to Acworth , - a small village in New Hampshire ab o u t thirty seven miles north of Ashburnham , was not accompanied by his sons Benj amin and J ohn Reed Kemp , who preferred to - - remain at Fitchburg . At the age of eight and seventy years , Benj amin Kemp closed his earthly career at

- o Acworth , where also his wife died , i n the ninety sec nd 1 year of her age .

J O H N REED KEM P O F TH E FO U RTH GENE RATI O N

a O H N REED , the second son of Benj min and J u dith

1 1 6 6 Reed Kemp , born in Chelmsford on May 9 , 7 ,

1 was seven months u nder full age when , on O ctober 9 , 1 86 h e 7 , and Hannah , dau ghter of Benjamin and Hannah

Wheeler of Pepperell , were married . After the termi nation of the War of the Revolution , a stress of poverty , consequent upon the continu ed depreciation of Conti mental paper money and the general and p ro longed stag

o f nation b usiness in the heavily taxed States , was b acutely felt by all classes , and it was only y the utmost frugality and their rigid e ff o rt that many of the sires and son s of that gloomy period were barely able to provide themselves and families with food and clothing u ntil better times ” emancipated them from their straitened

1 o of c o am Ac Hist ry A w rth , New H pshire , by Rev . J . L . Merrill , 86 o 1 . 2 2 2 . w rth , 9, pp 3 , 3 3 74 ﬁ ne hemp G enealogy

i s circu mstances . So exclusive an immediate contem plati o n of the distress and su ffering existing contemp o rane o u sly with a l o ng and expensive war on the part of the readers of chro nicles of it that little considerati o n is given by them to the subsequ ent evils and afﬂicti o ns befalling th o se bearing the weight of a heavier taxation than that of preceding years to liqu i date the unpaid ex penses of it , and who , at the same time , are obliged to pro vide for the daily wants of needy households when little money is in circulation and other means fo r an adequate compensation for labor are temporarily u n

i n obtainable , thereby compelling many ind ustriously clin e d persons to be idle and in want of the common necessaries of life . Probably never again will the people of the United States be afflicted with as great and gen eral poverty as they were du ring the first and sec o nd decades following the cl o se of the first war with Eng

If his land . J ohn Reed Kemp and children were alive to recount the diff erent afﬂictions which they and thei r kindred were forced to bear as direct consequences of ’ o the War of the Revolution , their children s children w uld d o ubtless more vividly comprehend the truthfulness o f ’ ” the saying : These are the times that try men s souls . Fro m what can be ascertained concerning J ohn Reed and Hannah Wheeler Kemp , it appears that Fitchbu rg was the place of thei r residence from the time of their marriage until their decease . The Bible containing the record of their deaths has long been lost , and the dates are

o f no longer remembered by any their descendants . I t seems veriﬁable that neither he nor she died before the end of the ﬁrst decade of the nineteenth century . d ye hemp Genealogy 7 5

J AME S KE M P O F TH E FI FTH GEN ERATI ON

A M ES , the third son of J ohn Reed and Hannah 2 1 Wheeler Kemp , born in Fitchbu rg on September ,

1 1 1 8 1 79 , remained there u ntil 7 , when he quitted the place to engage in the shoe and boot b usiness in Water o o f rd , Saratoga Cou nty , New York . J urneying as he

- wa was di d by stage coach , he , on the y , joined by

wh o Lyman Garﬁeld , had been living at Leicester, V Addison County , ermont , and was going thence to make his home in Troy , Rensselaer County , New York . Waterford at that time was the most popul o us town in

i nh abi Saratoga County , and had about seven hu ndred tants . The present bridge across the H udson River ,

1 8 1 between Waterford and Lansingb u rgh , was b uilt i n 4 ,

o at a cost of twenty thousand d llars . Not long after establishing himself in b usiness in Water ford , J ames Kemp formed the acquaintance of Elizabeth ,

o daughter of J hn and Eli zabeth H aggerty , born in

1 800 Lansingburgh on J anuary I , , and they were married 1 8 1 8 i n the fall of , at the residence of her parents , a two-story frame dwelling standing then on the front part of the lot now on the southwest corner of Second

A venue and Eleventh Street , where now is the home of

o - Albert P wers . H er brother was a well known and pop ular captain of a sloop , which before the close of the last centu ry had sailed for a n umber of years b etween

Lansingb u rgh and New York City , carrying freight and 7 6 fi ne hemp G enealogy

o passengers . The Site of the Haggerty h mestead is now marked by a tall elm , spreading its branches not far from ’ o P ow e rs s the s o utheast c rn er of Albert residence . While James Kemp was engaged in b usiness in Water

Mrs V ford , . Emma Willard came there from ermont , and ’ 1 8 1 opened , in 9 , a girls school in a vacant building , pre ’ v i o u sl y Samuel Demarest s tavern , afterwards the site of the Morgan H ouse , on Broad Street , which she conducted

sh e 1 82 1 until , in , established the Troy Female Seminary ,

o in Troy , New Y rk , on the west side of Second Street, between Congress and Ferry streets , in the large brick ’ - building originally kn o wn as Moulton s Coffee house or A S ’ Inn . many of the pupils of Mrs . Willard s school had been his patrons , James Kemp moved to Troy i n

1 82 1 . 2 0 , and opened a shoe and boot store at No Con gress Street , near the seminary , where he enj oyed not a little of the patronage of the teachers and boarding pu pils o 1 2 f the ﬂourishing institution . In the spring of 8 9 he changed his place of business to a b uilding then nu mbered

1 3 2 Fifth Street . In the following year he began taking

b u si n e ss u n til contracts for paving , and followed that

1 86 2 . 1 8 His wife died on December 5 , 3 5 , at thei r resi - dence . He su rvived her thirty three years , dying on

0 1 86 August 3 , 9 , having, du ring the last years of his 6 2 life , made his home at that of his son William , No .

North Second Street . In announcing James Kemp ’s death as that of an old ” ° citizen , the Troy Daily Times remarked His name has been in every Troy City Di rectory published .

H e pu rsued the even tenor of his way through life , and ” died respected by all who knew him . Gbe he mp G enealogy 7 7

XIII

WI LLI AM KE M P O F TH E S I XTH GENE RATI O N

I LLI A M so n , the second of J ames and Elizabeth

Kemp , was born in Troy , Rensselaer County , New

1 1 82 . York , on J anuary 4 , 9 H is parents , brother, and - two sisters were then living in a two story frame dwell

. 2 0 ing , No Congress Street , standing on the western

o f part of the site the Troy Club building , on the south

-s west corner of First and Congress street . In May that year the ﬁrst directory of Troy was published . As disclosed by the Brief Narrative of the ” u n re te n O rigin and Growth of the City , prefacing the p tiou s d uodecimo , the population of Troy was , at that

six time , The increase during th e last ﬁve or

o f years , remarks the writer it, exceeds by more than

in half that of any equal time preceding . For this it is debted to the opening of the Grand [Erie] Canal , whose b e ne ﬁ ce n 1 t waters reached the H u dson in 82 4 . Troy has reaped some share of the boundless ben eﬁts di ff used by that great undertaking , as it has opened her markets , in some measu re , to the immense regions of the West , from which they had previou sly been almost entirely excluded .

t o The stores being generally conﬁned River Street ,

is nearly all the busi ness transacted there , and hence the remainder of the city exhibits the tranqu il aspect and noiseless quiet , which are seldom fo und b ut in the cou n 7 8 ti the hemp Genealogy

P o este n W nants try . Two streams [the and y kills] , ff - which a ord an immense quantity of water power , empty into the H udson within its limits . They already move

ﬂ o u rin - the machinery of a nu mber of large g mills , an d

o of several very extensive ir n , cotton , and woolen manu fa ctu ring establishments . The public bu ildings in Tro y consist of nine places of public w o rship [First and Sec ’ ond Presbyterian , St . Paul s Episcopal , First Particular

Baptist , Friends , State Street and Albia Methodist , St .

’ Peter s Roman Catholic , and First Universalist churches] , ’ two banks [the Farmers Bank and the Bank of Troy] ,

o — o a female seminary , an infant sch ol h use , a Lancasterian - school ho use , three markets , a gaol , and some others of minor importance . The fou ndations of a new court house have been laid , and contracts for its completion entered into , which it is said will be worthy of the place . The stores upon the bank of the H udson have commo f dions docks in their rear, with su ﬁcient depth of water ,

fo r o and there is still space many m re , as well as for a

o f great extension the place in every direction . An elegant and secure steamboat for the carriage of

C/z i e J u sti ce M a rs/t a ll passengers , the f , leaves Troy

tw o . or three times every week for New York Another,

New London - the , is employed as a tow boat , and car ries to and from that city an immense quantity of freight

o e and many passengers . Abou t eighty slo ps and oth r

o craft are engaged in the business of transportati n , prin ci all t wo p y between these cities , and several schooners

o ply regularly between Tr y and Boston . The trade of Troy supp o rts four newspapers [the ” ’ ” Troy Budget , the Farmer s Register, the Troy

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o With tentative wisd m he sought , at the age of twelve

o years , to disc ver the particular calling which he was best

ﬁtted to pu rsue with satisfying evidences of success . Being off ered an initiatory position in his cousin

’

Edwin Kemp s store at Watertown , New York , he began obtaining there a rudimentary knowledge of drugs and

1 8 1 . o medicines in 4 A strong l ve of home , however ,

8 2 1 brought him back to Troy in 1 4 . In the fall of 84 3 he undertook to acquire , in the printing establishment of ” o - the Troy Daily P st , the art of type setting , at a wage - of seventy fi v e cents a week . Although having with pains-taking zeal attained a commendable proficiency as a compositor , the remuneration was too inadequate to be advantageous to his interests , and in the follow ing year he accepted the position of a clerk in a River - Street crockery store , with a weekly stipend of one h d o llar and fifty cents . Merc andising he found was not

his fo r to his liking , and he essayed to discover aptitude a mechanical craft . His overtures to Charles F . Mann , a steam-engine builder and brass-founder engaged in

1 o business at No . 7 N rth Third Street , placed him in a positi o n which soon disclosed to him an industrial calling for which he had a stro ng natural ben t and also a satis fy i ng preference . As a consequence the ambitiou s

o 1 8 y ung Troj an saw , in May , 4 7 , his name printed fo r

the ﬁrst time i n a Troy directory Kemp , William ,

1 . brass founder, b . [boarding] 7 North Second I n 1 848 he accepted a positi o n in the machine works established on Green Island , where he diligently applied himself to gain the experience and skill of a practical

mechanist . fi tlj e hemp Genealogy 8 1 - While foreman of the works , he , in the twenty secon d

d au h year of his age , plighted troth with Rebecca , the g

o ter of J hn and Mary Cantrell of Troy , where they , on

2 2 1 8 0 December , 5 , were joined in the bonds of holy matrimony . They resided on Green Islan d until the w 1 8 1 . sp ring of 5 Thereafter they d elt in Troy , the bi rthplace of their ﬁve children , three sons and two daughters .

1 8 1 . In 5 Ezra S H oward , who early in the present century had a copper and tin smithery on the southeast

o n corner of the alley Ferry Street , between Second and

1 82 Third streets , and had , about the year 5 , established

o n o f b e a small plant the west side North Third Street ,

as tween Federal and J acob streets , known the Troy

w as - Bell Foundry , still in business at the last named

o f place . In the fall that year William Kemp and O z ni

ﬁ rm - 81 Pearson , u nder the name of William Kemp

Company , rented the property and engaged there in the

o f o manufactu re brass castings . I n the foll wing year

to William Ke mp succeeded the b usiness , which by his individ ual enterprise and competitive energy speedily ’ acquired prominence as one of Troy s ﬂ o u rishing indus

. 1 8 6 tries H e purchased the property in 5 , and called the plant the Troy Brass Fou ndry , which name i t still

. 1 8 8 s on retains About the year 7 he took his eldest ,

o J ames , int partnership with him , u nder the name of - 81 S o n . William Kemp , Brass founders Since the death

1 8 0 of J ames Kemp , in 9 , the business has been continued u nder the same title , the estate of the deceased son being ” represented u nder the term company . About the year 1 85 3 William Kemp became a mem 82 hemp G enealogy

’ o f ber the Troy Citizens Corps , an independent military

o o 1 8 . c o n c mpany , l cally famous , organi zed i n 3 5 His ne cti o n wa s n o t o a c with it of l ng continuance , yet he qui red considerable knowledge of th e u s e o f arms and c o mp any ev o luti o ns f rom instructions v o lu ntarily given

o the corps by Lieutenant Ge rge L . Willard , a member of - f o f G . the sta f Major eneral J ohn E Wool . 1 8 2 By a charter grante d on J une 4 , 4 , by the Right Worshipful Gran d Lodge o f the Ancient and H onorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the State o f ’ o 1 New York , King S lomon s Primitive Lodge , No . 9 , w as 1 1 o du ly i nstituted on August , that year, in Tr y .

1 6 1 8 O n March , 5 4 , the ﬁ rst degree of masonry was conferred upon William Kemp by King Solomon ’s Prim i tiv e o its o L dge in room in the Mas nic Hall , then in the

o bu ilding on the northwest c rner of the alley , between 2 First and State streets , where , on March 3 , he received 2 the second degree , and , on April 3 , became a Master

Mason . The public career o f William Kemp in the ﬁeld o f municipal politics began six years after he had attained

o n his maj ority , or, more deﬁnitely , Satu rday evening ,

1 8 March 3 , 5 5 , when he was nominated , by the mem bers of the Whig Party residing in the Second Ward of

fo r . Troy , their candidate school commissioner It was ’ his good fortune to b e elected after a day s canvass , on 6 ’ Tuesday , March , the day of the city s charter election ,

o f b e 1 by a majority ﬁve votes , having received 3 9 , and 1 his Democratic opponent , Isaac N . Haight , 3 4 . The f same o ﬁce , remarkable as it seems , was held by him six teen successive years , and the presidency of the Board Ghe hemp Genealogy 83

1 1 86 0 1 1 8 1 of Ed ucation fro m March 4 , , to March 3 , 7 . 6 1 8 2 O n March , 7 , at the last meeting of the Board of

o Educati n attended by him as a member, the following commendat o ry res o l ution was unanimously adopted : “ Resolved m , That as William Ke p , Commissioner of the

o F u rth Ward , is about retiring from the Board , an ex pression of the thanks of the Commissioners , as well as those of the citizens of Troy in general , are due hi m , as a public benefactor ; an d further , that the Board feels it d u e him to express in a public manner its approbation of the co u rse of Mr . Kemp , during the time he preside d over it , as always fair and impartial ; and that the Board

o f as a public body , will deeply feel the loss his services ” o and wise c u nsels .

2 0 1 8 v o lu n On A u gust , 5 7 , William Kemp became a teer ﬁreman of the city of Troy by j oining Trojan Hook and Ladder Company N o . 3 , with which he was the re

6 1 86 after actively identi ﬁed until O ctober , 4 , when he

o . 2 0 withdrew from it by resignati n O n December ,

1 86 0 w as - , he elected a member of Steam Fire engine

2 1 86 1 w as re o r an Company No . , which , on April I , , g - i z e d as H ugh Ranken Steam Fire engine Company

2 o No . 1 86 1 , from which he withdrew on O ct ber 3 , , by

b e resignation . The personal i nterest which publicly b ut u n ostentatiously exhibited in his co Op e rati on in o b - taining for the company the ﬁrst steam ﬁ re engine it possessed is thus particulariz ed by the author of the hi s tory o f The Firemen and Fire Department of Troy

An enterprising citizen , having previously intimated that he would fu rnish the m o ney for the p urchase of a ﬁ - re . 1 0 steam engine by Eagle Engine Company No , 84 Elbe hemp G enealogy and a nu mber of the pro minent members of the company having critically inspected the working o f the steamer

Amoskeag No . exhibited at the Rensselaer Coun ty ’ a nd a o Agricultu ral M nufactu rers S ciety fai r, held on

o f o o n 2 the grounds the S ciety , at Troy , Sep tember 7

2 8 1 86 0 2 and , , on Sep temb er 7 , that year , accordingly c o ntracted for the delivery of the engine to the co m pany . I n the evening , they and other members of the

o c mp any marched to the fair grounds , headed by a band

’ of mu sic , and retu rned with th e engine to the company s

o . 1 . o h use , No 4 Federal Street When the agent wr te

1 1 of his coming to Troy , on O ctober , to receive the

o ff money pr mised him , the citizen who had pro ered to help the company in paying fo r it had met with a reverse

ff o in his business , and was unable to a rd the desired

wh o assistance . H ugh Ranken , had been conﬁrmed a

1 86 0 n member of the company on April 5 , , on learni g the ﬁnancial embarrassment o f the company in meeting

o the contract , acquainted J ared S . Weed , Jacob Jac bs ,

Thomas Symonds , William Kemp , Roger A . Flood ,

o . William Gu rley , Ge rge B Smith , George H . Phillips ,

H iram Miller , William Eddy , and O zni Pearson with the fact , and they and he severally gave thei r individual

o n e 1 2 0 0 notes for hu ndred dollars , aggregating $ , which

’ were discounted at the Manufactu rers Bank . The organization of the third Protestant Episcopal

o chu rch in the city was acc mplished on December 3 , “ 1 8 6 w as 3 , when it incorporated under the title of The

V o f Rector, Wardens , and estrymen Christ Chu rch in ” the city of Troy . The erection of the chu rch , standing

o f on the west side Fifth Avenue , between Bridge ﬁllye hemp Genealogy 85

was t Avenue and Jacob Street , u nder aken in the spring

1 8 8. o n 1 of 3 The octagonal ediﬁce was consecrated J u ne ,

1 86 1 8 . 3 9 In 7 the building was renovated and enlarged , and in 1 882 the interio r was repainted and refu rnished .

Mu lchah e D u ring the incumbency of the Rev . James y as rector of Christ Chu rch , William Kemp , then residing

No . 1 at 4 North Second Street (now Fifth Avenu e) , began attending services condu cted in that ediﬁce . O n

2 1 8 o n e Easter Monday , April 5 , 5 9 , he was elected of

H is ff the vestrymen of Christ Chu rch . zealou s e orts to pro mote its interests and his gene rous contributions to advance its beneﬁts were in harmony with his religiou s

. 2 1 8 w as principles and reverent faith O n April , 7 7 , he

e 2 1 880 chosen j unior ward n , and on March 9 , , senior - f warden , in which last named o fice he still serves the congregation with marked acceptableness . At the outbreak of the Civil War no citi zen was more energetic in his efforts to strengthen the defensive power of the national government than he . I n those memo rable first days of local activity to hasten the departure of the Sec o nd Regiment of New York State V olu nteers for the seat of war , he patriotically sacrificed his time and generously subscribed money to speed the progress of enrolling vol unteers to complete the complements of the ten companies of the battalion which was mustered

1 1 86 1 into the service of the United States on May 4 , , and four days later left Troy by water transportation , in

o f the sight a multitude of cheering and weeping people . Knowing the ﬁtness and tru stworthiness of William

o Kemp , his Excellency , E . D . M rgan , governor of the

1 86 1 State of New York , appointed him , on J un e 7 , , 86 Gbe he mp G e nealogy

paymaster to the Second Regiment , New York State

V o f lu nteers , which o ﬁce he ﬁlled u ntil the United States go v ernment ordered the discharge of all the paymasters of v o lunteer regiments in national service . The return of the valorous su rvivors of the Second

o f V o Regiment New York State lunteers to Troy , on

1 1 86 two o f May 4 , 3 , after years active service , was made a memorable occasion o f rej o icing by the patri o tic

citizens . William Kemp , having been delegated by the C o mmon C o uncil to escort the battalion from J ersey City ’ D o ri n s homeward , went there with g Band , and was received with many hearty expressions of delight by the

f wh o o ﬁcers and men of the regiment , , having discovered

the band by the welcoming musi c quickly heard by them , leaped fro m the cars and ran eagerly to where it was

re re stationed , and , grasping the hands of the waiting p

se ntativ e o l o of the pe ple of Troy , e icited fr m him the

purpose of his unexpected presence there at that time . - The three h undred and eighty six men then composing the regiment arrived at Troy on the following morning

a nder i lt on the steamboat V b .

A s admirably related by William Kemp , he discovered an aged woman distressedly weeping on the wharf

where the s o ldiers were disembarking . Sympathetically

sh e was questioning her , he learned that the mother of one wh o had been falsely reported as killed in the battle

o n 2 d o f at Chancellorsville , the May , the last en gage m en t in which the regiment had participated before

returning home . H e immediately turned toward th e

a nderbi lt so n wh o was V and pointed to her , standing by f ’ the ta frail , waving his cap to gain his mother s recog

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c o W j udicious and p racti al legislat r , illiam Kemp in the deliberations of the Common Council was u nexcelled .

1 0 1 86 On May , 5 , having receive d an u rgent invita

o - ti n from Maj or General J oseph B . Carr to visit his

o military headquarters at Fort Pocah ntas , on the J ames

r River, and to bri ng with hi m s uch relatives and f i ends as might be pleased to accompany him , William Kemp

n Mrs made k own this request to his wife , . Robert Morris ,

o . E s . o J hn B Gale , q , De Witt Tuthill , William H . Y ung , and J ames C . Spencer , who were delighted to have an

o f Op p rtunity of visiting the distinguished o ﬁcer . The

1 2 1 86 o n party left Troy on Monday evening , May , 5 ,

Va nderbi lt board the steamboat , and went from New

York City by train to Baltimore , and thence by the

A dela i de ' to steamboat to Fortress Mon roe , and thence - Norfolk , where they found Maj or General Carr waiting

f ron t o . welcome them From there , by th e prop eller s i des , they were conveyed up the J ames River to Fort

o o P cah ntas . Favored by ideal weather , they visited on su ccessive days many hist o rical sites along the banks of

the Upper J ames , viewed not a few ﬁelds of noted battles , beheld the tu m uli of the forts and earthworks around

City Point and Petersbu rg and at Bermuda H undred , and rambled about the streets o f Richmond and inspected

b o o Li by Pris n , the Capitol , and ther buildings of renown

o in the city . Fr m Fort Pocahontas they returned

h o meward by w ay of F o rtress Monroe and Washington . The enj oyed incidents of their visit are interestingly “ ” described in a J ournal o f the Excu rsion written by

o 1 8 1 William H . Y u ng , which , in 7 , was attractively ﬁf - t . printed , makin g an octavo of y nine pages di ne hemp Genealogy 89

1 86 o f . . On the retirement , in 5 , N J Rockwell as a - c o partner of J oseph B . Carr in the proprietorship of the

A merican Chain Cable Works , established by them that year on the bank of the H udson River, between Douw

Street and Smith Aven u e , in the northern part of the city , William Kemp and D e Witt Tuthill became asso

ﬁ rm ciate d . with Joseph B Carr , u nder the contin ued m 81 . name of J . B . Carr Co pany On the death of

1 886 . De Witt Tuthill on March 4 , , Joseph B Carr and William Kemp contin ued manufactu ring extensively chains and cables at the o riginal plant under the same - - ’ ﬁ rm . o . name Maj r General J oseph B Carr s death , on

2 1 8 o February 4 , 9 5 , having diss lved the partnership , the ownership of the works passed by conveyance to the

1 1 8 6 J . B . Carr Company , organized on Feb ruary 5 , 9 ,

r. when William Kemp , J , was elected president of the company and his father on e of its directors .

2 1 8 The Ionic Club , organized on A u gust 7 , 5 3 , for - the promotion of good fellowship and social enjoyment , has for many years had its rooms on the second ﬂoor of

1 the building known as No . First Street . William

o f 1 Kemp became a member the club on December ,

1 86 was o f 5 , and elected one its trustees i n the years

1 8 1 8 1 8 . 7 3 , 74 , and 7 5

2 1 8 0 Un der an act of Legislatu re passed April , 5 , the Troy and Lansi ngbu rgh Railroad Company was

o n 1 1 86 1 organized , February 9 , , by the election of its f ﬁ rst o ﬁcers . The Common Council of the city of Troy

2 0 1 86 0 o fo r having , on Au gust , , granted permissi n the construction of a single-track railway extending from the

W nants y Kill to the north bounds of Troy , the b uilding 9 0 age {hemp 45 211 281 05111

1 of the road was begun on Monday afternoon , J uly 5 ,

1 86 1 . A small car, drawn by a horse and provided - with a fare box , b egan running on the road on A ugust f 2 . o o 1 86 2 9 , that year The c mpletion the road in was an event o f considerable l o cal importance and highly

to o o f gratifying the pe ple of Troy , as the constru ction the street railway was accomplished before the city of 1 86 Albany had one . On O ctober I O , 3 , the Troy and ’ o o to C h es Railroad Company s line began be operated ,

1 86 6 o f and in November , , a part of that the Troy and

o n 1 8 Albia Hors e Railway Company , and A ugust ,

1 880 o f , that the Lansingbu rgh and Cohoes Railroad

o 2 0 1 88 C mpany , and on August , 4 , that of the Water

ford and Cohoes Railroad Company . William Kemp became ﬁnancially interested as a stockh o lder in the management o f the Troy and Lansingbu rgh Railroad o n

1 1 86 1 1 86 May , 7 , and on J anuary 4 , 9 , became one of d - its irectors . Elected vice president of the company

’ 1 1 8 ex o czo on J anuary 5 , 7 3 , he became ﬁ a member of

l - o its execu tive committee . His we l kn wn administra tive ability led to his electi o n as president of the co m

I 0 1 8 f pany on J anuary , 7 7 , which o ﬁce he held until

his 1 1 88 resignation of it on J une 4, 7 , when Charles

le minsh aw C became his successor . The Troy and Albia

Horse Railway Company having , at a Special term of

o 2 0 1 8 1 the State Supreme C urt , on J une , 9 , been granted the right to change its name and style itself the

o Troy City Railway C mpany , later acquired the man age m e nt of the Troy and Lansingbu rgh Railroad Com ’ pany s line and the lines of the three other named co m pani e s through leases to the Troy and Lansingburgh

9 2 ti the Ifi emp QBenealogp

o f o f in the administration the du ties that position . H e

o ff is th roughly acquainted with the a airs of the city , and is p rep ared to assu me their management to the ad v an

h as tage of o u r citizens . H e been the stanch friend of

o the c mmercial and business interests of Troy . He is

n o w identified with them , and the public interests can be intrusted to him with a confident assurance that they will find in him an hon est and intelligent official who will sup port them firmly and with tact and e fficiency on all occa

o o sions . Troy will h nor and serve itself by the electi n ” of M r . Kemp for its mayor

o f The D em cratic candidate for the o ﬁce was the Hon .

Thomas B . Carroll . The defeat of William Kemp , as

was p ublicly alleged , was secured by illegal voting and ’ o - f ball t box stu ﬁng on March 7 , known as Troy s charter

election day , he receiving 3 5 99 votes , and his opponent

6 2 1 . 3 The friends of William Kemp , however , lost no faith in their power to elect him two years later . H aving obtained his permission to nominate him agai n a candi

date for mayor , they , on Thu rsday evening , February

2 1 8 o o - 7 , 7 3 , in conventi n at the c u rt house , placed him

o o f anno u nc before the pe ple for election t that o ﬁce . I n ing the candidature , the Troy Daily Times pertinently remarked The Republican Convention to n o minate a City Ticket did well . It presented a ticket for the electors of the city which ought to command a stren uous and wide su p port , and which ought to be triumphantly elected . The

chief ofﬁcer t o be chosen is the mayor . If the right man should be elected , a great deal will be accomplished to wards giving the people of the city the kind of govern large k emp ctBeneaIugp 93

ment they requ ire . William Kemp is the right man . i H is character for integrity is above reproach . H e s a man wh o has made his own way i n life fro m an humble position to an honored on e . H e has shown in various ” positions conspicuou s executive capacity . The nominee of the Democratic party was William I n gram . As con ﬁden tly predicted by the sanguine Repub licans was 1 8 , William Kemp elected , on March 4 , 7 3 ,

1 8 mayor of the city of Troy for two years , receiving 4 3

1 . votes , and the Democratic candidate 3 9 7 This grati fying victory of the Republicans was quickly annou nced ’ to waiting throngs of William Kemp s friends and a c “ aintanc e s o n q u . A s related by the Troy Daily Whig ’ the following morning, Sullivan s Band was called ou t ,

’ a procession was formed in front of Colonel E go lf s rooms , on First Street , and the residence of the mayor

6 2 . elect , No . North Second Street , was visited The mayor ’s mansion was crowded with his numerous friends who shook him j ubilantly by the hand . After the ban d ’ re had played Hail to the Chief, and the crowd had

e ate dl his o p y cheered an d called for appearance ou td ors ,

o he came to the do rway with J udge Gilbert Robertson ,

o j u nior , who , in a few congratulat ry remarks , introd uced him to the enthusiastic Rep ublicans crowded in the street

: and on the sidewalks . M r . Kemp then spoke Brother Republicans and my Democratic friends : We have fo ught

o the battle and you have gained the vict ry . I have n ot words to exp ress to you my deep gratification for the f ho nor you have conferred upon me . The o fice of mayor is o a responsible one , and I shall endeavor to perf rm its duties with credit to the city and to myself . I shall 94 fitbe h emp ®mealngp

o f labor for the citizens Troy . I i ntend to be mayor of

the whole city and not of any clique . I tru st I may have

o your support in my e ff rts , and I hop e I can reﬂect credit upon the p o sition to which you have seen ﬁt to elect

o u me . Again I thank y for your kind greeting and bid ’ o you g od night . H e entered upon the discharge of his duties as mayor

n 1 1 1 o 8 . o as his May , 7 3 H e ap p inted private secretary

H enry B . Harvey , and as his messenger Frank Nugent . H is ﬁrst message to th e Common Cou ncil bears date of

2 0 1 8 . H i s o March , 7 3 contemp raries in municipal posi

o tions were J ohn P . Albertson , c mptroller , George C .

B urdett , Chamberlain , and Roswell A . Parmenter , city

’ A s x attorney . mayor he was e oﬁ cz o president o f the

of Board of Police Commissioners , president the Board

o f of Fire Commissioners , chairman the Board of Health ,

chairman of the Contracting Board , a commissioner of

the Funded Debt of the city , a director of the Troy Sav

ings Bank , a director of the Troy Union Railroad Com

o o f pany , a govern r the Marshall Inﬁrmary , a trustee of

the Troy Female Seminary , an d a trustee of the Rens

se lae r Polytechnic I nstitute .

H aving won the general commendation of the citizens ,

without distinction of party , by his upright , able , and impartial administrati o n of the laws and aff airs of the

o f his o f o f city , he , at the end term ﬁce , transferred to

o r. his success r , Edward M urphy , J , elected mayor of

o n 2 1 8 Troy March , 7 5 , all the mu nicipal possessions in

hi s keeping .

r 1 82 1 The T oy Female Seminary , instituted in by m Mrs . E ma Willard , had its rise and growth in buildings

96 i tbe {Kemp QBenea gp paper was at once circulated am o ng the citizens to obtain

o the required m ney . Little progress was made i n get ting subscriptions until William Gurley u ndertook the

o f task personally obtaining them . He later was assisted

his o . su c by Lewis E Gurley , br ther , and they ﬁnally

c e e de d a , by indef tigable exertions , i n secu ring the su m of ranging in subscrip ti o ns from fou r dollars

. 1 1 8 to ﬁve thousand On May , 7 3 , a check , signed by

. 81 . . W L E Gu rley , payable at the National Exchange

Bank of Troy to the order of William Kemp , mayor of

o f the city of Troy , put the Board of Tru stees the Troy

Female Seminary in full possession of the property . - Having fo r thi rty two successive years been a trustee

’ of the celebrated institution , William Kemp s participa tion in the management of its aff airs has been highly c o nducive to its interests as a school for the higher edu

of o t o o cation y ung women and its possessi n of new , - large , and well adapted buildings , and of such apparatus

as the funds of the seminary were adequate to provide . By that dire malady heart-disease William Kemp w as suddenly bereft of the loving companionship of his

2 1 8 2 . estimable wife , on Tuesday , A u gust 7 , 7 H er

o n a funeral , on the f llowing Satu rday morni g , was ttended

o f o by a large concou rse mou rning relatives , sorr wing

friends , and acquaintances . The Rev . J . N . M ulford , o rect r of Christ Ch urch , conducted the services in the

church and at the grave , and the Rev . Eaton W . Maxcy , ’

o o . his p redecess r , then rect r of St J ohn s Chu rch ,

Bridgeport , Connecticut , in a brief but memorable dis cou rse feelingly remarked the sweetness and tenderness

th e of deceased wife and mother , and the charming traits age fi emp QBenea gp 9 7

of her Christian character . The sincerity of her friend ship and the unostentatiousness of her manners imbued all who knew her with a high appreciation of th e nobility

of her soul . The presence of the Rev . Thomas W . Coit ,

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D . D . , LL . D . , recto r of St . Paul s Episcopal Ch u rch , that

o f . the Rev Richard Adams , the assistant minister of St .

’ ’ Paul s , that of the Rev . George Shinn , rector of St . Luke s ,

and that of the Rev . J ames Caird , assistant minister of ’ r St . John s , and their participation i n the last solemn ites

of the Chu rch , were also signiﬁcant of the esteem in

which M rs . Kemp was held by the clergy of the city . ’ o H er remains were interred i n Tr y s beau tiful ne cropolis ,

1 882 Oakwood Ce metery . In , when the chancel of

Christ Chu rch was refu rnished , the su rvivin g daughter

and three sons of Mrs . Rebecca Kemp , in loving memory

of thei r departed mother , gave the chu rch the elabo

r te l a y carved altar now seen in the chancel . The organization of the Citizens ’ Steamboat Company

w as of Troy , with a capital stock of actively 2 2 1 8 2 advanced on January , 7 , by the election of thirteen

o 1 direct rs , and their signing on February 9 , that year,

' ‘ Cz z o Tro the articles of association . The steamboat y f y ,

fo r bu ilt the company , made its initial appearance at the

o n 1 1 8 6 S a ra to a Broadway landing J u ne 5 , 7 , and the g ,

1 1 8 . also built for the company , on J u ne 3 , 7 7 Since the

’ o o organizati n of the Citizens Steamb at Company , William Kemp has been one of its stockholders and

. 2 1 1 8 8 directors O n November , 9 , he was elected presi dent o f the company for the u nexpired term of J oseph wh o 1 8 2 . Cornell , had been its president since 7 On

1 1 8 J anuary 9 , 99 , Charles M . Englis of New York was 98 ﬁ ne ihemp {Benealogp

elected to succeed William Kemp , and is still serving the f c o mpany in that o ﬁce . 1 6 1 8 O n September , 7 3 , William Kemp wedded

Martha Ella , the amiable and accomplished daughter of

David and Cathari ne Bogert of Troy . They o ccupied

2 No . 6 thei r attractive home , North Second Street (later

a s 2 1 v known 74 Fifth A en ue) , between Bridge Avenue

1 8 o f and J acob Street , u ntil 95 , when , in the fall that year, they moved i nto their new and handsome residence ,

6 o N o . 5 Sec nd Street , b etween Congress and State

1 882 of streets . When , in , the interior Christ Church

was . o refurnished , Mrs Kemp generously c ntributed the

o n o w elegant rered s enriching the chancel . ’ - The Troy Citizens Gas Light Company , incorporated

1 1 8 fo r on May 9 , 7 5 , erected that year a plant , the V manufacture of illu minating gas , on the east side of ail

(now Sixth) Avenue , between Canal Street (now Ingalls

o n e Avenu e) and Glen Avenu e . Having been of the

o f its o ﬁrst holders st ck , William Kemp was elected vice

o f 1 1 1 8 president the company on J u ne , 7 9 , and , on

1 o f o A ugust 3 , that year, p resident the highly prosper u s

f o corporation , and was continued in that o ﬁcial p sition

’ o 1 1 1 88 until O ct ber , 9 , when the Troy Citizens Gas — Light Company and the Tro y Gas Light Company (the 1 6 1 8 8 latter having been chartered on February , 4 ) were c o ns o lidated under the name o f the Troy Gas

. o 1 1 88 Company Since O ct ber 4 , 9 , William Kemp has

- o f been vice president it . The Tr o y Associati o n for the Relief of Destitute

2 2 1 8 Children , organized on O ctober , 3 3 , had its name 1 1 8 changed , on December 7 , 3 4 , to that of the Troy

1 0 0 ﬁ ne ﬂi emp {Benealngp army and navy for the preservation o f the Union of the

o States , William Kemp enthusiastically to k part in the

’ organization of the Rensselaer C o unty Soldiers and Sail o rs

o o o M n ument Ass ciati n , which was incorporated on No “ v e mb e r 1 2 1 886 t o , , secure a site and erect thereon a suitable monument in their honor . At the election of

f o 2 the ﬁrst o ﬁcers of the associati n , on November 9 , that

was o . year, he ch sen its treasu rer O n Decoration Day , 0 1 8 0 — Friday , May 3 , 9 , the corner stone of the monument was laid in Washington Square in the presence o f a large concourse of veteran soldiers and sailors and the members

ff o of the di erent military organi zati ns of the city , preceded and followed by th e singing o f dedicatory and patri o tic - hymns by an assemblage of ﬁve hu ndred school children . O n that day the subscriptions and the su m appropriated for the erection of the monu ment aggregated - The granite monu ment , ninety three feet in height and surmounted with a bronz e statue — “ The Call to Arms thirteen feet tall , is an attractive an d conspicuous feature of the city . - A half century ago , Benjamin Marshall , a wealthy manufactu rer of ginghams and other cotton goods , in mills erected by him on the north bank of the Poestem

Kill , near Mount Ida Falls , purposing to provide a retreat

- i n for feeble minded and diseased people , founded the

o in ﬁ rm ary now bearing his name . The instituti n was c o r o rate d 2 0 1 8 1 p on J une , 5 , as the Marshall Inﬁrmary

o f i n in the City of Tr y . The direction of its af airs was trusted to twenty annually elected persons known as its 1 886 governors . Since William Kemp has yearly been chosen one . (the hemp {Benealogp 1 0 1

One of the largest manufactu ring plants established in the city is that recently belonging to the Troy Steel 1 1 88 and I ron Company , incorporated on September , 5 , with a capital of The brick b uildings o f the four separately operated works then possessed by the

o company , which if connectedly aligned wou ld extend m re im than the length of a mile , were ﬁtted with the latest pro ved machinery and appu rtenances . The works were the development o f what in the ﬁrst decade of this

centu ry was called the Albany Rollin g and Slitting Mill ,

f 81 1 80 o n built by J ohn Brinckerho f Company in 7 ,

1 W nants . 88 the y Kill In September, 5 , the Troy Steel and Iron Company began erecting on Breaker Island , lying i n the H udson River, several h undred feet south of the mouth of the Wy nants Kill and nearly Opposite ’ - - the company s steel works , three large blast furnaces ,

1 88 . one of which was put in blast i n May , 7 The ﬁrst - transfer by ferry boat , from the fu rnaces to the steel works , of molten metal for conversion into steel , was

2 1 8 0 . successfully accomplished on O ctober 7 , 9 In the summer of 1 896 the Troy Steel Company succeeded the Troy Steel and I ron Company , and having improved the plant on Breaker Island , began operating i t, the steel-works on the east bank of the ri ver being then

abandoned . William Kemp , being a large holder of the stock of the Troy Steel and I ron Company , was

1 88 its - f elected , in 7 , vice president , which o ﬁce he held u ntil the Troy Steel Company took charge of the works 1 8 6 in 9 , when h e was chosen one of the directors of the new company . At a p ublic meeting held in the Common Council 1 0 2 «Elbe ili emp Genealogy

Chamber, in the City Hall , on Friday evening , Decem

1 1 888 was ber 4 , , William Kemp appointed one of the h undred representative men of Troy to make arrange ments for the celebration o f the one hu ndredth an ni v e r sary of naming the place Troy . The commem o rative acts pro jected by the committee began on Wednesday 2 1 88 evening , January , 9 , with a concert of vocal and

o instrumental music at M usic Hall , foll wed on Thu rsday and Friday afternoons and evenings with histo rical ad

at dresses the same place , and ended on Saturday with

o a processi n in the morning , and a parade , an illu mina

o ﬁ re - ti n , and works in the evening . Restricted exclu siv e l t o was y the citizens , the celebration accomplished without the aid or participation of pe o ple living outside

its the bounds of Troy . In all features the celebration of the centennial anniversary o f the naming of Troy was

o highly enjoyable , creditable , and mem rable . As a memento of it , a hundred b ron ze medals , picturing on

1 8 o one side the village as it was in 7 9 , and on the ther 1 88 the seal of the city in 9 , were stru ck by the order

o of the c mmittee and severally issued to the members . A circular addressed to the press and pe o ple o f the

wa s Unite d States of America issu ed on February 5 ,

1 8 6 o 9 , by a n umber of pr minent and patriotic citizens

C o of hicago , suggesting that on the foll wing anniversary of the birth of George Washington the people of all the “ cities and towns o f the Uni o n make that day even

o o m re glori us , by inaugu rating a movement for cement - ing all the English speaking pe o ple of the world in ” peace and fraternal u nity . The action of the people w a s requested to be taken on the following questions

1 9 4 fame hemp ch enealogp with an i mmediate fo reground view of the several mouths of the Mohawk River and the mist-draped

Cohoes Falls . The soft ou tlines of the antiqu ely de signed gray granite structure are extremely pleasing to

o f the eye , while the open ironwork of the door the crypt is highly artistic and u nobtrusively elaborate .

’ Fro m these interesting particulars of William Kemp s career it is not di ffi cult to dra w j ust and deﬁnite i nfer e nc e s i n concerning his traits of character, rep utation ,

ﬂ u e n ce . arsim o ni , and proclivities Frugal , and yet not p o u s , he assid uously applied his energies i n early manhood

as to gain a creditable position a s uccessful manufactu rer .

i n H aving acquired a gratifying competence , he began

his i n o vesting su rplus income prominent l cal enterprises , a proceeding always regarded as exemplifying good citizenship , and probably yielding him more substantial returns than any of th o se popular Western enterprises which certain men of wealth in Tro y were contempo ra ne ou sly induced to believe were more proﬁtable . In a sm u ch as such ou tlays of money only j ustify mention here as instancing his steadfast adherence to principles assertive of hi s purp o se of making Troy the seat of his investments , his benefactions , on the other hand , whether secular or religious , have never been selﬁshly restricted to the city and its insti tutions . His philanthropy , although often manifested by gifts of money , has as frequ ently been expressed by immediate tenders of as sistan ce and personal services that have won the endur i ng gratitude and lasting reme mbrance of many men and women whom he has befriended in days of crying want and dire distress . t e hemp ali enealogp 1 0 5

The long series of years marking his service as a mem ber of the Board of Education were fruitfu l in e xp e ri e n c e s that obviously gave him a clear and comprehensive u n derstanding of the b eneﬁts dispensed by the public

ad v o schools of the city . H e is a strong and intelligent cate of the education of children in graded schools , and no less an earnest and eloqu ent espou ser of the local claims of the Troy Female Seminary upon the peopl e o f

Troy and its vicinity . The eleemosynary institutions in the city have always had his support by fre quent and

o genero us monetary c ntrib utions . H is mu nicipal and other public ofﬁces have thrown

n him into contact with all classes and conditio s of men , enabling hi m to become a keen discerner of thei r merits

n ot and demerits , b u t making h im u ncharitable or con sequential in his opinions concerning them . H e has ever f been a faithful an d a representative chu rchman , e ﬁciently discharging such duties as were his as ' a member and o fﬁcer of Christ Chu rch and as a frequent delegate to di o cesan conventions . A man of gen ero us sympathies and strong impulses , his attachments as a friend are per

adv e rs i manen t and loyal , an d are not modiﬁed by any ties befalling those endeared to him by l o ng fellowship

f i s and mutual a fection . Gifted as he with an excellent

o mem ry , h e retains with remarkable distinctness th e recollection of the p e cu lia ri te s of pe o ple early known by him , which is strikingly illu strated whenever he i ndulges himself in reminiscences of 1 5mg sy ne . H e is an enter taining conversationalist , and admirably brightens his social intercou rse with pertinent anecdotes and enj oyable - incidents . H is after dinner speeches , when called upon 1 0 6 Qihe hemp a enealogp

to reply to a given toast , are highly felicitous in expres

o sion , being delightfully humor us and sparkling with witticisms . G o verned by the force of his convictions and the ad — m o nitions of an enlightened conscience the beguiling sophistries of demagogu es , the projects of scheming

o p liticians , and the glittering interests of disreputable speculators have as yet failed to entice him to depart from a course of condu ct and engagements that has hitherto obtained for him the evident respect and good will of the people of Troy .

WARS O F TH E C OLONI AL PERI O D

URIN G the memorable periods of hostilities known

’ ’ ’ as King Philip s War, Q ueen Anne s , King William s , ’ ff King George s , and the French and Indian wars , di erent members of the New Englan d Kemp families u n oste n tatio u sly displayed their courage and loyalty with many striking evidences of individu al prowess and heroism . No less than twenty-one have historical records of enrol ment for service in military companies that valorously fought in bloody engagements with ﬁerce savages and ’ ’ a intrepid French soldiers . Vz e : Colonial Military Ser

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o b - rising . To escape disc very , they took a y path lead

to o ing to the main road , which obliged them pass acr ss a stretch of marshy ground and to wade through water . Meanwhile Paul Revere and other Continental patri o ts

h o were on t ei r way to Lexingt n , twelve miles northwest - of Boston , to apprise the minute men there of the march thither of the English soldiery and of the intention of the British to destroy the stores deposited at Conc o rd

o by the provident and arming col nists . The hurried

o f o march the enemy , alth ugh then unopposed , was rapidly being made known to the associated patriots living along the western part of the road over which the

o British tr0 0 ps w uld soon be passing . Discovering that the colonists had gained knowledge of the march of the - force commanded by him , Lieu tenant Colonel Smith “ six detached companies of light infantry , under the

o command of Maj or J ohn Pitcairn , with rders to press for

o ward and secure the two bridges at C ncord , while he sen t a messenger to Boston for a reinforcement . Major

Pitcairn , as he advanced , su cceeded in captu ring every one on the road u ntil he arrived within a mile and a half o f ' Le x in to n g meeting house , when Thaddeus Bowman

o 1 1 0 s ucceeded in eluding the advancing tr ops , and ga p ing to the common , gave the ﬁrst certain intelligence to

o Captain John Parker of their appr ach . - ’ It was then abou t half past fou r o clock . Captain

Parker, commanding the company of Lexington minute men , ordered the drum to beat , alarm gu ns to be ﬁred , and Sergeant William Monroe to form his company in - two ranks a few rods north of the meeting house . It

‘ ’ was was au part of the constitutional army , which di ne hemp 1 15m o 1 0 9 th o ri z e d to make a regular and forcible resistance to any open hostility by the British troops ; an d it was for this p urpose that this gallant and devoted band , on this

o . mem rable morning , appeared on the ﬁeld Whether i t ought to maintain its grou nd , or whether it ou ght to

o retreat , w uld depend upon the bearing and nu mbers of the regulars . It was not long in su spense . At a short

- f re distance from the parade ground the British o ﬁcers , garding the American dru m as a challenge , ordered their

t o troops halt , to prime and load , and then to march - forward in double quick time . Meantime sixty or seventy

of the militia had collected , and about forty spectators , a few of whom had arms . Captain Parker ordered his

o men not t ﬁre unless they were ﬁ red upon . A part of his company had time to form in a military position facing the regulars ; but while some were j o ining the ranks , and others were dispersing, the British troops

o ffi ce rs — rushed on , shouting and firing , and their among — whom was Major Pitcairn exclaiming , Ye villains ye rebels $ disperse $ Lay down you r arms $ Why don ’t you lay down your arms ? ’ “ Th e militia did not instantly disperse , nor did they proceed to lay down their arms . The fi rst guns [fired by the British] , few in n umber , did no execution . A

w . general discharge follo ed , with fatal results A few of the militia who had been wounded , or who saw others killed or wou nded by their side , no longer hesitated , bu t returned the ﬁre of the regulars . Meanwhile the regulars continu ed their ﬁre as long as the militia re mained in sight , killing eight and wo unding ten . The British suffered bu t little ; a private of the Tenth 1 1 0 age he mp 413 81 1 281 05 11

o ne regiment , and probably other , were wounded , and ’ Major Pitcairn s horse was struck . Some of the provin c ials retreated up the road leading to Bedford , but most of them acr o ss a swamp to rising gro und north of the

o 0 0 c mmon . The British tr ps formed on the common ,

ﬁred a volley , an d gave three hu zzas in token of their - victory . Lieutenant Colonel Smith , with the remai nder

o o o of the troops , so n j ined Major Pitcairn , and the wh le d etachment marched toward Concord , abou t six miles ” distant . “ It was between one and two o ’clock in the morning when the quiet commu nity o f Concord were aroused

o fr m their slumb ers by the sou nds of the church bell . t f The committee of safe y , the military o ﬁcers , and prom

i n e nt . citizens , assembled for consultation Messengers were dispatched towards Lexington for info rmati o n ; the - militia an d minute men were fo rmed o n the cust o mary

- i n h abi parade grou nd , near the meeting house ; and the

o tants with a porti n of the militia , under the able super

o f o intendence C lonel J ames Barrett , zealously labored i n removing the military stores into the woods and by ” places for safety .

o One of the messengers , sent to btain information , returned with the startling intelligence that the British

his o regulars had ﬁred upon c u ntrymen at Lexington , and were on thei r march for Concord . It was deter

o mined t go out to meet them . A part of the military o f — - Lincoln , the minute men u nder Captain William

Smith , and the militia under Captain Samuel Farrar , had j o ined the Concord people ; and afte r parading on

o the common , s me of the companies marched down the

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stationed three companies , u nder Captain Laurie , at the bridge , and proceeded with the other three companies to the residence of Colonel Barrett , about two miles dis tant , to destroy the magazines constructed there . Cap

tain Pole , with a party , was sent , for a similar purpose ,

o to the S uth Bridge . The British met with but partial success in the work of destruction , in consequence of the diligent conceal ment of the stores . In the center of the town they

o o lo br ke pen abou t sixty barrels of f u r , nearly half of which was subsequently saved ; knocked o ff the tru n - nions of three i ron twenty four pou nd cannon , and - bu rnt sixteen new carriage wheels , and a few barrels of wooden trenchers and spoons . They cu t down the

- o n liberty pole , and set the court house ﬁre , which was

o u t . pu t , howeve r , by the exertions of Mrs Moulton .

The parties at the South Bridge , and at Colonel Bar ’ rett s , met with poor success . While engaged in this manner, the report of gu ns at the North Bridge pu t a

o stop to their pr ceedings . The British tro ops had been in Conc o rd about two

r - hours . D u ing this time the minute men from the neighboring towns had been constantly arriving on the high grou nds , a short distance from the North Bridge ,

o until they nu mbered about f u r hundred and ﬁfty . f I t is di ﬁcult , if not impossible , to ascertai n to a certainty what companies were presen t that early in the

day . They came from Carlisle , from Chelmsford , fro m

o o . Westford , fr m Littlet n , and from Acton Most of the o perations of the British troops were visible from that

place of rendezvou s . Several ﬁres were seen in the ﬁ be hemp Genealogy 1 1 3

middle of the t o wn . A nxious apprehensions were then f felt for its fate . A consultation of o ﬁcers and promi nent citizens was held . The result of the con s u ltati o n was that it was thought expedient to dislodge the guard at the North Bridge . Colonel Barrett , ac c o rdi n l o g y , rdered the militia to march to it , and to

’ 0 0 pass it , b ut n ot to ﬁre upon the King s tr ps unless they were ﬁred upon . ’ I t was nearly ten o clock in the morning when the

o pr vincials , abou t three hundred in n u mber, arrived near the river . The British guard , under Captain

Lau rie , about one hundred in nu mber , were then on the

a west si de of the river, but on seeing the provincials p proach , they retired over the bri dge to the east side of

fo r e the rive r , formed as if a ﬁght , and began to tak up the planks of the bridge . Maj or J ohn Buttrick , of Con

to cord , remonstrated against it , and ordered his men hasten their march . When they had arrived within a few rods of the bridge , the British b egan to ﬁre upon them . The ﬁrst gu ns , few in nu mber, did no execution ff others followed with deadly e ect . Lu ther Blanchard ,

ﬁ fe r w as a in the Acton company , the ﬁrst wou nded ,

and and afterwards Captain Isaac Davis Abn er Hosmer,

. O n of the same company , were killed seeing the ﬁre f take e fect , Major B uttrick exclaimed , Fire , fellow $ ’ $’ soldiers for God s sake , ﬁre The provincials then

ﬁred , and killed one and wou nded several of the enemy .

The ﬁring lasted b ut a few minutes . The British im mediately retreated , in great confusion , towards th e

— a main body , detachment from which was soon on its way to meet them . The provincials p ursu ed them over 1 1 4 t e hemp Genealogy

o o the bridge . Part of the p r vincials so n turned t o the left , and ascended the hill on the east side of the

o o mai n r ad , while an ther part retu rned to the high

o d r gr un s , ca rying with them the remains of the gallant

Davis and Hosmer . Military order was broken , and

o many , who had been on d uty all the m rning and were

re hungry and fatigued , improved the time to take freshment .

Meanwhile the party under Captain Parsons , retu rned ’ from Colonel Barrett s house , repassed the bridge where

saw the skirmish took place , and the bodies of their com

o pani ns . It would have been easy for the provincials

o ff to have cut them . But war had not been declared , and it is evident that it had not b een fully resolved to

o h attack the British . Hence this party of ab ut one u n

o dred was allowed , u nm lested , to join the main body .

- o b Lie utenant Colonel Smith concentrated his force , f ained conveyances for the wounded , and occupied abou t

o two hours in making preparati ns to return to Boston , a delay that nearly proved fatal to the whole detach ment . News of the bloody encounter at Lexington and the later engagement at Concord was speedily carried to the neighboring towns and before nightfall to many places - b eyond them . The minute men and militia were not tardy in assembling on the parade-grou nds of the diff erent villages on hearing the designated signals , whether of

ﬁ ring guns or ringing church bells , and within an hour or two were rapidly marching by the most direct roads leading to one or the other of the two scenes of the ’ day s memorable events .

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were D udley Bradstreet , Ebenezer, and William , sons of

Ebenezer and Mary Bradstreet Kemp , and Ephraim and

o Samu el , s ns of Samuel and Elizabeth Gilson Kemp .

The Groton companies , i n consequence of the late hou r of the day when they began their march , did not succeed ’ in taking part i n the pursuit of the enemy s force . The

o o Medf rd c mpany had two men killed , and the Billerica company two wou nded . - That afternoon the Fitchburg minute men , one of whom was Benjamin , the third son of J oseph and Mar garet Chamberlain Kemp , u nder the command of Captain

Eben ezer Bridge , started for Concord , and immediately after thei r departure a large wagon , ﬁlled with provisions , was dispatched to follow them . The company proceeded as rapidly as possible , but did not reach Concord u ntil evening , too late to take any part in the events of that historic day . Although receiving the intelligence of the startling events at Lexingto n and Concord at a later

u - ho r , a company of min ute men of Hollis , New Hamp

-ﬁ v e shire , twenty miles distant from Concord , commanded by Captai n Reuben Dow , and of which Thomas , the son of Zerubbabel and Abigail Lawrence Kemp , was a mem ber , began marching thither that same day .

’ On the following m o rning Captain William Scott s - company of minute men of Peterboro , New Hampshire ,

son of which William , of Jason and Hannah Meers Kemp , was a member, began a long march of forty or more miles to reach it . On the same day Captain H ugh ’ Mc Clellan s o f - company minute men of Shelburne ,

-ﬁ ve b e Massachusetts , eighty miles from Concord , also t e hemp Genealogy 1 1 7

gan marching toward that place . A masa and Lawrence , sons of J ohn and Sarah Holden Kemp , were en rolled - members of that body of min ute men . The ardent patriotism of the Kemps of N ew England had , indeed , a signal manifestation by the presence of fourteen o f thei r representatives in the companies of militia an d - minute men who are so early recorded as having dared to take up arms against the arro gant power of Great

B ritain in defence of their declared rights . “ The woods lined both sides of the road [beyond ’ B rook s tavern] which the British had to pass , and they - were filled with the minute men . The enemy w as now completely between two fi res , renewed and briskly kept d up . They ordered out a flank gu ard on the left to is

lodge the Americans from their posts behind large trees , ’ b ut they only b ecame a bette r mark to be shot at . And for three or four miles along these woody d e ﬁle s the ” British suff ered terribly .

o The British tro ps , when they arrived within a short - f distance of Lexington meeting house , again suf ered severely from the close pursuit an d the sharp ﬁre of the

o provincials . Their ammuniti n began to fail , while thei r light compani es were so fatigue d as to be alm o st u nﬁ tte d o r f service . The large nu mber of wounded created con

0 0 fusion , and many of the tr ps rather ran than marched in order . The detachment , however, must have

it s soon su rrendered , had it not , in extreme peril , found shelter in the hollow squ are of a reinforcement sent to

’ their relief . Percy s b rigade [the rei nforcement] ’ met the harassed and retreating troops , about two o clock , 1 1 8 I bo hemp G enealogy

o - within half a mile of the Lexingt n meeting house . They

’ were so much exhausted with fatigue , the British his

‘ o torian , Stedman , writes , that they were obliged t lie down for rest on the grou nd , thei r tongues hanging out f ’ o . ﬁ eld their mouths , like dogs after a chase The

’ pieces from the high ground below Monro e s tavern r played on the provincials , an d for a short pe i od there was , save the discharge of cannon , a cessation of battle .

From this time , however, the troops committed the most wanton destruction . Three hou ses , two shops , and a barn were laid in ashes in Lexington ; buildings on the route were defaced and plu ndered , and individ uals were grossly abused “ After a short interval of rest and refreshment , the

o o British rec mmenced their retreat . Then the pr vincials renewed their attack . In West Cambridge the skir mishin g again became sharp and bloody . The wanton destructi o n of life and property that marked the course of the i nvaders added revenge to the natural - bravery of the minute men . The British troops took the road that winds rou nd Prospect Hill . When they entered this part of Charlestown their situation was

o critical . The large n umber of the wou nded pr ved a

o distressing obstruction to their pr gress , while they had

ﬁ e ld— b ut few rou nds of ammunition left . Their pieces

o o had l st their terror . The main body of pr vincials

hung closely on their rear, and seven hundred strong threatened to cut off their retreat to Charlest o wn - w The minute men closely followed , but hen they

reached Charlestown common , General William Heath

ordered them to stop the pursuit .

1 2 0 i tlj e hemp G enealogy allso some one hill or hills o n Dorchester neck be like

o wise Secu red , Therefore Resolved unanim usly that it b e recommended to the Cou ncil of Warr , that the

m ai nttai ne d fi abovementioned , Bu nker hill , be , by Suf cient force being posted there , and as the particular S ittu ati o n of Dorchester neck is unknown to this Com mitte e , they advise that the Cou ncil of war take and pursue su ch Steps respecting the Same , as to them shall appear to be , for the Secu rity of this Colony .

: BENJA WHITE , Chairman .

At that time thirteen representatives of the New England Kemps were enlisted men in the Provincial

: o Army Amasa , son of J hn and Sarah H olden Kemp , a sergeant in Captain Agrippa Wells ’s company i n ’ Colonel J ohn Whitcomb s regiment ; David , son of

David and Hannah Sawtell Kemp , in Captain Josh u a

’ ’ Parker s company i n C o lonel William Prescott s regi

o m ent ; Du dley Bradstreet and William , s ns of Ebenezer and Mary Bradstreet Kemp , in Captain Thomas Wait

’ ’ Foster s c o mpany in Colonel Richard Gridley s regiment

of artillery , and their brother Ebenezer, in Captain Henry Farwell ’s company in Colonel William Prescott ’s

o regiment , and their br ther Simeon , in Captain Abi

’ jah Wyman s company in the same regiment ; J oseph ,

so n of J oseph and Margaret Chamberlain Kemp , in Cap

’ tain Ebenezer Bancro ft s company in Col o nel Ebenezer

’ Bridge s regiment , i n which company and regi ment was

o o o S l mon Kemp of Bedf rd ; Reuben and William , sons

o f o J as n and Hannah Meers Kemp , in Captain Samuel

’ ’ Richard s c o mpany in Col o nel J ohn Stark s New H amp one hemp G enealogy 1 2 1

d shire regiment , and their brother Tha deu s , in Captai n Luke Dru ry ’s company in Lieutenant-Colonel J onathan ’ so n Ward s regi ment ; Thomas , of Zerubbabel and Abi m ’ gail Lawrence Ke p , in Captain Reuben Dow s com ’ pany in Col o nel William Prescott s regiment ; and Wil

son liam , of H ez ekiah and Rebecca Kemp , in Captain

’ Charles F o rb u sh s company in Colonel Ebenezer

’ Bridge s regiment . “ On Friday , the sixteenth of J une , the commanders of the army , in accordance wi th the recom mendation of

o t o the Committee of Safety , to k measures fortify Bu n

’ ’ o ker Hill . Orders were issu ed for Presc tt s , Frye s and

’ B ridge s regiments , and a fatigu e party of two hundred

’ o s ix Connecticut tro ps , to parade at o clock in the even

o ing , with all the intrenching t ols in the Cambridge

t o camp . They were also ordered fu rnish themselves

o with packs an d blankets , and with pr visions for twenty

’ fo ur hours . Also , Captain Samuel Gridley s company

- ﬁ e ld- of artillery , of forty nine men and two pieces , was ordered to parade . “ The detachment was placed under the com mand of

o Colonel William Prescott of Pepperell , who had rders in writing , from General Artemas Ward , to proceed that

o evening to Bunker Hill , build f rtiﬁcations to be planned by Colonel Richard Gri dley , the chief engineer , and de — fend them u ntil he sho uld be relieved , the order not to be commu nicated u ntil the detachment had passed

Charlestown Neck . The regiments and fatigue party ordered to parade would have constituted a force o f at least fo urteen hundred ; b ut only three hu ndred of Pres ’ ’ ’ cott s regiment , a part of Bridge s , and a part of Frye s 1 2 2 QIIJe hemp Genealogy

- B ri ck e t under Lieu tenant Colonel , the artillery , and the

tw o o . hundred Connecticut tro ps , were ordered to march H ence the nu mber may be fairly estimated at twelve hu ndred . It was u nderstood that reinforcements and refreshments sh o uld be sent to Colonel Presc o tt on the

o o foll wing m rning .

Reaching Bunker H ill , Colonel Prescott called the

o f field ficers around hi m and commu nicated his orders . A long consultation took place in relation to the place to be forti fied The order w as explicit as to

o o B u nker Hill , and yet a p sition nearer B ston , now

’ known as Breed s Hill , seemed better adapted to the d obj ects of the expedition , and better s uited the aring

o f spirit of the ﬁce rs . I t was contended , however, that works ought not to be commenced at this place u ntil

o o Bunker Hill had been f rtiﬁed , in rder to cover , in case of necessity , a retreat . The moments were precious , and the engineer strongly u rged the importance of a speedy decision . On the p ressing importunity of one of the

’ generals , it was concluded to proceed to Breed s Hill . At the same time it was determined that works should

o be erected n Bunker Hill . When the detachment

’ o ff reached Breed s Hill , th e packs were thrown , the gu ns were stacked , Colonel Gridley marked o ut a plan of a

o f rtiﬁcation , tools were distributed , and about twelve

’ ” o clock the men began to work . “ In the cou rse of the night the ramparts of the redoubt had been raised to the height of six o r seven feet , with a small ditch at thei r base , but i t was yet in a rude and very imperfect state . B eing in full view from

was the northern heights of Boston , it discovered by the

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to the commanders , if they did n ot intend move on , he

to wished them open and let the regiment pass . The ’ o D e a rb o r latter w a s immediately d ne . Captain H enry n s company being in front , the commander of that company

o marched by the side of Colonel Stark , who , m ving with a deliberate pace , Cap tain Dearborn suggested the pro prie ty o f quickening the march of the regiment that it might sooner b e relieved from the galling cross ﬁre of

o the enemy . With a lo k peculiar to himself, he ﬁxed his eyes upon the captain , and observed with great composure , Dearborn , one fresh man in action is worth ’ ten fatigued ones , and continued to advance in the same cool and collected manner . When the ﬁ rst companies

’ of C o lonel Stark s regiment reached the top of Bunker

H ill , where General Israel Putnam had taken his station , they halted fo r a few m o ments for those in the rear to come up . ’ o f Several the companies in Colonel Stark s regiment , by the order of General Putnam , began throwing up a

o breastw rk on B unker H ill , while Colonel Stark , after encou raging his men to acquit themselves as resolute defenders of the rights which Great Britain had con t e m tu o u sl p y denied them , led the other companies to the position taken by Captain Thomas Knowlton with

0 0 the Connecticut tr ps , near the base of B unker Hill , six hu ndred feet in the rear of the redoubt , behind a fence , one half of which was stone , with two rails of ” wood above it . The grass of the ﬁeld , on one side of the fence , had been cu t and lay in windrows and cocks . The men o f the regiment took the rails of another fence and thrust them partly thro ugh the space between those ﬁtbe hemp Ge nealogy 1 2 5

o f - o on the top the half stone on e , and then t ssed the gathered hay int o the long rack formed by the rails . Serving as it did t o c o nceal the men behind it from the

ff o . enemy , it also a orded them an advantageous utlook

w as Behind this fence the New Hampshire regiment , commande d by Colonel J ames Reed . Under a general discharge o f artillery from the ﬂoatin g

a d batteries and the shipping in the Charles River , the vance of the British col umns began shortly after three ’ o clock , General William Howe with the right wing to penetrate the American line at the rail fence , and cut

— n off a retreat from the redoubt , Ge eral Pigot with the ” left wing to storm the breastwork and redoubt .

’ Ric ha rd s s Reuben Kemp , in Captain Samuel company

’ in Colonel Stark s regiment , who had been engaged in throwing up the breast work as o rdered by General Put “ f i ' nam , says in an a f davit made by him We had not worked mo re then ten or ﬁfteen min utes before the dru ms beat to arms , and we marched immediately to

w as the redoubt and breastwork , which thrown up the night before . Here we remained till the enemy came to the attack . General Putnam seemed to have the

n o t ordering of things . He charged the men to ﬁre till f the enemy came close to the works , and told one o ﬁcer to se e that the o rder was obeyed . A few pieces were

ﬁred before the order was given . General Putnam passed along the lines quickly with his drawn sword , and threatened to stab any man who ﬁ re d witho ut order .

The enemy kept ﬁring as they advanced , and when

ot they had g pretty near the works , we were all ordered

la u e dl to take good aim and ﬁre . I felt p g y scared as 1 2 6 di ne hemp Genealogy

they were advancing , but after the fi rst fire I did not care much about it , for we cut down a great many , and seemed to confuse the rest . Soon as ever we fired , we

o stepped back and l aded again , and as fast as every man got ready , he discharged his piece . There was no wait ing fo r one another . Behind the breastwork there was a step that the men raised themselves on to ﬁre , and

so then fell back to load , that we were pretty safe under cover . All this time , General Putnam was passing back

u s wards and forwards , from right to left , telling the day was ou r own , and it was not many minutes before the ” enemy began to retreat . “ The ﬁring ceased for a short time , as is related by ’ “ o f Captain Dearborn C olonel Stark s regiment , u ntil the enemy again formed , advanced , and recommenced a spirited ﬁ re from his whole line . Several attempts were

o u r agai n made to turn left , but the troops , having thrown up a slight stone wall on the bank of the river and laying down behind it , gave s uch a deadly fire as cut down almost every man of the party Opposed to them , while the fire from the redoubt and the rail fe nce was so well f directed and so fatal , especially to the British o ficers , that th e whole army w as compelled a second ti me to retreat . At this time the grou nd occupied by the enemy was covered with his dead and wounded . Only a few small detached parties again advanced , which kept up a f distant inef ectu al scattering fire , until a strong reinforce

o ment arrived from Bost n , which advanced on the south f o o . ern declivity the hill , i n the rear of Charlest wn When this c o lu mn arrived opposite the angle of the redoubt , which faced Charlestown , it wheeled by platoons

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ately formed , and delivered a destructive ﬁre upon the retreating troops . General J oseph Warren at this period was killed , and left on the ﬁeld ; Gridley was wounded , and Bridge was again wounded .

In the meantime the Americans at the rail fence ,

’ under Stark , Reed , and Knowlton , reinforced by Clark s ,

’ ’ o C it s , and Chester s Connecticut companies , Captain ’ ’ Harris company of Gardner s regiment , Lieu tenant

Colonel Ward , and a few troops , maintained their ground

ﬁ rm ne Ss re with great and intrepidity , and su ccessfully

o n t . i sisted every attempt tu rn their ﬂank This line ,

wa s . deed , nobly defended The force here did a great

fo r service , it saved the main body , who were retreating

o o ff with disorder fr m the redoubt , from being cut by the enemy . When it was perceived at the rail fence

o that the force under C lonel Prescott had left the hill , these brave men gave ground , b ut with more regularity than could have been expected o f troops who had been no longer under disciplin e , and many of whom never w ’ before sa an engagement . The whole body of

Americans were now in full retreat , the greater part

o f over the to p Bunker Hill . “ The b ro w o f Bunker Hill was a place of great

o slaughter . General Putnam here r de to the rear of the

o retreating tro ps , and regardless of the balls ﬂying about

his him , with sword drawn , and still undaunted in his bearing , u rged them to renew the ﬁght in the unﬁnished

’ ‘ works . Make a stand here , he exclaimed , we can $ G ’ stop them yet In od s name , form , and give the m ’ o one sh o t m o re . It was here that he st od by an artil lery piece u ntil the enemy ’s bayonets were almost upon t e hemp G enealogy 1 2 9

him . I t was not possible , however, to check the

S cammans retreat . Colonel , with a part of his ’ regiment , and Captain Foster s artillery company , on their way to the ﬁeld of battle , reached the top of B unker

. re Hill , b u t i mmediately retreated The whole body

tired over Charlestown Neck , amidst the shot from the ’ enemy s ships and batteries , and were met by ad ditional

troops on their way to the heights . Among them Major ’ B rooks , with two remaining companies of Bridge s regi

m ent . O ne piece of cannon at the Neck opened on the

enemy , and covered the retreat . The British troops , ’ o s about ﬁve o clock , with a parade of triumph , took p session of the same hill that had served them for a retreat

on the memorable nineteenth of April . The loss of the Americans was one hu ndred and forty - killed , two hu ndred and seventy one wounded , and thirty

captured . That of the B ritish was two hundred and twenty-six killed and eight hundred and twenty-eight

wounded .

’

J oseph Kemp , in Colonel Ebenezer Bridge s regiment , ’ o was killed ; Thomas Kemp , in Colonel William Presc tt s

regiment , was wounded ; and among those captu red was

David Kemp of the same regiment . H e was conﬁned in

1 0 1 . the Boston j ail , and there died on September , 7 7 5

In reviewing the incidents of the day , Captain Dear ’ born of Colo n el Stark s regiment remarks ' Every platoon ofﬁcer was engaged in discharging his own mus

ket , and left his men to ﬁre as they pleased , but never

without a sure aim at some particu lar obj ect , which was more destructive than any mode which cou ld have been

adopted with troops who were not inured to discipline , 1 3 0 «t he hemp G enealogy

wh o and never had been in battle , but still were familiar

u se O f with the arms from boyhood , and each having his

o f peculiar manner loading and ﬁring , which had been

t o practised for years with the same gun , any attempt control them by u niformity and system , would have ren

No f dered their ﬁring less fatal to the enemy . t an o ﬁcer or soldier of the c o ntinental troops engaged was in u ni

o form , but were in the plain and rdinary dress of citizens ; ” 1 n o r ﬁ was there an of ce r on horseback .

XV III

WAR O F 1 8 1 2 —1 8 1 5

H E opposition to the war manifested by the New

n E gland States , and the singularly marked avoid ance of the British in making h o stile dem o nstrations

o o upon the c ast of the Eastern States , save b mbarding

o Stoningt n , Connecticut , gave c u rrency to the allega tion that Great Britai n was secretly using means to have

o o them volu ntarily retu rn t her as c lonies . Men of high position and inﬂuence were exceedingly active in e mbarrassing the general government in prosecuting the war and in Openly contending that the United States

1 o of S of o on and o f a of n on C on Hist ry the iege B st the B ttles Lexi gt , 6 co an d u n c a o n am o on 1 8 . 1 1 rd , B ker Hill , by Ri h rd Fr thi gh , B st , 73 , pp , 8 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 . o 7 , , , 3 , 4, 5 , 3 4, 3 , 3 9, 5 , 5 , 5 The P rt l 81 1 82 8 1 8 1 o o ou a c 1 81 8 vo . . 1 1 0 . F li , f rth series , M r h , , v , pp , , 3 , 4, 9 An En qu iry i nt o the C on du ct o f Gen eral P u tn am i n Rel a tion to the B attle ’ ’ f of u n o r an d ma u on . S . S S c o B ker Breed s Hill , Re rks p Mr wett s ket h 6 n an on c m a a o on 1 81 . S th t B ttle , B st , 9, pp , 7 New E gl d Chr i le , epte ber 1 1 4, 7 7 5 .

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DES CENDANTS O F WI LLI AM AN D E DWARD KEM P O F PLYM O UTH AND MASSA CH USETTS — BAY C O LO N IES 1 6 3 5 — 1 6 6 7

I LLI A M KE M P , with his wife Elizabeth and son

William , sailed from the town of Hampton , Eng

1 6 J a mes land , about April 5 , 3 5 , in the ship of London ,

and arrived at Boston , in Massachusetts Bay Colony , on

J une 4 , that year . Thence he went with his family to

o 1 6 Plym uth , in Plymouth Colony , and in 3 9 settled at

1 6 0 . D uxbu ry , where he died in 4

Children

1 am o a . Willi , b rn in Engl nd

2 o . Patience , pr bably in Duxbury

1 William , son of William and Elizabeth Kemp of D uxbu ry ,

n Plymouth Colony , born in E gland , married , in D ux

1 6 6 0 . b u ry , about , Patience , a daughter of the Rev Thomas and Elizabeth Partridge Thacher of Wey c in . mouth , Plymouth Colony Nothing con erning their deaths and children seems to be extant in any - of the early New England records .

z Patience , daughter of William and Eli abeth Kemp of

D uxbury , Plymouth Colony , born probably in D ux

i n bury , married , Weymouth , in Plymouth Colony , on one hemp Genealogy I 3 3

1 6 6 0 so n November 9 , , Samuel , of J ohn and Grace

o n 1 0 1 6 0 . S eabu ry of Boston , born there D ecember , 4

By profession he was a physician . She died in D ux

O n 2 1 6 6 . bu ry October 9 , 7 H e married second , in 1 6 D uxbu ry , on April 4 , 7 7 , Martha , daughter of

P ab o di e William and Elizabeth of D uxbu ry , born

2 1 6 0 . was there on February 4 , 5 Her mother a

daughter of J ohn and Priscilla M ullins Alden , born in

Plymouth in 1 6 2 5 . Doctor Samu el Seabu ry died in

1 6 8 1 . D u xbury on August 5 ,

Children , by ﬁrst Wife

m 1 6 1 6 6 1 o r S . Elizabeth , b rn in Duxbu y, epte ber ,

Sa 1 8 1 6 6 . rah , August , 3

m i 2 0 1 6 6 6 S . a uel , Apr l ,

1 6 6 8 Hannah , July 7 , .

m 1 6 0 o o . J hn , N ve ber 7 , 7 Grace

twms I n x u r a 1 1 6 . , born Du b y, M rch , 7 3 Patience By second wife

o o 8 1 6 8. J seph , b rn in Duxbury, June , 7

S m 2 1 6 Martha, epte ber 3 , 7 9 .

o 1 6 80 . J hn , in

mo 1 6 82 A posthu us child , in .

Massach u EDWARD KEM P , who became a freeman of

1 1 6 8 setts Bay Colony on March 3 , 3 , at Boston , proba bly arrived there in a ship from England , in company with his wife Ann and their daughter Esther . In Sep 1 6 8 tember , 3 , he went with them to D edham , where he

1 6 2 made his home until the spring of 5 , when he moved 1 3 4 «t he hemp Genealogy

1 6 Ch e lm s to Wenham , and thence , in November, 5 5 , to

o . 1 1 6 6 f rd His wife died there on April 7 , 7 , and he 1 1 6 6 8 on December 7 , .

Child

1 a 1 6 1 Esther , born in Engl nd in 9 .

1 O f Esther, daughter Edward and Ann Kemp of Eng

o 1 6 1 land , b rn there in 9 , marri ed in Dedham , in

1 1 6 8 Massachusetts Bay Colony , on November 5 , 4 , 1 6 1 Samuel Foster, born in England in 9 , and died in 1 6 1 0 2 Chelmsford on J uly , 7 , where , the same year ,

she had died on April 1 6 .

Children

m o 0 1 6 Edward , born in Chel sf rd , April 3 , 5 7 ; died

e 1 1 6 6 . th re, August 3 , 7

e w o m 2 1 6 6 2 Andr , b rn in Chel sford , February 9, ; died

m e 2 0 1 6 1 . there, Dece b r , 7

a am o h m o e 2 2 1 6 6 Abr h , b rn in C el sford , Oct b r , 4 ; died

m e 1 6 1 . there , Dece b r 7 , 7

a a e m o o 1 1 6 6 . N th niel , born in Ch l sf rd , Oct ber 4 , 7

o o m 2 8 1 6 1 e J hn , b rn in Chel sford , July , 7 di d there,

m e 1 6 1 1 . Dece b r 3 , 7

‘ 6 o m o em 1 8 . Ann , b rn in Chel sf rd , Dec ber 3 , 4

o e o m o o m 1 1 6 86 J s ph , b rn in Chel sf rd , N ve ber 4 , ; died

e a a 2 1 6 8 . th re, J nu ry 9 , 9

war o m o a a 1 6 8 . Ed d , b rn in Chel sf rd , J nu ry 9 , 9

o o 1 1 6 2 . M ses , Oct ber 4 , 9

S a a 1 6 1 6 . r h , August , 94

ew a 2 8 1 6 . Andr , M rch , 9 5

a e o 8 1 6 6 . J n , Oct ber , 9

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Children

Sa o o 1 1 7 rah , b rn in Gr ton , October 9 , 7 3 .

m 1 8 Sa 1 1 6 . uel , April 3 , 7

m 2 0 1 1 8 9 Willia , April , 7 .

1 0 S 1 1 2 0 . usanna, May 4 , 7

m 0 1 2 2 1 1 a Se . D vid , pte ber 3 , 7

1 2 e 1 2 Esth r , October 9 , 7 5 .

1 1 2 . 3 Ebenezer , April 7 9

d Abigail , aughter of Samuel and Sarah Foster Kemp ,

born in Billerica , in Massachusetts Bay Colony , on 2 1 6 6 u March 7 , 5 , married in Groton , in Massach setts 2 0 1 6 86 Bay Colony , on D ecember , , J ames , son of

Richard and Isabel Blood . H e married ﬁrst, on Sep 1 6 6 tember 7 , 9 , Elizabeth Longley , by whom he had

was one son and three daughters . H e killed by the

Indians .

Children

m 2 a o o 1 1 6 8 . J es , born in Gr t n , August , 7

1 6 1 o 6 8 . J hn , March , 9

2 6 2 o 0 1 . Martha , Oct ber , 9

Jonathan , son of Samu el and Sarah Foster Kemp , born 6 in Groton , in Massachusetts Bay Colony , on April ,

1 6 6 8 1 6 8 , married there , in 9 , Mary , daughter of

J oseph and Mary Gilson of Groton . H e married

o second , in Conc rd , in Massachusetts Bay Colony , on ’ 1 1 1 8 November 9, 7 , Sarah , his ﬁrst wife s sister, born

2 1 6 6 . in Groton on J u ne 5 , 9 fdtlj e hemp Genealogy 1 3 7

Children m 1 o o n o S 1 0 1 6 . 4 J seph , b r in Gr ton , epte ber , 99

1 2 1 0 2 . 5 Mary, May 7 , 7

1 6 o m h 8 1 0 8. J siah , Chel sford , Marc , 7

S m e 2 6 1 1 1 o . 7 J hn , epte b r , 7 4

m e 1 8 1 1 1 1 . Mary, Billerica, Dece b r , 7 9

1 Sa 8 1 2 1 . 9 rah , July , 7

m a a 1 2 2 0 . Anna, Chel sford , J nu ry 3 , 7 3

2 1 o a 6 1 2 . J nath n , April , 7 4

o a m m o m 1 J n than arried , in Chel sford , in N ve ber, 7 44 ,

Abigail Keyes of Chelmsford .

Me l h e tab e .

V O f Zerubbabel , son Samuel and Sarah Foster Kemp ,

born in Andover, in Massachusetts Bay Colony , 1 6 probably in 7 7 , married Mary

Children

2 2 o e 2 8 1 0 Ebenezer b rn in Groton , F bruary , 4 . , 7

2 o 1 2 1 0 3 Zerubbabel , Oct ber , 7 5 .

2 o 1 8 1 0 8 4 J hn , January , 7 .

h a 2 o o a 1 1 1 1 1 . 5 D r t y, b ptized Febru ry , 7

6 o 2 8 1 1 . Mary, b rn in April , 7 3

2 k h 1 1 1 7 Heze ia , baptized August 4 , 7 5 .

2 8 S 1 1 8 arah, August 3 , 7 .

S m r e o o on 1 8 arah a ri d , in Gr t n , August 5 , 7 4 , Eleazer f r. o Nutting, j , that place . ’ Zerubb ab el Kemp s name appears in a list of the n ames of e h ad mo or m a re such settl rs as re ved , conte pl ted

m i o n 1 0 m o o o e ov n g, July 9 , 7 7 , fro Gr t n , in c ns quence

of w o om ant of protecti n fr bodies of hostile Indi ans . «Elbe hemp Genealogy

Wha t a cti on he h ad t ak en d oes n ot appear in the

e o . a m a s e o o 1 6 2 r c rds In s uch he di d in Gr t n , in 7 , he either remaine d or returned th ere s ome time a fter the list O f nam es ha d been se nt to the govern or of

a s a e B a M s chus tts y.

s o n Samuel , of Samuel and Sarah Lacey Kemp , born in

1 1 1 6 Groton , Massachusetts , on April 3 , 7 , married

1 6 there , in Febru ary , 7 3 , Elizabeth , dau ghter of

o J oseph and Mary Gilson , b rn in Groton on February

Children

2 o o 1 6 1 9 J seph , b rn in Groton , January , 7 3 7 .

0 a m a 2 1 1 . 3 Ephr i , M rch 4 , 7 4

m 1 1 1 Sa . 3 uel , August , 7 43

m 1 2 a o e . 3 Eliz beth , N v ber 9 , 74 5

6 1 8. 3 3 Mary, April , 7 4 6 1 1 0 . 3 4 Eunice , July , 7 5

a a 1 1 . 3 5 Ruth , J nu ry 9 , 7 5 3

6 1 8. 3 Eunice April 4 , 7 5 6 o a 2 1 0 . 3 7 J n s , July 7 , 7

8 S a o o 8 1 6 . 3 ar h , baptized in Gr t n , April , 7 4

a a e a w . Sam em sr. s a uel K p , , served priv t in the Indi n ars

em m a e o o on a a 6 1 Ruth K p rri d , in Gr t n , J nu ry , 7 74 ,

f o a a t . o a r. o J hn H dley, j , Westf rd , M ss chuse ts

m ar o o o n 2 1 8 Eunice ried , in Gr t n , July 9 , 7 7 , Jonas

e Sawtell of tha t plac .

o a m r e o on a 1 0 1 8 a J n s ar i d , in Grot n , Febru ry , 7 3 , M ry

f a a as a Nutting o th t pl ce . He served private in the

War R evoluti onary .

Sa a m o on on A 1 8 r h arried , in Gr t , ugust 5 , 7 4 , Eleazer

r a Nutting, j . , of that pl ce .

1 40 t e hemp G enealogy

2 ea o o o u e 2 1 1 4 Phin s , b rn in Gr t n , J n , 7 49 .

3 e 1 1 1 4 Rach l , August 3 , 7 5 .

S a a e 1 44 us nn , Pepper ll , July 4 , 7 5 4 .

a o o a a 2 1 8. 4 5 D vid , Gr t n , J nu ry 5 , 7 5

6 a e m 3 1 1 6 0 . 4 E b h , D b r liz t ece e , 7

S Ma 2 6 1 . 4 7 Lydia, hirley, y , 7 4

8 e o o 1 1 6 8 4 Oliv , Gr t n , April 4 , 7 .

a em . e a wa D vid K p , sr , s rved in the Indi n rs . Phineas Kemp serve d in the C ontinental Army in the Revoluti on ary War an d was killed in the b a ttle at Mon

mo New e . uth , J rsey

m m a i n o o on o 1 6 Rachel Ke p rried , Gr t n , Oct ber 3 , 7 9,

e son am e and a e e o Pet r, of J s Lydi B nn tt Fisk , b rn there

o n a 1 6 1 . M rch , 7 43 W m r. e ar a e o o a . D vid K p , j , s rved in the Rev luti n ry

a m m a o o o n 2 1 8 Lydi Ke p rried , in Gr t n , June 4 , 7 3 ,

a a John Bloo d of th t pl ce .

m o o on 1 8 1 2 8 . Olive Ke p died in Gr t n , March , 7

X 1 1 O f a Esther , daughter Samuel and S rah Lacey Kemp ,

1 2 born in Groton , Massachusetts , on O ctober 9 , 7 5 , 8 married , in Pepperell , Massachusetts , on J uly 74 ,

Zachariah Withe .

Children

m e 1 1 a o . Abig il , b rn in Dece b r 5 , 749

a a 1 2 . Z ch riah , July 7 5

Sam 2 1 . uel , April 4 , 7 5 4

S a o m 1 6 . us nna, N ve ber 4 , 7 5

o m 1 1 . Luke , N ve ber 3 , 7 5 9

Z oa a 1 1 6 . , b ptized July 4 , 7 5 U zziel , ﬁtbe he mp Genealogy

Ebenezer, son of Samuel and Sarah Lacey Kemp , born

i n 1 2 in Groton , Massachusetts , April , 7 9 , married , in

1 1 Westford , Massach usetts , on October 3 , 749 , Mary ,

daughter of D udley and Abigail Lakin Bradstreet,

1 0 . born in Groton , on August 7 , 7 3 H e died before 0 1 0 March 3 , 7 7 . His widow is named in the chu rch

2 1 80 8. records of Groton u ntil March 7 , Children

o o o u 1 1 1 0 49 Ebenezer, b rn in Gr t n , J ne , 7 5 .

0 a u 2 8 1 1 5 Abig il , J ly , 7 5 .

1 am S m 2 1 5 Willi , epte ber , 7 5 3 .

2 a 2 1 1 5 Dudley Br dstreet, April , 7 5 4 .

a o m 2 1 5 3 M ry, born in N ve ber 3 , 7 5 5 .

S m o e em e 2 8 1 S 8. 5 4 i e n , pt b r , 7 5

a 1 6 0 5 5 Lydi , July 4 , 7 .

6 a a 1 1 6 2 5 H nn h , August 7 , 7 . 6 e 2 1 . 5 7 Oliv r , June 7 , 7 5 6 6 8 a 1 3 1 . 5 Ann , b ptized July , 7

' m am e sr. a m Eb nezer Ke p , , is n ed on list, dated Dece

b er 1 1 8 o -man a a am 9 , 7 5 , as a bay net in C pt in J es Pres ’ — c o t t s comp any of Gro ton soldiers Gro t o n D uring th e

m o a Sa . . Indi n Wars , by uel A Green , M . D , Grot n , Massa

hu et 1 88 1 . c s ts . , 3 , p 7 7

m m o on on 1 r. Ebenezer Ke p , j , arried , in Gr t , August 3 ,

1 of o o th e o 7 7 3 , Relief Phillips Gr t n . He served in Rev

lu ti onar y War .

a m m a on 2 3 1 81 Abig il Ke p rried , April , 7 , Daniel

Sm of S r ith hrewsbu y . Dudley Bradstreet Kemp served in th e Revoluti onary

War .

a m oto 1 em M ry arried , in Gr n , on March 9 , 7 7 3 , Neh iah

oo G ld . ﬁtne hemp G enealogy

a m a e o o on o em Lydi rri d , in Gr t n , N v ber 4 ,

f a a o e et e r. o J s ph W h rbee , j , th t pl ce .

a a m a e o o on a 2 2 H nn h rri d , in Gr t n , Febru ry ,

d f a a o e Sa e o . J s ph w t ll , 3 , th t pl ce

so n J oseph , of J onathan and Mary Gilson Kemp , born

o 1 0 1 6 in Gr ton , Massachusetts , on September , 99 ,

2 0 married , i n Concord , Massachusetts , on December ,

1 2 0 7 , Margaret Chamberlain of Billerica . He died

1 6 in Billerica in 7 5 .

Children

a o o em 1 1 1 2 5 9 J s n , born in N v ber , 7 5 .

6 0 o e 2 0 1 2 J s ph , June , 7 7 .

6 1 e am B nj in , June

6 2 Sam on 2 1 ps August 9 , 7 3 3 .

6 a c o 1 2 1 3 J b , August , 7 3 5 .

6 a n e 2 6 1 4 D vid , Ju , 7 3 9 .

6 Se m 1 5 Oliver, pte ber 9 , 7 44 .

m ose r. as a a J ph Ke p , j , served a priv te in Capt in Ebe ’ e a o om a at e of R v nez r B ncr ft s c p ny, the b ginning the e olu tionary War and was killed at the B a ttl e Of Bunker

Hill .

a i m o o a War D v d Ke p served in the Rev luti n ry .

o Mary , daughter of J nathan and Mary Gilson Kemp ,

G 2 1 0 2 born in roton , Massachusetts , on May 7 , 7 ,

1 1 1 1 son married there , on February , 7 3 , Phineas ,

o f Phineas and Elizabeth Parker , born in Groton , on

2 2 1 0 . November , 7 9

I 44 fitbe hemp G enealogy

J ohn , son of Jonathan and Mary Gilson Kemp , born i n 2 6 1 1 Chelmsford , Massachu setts , on September , 7 4 ,

married , in Billerica, Massachusetts , on December 5 ,

1 . 7 3 5 , Susanna Gilson

Children °

a i a a 2 1 7 5 R chel , born in Biller c , M rch , 7 3 7 .

6 Ma 2 o 1 . 7 J hn , y 3 , 7 43

e u a 1 7 7 Eb nezer, Febr ry 7 45 .

8 a 6 1 8. 7 Th nkful , January , 74

a o n em 1 1 R chel died Nov ber 9 , 7 3 9 .

son Zerubbabel , of Zerubbabel and Mary Kemp , born

o 1 2 1 0 in Gr ton , Massachusetts , on October , 7 5 , mar

2 1 ried there , on November 3 , 7 3 7 , Abigail , daughter

O f Zachariah and Abigail Lawrence , born in G roton

1 6 1 1 8. on May , 7 He married second , in Hollis , 2 0 1 8 New Hampshire , on April , 7 5 , Hannah Colbu rn .

a o o n m o 1 8. 7 9 M ry, b rn in Gr t , Nove ber 3 , 7 3

( G 80 a a 1 1 1 Abig il , J nuary 7 , 74 .

8 1 a M a 1 Eliz beth , y 4 , 7 43 .

ma a o 1 82 o . Th s , b ut 7 45 “ 8 a e a 2 1 8 3 Zerubb b l , Febru ry 4, 74 .

8 a a a 2 6 1 0 . 4 Z ch ri h , July , 7 5

By s econd wife :

H n 0 1 8 Sa o o . . a u ar . 5 rah , b rn in H llis , N , J y 3 , 7 5 9

( 6 M 2 6 6 1 86 o a 1 . J hn , y , 7

a m m o o on 2 1 81 Abig il Ke p arried , in Gr t n , April 3 , 7 , f D a vid Smith O Shrewsbury. At a meeting of the inhabitants o f W est Parish in Dun

a o n a 1 1 2 — m was st ble Janu ry 7 , 74 3 , Zerubbabel Ke p li the hemp G enealogy 1 45

present and subscrib ed his n ame to an instrument of

8 1 was of a m of w . 1 riting On June , 7 44 , he one nu ber p e titi oners desiring the pro tecti on of a garris o n O f sol

New a o a a o a R ec diers . En gl nd Hist ric l and Gene l gic l

f New am 8. ow o ord v ol. 1 1 1 . . 1 , xxv p 4 T n papers H p

l 1 x 1 v o . . . . shire , p 94

Gro J ohn , son of Zerubbabel and Mary Kemp , born i n

o n 1 8 1 0 8 ton , Massachusetts , January , 7 , married

1 o f there , on November 4 , 7 3 I , Sarah , daughter J ohn

and Sarah Davis H olden , born in Groton , on Septem

1 1 . 1 . ber 5 , 7 7 H e died in Pepperell in 7 5 5

Children

8 o o o o 1 2 7 J hn , b rn in Gr t n , June 4 , 7 3 .

w m 2 88 a S e 1 . L rence epte b r 4 , 7 3 3

8 u 1 1 1 . 9 Oliver, J ly , 7 3 5

0 a e a 1 1 . 9 J b z , M rch 9 , 7 3 7

m 1 1 1 S S e e e . 9 tephen , pt b r 9 , 7 3 9

2 2 1 2 . 9 Lucy, April 4 , 7 4

m e M a 2 1 1 . 93 A asa , Pepper ll , y , 7 44

M 2 1 6 S a a . 94 ar h , y 9 , 7 4

m r a a w o . . J hn Ke p , J , served as a priv te in the Indi n ars m Oliver Ke p served as a private in the Indian wars .

S tephen K emp served in the Indian wars . Amasa Kemp served b o th in the Indian and R evolu

tionar w y ars .

XXV Dorothy , daughter of Zerubbabel and Mary Kemp , bap

tiz ed 1 1 1 1 I , in Groton , Massachusetts , on February , 7 ,

1 1 0 married there , on J anu ary 3 , 7 3 , I saac Gilson of

that place . «t he hemp G enealogy

Children

aa o o o o e 1 1 . Is c , b rn in Gr t n , Oct b r 3 , 7 3

o o S em e 1 1 . D r thy ept b r 7 , 7 3 3 o e i 6 1 1 . J s ph , Apr l , 7 4

so n o f Hezekiah , Zerubbabel and Mary Kemp , baptized

o 1 1 1 in Gr ton , Massachusetts , on Au gust 4 , 7 5 , mar

1 8 ried , in Chelmsford , probably i n J anuary , 7 3 , Dor

o th Re y Adams of that place . H e married second ,

becca H e died in Grot o n in 1 7 90 .

Children

a o o 1 1 8. 9 5 Hezeki h , born in Gr t n , July 5 , 7 3

6 mo e a 1 1 0 . 9 Ti thy, F bru ry 9 , 74

S a o em e 1 1 1 1 . 9 7 il s , N v b r , 7 4 8 s 1 1 . 9 Abel , Au gu t 5 , 7 43

o o M a 2 1 99 D r thy, y , 7 4 5 .

By s e co nd wife

1 0 0 am 1 6 1 . Willi , April , 7 5 5

1 0 1 a 8 1 1 . P tience , April , 7 5 7

1 0 2 a o e 1 1 1 . M ry, Oct b r , 7 5 9

e a m r e a a Hez ki h Ke p , j . , s rved as a priv te in the Indi n

o a wa o his o e mo and Rev lution ry rs , as als br th rs Ti thy,

S a an d l il s , Abe .

e em m a e M a 1 Ab l K p rried in P pperell , on 4 , 7 7 5 , , y

a of Lucy Pr t t Gro t on .

o o m m a e e a a 2 2 D r thy Ke p rri d , in P pperell , on J nu ry ,

1 6 S m eo son of a a n of 7 7 , i n , D niel and Eliz beth Nutti g

6 1 a a o o o . th t pl ce, b rn in Gr t n , July , 74 7 William Kemp served as a sergeant in the war of the

o Rev lution .

1 48 «t he hemp Genealogy

Children

1 1 1 a u 2 1 6 . Esther , b ptized J ne 5 , 7 9

1 1 2 a m e a 2 1 1 . Ephr i , F bru ry 4 , 7 7

1 1 u 2 1 3 . 3 Anna, J ly 5 , 7 7

1 1 S em e 1 1 . 4 Mary, ept b r 4 , 7 7 7

1 1 a a 2 1 80 . 5 Abel , J nu ry 7 , 7

1 1 6 o e 2 6 1 8 . Mary, Oct b r , 7 3

1 1 S a c o e 1 8 . 7 ew ll , O t b r 9 , 7 5

a m m and R ev . o a Ephr i Ke p , sr , served b th in the Indi n

lu ti on o ary wars .

m m r e on 0 1 1 Esther Ke p a ri d , in Groton , March 3 , 7 9 ,

so n of S mo a of S e o Oliver , i n and H nnah Page hirl y b rn

on 1 1 6 . April 7 , 7 7

a m 2 d m on a 1 1 M ry Ke p , , arried , Febru ry 9 , 7 99 ,

o e Fillebro wn o f m e J s ph Ca brid g .

s o n O f Sam uel , Samuel and Elizabeth Gilson Kemp ,

Gr 1 1 born in oton , Massach usetts , on A ugust , 74 3 ,

6 1 0 married there , on J une , 7 7 , Eli zabeth Kezer of

o n 0 Shirley , Massachusetts . She died O ctober 3 ,

1 2 8 3 .

Children

8 o a 1 1 1 1 o o . J hn , b rn in Gr ton , M rch 3 , 7 7

1 1 o 2 1 2 . 9 Ruth , Oct ber 5 , 7 7

1 2 0 a o 1 1 . Eliz beth Oct ber 3 , 7 7 4

2 m 1 6 1 1 Sa a 8 . r h , Dece ber , 7 7

1 mm a 1 8 1 2 2 o . E , Oct ber , 7 7 9

1 2 e u a 1 1 82 . 3 Eunice , F br ry , 7

2 86 1 o Ma 2 1 . 4 M ses , y 7 , 7

1 2 am Ma 8 1 8 . 5 Willi , y , 7 9

1 2 m 2 1 1 6 a a Se . H nn h , pte ber 7 , 7 9 43 13 2 hemp Genealogy 1 49

Samu el Kemp serve d b o th in th e Indian and Rev olu

- m a a tionar wa a a s a . y rs , in the l st n ed serje nt

o m m a e e on 1 0 1 8 J hn Ke p rri d , in Pepp rell , April , 7 9 ,

Sa a a e of o an d a am o S a r h , d ught r J seph M ry L ps n h ttuck ,

o 2 1 80 . b rn April , 7 , 7

em m a e e e on o m e 8 Ruth K p rri d , in Pepp r ll , N ve b r ,

1 8 Se a son of am e e a e o on 7 9 , w ll , J s and Esth r T rb ll , b rn

1 0 April 5 , 7 7 .

Sa a em m a o on on a 8 1 8 r h K p rried , in Gr t , M rch , 7 9 ,

S e a oo O f e m e a a e . w ll Br ks W st inst r, M ss chus tts

em m a o o on 1 1 80 Eunice K p rried , in Gr t n , August 4 , 4 , m A a ron W oodb u ry o f Sale .

o e em m a o o on u u 2 1 80 M s s K p rried , in Gr t n , A g st 4 , 9 ,

a au e of a e and a e a o N ncy, d ght r C l b Eliz b th F rnsw rth

o o o e o n M a 2 1 1 i t is a Bl d , b rn th re y 7 , 7 9 , bein g, s id , ’ - C al eb Blo o d s twenty s e venth child .

i am m m a e on a 1 8 1 0 o W lli Ke p rri d , Febru ry 9 , , P lly

Bl oo d o f Gro t on .

a a em m a e on Se m 2 8 1 8 1 8 k H nn h K p rri d , pte ber , , Dic m erso n oo of s a a sa u se s . Br ks A hburnh , M s ch tt

Elizabeth , dau ghter of David and Hannah Sawtell Kemp ,

1 born in Groton , Massach usetts , on D ecember 3 ,

1 6 0 1 8 1 82 7 , married there , on J un e , 7 , Samu el Hods

O f kin New Salem .

Children :

a a i I n o 1 8 . Eliz beth , b pt zed Gr ton , August 7 , 7 5 “ a o e D vid , Oct b r

so n O f William , Ebenezer and Mary Bradstreet Kemp ,

2 1 born in Groton , Massachusetts , on September , 7 5 3 ,

o 1 0 married , i n Billerica , Massachusetts , on O ct ber ,

1 6 7 9 , Abigail Clarke . I 5 0 age hemp G enealogy

Children

m o e u a 1 1 1 1 2 a 1 . 7 J es , b rn in Billerica , F br ry , 7 7

1 2 8 am 2 1 Willi , April 7 , 7 7 3 .

1 2 a 1 . 9 Abig il , June 5 , 7 7 5

am em sr. e a a Revolu Willi K p , , serv d as serge nt in the

' ti nar War o y . m m am m r. e 1 80 0 Willi Ke p , j , arried on Dec ber 4 , ,

a o Sar h Wils n .

so n n Simeon , of Ebe ezer and Mary Bradstreet Kemp , 2 8 born in Groton , Massachusetts , on September ,

1 8 6 1 8 7 5 , married there , on May , 7 4 , Tryphena ,

daughter of Ephraim and Az ubah Parker , born in

o 1 1 6 0 . Grot n on A u gust 4 , 7

Children

1 0 a Saw o o o em 1 3 Abig il tell , baptized in Gr t n , N v ber 9 , 6 1 7 8 .

1 1 e e o o a 1 8 3 Tryph na , baptiz d in Gr t n , M rch 4 , 7 7 .

1 2 mma 1 1 8 3 E , July 9 , 7 9 .

1 a e a o o 2 1 . 3 3 D vid Gr en , b ptized in Gr t n , August 7 9

1 S m o a o o a a 1 1 80 0 3 4 i e n , b ptized in Gr t n , J nu ry 9 , .

R e olu S m o m sr. v a v i e n Ke p , , ser ed as a priv te in the

ti nar o y War .

LV so n O f II Oliver, Ebenezer and Mary Bradstreet Kemp , 2 1 6 born in Groton , Massach usetts , on J u ne 7 , 7 5 ,

1 2 1 0 married there , on April , 79 , Lydia , daughter

of Oliver and Sarah Darling Blood , born in Groton , 1 1 6 on March 3 , 7 5 .

lane hemp G enealogy

Reu ben Kemp served as a priv a te in the Revoluti onary

War.

Tha ddeus K emp s erved as a private in th e Revolu W tionary ar.

a m e o o a War Elij h Ke p served in the R v luti n ry .

so n O f Benjamin , Joseph and Margaret Chamberlain

2 0 Kemp , born in Billerica , Massachusetts , on J u ne ,

1 1 7 3 , married , in C helmsford , Massachusetts , on May

1 6 1 O f o 5 , 7 , J udith , dau ghter John and J udith Proct r

Reed , born i n Wob urn , Massachusetts , on November

1 0 1 . , 74 5 H e died in Acworth , New Hampshire , on

1 1 80 2 1 2 8 . J uly , 9 , and she on O ctober 4 , 3 7

Children

8 o m a 1 0 1 6 2 1 o . 4 Judith , b rn in Chel sf rd , Febru ry , 7

1 am e a 2 2 1 6 49 Benj in , F bru ry , 7 4 . * 1 0 o e M a 1 1 6 6 . 5 J hn Re d y 9 , 7 6 1 1 a a t 2 1 8. 5 M rth , Augus 7 , 7

1 2 ame am a 1 1 5 J s , Ashburnh , Febru ry 3 , 7 7 .

1 e a 8 1 . 5 3 K zi , August , 7 7 3

1 a 5 4 M ry,

1 o o 5 5 D r thy,

1 6 a e 5 Eliz b th ,

1 Sa a 5 7 r h ,

1 8 a o 5 A r n ,

1 o P . 5 9 M ses ,

1 6 0 Jane . m m a . e o Benj in Ke p , sr , s rved b th in the Indian and

o o a wa Rev luti n ry rs . m m W a r. o o ar. Benj in Ke p , j , served in the Rev luti nary m e m a o son of o r o . Judith K p rried J hn , R be t Davids n

am m J es Ke p died young. Glj e hemp G enealogy

e K zi a K emp died unm a rri e d .

a m ma e a wa M ry Ke p rri d J ohn H y rd .

o m t e o f tw a D or thy Ke p died a the ag o ye rs .

a e m ma r a m Eliz b th Ke p r ied D niel Ke p , residing in

V e m o r nt .

a a m S r h K e p died yo ung.

a o em m e o o e o A r n K p arri d ﬁrst , D r thy All n , and sec nd ,

a M ry Reed She dd .

o m ma a e M ses P . Ke p rried M ry R ed .

J a ne Kemp m arried Ebenezer Buswell .

son o f Jacob , Joseph and Margaret Chamberlain Kemp ,

1 2 1 born in Billerica , Massachusetts , on A ugust , 7 3 5 ,

1 married , in Concord , Massachusetts , on December 4 ,

1 8 Me lve n O f 7 5 , Martha that place . H e married

2 6 1 8 second , in Concord , on Feb ru ary , 7 7 , Susanna

O f Lock that place . Child

1 6 1 am o m o S em 1 Benj in , b rn in Chel sf rd , ept ber 5 ,

1 6 1 7 .

Jacob Kemp at the time of his ﬁrst m arria ge was living

at H - C oncord . e was a tax p ayer in the t o wn o f C helm s

o i n 1 6 2 1 6 m O f f rd 7 and 7 3 . At the ti e his second

m a was a a o rriage he g in residin g at C nc ord . He served

o io a War in the Rev lut n ry .

son Josiah , of J osiah and Rachel Davis Kemp , born i n

o 2 6 1 Chelmsf rd , Massachusetts , on Jan uary , 7 3 3 ,

1 8 P u rro t married there , in J uly , 7 5 , Sarah of that

. o 1 6 . place He died pri r to March , 7 3 She married

o f se cond , William Fletcher Concord , Massachusetts ,

and settled in Norridgewock , Maine . ﬁtbe hemp G enealogy

Children

1 6 2 Sa a o 1 . r h , b rn in 7 5 9

6 1 1 6 a e 1 . 3 R ch l , in 7

R a chel K e mp prob ably m arri ed o n D ec emb er

o a o o o f S e u e a s se s . N h C k h lb rn , M s achu tt

s o n O f Thomas , Zerubbabel an d Abigail Lawrence Kemp ,

o 1 born i n G roton , Massachusetts , ab u t 74 5 , marri ed ,

o 1 6 i n Hollis , New Hampshire , on O ct ber 5 , 7 9 , Me

ab l o o h e t e L vej y .

Childre n

1 6 M ehe table o o s a a 2 8 1 1 4 , b rn in H lli , J nu ry , 7 7 .

6 om a M a 2 1 1 1 s . 5 Th , y , 7 7 5

1 6 6 Asa 1 8 1 , April , 7 7 7 .

1 6 am u 2 6 1 7 Willi , J ly , 7 7 9 .

1 6 8 e u a o o a u a 2 0 Z r bb bel t wins b rn in H llis , J n ry ,

1 6 o 1 8 1 9 J hn , 7 . 8 1 0 a o o o 1 1 . 7 A r n , b rn in H llis , April 3 , 7 5 ll 1 1 Mindwe u 1 0 1 8 . 7 , J ly , 7 7

a o em m a e o n Ma 1 1 80 8 a e A r n K p rri d , y 9 , , Eliz b th m Lu sco b .

ma m e e a a e a o . s e Th s Ke p , sr , s rv d ﬁrst li ut n nt in the

o u o a War and was o e a of Rev l ti n ry , w und d in the b ttle

Bunk er H ill .

O f o Lawrence , son J hn and Sarah Holden Kemp , born

2 1 i n Groton , Massachusetts , on September 4 , 7 3 3 ,

D e e rﬁ eld 1 2 1 6 married , in , Massachusetts , on J uly , 7 5 ,

1 8. Dorothy , daughter of J ohn Stebbens , born in 7 3

d o 1 80 sh e 6 He ied on Oct ber 4 , 5 , and on October ,

1 82 0 .

‘ ' fatbe hemp G enealogy

i n L n n M a . 1 8 ame L . bor u ne b u r ss M arch 82 4 J s , g, , 5 .

1 8 a a e an a 5 C th rin , J u ry R 1 86 a es . o o e as . 1 Ch rl , b rn in T wns nd , M s , August 5 ,

1 2 8 9 .

Ma 6 2 1 8 e M . o o o 1 8 7 Harri t , b rn in Gr t n , y , 3 .

m a m e nm e o n o 1 e e 0 1 8 . Al ir K p di d u arri d Oct b r , 44

V so n X II James , of William and Abigail Clarke Kemp , born

1 1 1 1 i n Billerica , Massachusetts , on February , 7 7 ,

married Margaret Craft .

Children :

1 88 oa a o 1 80 J nn , b rn in 5 .

1 8 am e 1 80 9 J s , 7 .

1 0 1 80 8. 9 Ansil , 1 9 1 J ames m a e o e ou . J es, the s c nd child , di d y ng

LI V so n Levi , of Jason and Hannah Meers Kemp , born in

2 0 1 6 0 Billerica, Massachu setts , on J une , 7 mar

o 2 8 1 6 ried , in Gr ton , on Sep temb er , 7 9 , Rebecca ,

o daughter of William and Rebecca Nevers , b rn i n

2 0 1 0 . Groton on A ugust , 7 5 H e died on November

1 1 8 1 sh e 2 1 8 , 4 , and on March 9, 4 5 Children

1 2 a a o o o em 1 0 9 J bez , b ptized in Gr t n , N v ber 4 , 7 7 .

o 6 1 o 1 . 93 Levi , b rn in ab ut 7 7

1 S e en 1 82 . 94 t ph , 7 1 9 5 R ebecca R e m e o o on 2 1 80 . e St phen Ke p di d in Gr t n April 9 , 9

a o a w of am ewh all e becc , the f urth d ughter, ife J es N , di d

on o 2 6 1 8 1 2 . Oct ber , Stephen Kemp was on e of the petitioners to have e ye he mp Genealogy 1 5 7

S wa o am s e o o a the o te rtst wn , New H p hir , inc rp r ted , petiti n

m 2 1 wa a o e . s o being d ted N ve b r 3 , 7 99 The place inc r

orated o n e m e 2 1 . p Dec b r 4 , 7 99

m was a e e o f o k New am Levi Ke p r sid nt H p inton , H p ’ ’ Vza e o m e on a a 2 1 86 . : a shire , J nu ry 4 , 7 D cu nts rel ting

m e New a . e a to Towns in H pshir Edit d by Isa c W . l l xii . 2 6 v o . . . amm o vo . . . H nd , p 3 ; xiii p 4 5 5

so n J ohn Reed , of Benjamin and J udith Reed Kemp ,

o o n 1 1 6 6 born i n Chelmsf rd , Massach usetts , May 9 , 7 ,

o n 1 1 86 married , in Pepperell , October 9 , 7 , Hannah ,

o f daughter Benj amin and H annah Wheeler, born

1 1 6 . there September 9 , 7 9 Children

6 o o 2 2 1 8 1 8. 9 J hn , b rn April , 7

1 o e M a I 1 8 . 9 7 J s ph , y , 7 9

1 8 am i m 2 1 o t . S e 9 J es , b rn in F chburg, Mass , ept ber ,

1 1 79 . m 1 e a . a 1 99 B nj in , born in Fitchburg, Mass , Febru ry , I 7 94~

2 0 0 a e o 8 1 6 . D ni l , b rn April , 7 9

2 0 1 a u 2 8 1 . M ry, A gust , 7 99

2 0 2 e Se em 2 8 1 80 0 Ab l , pt ber , .

2 0 2 6 1 80 2 3 Abel H August , .

2 0 8 o S m 2 1 0 . 4 Aar n , epte ber 7 , 5

Me he table Thomas , son of Thomas and Lovejoy Kemp ,

” 2 1 1 born in Hollis , New Hampshire , on May , 7 7 5 ,

married Hannah H obart . Children

2 0 o m 6 1 S e . 5 Levi , born in H llis , epte b r , 7 93

2 0 6 a 2 8 1 6 R lph , March , 7 9 . 1 5 8 «Elbe hemp G enealogy

V s o n O f o X II Lawrence , Lawrence and D rothy Stebbins

o Kemp , b rn in Shelb u rne , Massachusetts , on March

1 6 6 1 Meh e table 3 , 7 , married there , in September, 7 99 ,

o f A shﬁ eld 1 Ellis B uckland , bo rn in , on A ugust 7 ,

1 . 1 82 1 7 79 He died in Shelbu rne , on Au gust 3 , .

Children L 2 0 a e c e o S e a 1 2 1 80 0 . 7 wr n , b rn in h lburne , Febru ry ,

2 8 a e e m e 2 1 2 0 Se e 1 80 . L wr nc , pt b r , ,

2 0 e e u a 1 2 1 80 . 9 Abn r , F br ry , 4

2 1 0 o S e e u a 6 1 80 6 . J hn t bbins F br ry ,

2 1 1 aw e e a a 2 1 80 8 . L r nc , J nu ry 5 ,

2 1 2 e am e em e 1 8 1 0 . B nj in , D c b r 9 ,

2 1 o e u 0 1 8 1 . 3 J s ph , Aug st 3 , 3

2 1 oa e u a 1 6 1 8 1 . 4 N h C F br ry , 7

’ so n o f XXI William , William and Mary Blood Kemp , born

2 2 1 8 1 in Groton , Massachusetts , on February , 5 ,

1 6 1 8 0 married there , on September , 4 , Susan Law

rence .

Children

2 1 a e o o o 2 1 8 1 . 5 M ry Ell n b rn in Gr t n, August , 4

Se em e 1 2 1 8 . 2 1 6 a e F . Ch rl s , pt b r , 43

2 1 eo e e m 1 8 . 7 G rge H nry, D ce ber 4 , 44

2 1 8 e e o a c 2 0 1 8 8. Andr w Pr st n M r h , 4

2 1 u a s a e m e 2 2 1 8 2 . 9 J li Augu t , D ce b r , 5

2 2 0 ose e w o o o o 2 J phine Big lo , b rn in Gr t n , Oct ber 3 ,

1 85 4 .

X v s o n o f CIII Le i , Levi and Rebecca Nevers Kemp , born in 1 6 Groton , Massachusetts , about 7 7 , marrie d there ,

1 8 . on J anuary 7 , 79 , J erusha Wyman of Groton

«Elbe hemp G enealogy

1 8 1 . 5 , Nancy Buswell He died in Langdon , New

6 1 o n 1 8 . Hampshire , December , 3 5

Children

2 2 o u e o a a 2 1 8 1 6 . 9 J hn B sw ll , b rn J nu ry 7 ,

R o ki n h 2 ee o m V . 1 1 0 c a t 8 1 8. 3 Orlin R d , b rn in g , , May ,

2 1 am mo o 8 1 8 2 0 3 J es Har n , b rn July , .

2 2 o A o 2 1 1 8 2 2 3 J seph . , b rn March , .

2 3 3 L a vina N .

2 Sa a o M a 2 0 1 82 6 . 3 4 r h , b rn y ,

2 a a wa 2 2 o o o 8 1 8 8 . 3 5 J c b H y rd , b rn Oct ber ,

2 6 a a o u 1 1 1 8 1 3 M ry J ne , b rn J ne , 3 .

o B w em m a a a J hn us ell K p rried L ur Reed . He died 8 o n Ma 2 1 0 . e y 7 , 4 Childr n

B e am H . H . a nd nj in , Edwin , Orlin R .

e e em m a e c o Ne w am Orlin R d K p rri d , in A w rth , H p i h O n i 2 2 1 8 1 a e . s ire , Apr l , 4 , M ry Re d He d ed there on J u n e

ames a m o m ma a J H r n Ke p rried ﬁrst , M ry Kenny ;

H e e o V er e o u S u e a . es s c nd , L cy t rt v nt r id d in Winds r ,

m o h e i n u 1 1 e e o 8 . nt , wher d d Aug st 3 , 94

m m a e Am . o o e . e s S J s ph A K p rri d ﬁr t , y C iss n ; and 8 H e n e m e 1 1 8 . o S u sa e . o sec nd , n yd He di d D ce b r , 9

i em m a e am o and e a a . L v n K p rri d Hir K T wle , r sides

hu e o s o a a . in B t n , M ss c s tts

Sa a em e o n a 1 1 8 0 . r h K p di d M rch 9 , 3

a an e . J a c o b H ayw ard K emp m arrie d M eliss E . Fl d rs V Y H e es e e a Ne w o . r id s in i nn , rk

a Sam o . M ary J ane K emp m arried Ch rl es D . ps n

VI I s o n William , of James and Elizabeth Haggerty Kemp ,

born in Troy , Rensselaer County , New York , on

1 1 82 2 2 J anuary 4 , 9 , married the re , on D ecember , «t he he mp G enealogy

1 8 0 5 , Rebecca , daughter of J ohn and Mary Cantrell ,

1 0 1 8 2 . born in Nottingham , England , on J anu ary , 3

2 1 8 2 . She died in Troy , o n August 7 , 7 H e married

1 6 1 8 B O second , in Troy , on September , 7 3 , Martha

gert , daughter of David and Catharine Bogert , born

o n 1 8 . in Hackensack , New J ersey , April 7 , 43

Children

2 Sa a e o m 2 2 1 S 8 1 . 3 7 r h Gilb rt, born in Tr y , epte ber , 5

2 8 m M a 2 a e 1 8 . 3 J s , y 3 , 5 3

2 3 am u 2 2 1 8 . 9 Willi , J ly , 5 5

2 0 m e n o S e em 2 1 8 . 4 E li e L uise , pt ber 5 , 5 9

2 1 o e o Se em 1 1 86 1 . 4 R b rt M rris , pt ber 5 ,

Sa a em 2 o on Se m e 1 8 . r h Gilbert K p died in Tr y pte b r 9 , 5

s on James , of William and Rebecca Cantrell Kemp ,

born in Troy , Rensselaer County , New York , May

2 1 8 1 1 8 3 , 5 3 , married there , O ctober 3 , 74 , Carrie

Wheeler , daughter of Francis and Mary Jane Drake ,

o 1 8 . b rn in Troy , April 9 , 5 3 H e died in Troy ,

8 1 8 0 J anuary , 9 .

Children :

2 2 wa a o o o m 2 0 1 8 . 4 Ed rd J y, b rn in Tr y, N ve ber , 7 5

2 a e e a S e m 1 8 43 M ry R b cc , pte ber 9 , 7 7 .

2 a D e Forest em e 1 6 1 880 . 44 Fr ncis , Dec b r ,

’ f So om o m o No . 1 o King l n s Pri itive L dge , 9 , Free and

e a so o er m a o Acc pted M ns , c nf red the ﬁrst degree of s nry

o a m m o n i 1 0 1 8 o on up n J es Ke p , Apr l , 7 5 ; the sec nd ,

2 a a on 1 t a . April 5 , th t ye r ; the third , June 4 , h t year J ames K emp became a m emb er O f Troj an H ook and

1 88 and e a e o m a NO . on 2 L dd r C p ny, 3 , July 3 , 5 , continu d

to be until his death . ' 1 6 2 fitlj e hemp G enealogy

s o n O f William , William and Rebecca Cantrell Kemp ,

C o o born in Troy , Rensselaer unty , New Y rk , on J uly

2 2 1 8 o o Wis , 5 5 , married , in Sparta , Monr e C unty ,

o 1 6 1 88 1 c nsin , on February , , J essie Bell , daughter

of H enry and Cornelia Robertson F o ster .

Children

2 e i e o ne ia o o a u a 1 1 1 882 . 4 5 J ss C r l , b rn in Tr y, J n ry , 88 2 6 a m os e Se e m e 2 1 . 4 Willi F t r , pt b r 3 , 3

2 am M a 2 1 8 2 . 4 7 Willi , y , 9

2 8 o e o i u 2 6 1 8 . 4 R b rt M rr s , A gust , 9 5

am em r. ec am me m e o f o a o o Willi K p , j , b e a b r Tr j n H k

m a N n e em e 2 8 1 8 6 and a e o o . 3 o c L dd r C p ny, , D b r , 7 ,

a n d on u to u esi e o n u u 2 3 c tin ed be ntil he r gn d , A g st ,

w i n u 1 1 8 1 . 1 888. a e t o u s He ag in unit d ith A g t 3 , 9 ’ He w as el ec ted a m emb er o f the Troy Citiz ens C orps (Sixth S epara te C o mp any o f the N ati on al G u ard o f the

S a o f New Yo a nd a n om e e his ﬁ v e ea t te rk) , , h vi g c pl t d y rs

o f se i e e c am e a m em e of th e Se io o m an o f rv c , b b r n r C p y ’ ’ K i o om o s m e o e o s . S o e Tr y Citiz ns C rp ng l n Pri itiv L d g ,

f c e e a nd c e a o No . 1 o e s o e 9 , An i nt Fre Ac pt d M ns , c nf rred 8 6 o him its e ee . S e e u a 1 1 h e h a up n d gr s inc F br ry 5 , 9 , s h f e . a o m a e e e o t . o a b en pr sid nt J B C rr C p ny, per ting the m e ca a o in o a n d e a a A ri n Chain C ble W rks Tr y , sinc J nu ry,

1 8 has e a o f a m La a i e 99 , been secr t ry the Ad s undry M ch n ry

om a C p ny .

H is son am o e em e o on , Willi F st r K p , di d in Tr y. De

m r 2 c e b e 0 1 888. ,

o u O f XL Emeline L uise , da ghter William and Rebecca Can

o o trell Kemp , b rn in Troy , Rensselaer C unty , New 2 1 8 York , on September 5 , 5 9 , married there , on

2 2 1 88 so n April , 5 , Reuben Robie , of J ames and Har

1 64 age hemp G enealogy

XXII

C O LON IA L M I LITA RY SERVI CE

H Abel , son of Hezekiah and Dorothy Adams Kemp , born

o 1 1 in Grot n , Massachusetts , on A ugust 5 , 74 3 , entered

’ as a private in Captain Thomas Farrington s company ,

6 1 6 0 1 2 on March , 7 , and served u ntil November , that - : six . a s year thirty weeks H e again , a p rivate , entered

o f the company , c mmanded by the same O ﬁcer , on May

1 6 1 1 : 5 , 7 , and served u ntil November 7 , that year - twenty eight weeks . As a private , he entered the com

o pany commanded by Captain J ohn Nix n , on Novembe r

1 8 1 6 1 1 1 6 2 : -o , 7 , and served until J uly 4 , 7 thirty f u r

' ’

e . . . Vz a e : weeks Massachusetts Archiv s , vol xcviii , p 3 5

1 0 2 . vol . xcix , pp . 3 , 3 3

2 so n o A masa , of John and Sarah Holden Kemp , b rn in

G o o o n 2 1 1 as r t n , Massachusetts , May , 744 , entered a

’ private in Captain James Reed s company , on March

1 1 6 0 0 5 , 7 , and served u ntil November 3 , that year - ’ ’ . Vz a e : thirty seven weeks Massachusetts Archives ,

2 2 . vol . xcix , p . 4

so n C 3 Benj amin , of Joseph and Margaret hamberlain 2 0 Kemp , born i n Billerica , Massachusetts , on J une ,

1 1 1 8 7 3 , enlisted as a private , on May I , 7 5 , in Captain ’ o B u tte rﬁ e ld s J nathan company , which wen t in the ex — pe ditio n that year against Canad a Vi de : Massach u

1 . setts Archives , vol . xcvi , p . 3 5

so n a 4 David , of Samuel and Sar h Lacey Kemp , born in ﬁ ne hemp Genealogy 1 6 5

o n 0 1 2 2 e n Groton , Massachusetts , Sep tember 3 , 7 , listed as a private in Captai n Benj amin Ballard ’s com

1 o 2 pany , o n April 7 , 7 5 5 , and served u ntil Oct ber 4 ,

: - y that year twenty eight weeks an d ﬁve da s , i n the

a s expedition against Cro wn P o int . H e enlisted again

’ wa s a private , and placed in Captain William Peabody s

’ o n company , i n Colonel I chabod Plaisted s regiment ,

2 2 1 6 1 2 April , 7 5 , and served u ntil Octob er , that year

-o six twenty f u r weeks an d days , in the Crown Poin t

A s expe dition . a private , he enlisted a third time , and

’ o VVhiti n s was assigned to Captain Le nard g company ,

’ - R u le s s 2 i n Brigadier Gen eral gg regiment , on April ,

1 2 : 7 5 9 , and served to November 9 , that year thirty t fou r weeks an d fou r days , i n the expedi ion against Fort

. 2 1 6 0 Carillon , at Ticonderoga O n February 7 , 7 , h e

’ C ha h am s enlisted in Captain Joh n p company , and served ’ ’

1 2 : . Vz a e : until November , that year forty weeks

. . 1 2 8 Massachusetts Archives , vol xciv , pp 3 , 3 95 , 4 4 ;

1 1 2 8 2 6 . . . 0 1 . . 0 vol xcv , p vol xcvii , pp 3 , , 3 4 ; vol xcix , P 2 5 7

so n Ebenezer , of Samuel and Sarah Lacey Kemp , born

1 2 i s in Groton , Massachu setts , in April , 7 9 , named on a

1 1 8 list of soldiers , dated D ecemb er 9 , 7 5 as serving as - bayonet man in Captain J ames Prescott s company O f ' ’

Vz a e o . Groton militia . Grot n D u rin g the I ndian Wars

1 88 By Samuel A . Green . Groton , Massachusetts , 3 ,

1 p . 1 7 .

so n O f Ephraim , Samu el and Elizabeth Gilson Kemp ,

o 2 2 1 1 e n b rn in Groton , Massachusetts , on March , 7 4 ,

o n 1 1 6 0 listed March 5 , 7 , in Cap tain Thomas Farring

’ 2 ton s company , and served to December , that year 1 6 6 «Elbe hemp G e nealogy

- M thirty seven weeks and fou r days . assachu

1 v o l . . setts Archives , . xcviii , p 3 5

s o n 7 E zekiel , of J osiah and Rachel Davis Kemp , born in

2 8 1 1 Billerica , Massachu setts , on March , 7 4 , enlisted

’ 1 1 8 B u tte rﬁ e ld s on April , 7 5 , i n Captain J onathan

o c mpany , and served in the expedition against Canada ,

that year . Massachusetts Archives , vol . xcvi ,

8 s o n Hezekiah , of Hezekiah and Dorothy Adams Kemp ,

o o 1 1 8 born in Gr t n , Massachusetts , on J uly 5 , 7 3 , served

1 o as a private in May , 7 5 5 , at Bason of Annap lis Royal ,

” ’

o o o . N va Scotia , i n Captain Ephrai m J nes s c mpany

1 1 He enlisted on March 3 , 7 5 9 , in Captain Leonard

’ ’ - Ru les s Whiting s company , i n Brigadier General gg

regiment , and served as a private u ntil December 7 , that

: -six year thirty weeks , in the ex pedition against Crown

o 6 1 6 0 o P int . He enlisted on March , 7 , i n Captain Th mas

’ o as Farringt n s company , and served a sergeant until

2 1 6 1 o . J anuary 3 , 7 , f rty weeks and two days O n April

1 8 1 6 1 , 7 , he ente red as an ensign in Captain Thomas

’ Farrington s company , and served u ntil December 5 ,

: - that year thirty three weeks and one day with it , in

’

S alto nst all s . Colonel Richard r egiment On March 4 , ’ 1 6 2 as 7 , he entered an ensign in Captain J ames Reed s

1 : company , and served until December , that year - ' w z de . . V thirty nine eeks Massachusetts Archives , vol

1 2 . 1 8 2 2 6 . . . 0 xcvii , pp 3 , , 3 4 ; vol xcviii , pp 3 5 , 3 5 ; vol — . 1 1 2 0 2 2 . xcix , pp , , 4 Groton D uring the I ndian Wars

o 1 88 . By Samu el A . Green , Gr ton , Massachusetts , 3 , pp

1 1 6 . 74 , 7

9 Jason , son of J oseph and Margaret Chamberlain Kemp ,

di ne hemp Genealogy

’ m Captain Ephraim Wesson s co pany . H e enlisted , on

’ 2 1 o B u tte rﬁ e ld s April , 7 5 9 , in Captai n J nathan com

: -o pany , and served until December , that year thirty f u r

six o o weeks and days , in expediti n against Cr wn Point .

2 1 1 6 0 O n March , 7 , he enlisted in Captain Richard ’ c o m an an d o 6 Sykes s p y , served until N vember , that year ' ’ — r Ved e s thi rty th ee weeks . Massachusetts Archives , l v o 1 2 v o l . . . . . 6 . . : xciv , p 3 ; xcv , p 3 3 ; vol xcvi , p 7 vol

2 v o v 6 l. . 1 1 . 0 6 . xc ii , p ; xcvii , pp 5 9 , 7 5 , 3 4 ; vol xcviii , — 2 8 1 . p . Groto n D u ring the Indian Wars . By Samuel

6 . . . 1 88 . 1 6 1 A Green Groton , Massach usetts , 3 , pp 3 , 5

o so n J siah , of J osiah and Rachel Davis Kemp , born in

o 2 6 1 e n Chelmsf rd , Massach usetts , on J anuary , 7 3 3 , t e re d o n 0 1 o , March 3 , 7 5 9 , Captain J nathan Butter

’ a s ﬁeld s company , a private , and served to December 3 ,

-ﬁ v e that year : thirty weeks and four days . On March

’ 1 1 6 1 o 7 , 7 , he entered Captain William Barron s c mpany , a s 2 a private , and served u ntil November 9 , that year - si x si x . 2 8 1 6 2 thirty weeks and days O n April , 7 , he ’ as E d wa rd s s enlisted , a private , in Captain Benjamin

1 : company , and served u ntil November 5 , that year six — months and sixteen days Vi de : Massachu setts Ar

1 1 2 0 8. . 0 8 . . chives , vol . xcviii , p 3 ; vol xcix , pp 9 ,

Lawrence , son of J ohn and Sarah Holden Kemp , born

o o 2 1 e n i n Gr t n , Massach usetts , on September 4 , 7 3 3 ,

’ t e re d as Williams s o , a private , Captain Israel c mpany , on

2 1 1 1 J une , 7 5 5 , and served u ntil September 5 , that ’ year , when he enlisted in Captain Nathaniel Dwight s 1 0 company and served u ntil December , that year

- — id ’ Massach u twenty f o u r weeks and f o u r day s V e .

1 6 8. 2 0 . . setts A rchives , vol . xciii , p . 5 ; vol xcv , p «t he hemp G enealogy I 6 9

O liver , son of J ohn and Sarah Holden Kemp , born in

o 1 1 w as Grot n , Massachusetts , on J uly I , 7 3 5 , a private

’ i n Captain Ephraim J ones s company , and served in “ 1 May , 7 5 5 , at the Bason of Annapolis Royal , N ova

. 2 1 6 1 Scotia On April 7 , 7 , he enlisted , as a private , i n

’ Captain Leonard Whiti ng s company , and served u ntil - : . D ecember 5 , that year thirty one weeks and six days

Groton D uring the I ndian Wars . By Samuel

. 1 1 6 . . 1 88 . A Green Groton , Massachu setts , 3 , pp 74 , 7

v o l 1 2 2 . Massachusetts Archives , . xcix , p .

so n Phineas , of J osiah and Rachel Davis Kemp , born

o 1 8 1 2 i n Chelmsf rd , Massachusetts , on February , 7 3 , was serving as a p rivate i n Captain Thomas Osgood ’s

o O f o company at the Bas n Annap lis Royal , Nova ” 2 8 1 his Scotia on May , 7 5 5 ; residence at that ti me

2 1 1 was l being at Billerica . O n J une , 7 5 7 , he ki le d near Ticondero ga i n the expedition against the French . ' ’ e V d e s Groton D u ring the Indian Wars . By Sam uel

. 1 8 . 1 . . 8 A Green Groton , M assach usetts , 3 , p 7 5

Samuel Kemp , who settled in Billerica , in Massa ch u se tts o 1 6 8 was Bay Col ny , in 5 , chosen the drummer O 2 1 6 6 1 of the local military company on ctober 4 , , organi zed for the protection O f the settlement against hostile Indians . H is participation as a settler of the

o Of o t wn Gr ton , in the defense of the several temporary fortiﬁcations , when attacked by the bands of savages

u nder the leadership of King Philip , has been described in preceding pages an d needs n o further mention .

o Samuel , son of Samuel and Sarah Lacey Kemp , b rn in

o 1 1 1 6 Grot n , Massachusetts , on April 3 , 7 , a private in

’ Captain William Lawrence s company , in the fall of 1 7 0 QIlJ e hemp G enealogy

1 6 was 74 , when Boston threatened by the French ﬂeet ’ d A nv ill e . commanded by the D uc H e served , as a

’

private , in Captain Thomas Tarbell s company , from 1 8 1 J uly 7 , 74 , to J uly 3 , that year, scouting near Groton . ’ ’ ed V e s Groton Duri ng the I ndian Wars . By Samuel

. . 1 88 . 1 0 1 2 A Green Groton , Massachusetts , 3 , pp 5 , 5 ,

1 5 4 .

so n O f Samu el , Samuel and Elizabeth Gilson Kemp ,

o n 1 1 born i n Groton , Massachusetts , August , 74 3 , ’ as entered , a private , Captain Nathan Brigham s com

o n 1 8 1 6 2 o pany March , 7 , and served u ntil N vember - ’ ’ 1 : . Vza e . 3 , that year thirty fou r weeks and three days

2 Massachusetts Archives , vol . xcix , p . 3 4 .

s on Silas , of Hezekiah and Dorothy Adams Kemp ,

o 1 1 1 1 b rn in Groton , Massachu setts , on November , 74 ,

0 1 8 enlisted , as a private , on March 3 , 7 5 , in Captain

’ Thomas Lawrence s company , and served with it until

2 1 J uly , when he was assigned to Captai n Ephraim

’ Wesson s company , in which he remained until October

1 o 3 , that year, serving in the expediti n against Canada

seven months and twenty days . H e enlisted in Cap ’ - tain Leonard Whiting s company , in Brigadier General

’ Ru le s s 1 1 gg regiment , on March 3 , 7 5 9 , and served until 6 1 6 0 December 7 , that year . From March , 7 , to Novem 2 ber 7 , that year, he served in Captain Thomas Far ’ in o s n r t n . g compa y as a drummer Again , as a drummer , he served in Captain Thomas Farrington ’s company

o 2 8 1 6 1 : fr m April , 7 , to D ecember 5 , that year thirty — one weeks and ﬁve day s Vide : Massachusetts A r

x cv u 1 8 2 0 2 2 0 6 6 . . chives , vol . , pp . 3 , , , 3 4 ; vol xcviii , p — 2 . 1 2 0 3 5 ; vol . xcix , p Groton Du ring the Indian

1 7 2 Qtlj e hemp Genealogy

’d 0 1 6 . Ve e Warrant for pay allowed on November 3 , 7 7

o v o l Massachusetts Archives . Abstract of r lls , . lv , p . 3 4 ,

ﬁle L .

o Amasa , son of J ohn and Sarah Holden Kemp , b rn i n

o o o n 2 1 1 a s Gr t n , Massachusetts , May , 744 , served a

’ M c Clellan s sergeant i n Cap tai n H ugh company , in

’ Williams s Colonel Samu el regiment , which marched , o n 2 0 1 o April , 7 7 5 , at Lexingt n alarms , from Shel

d . b u rne , Massachusetts . Length of service , ten ays

1 1 as He enlisted on May , 7 7 5 , and served a sergeant

’ o o i n Cap tai n Agrippa Wells s c mpany , i n Col nel J ohn

’

o . Whitc mb s regiment Term of service , three months

o n 2 1 6 and eight days . H e enlisted Dece mber 3 , 7 7 ,

’ and served as a sergeant in Captain Benj amin P hilips s

’ - o o o comp any , i n Lieutenant C lonel Tim thy R binson s

2 1 (Hamp shire County) regiment . O n February 4 , 7 7 7 ,

o o . o f v in garris n , at Tic nderoga Term ser ice , two

o o n e o n 1 0 1 m nths and day . H e enlisted May , 7 7 7 , and

’ served a s a lieu tenant in Captain Tim o thy Child s s co m

’

. r t o p any , i n Colonel Davi d Wells s regiment Ma ched

o Ti conder ga . Ti me of service , two months and ei ght

’ days ; ten d ays travel i n cluded . Appointed second

o n 0 1 8 1 lieutenant J u ne 3 , 7 7 , and , on J uly , that year ,

’ o m enr lled in Captain Enoch Chapi n s co pany , i n Colo

’ o e rri sh o nel J ac b G s regiment . C mmission dated

o 1 w o 6 8. o t O ct ber , 7 7 Term of service , six m nths and ﬁ ld . B ro o k e days Service , guarding stores at and Spring d . o u 2 1 ﬁel H e enlisted O ctober 4 , 7 79 , and served as

’ o a sergeant in Captain Sylvanu s Rice s company , in Col

’ o f nel Israel Chapin s regi ment . Term service , one ’ o ﬁ ve m nth and days ; six days travel inclu ded . Service Qtlj e he mp G enealogy 1 7 3

k — Vide : at Claverack , New Yor Massach usetts Ar

’ 1 o chives , Lexington alarms , vol . xiii , p . 4 ; eight m nths - service , vol . xvi , p . 5 9 ; M uster and pay rolls , vol . xlvii ,

80 V . 2 p . ; arious service , vol xvii , p . 3 7 ; Mu ster and - 6 6 . pay rolls , vol . lxix , p .

o 1 1 Amos Kemp , b rn in 7 5 9 , and residing i n 7 7 7 in

o Pelham , New Hampshire . H e enlisted ab ut the be ’ 1 o u t ginning of May , 7 7 7 , of Captain Asa Richardson s

o n 1 co mpany , and was mustered , May 7 , 7 7 7 , as a pri

’ r vate , i n Captai n F ederick M . Bell s company , i n Colonel

’ Nathan H ale s (Second New H ampshire) regiment , for ’ three years service in the Continental Army ; in 1 7 7 8

o o the regiment was commanded by C l nel George Reid .

1 0 1 8 1 H e enlisted , on Au gust , 7 , as a private , in Cap ’ - tain J osh ua French s company , in Lieutenant Colonel

’ C o n Enoch Putnam s regiment , raised to reinforce the

tine ntal . Army Term of last service , three months and - ' ’ Vz a e : . twenty eight days . New Hampshire Archives

. . 88 6 2 6 . Revolutionary War rolls , vol xiv , pp 5 , ; vol — . 1 2 0 . . x v , pp 44 , 7 Massach usetts Archives E nlisted

2 0 . men , vol . xxix , p . 7

so n Asa , of J oseph and Lu cy Kemp , baptiz ed in Groton , 1 6 Massachusetts , on Au gust 5 , 7 4 , enlisted as a private ,

’ 2 6 1 8 o c o m on April , 7 7 , i n Captain J oseph Boynt n s

’

o . pany , in C lonel Nathaniel Wade s regiment Term

o of service , eight m nths and eleven days . Service in

. 1 2 1 Rhode Island H e enlisted , on J uly , 7 79 , in Cap

’ y tain Thomas Hovey s compan , i n Colonel Nathan

’

Tyler s regiment . Term of service , fou r months and

nineteen days . Service i n Rhode Island . H e enlisted ,

’ 1 80 on A ugust 3 , 7 , in Captain John Porter s company , 1 74 t e hemp Genealogy

’ o in Col nel Cyprian How s regiment . Term of service , three months and one day . Service in Rhode Island . ’ o n 2 1 8 1 He enlisted , April 5 , 7 , for three years service in the Continental Army , and j oined Captain Eleazer ’ - ’ Thorp s company , i n Lieutenant Colonel J ohn B rooks s ’ ’ z a e: Seventh Massachusetts Regiment . V Massach usetts

-lls v ol . ro . 8 Archives Muster , . lv , pp 3 7 , 3 ; Miscellaneous - m uster rolls , vol . lv , pp . 3 4 , 3 5 ; Rhode Island service ,

l . 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 o v o . V . ii , pp 5 , 9 , 3 , 3 3 ; ari us service , vol xxii ,

1 o M l 6 . 1 isce p . ; Bo ks , enlisted men , vol xxix , p . 4 ;

la ne o u s . 6 rolls , vol lx , pp . 7 3 , 7 4 , 7 ; Worcester rolls ,

l 1 1 - v o . . . 2 . li , ﬁle M uster and pay rolls , vol x , p 44

o Benjamin , son of J seph and Margaret Chamberlain 2 0 Kemp , born in Billerica , Massachusetts , on J une ,

1 1 1 7 3 , became , in Novembe r , 7 74 , one of a company

o - of f rty Minute men , organized in that month at Fitch

bu rg , Massachusetts . A t the Lexington alarm , the

o 1 1 c mpany marched , on April 9 , 7 7 5 , to Concord .

o 1 Ab ut the beginning of September , 7 79 , when resid ing at Pelham , New Hampshi re , he enlisted as a private

to serve two months , unless sooner discharged , and was

o sent , with a body of recruits under c mmand of Ensign

o J hn Walles , to Portsmouth , New Hampshire , for the defense of that place , and j oined Captai n Joshua Love ’ - 2 1 j oy s company . M uster roll dated September 7 , 7 79 . 1 80 O n J uly 9 , 7 , he enlisted , and served u ntil O ctober ’ 2 4 , as a p rivate , in Captain J ames Aiken s company , in ’ Colonel Thomas Bartlett s New Hampshire regiment , which was in the service of the U n ited States at West

o P int , New York . Term of service , three months and

’ zde : sixteen days . V New H ampshire Archives . Rolls

1 76 ﬁ ne hemp Genealogy

1 6 o . 1 vol . x , p . 7 ; Continental Army bo ks , vol xv , part ,

8. 1 2 2 . p . ; part , p 3

s o n o f David David and H annah Sawtelle Kemp , born

2 1 8 was in Groton , Massachusetts , on J anuary 5 , 7 5 , a ’ S awtell s private in Captain J ohn company , in Colonel

’ o 1 J ames Presc tt s regiment , and marched , on April 9 ,

1 o . 7 7 5 , at Lexington alarms , fr m Groton to Concord

o f . Length service , three and one half days As a pri

o 2 1 vate , he enlisted at Grot n , on April 7 , 7 7 5 , in Cap ’ o tai n J shu a Parker s company , in Colonel William Pres

’ cott s regiment , and i n the battle at Bunker H ill he was

o captured by the enemy and conﬁned in the Bost n jail ,

H is 1 0 . where he died on September , that year name is engraved on the tablet at Bu nker Hill , i n memory of those killed and who lost their lives by wounds and — captivity Vi de Massachusetts Archives . Lexington ’ 1 -o s e r alarms , vol . xiii , p . 9 ; Cost r lls , eight months — - l . . 6 v o . vice , vol . lvi , p . 7 ; xiv , p 44 New England

o 1 1 . Chr nicle , September 4 , 7 7 5

s o n o f David , J ose ph and Margaret Chamberlain Kemp ,

2 6 1 e n born in Billerica , Massachusetts , on J une , 7 3 9 ,

a 1 1 8 listed , as private , on March 3 , 7 7 , in Captain Isaac

’ ’ o o Wo d s company , in C lonel J onathan Reed s regiment , t ’ and subsequ ently in Cap ain J ohn Dix s company , in

’

e rrish s . Colonel J acob G regiment Time of service ,

three months and fou r days . H e enlisted on Septem

’ 6 1 8 b er , 7 7 , in Captain Simon H unt s company , in ’ — h Colonel J acob Ge rris h s regiment s Vida Massac u 6 V . . setts Archives . arious service , vol xxiv , p 5 ; Mus - . 2 V ter and pay rolls , vol . xlvi , p 3 ; arious service ,

1 6 . . . vol . xviii , p . 5 ; vol xx , p 7 5 Gbe he mp G enealogy 1 7 7

o f D udley Bradstreet , son Ebenezer and Mary Brad

m n street Ke p , born in Groto , Massachusetts , was a

’ H o sle s o private in Captain James y company , in Col nel

’ William Prescott s regiment , which marched , on Ap ril

1 1 o 9 , 7 7 5 , fr m Townsend to Cambridge , on Lexington alarm . Length of service , nine days . H e enlisted , on

’ 2 1 April 7 , 7 7 5 , in Cap tain Hen ry Farwell s company ,

’ in Colonel William Prescott s regiment , and on J une 3 ,

’ 1 7 7 5 , in Captain Thomas Wait Foster s company , i n ’ o e n Col nel Richard Gridley s artillery regiment . He

o u 1 0 1 o u t o f o listed , March , 7 7 7 , Cap tai n Th mas War

’ ’ ren s company , i n Colonel J onath an Reed s regiment ,

’ o o o and joined Captain Hugh Maxwell s c mpany , i n C l n el

’ o n Benjamin Tupper s regiment , in the C tinental Army ,

’ and subsequ ently Captain Sylvanu s Smith s company , ’ i n C o lon el Ti m o thy Bigelow s regiment ; on V a n

’ S ch aick s 1 Island , with Northern Army , on September ,

1 1 1 7 7 7 , and at Stillwater , on September , that year , and

o V later at Saratoga ; in the foll wing winter , at alley

Forge . He served three years in the Continental

1 1 80 1 8 1 armies ; in 7 79 , 7 , and 7 , in Captai n Michael

’ ’ H o u di n s G . company , in Colonel Rufus Putnam s — ’ regimen t Vi a e : Massachusetts A rchives . Lexington ’ 1 1 - alarms , vol . xii , p . 5 ; Cost rolls , eight months ser

. 6 0 . 8 . . 8 vice , vol xiv , p , vol lvi , p ; Muster and pay

2 1 . . 2 0 1 rolls , vol . x , p . 3 4 3 , vol . xlviii , p . 3 , vol lxi , p , — 6 1 6 2 0 2 . . 2 0 . . 0 vol lxviii , p 7 , vol lxix , pp 5 , 5 3 5 9, , , 7 , 7 ,

1 2 o 6 8 . . 7 3 , 7 5 , 7 , 7 7 , 9 , vol lxxi , p 3 ; Miscellan eous r lls , l 2 1 0 2 1 1 o v o . vol . lxviii , pp . , ; D epreciati n rolls, xxxi ,

2 1 8 . . 1 1 . . p . 9 ; Enlistment rolls , vol xli , p 5 , vol liii , p 3 4 ;

ix . . ll v ol 1 m e n v ol. x x ro s . Worcester , , ﬁle 9 ; Enlisted , , p 95 1 7 8 ﬁ ne h emp Ge nealogy

Ebenezer , son of Ebenezer and Mary B radstreet Kemp , 1 1 1 0 born i n Groton Massachu setts , on J uly , 7 5 ,

i 1 1 o marched , as a pr vate , on April 9 , 7 7 5 , at Lexingt n

’ alarm , from Groton , in Captain H enry Farwell s com ’ o pany , in Colonel William Presc tt s regiment . Length

six . 2 1 of service , days H e enlisted , on April 5 , 7 7 5 , in

’ Captain Henry Farwell s company , in Colonel William

’ ’ e n Prescott s regiment , for eight months service . H e

2 1 A sa listed on September 7 , 7 7 7 , in Captain Law

’ s rence company , in Colonel J onathan Reed s regiment , i n the Northern Army , u nder the command of Maj or

General Horatio Gates . Service , one month and fou r ’ ’

. ed e s teen days V Massachusetts Archives . Lexington - ’ . . 6 2 o se r alarms , vol xii , p ; C st rolls , eight months

6 . . . . 6 . 0 vice , vol xiv , p 9 , vol lvi , p , vol lvii , ﬁle 7 ;

1 . V . 88 arious service , vol xx , p .

so n Elijah , of J ason an d H annah Meers Kemp , b orn in

1 6 2 Billerica , Massachusetts , on Febru ary 4 , 7 , enlisted , as o n 1 1 a p rivate , O ctober 9 , 7 79 , in Captain J ohn

’ ’

o a o o . Porter s c mp ny , in C l nel Sam uel Denny s regiment

Service , one month and ﬁfteen days , travel included .

Service at Claverack , New York . H e enlisted , on J uly 4 , 1 80 7 , at Henniker, New Hampshire , to serve i n the Con tin en a l x t si . Army for months Service , ﬁve months and

' s — z de : V ﬁfteen day V Massachusetts Archives . arious se rv i ce v o l o , . xxii , p . 7 . New Hampshi re Archives . Rev lu ti o na r o l 8 v . 8 . y War rolls , xvi , pp . , 9 5

s o n o f Ephraim , Samuel and Elizabeth Gilson Kemp ,

o 2 2 1 1 born in Gr ton on March , 74 , marched from

o o 1 1 Gr t n , on April 9 , 7 7 5 , at Lexington alarm , in Cap

’ tain H enry Farwell s company , in Colonel William Pres

E he hemp G enealogy

v o l 1 1 2 1 V Island service , . , p . 7 ; ario us service , vol .

l. 1 2 v o 6 . . . 0 iii , p 3 9 , xix , p

so n J ason , of J oseph and Margaret Chamberlain Kemp ,

o o 1 1 1 2 b rn i n Billerica , Massachusetts , on N vember , 7 5

’ o n 2 1 8 o enlisted , J uly , 7 7 , in Captain J oseph B ynto n s

’ o company , in C lonel Nathaniel Wade s regiment . Ser

o i . V de : Massac h u vice , three m nths and twelve days

. v o l setts Archives Miscellaneous rolls , . lv , p . m . 3 4 , — V . 8 . 6 . 3 5 3 ; ariou s service , vol i , p 3

so n o John , of Lawrence and D rothy Stebbins Kemp ,

D e e rﬁ e ld 1 6 6 baptized in , Massachu setts , in 7 ; marched ,

o n 1 1 o April 9 , 7 7 5 , fr m Medford , at Lexington alarm ,

’ o o i n Captain Isaac Hall s company , in Col nel Th mas

’

Gard ner s regiment . Length of service , ﬁve days . H e

’ d 1 enliste , in the fall of 7 7 5 , i n Captain Isaac Hall s - ’ company , i n Lieutenant Colonel William Bond s regi

’ fo r w as ment , eight months service . H e livin g at Med

’ w as ford . I n December he in Cap tain Caleb Bro o ks s

’ company , in Colonel William Bond s regiment . In

’ 1 6 o o Febru ary , 7 7 , he was in Captain J hn W od s com

’ o o e d u th an pany , i n C l nel J Baldwin s regiment . From

1 1 t o 8 as February , 7 7 7 , May , that year , he served a

’ H e n s haw s matross in Captai n David company , in

’ o Colonel Th mas Croft s artillery regiment . H e enlisted ,

’ o n 2 1 o September 5 , 7 7 7 , in Captain J hn Willoughby s

’ o o o o c mpany , in C l nel J nathan Chase s regiment , and marched from Plym o u th to the assistance of the

O f - Northern Army , u nder command Major General

wa Horatio Gates . H e s discharged from service on

2 8 . 2 0 1 8 O ctober , that year O n February , 7 7 , he

’ o joined Captain William Tarlton s company , in Col nel Q be he mp G enealogy 1 81

’

. 1 Timothy Bedel s regiment H e enlisted , on J uly 3 , ’ 1 80 7 , in Captain Isaac Newton s company , in Colonel ’ Seth M u rray s regiment . Service , three months and

n seven days , to reinforce Conti ental Army for three

’ m onths . He was , later , in Cap tain J ohn Long s com

. 2 2 1 8 1 pany H e enlisted , on December , 7 , for twelve

D ea ne months , and was quartermaster on the frigate , ' ’ f o o . ed which S Nichols n was commander . V e : Massa

h u s s c e tt . . 1 1 Archives Lexington alarms , vol xii , p . 4 ; - ’ . 2 Cost rolls , eight months service , vol lvi , p . 49 , vol .

’

2 6 . . . 1 2 lvii , file Soldiers orders , vol lviii , p 9 , file ; - 8 1 — o . . 1 2 2 M uster and pay r lls , vol lviii , p 4 , files , 7 , 9 ;

’ o — C roft s r lls , vol . xxxviii , p . 74 , New Hampshire Ar

. . 82 chives Revolu tionary War rolls , vol . xv , p 3 , vol .

— V o 2 8. . xv , p . 9 Massachusetts Archives ari us service , — . . 1 0 . 2 vol xxi , p 7 ; M uster and pay rolls , vol xxiv , p . 9 ;

a . 1 2 1 . Nav l service , vol lxvi , p .

as J onas Kemp , of Westford , Massachusetts , marched , a

1 1 private , from Westford , on April 9 , 7 7 5 , at Lexington

’ o o alarm , in Captain Tim thy Underwo d s company , in

’ Colonel William Prescott s regiment . Length of service ,

1 1 6 ﬁve days . H e enlisted , on Janu ary , 7 7 , in Captain

’ A sa William H u dson Ballard s company , i n Colonel

’ Whitcomb s regiment , and marched to Ticonderoga . - six . Service , ten months and twenty days H e enlisted ,

’ 1 o on May 3 , 7 7 7 , in Captai n Wright s c mpany , in Colonel Jonathan Reed ’s (Sixth Mi ddlesex County) ’ and regiment , j oined , for three years service i n Con

’ ti ne ntal Army , Captain William H udson Ballard s com

’ o pany , i n Col nel Ichabod Alden s regiment ; in J une ,

’ that year , he was in Captain James Parker s company , fi ne hemp Genealogy

’ 1 1 80 n n n t, nd , i Colonel Alde s regime a from January 7 ,

’ to 1 80 o May 3 , 7 , in Captain Asa C bu rn s company , i n ’ o Colonel J hn Brooks s regiment . H is term of service ,

o n 1 8 1 80 . in Continental Army , exp ired J uly , 7 H e

’ 1 0 1 80 enlisted , on August , 7 , in Captain John Porter s ’ company , in Colonel Cyprian How s regiment . Service , — two months and seven day s Vi de : Massachusetts

. 1 Archives . Lexington alarms , vol xiii , p . 49 ; Muster

- 1 2 . . . . . 80 . and pay rolls , vol xlvii , p 9 , vol lv , p n , vol

1 . 2 . . v o l lxviii , p 4 , vol lxxii , p 74 ; Enlistment rolls , .

2 1 1 2 liii , p . 3 4 ; Enlistments , vol . lxvi , p . ; Continental

v o l 2 . 8 . Army books , vii , part , p . 7

o son J nas , of Samu el and Elizabeth Gilson Kemp , born

2 1 6 0 in Groton , Massachusetts , on J uly 7 , 7 , enlisted , on

’ 1 1 August 5 , 7 7 7 , in Captain Aaron J ewett s company ,

’ in Colonel Samuel Ballard s regiment , and took part i n

o f the battle of Saratoga . Term service , three months

. 2 6 1 8 and ﬁfteen days H e enlisted , o n April , 7 7 , in ’ o Captain Joseph B ynton s company , in Colonel Nathan ’ iel Wade s regiment . Term of service , eight months 1 2 1 and eleven days . He enlisted , on J uly , 7 79 , in ’ o o Captain Thomas Hovey s c mpany , in C lonel Nathan

’ Tyler s regiment . Service , ﬁve months and ten days .

i de V V : . . Massachusetts Archives arious service , vol

. 6 o . . 6 . xx , p 9 ; Rh de Islan d service , vol i , p 3 , vol ii ,

P 1 1 3 3 .

o f J oseph , son J osep h and Margaret Chamberlain Kemp ,

2 0 1 2 en born in Billerica , Massachusetts , on J une , 7 7 ,

o u 1 listed , May 4 , 7 7 5 , in Captain Ebenezer Ban

’ ’ o B rid es s cr ft s company , in Colonel Ebenezer g regi ment , an d was killed in the battle of Bunker Hill , on

one hemp Genealogy

r o n 2 b urne , and was discha ged Ap ril 5 , that year ,

’ ' o o z d fr m service in C lonel David Wells s regi ment . V e

Massachusetts Archives . Lexington alarms , vol . xiii , 1 - . . . 1 0 p 4 ; M uster and pay rolls , vol xlii , p 5 ; Archives ,

2 . vol . clxxvi , p . 9 5

so n Nathaniel , of J osiah and Rachel Davis Kemp , born

6 1 i n Chelmsford , Massachusetts , on Feb ruary , 7 3 7 ,

o 6 marched fr m D u nstable , New Hampshire , on J uly ,

1 o o n 7 7 7 , for Ticonder ga , and the way thither received

— ’ t o . i de s V . an order retu rn Service , eight day New H m a sn i re . p Archives Revolutionary War rolls , vol .

xv , p . 7 9 .

s o n Phineas , of David and Hannah Sawtell Kemp , born

o 2 1 1 in Grot n , Massach usetts , on J u n e , 749 , enlisted

’ a out of C ptain John Holden s company , in Colonel J ona

’ o n 2 1 to than Reed s regiment , March , 7 7 7 , serve in

o C ntinental A rmy for three years , and j oined , as a

’ matross , Captain Thomas Wells s company , i n Colonel

’

. 2 1 8 J ohn Crane s artillery regiment O n J un e 9 , 7 7 , h e

— : was killed in the battle of Monmouth Vida Massa

hu se tt . 2 0 c s . . Archives Enlistment rolls , vol liii , p 5 ;

o 1 1 2 Continental A rmy bo ks , vol . xvii , part , p . 7 M us

- 2 ter and pay rolls , vol . xli , p . 4 .

s o n Reuben , of Jason and Hannah Meers Kemp , born

1 in Bille rica , Massachu setts , probably i n 7 5 4 , enlisted

f o o n 2 1 at Go fst wn , New Hampshi re , April 3 , 7 7 5 , in

’ Ri cha rd s s o o n Captain Samuel c mpany , in Col el J ohn

’ Stark s regi ment . Service , three months and sixteen

o 1 wa s days . O n O ct ber 3 , that year , he reported as ’ belongin g to Captain Sam uel Ri ch ard s s company . On

2 2 1 6 J anu ary , 7 7 , he was serving in Captain Daniel fame hemp Genealogy 1 85

’ ’ Wilkins s company , in Colon el Timothy Bedel s regi ' ’ Vz a e : ment of New Hampshire Rangers . New Hamp

o . . shi re Archives . Rev lutionary War rolls , vol xiv , pp

Samu el , son of Samuel and Elizabeth Gilson Kemp ,

1 1 born in Groton , Massachusetts , on Augu st , 74 3 ,

1 1 marched , on April 9 , 7 7 5 , from that place , at Lexing ’ i n ton alarms , Captain H enry Farwell s company , in ’ s e r Colonel William Prescott s regiment . Length of 1 6 vice , ten days . In J anuary , 7 7 , he was serving i n ’ Captain H enry Farwell s company , in Colonel William ’ l Presco tt s regiment . He a so served i n Captain Zacha ’ ’ riah Fitch s company , in Colonel Sam uel Brewer s regi

2 0 1 6 . ment , from A u gust 3 to September 3 , 7 7 H e 6 1 8 enlisted , on J uly , 7 7 , and as a sergeant served in ’ Ca tain o se h p J p Boynton s company , i n Colonel Nathaniel ’ his Wade s regiment , and received discharge on J anuary

I 1 i de V : . , 7 7 9 . Massachu setts Archives Lexington

6 2 1 . . . 6 alarms , vol xii , p ; Abstract of rolls , vol xix , p . 7 ,

V . . . 0 . 6 . vol lii , p 4 ; ariou s service , vol i , p 3

o Silas , son of H ezekiah and D rothy A dams Kemp ,

I I 1 1 born in Groton , Massachusetts , on November , 74

’ 1 enlisted , on J uly 7 , 7 7 9 , in Captain Nehemiah Cu rtis s h ’ company , in Colonel J onathan M itc ell s regiment , and

2 1 . received his discharge on September 5 , 7 79 Served

o at that time in the expedition to Penobsc t . V Massach usetts Archives . arious service , vol . xxxv ,

2 1 ] 1 . . 2 0 . p 5 Naval service , X , p

2 8 so n Simson , of J osiah and Rachel Davis Kemp , born i n

2 1 0 Billerica , Massachusetts , on October 3 , 7 5 , enlisted ,

’ 1 1 on March 3 , 7 7 7 , for three years service in the ﬁrbe hemp G enealogy

’ Continental Army , and j oined Captain Sylvanus Smith s ’

o . company , in Colonel Tim thy Bigelow s regiment H e

’ 1 1 80 enlisted , on J uly , 7 , in Captain Sylvanus Smith s

’ company , in Colonel Rufus Putnam s regiment, and was

1 1 8 1 . discharged on January , 7 Massachusetts - Archives . Muster and pay rolls , vol . lxix , pp . 5 3 , 5 4 ,

l o . 1 . v o . . 0 iv , p 7 ; W rcester rolls , vol , ﬁle 9

so n o f Si mson , Ebenezer and Mary Bradstreet Kemp ,

o o 2 8 1 8 born in Gr t n , Massachusetts , on September , 7 5 ;

0 1 enlisted , at Westford , on April 3 , 7 7 5 , as a private , in

’ Captain Abijah Wyman s company , i n C olonel William

’

. as 1 6 Prescott s regiment Served , also , a private , in 7 7

’ 1 o and 7 7 7 , in Captain J hn Minot s company , i n Colonel

’ 1 Dike s regi ment . Enlisted , on J uly 5 , 7 7 7 , in Captain ’ ’ o o J ohn Parker s c mpany , in Col nel Robinson s regiment ,

w as 1 1 8. and discharged on J anuary , 7 7 Enlisted , on ’ 1 1 8 o Janu ary , 7 7 , in Captai n Nathan R ule s company ,

’ acob s s was in Colonel J ohn J regiment , and discharged

— i da 1 . V . on J anuary I , 7 79 Massach usetts Archives '

6 . 6 6 Eight months service , vol . xvi , p . 7 , vol lvi , p . ,

2 . . 8 vol lvii , ﬁle 7 ; Abstract of rolls , vol xxi , p . ; - . . 2 8 Mu ster and pay rolls , vol xxvi , p 4 ; Rhode Island

6 . service , vol . iii , pp . 5 , 94

Solomon Kemp , of Bedford , Massachusetts , enlisted , on ’ 0 1 J u ne 3 , 7 7 5 , in Captain Ebenezer Bancroft s com ’ pany , in Colonel Ebenezer Bridge s regiment , and was serving in the same , as a private , in September, that ' — : yea h Vi da Massachusetts Archives . Eight months

1 8 . . . 6 . . service , vol xiv , p , vol lvi , p 5

B lch to wn o r. e e rs Solom n Kemp , j , paid by town of , 1 8 1 Massachusetts , on April 9 , 7 , bou nty for enlisting in

1 88 ﬁtne he mp G enealogy W . o a r Archives Revol uti nary rolls , vol . xiv , pp . 3 3 ,

v 2 2 1 1 . x . 0 0 . 1 4 9 ; vol , p p 9 , , 744 , 7 7 3 ; vol xvi , pp . 5 , — . . 2 1 6 0 . 5 3 ; vol xvii , pp 4 4 5 7 , 4 Massach usetts Ar

. o v l. o . 6 o chives Eight m nths service , xiv , p 7 ; C st

’ o o . 6 . r lls , eight m n ths service , vol lvi , p . 3

William , son of Ebe nezer and Mary Bradstreet Kemp ,

2 1 born i n Groton , Massachusetts , on September , 7 5 3 ,

o n 1 1 marched , A pril 9 , 7 7 5 , from that place , at Lexing

’ t o n i n i n alarms , Captain Henry Farwell s com pany ,

’ o se r C lonel William Prescott s regiment . Length of

1 1 vice , fo u rteen days . He enlisted , on May 5 , 7 7 5 , as

’ o o o o a matr ss in Captain Th mas Wait F ster s c mp any ,

’ o o and served , als , later in Captain Edward C r ft s com

’ o o d r pany , i n C l nel Richar Gri dley s artille y regiment .

a 1 On M rch 5 , 7 7 7 , he enlisted ou t of Captai n J ohn

’ ’ o Holden s company , in C lonel J acob Reed s regiment ,

’ C o into aptain Sylvanu s Smith s company , i n C lon el

’ ’ Timothy Bigelow s regiment , for three y ears service i n

1 80 the Continental Army . I n 7 , he again enlisted in

’ the Continental Army , i n Captai n Sylvan u s Smith s

’ o c mpany , then in Colonel Rufus Putnam s regi ment , and w a s o 1 8 1 made a c rporal i n September , 7 , and on J uly

2 1 82 . 9 , 7 , a sergeant I n J anu ary , February , and

1 8 w as March , 7 3 , he serving in Captain Sylvanus ’ - ’ Smith s company , in Lieutenant Colonel David Cobb s — regimen t Vide Massachusetts A rchives . Lexington

’

. . 6 2 . alarms , vol xii , p ; Eight months service , vol xiv , - 1 . 88 . . . p ; M u ster and pay rolls , vol vi , p , vol lxviii ,

1 2 8 0 8 V . 2 0 2 0 . . pp , 4 , vol lxix , pp , 3 , 3 9 , 5 3 , 5 ; arious

v o l 1 . service , . lxviii , p . 9 7 Miscellaneou s rolls , vol lxviii , l 8 2 1 0 v o . . 2 . . 2 0 2 0 pp 7 , , ; E nlistment rolls , liii , p 3 4 t e hemp G enealogy 1 89

son William , of J ason an d Hannah Meers Kemp , born

o n 1 0 1 0 i n Billerica , Massachusetts , J anuary , 7 5 , marched

2 0 1 from Peterboro , New Hampshire , on April , 7 7 5 , at

’ o Lexingt n alarms , i n Captain William Scott s company ,

’ i n Colon el Paul D u dley Sargent s regiment . Length

2 1 of service , three days . H e enlisted , on April 3 , 7 7 5 ,

’ and served as a sergeant in Captain Samu el Ri ch ard s s

’ o company , in Col nel J ohn Stark s regi ment . Service ,

o . 6 1 three m nths and sixteen days On O ctobe r , 7 7 5 ,

’ a he enlisted i n C ptain William Sco t t s company , in Colo

’ o n nel Paul D udley Sargent s regiment . He enlisted ,

1 r J an uary 4 , 7 7 7 , and was muste ed as a private on Feb

’ ru ar 6 y , that year , in Captain Amos Morrill s company ,

’ o i n Col nel J ohn Stark s (First New H ampshire) regiment ,

w as 6 1 and discharged on September , 7 7 7 . Prior to

1 1 80 was J an u ary , 7 , he servi ng as a sergeant in the

’ second company in Colonel J oseph C ille y s (First New — H ampshi re) regi ment Vi de New Hampshire A r l 6 0 2 chives . Revolu tionary War rol s , vol . xiv , pp . 5 5 , ;

1 2 0 . . 8 . vol . xv , pp . 7 , 74 ; vol xvi , p 3 9

so n William , of H ezekiah and Rebecca Kemp , born in 1 6 1 Groton , Massachusetts , on April , 7 5 5 , marched , on

1 1 o April 9 , 7 7 5 , fr m Billerica , at Lexington alarms , in

’ o Captain Solomon P llard s company , i n Colonel

’ Green s regiment . Length of service , ﬁve days . H e ’ o n 2 8 1 F orb u sh s enlisted , April , 7 7 5 , in Captain Charles

’

o o B rid e s s . c mpany , in Col nel Ebenezer g regiment Ser 2 vice , th ree months and eleven days . O n J u ne 4 , that ’

year , he was serving in Captain Benj amin Walker s ’

z B rid e s s . company , in Colonel Ebene er g regiment O n

1 1 6 October 3 , 7 7 , he was serving in Captain Thomas 1 90 ﬁtbe hemp G enealogy

’ ’ o Warren s company , i n Col nel Brooks s regiment . H e

1 enlisted on J uly 7 , 7 7 7 , and served as a sergeant in Cap

’ o o tain Nathaniel Larkin s c mpany , in C lonel J ohn Rob

’ 1 — i d i n so n s 8. V a regiment , u ntil J anuary , 7 7 Massa

c h u se tts . . X lll . 2 Archives Lexington alarms , vol , p 5 ; - . . . . 2 0 M uster and pay rolls , vol xxiv , p 5 5 , vol lix , p 5 ; ’ - Eight months service , vol . xiv , p . 95 ; Cost rolls , eight

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. . 8 V months service , vol xxxv , p 5 ; arious service ,

. 6 0 . vol lv , h .

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S EAB U RY GENEALOGY

o o 1 6 6 2 e I . J ohn Bost n , died bef re ; marri d Grace , had

o 1 0 1 6 2 J hn , went to Barbadoes ; Samuel , December , 4

o and s me daughters .

so n I o t o Samuel , ( of , ) rem ved D uxbury ; a physician ; f We ﬁnd the following memorandu m in Su folk Deeds ,

S e a b e r o f e vol . iii . [page Samuell y sonne y late J ohn S e ab e ry of Boston (now li u i ng at D uxbu ry in Pli m o uth Pattent this 1 6 of Aprill 1 6 6 2 Came to v nd e r w ritt 81 desired me to enter his Clajm e to a Certaine house 81 parcell of land heretofore belonging to his father J o hn S e ab e ry now belonging to his Bro ther J n o

e o S eab e ry of Barbad o es 81 himself . y sajd h use 81 land

° being in possession O f one Nath aniall fryer 81 J n sw ee te for him who det e ine s it from them v nd e r a pretence of

1 9 2 Gbe hemp Genealogy

8 1 6 8 2 1 6 Ju ne , 7 ; Martha , September 3 , 7 9 ; J ohn mar

1 6 ried Elizabeth Alden , December 9 , 9 7 ; and a posthu ” ’ ’ Vza e : o mous child . Hist ry of the Town of Du xbury ,

. . 1 8 0 . 0 6 . Mass , by J ustin Winsor Boston , 49 , p p 3 5 , 3

2 0 1 6 6 6 Samuel Seabu ry , born in Du xbu ry , April , , and

o his brother J ohn , who married Elizabeth Alden , m ved

1 from there into Connecticut befo re the year 700 . “ 1 0 2 o Samuel , in 7 , made p u rchases of land in Leban n , b u t his name i s not fo u nd on any early list o f i nh ab i tants of that plantation . J ohn settled ﬁ rst at Stoning

o f h is s on o ton , where the birth David is rec rded , i 1 6 1 6 . 1 0 h s January , 99 In 7 4 , he exchanged farm in

G o Stonington for one i n rot n , to which he immediately removed , and being shortly afterward chosen a deacon i n the Congregational Church is principally known to ” o u r local annals as Deacon John Seabu ry of Groton . H is family was registered by the town clerk as foll o ws “ J oh n Seab ury married Elizabeth Alden , December 9

6 2 . 1 6 . : 1 . 1 6 1 9 7 C hildren David , born January , 99 ;

1 0 . o J ohn born , an d dead i n 7 9 ; 3 Patience , b rn May 5 ,

2 2 2 am u e l u l 8 1 0 6 1 0 . 1 0 . S 7 ; 4 J ohn , May , 7 4 ; 5 , J y , 7 ; 1 6 1 8 . 6 . 1 1 0 Mary , November , 7 ; 7 Sarah , March ,

— Na h arii e l l 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 8. t u 0 . 7 , J y 3 , 7 His relict Eliza

M a ower beth , a granddaughter of J ohn Alden of the yﬂ , 1 1 i s . interred at Stonington She died , J anu ary 4 , 7 7 , - ” aged ninety f o u r years .

o 8 1 0 6 Samu el Seabu ry , b rn J uly , 7 , son of J ohn and

Elizabeth Alden Seab ury , graduated from Harvard

1 2 o College in 7 4 , and , being licensed as a C ngreg-ational 1 2 6 minister , preached several months , in 7 , to the

o 1 0 ch u rch in North Grot n . In 7 3 , he declared himself t e hemp G enealogy 1 93

a convert to the Chu rch of England , and the next year went to England , where he received Episcopal ordina

o f tion from the Bishop London . He was commissioned by the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign

was Parts . H e sent as a mission ary by the society to

1 0 1 2 re New London , where , beginning April , 7 3 , he

dau . h mained eleven years H is ﬁrst wife was Abigail , g 1 1 ter of Thomas Mumford . She died in 7 3 , leaving

: 2 1 2 8 two children Caleb , born February 7 , 7 , and

0 1 2 . Samuel , November 3 , 7 9 After retu rning from

England , he married Elizabeth , daughter of Adam

o Powell , of Newp ort , Rh de Island , and had by her six

1 w as children . I n 743 he transferred by the society ,

o . and lab red in Hempstead , Long Island H e died J une

so n . Samuel , the second of the Rev Samuel an d Abigail

o M u mf rd Seabury , was born in Groton , Connecticut ,

0 1 2 . November 3 , 7 9 H e grad uated from Yale College

' 1 8 i n 1 0 i n 74 , and 7 5 went to Scotland to study medi

hi s cine , but changed his design an d turned attention to

o o f theology . H e was rdained a minister the Ch u rch

1 0 and as m is of England in 7 5 , retu rned to America a si o nary o f the Society for Propagating the Gospel in

Foreign Parts . At Aberdeen , Scotland , on November

1 1 8 w as o 1 0 4 , 7 4 , h e c nsecrated a bishop , and in 79

o O f o 2 elected bish p Rh de Island . H e died February 5 ,

1 d : 6 . Vi e C o nn e cti 7 9 The History of New London , cut , by Frances Mainwaring Caulkins . New London ,

1 8 1 - 9 5 , pp 4 9 , 44 3 445