Born before in Frederick County, Maryland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johann Frederick Kemp
and Regina (Shoup) Kemp
Sister of
John William Kemp, Johann Peter Kemp, Ludwig (Kämpff) Kemp, David Kemp, Anna Maria (Kämpf) Baer and David (Kempf) Kemp
Wife of
Frederick Dern
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Isaac Dern, Mary (Dern) Delaplaine, William Dern, Esther Dern, Sophia (Dern) Delaplaine and Frederick Dern
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Sophia was baptized Maria Sophia Kämpff on 11 August 1751; her birth date wasn't recorded in the record. The sponsor was Maria Sophia Kämpff, presumably her father's sister.[1]
Sophia is named in her father's will as Sophia Dern and receives a legacy of ninety-five pounds.
Sources
- ↑ Weiser vol. 5, page 3
- Frederick S. Weiser, ed.; Wm. J. Hinke, trans. Maryland German Church Records, Volume 5: Evangelical Reformed Church, Frederick, Frederick Co., 1746-1789. Historical Society of Carroll County, Westminster, MD, 1991
- Will of Frederick Kemp, Liber GMRB-1-53, Frederick County, Maryland. Online in collection "Maryland, Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-24294-38398-50?cc=1803986&wc=M15V-3TB:146535301,147321401 : accessed 23 Jun 2014), Frederick > Wills 1803-1809 vol 1 > image 36 of 237; citing Hall of Records, Annapolis.
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