Born about in South Africa
Ancestors 
Daughter of Petrus Johannes Kemp
and Catharina Elizabeth (Human) Kemp
Sister of
Johanna Christina Kemp, Jurgen Johannes Kemp, Magdalena (Kemp) Human, Catharina Elizabeth (Kemp) Kritzinger, Petrus Johannes Kemp and Gerhardus Philippus Kemp
Wife of
Hermanus Wessels
— married
4 Sep 1791 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Johannes Mattheus Wessels, Catharina Elizabeth Wessels, Petrus Jurgen Wessels, Cornelia Lusabeth Wessels, Cornelia Elizabeth (Wessels) Kritzinger, Hermanus Johannes Wessels, Wessel Wessels, Wessel Hendrik Wessels, Maria Petronella (Wessels) Scheepers and Johanna Susanna (Wessels) Human
Died
at about age 70
in Bushmans River
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Biography
Death
- Date: 23 MAR 1839[1]
Sources
- WikiTree profile Kemp-456 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter.
- WikiTree profile Kemp-1142 created through the import of THE YELDS - 08052010.ged on Dec 8, 2012 by Lynette Oosthuizen.
- ↑ Added by Lynette Oosthuizen, Dec 8, 2012
- "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPWN-P8YQ : 27 April 2020), Maria Petronella Kemp, 1836-1840. Death notice 23 Mar 1839 Wessels-1522 09:22, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Ruth (Ernstzen) Hammer 
:
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch XE1018907 [compare]
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~0.78%
Judy Littleford :
23andMe, GEDmatch WJ7630275 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Yo Hibbert :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A424146 [compare], Ancestry member YHibbert2
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Naomi (Hibbert) Venter :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A147408 [compare]
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~0.78%
Mathys Johannes Smit :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Lynn Hammer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A884842 [compare], yourDNAportal lynnbarbour, Ancestry member 1_lynnbarbour
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A884842 [compare], yourDNAportal lynnbarbour
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~0.78%
Suné (Wessels) van der Merwe :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sunevandermerwe07
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~0.78%
Cindy (Paul) Scott-Turner :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T712887 [compare], FTDNA kit #689263
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Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Kemp-1142 and Kemp-456 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse
posted
by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Rejected matches › Maria Catherine Kamp (1768-)
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