Elizabeth (Mann) Kemp

Born [date unknown] in Tooting, Surrey, England

Biography

Elizabeth survived the death of her husband by 7 years. Her will calls her Dame Elizabeth Kemp, of Tooting, Co., Surrey, widow of Sir John Kemp. She desired that she be buried in a family vault in Tooting, in which her grandmother, and her grandfather Dr. Creighton, were buried. In her will which was proved in London 12th March,1768., mentions a daughter Elizabeth Lady Trimlestown, wife of the Right Honorable Lord Trimlestown, of the Kingdom of Ireland. There is no reference as to the father of Elizabeth (daughter).

Sources

Hitchin-Kemp, Frederick (1902). A general history of the Kemp and Kempe families of Great Britain and her colonies, with arms, pedigrees, portraits, illustrations of seats, foundations, chantries, monuments, documents, old jewels, curios, etc. (Chapter XII, pg 50 and 51). Published: London: The Leadenhall Press: New York: C. Scribner’s Sons. [database on-line]. Provo UT. The Generations Network, Inc. 2005.

Acknowledgments

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