Born 27 Mar 1732 in London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Craighead) Kemp — married 1761 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1808 at age 76 in Franklin County, Virginia

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John Kemp lived in Virginia.

Biography

John Thomas Kemp was born in 1732 in London, England and was Christened Mar 28, 1732 in St. James, Westminster, Middelsex, England. He immigrated to the American Colonies by 1761 as he married Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Craghead (or Craighead). Polly was born about 1743 and was the daughter of Robert Craghead (or Craighead) and likely Susanna [Hale] Hail.

Children from this marriage were:

1. Thomas Cauper Kemp was born on 10 Jan 1763 in Virginia and died on 1 Sep 1831 in Virginia at age 68; married Esther Maxey
2. Robert Kemp; married Milly Edmondson, Oct 1786, likely married 6 Dec 1802 Sally Mattox
3. William Riley Kemp was born about 1767 in Virginia; married Susannah Hail, 24 Dec 1790
4. John Kemp was born about 1773 in Virginia, died in Missouri, married 13 Aug 1799 Fanny Dudley
5. Jordan Kemp was born in 1775 in Virginia, and died in 1844 at age 69; married Margaret “Peggy” Mattox, 1 Dec 1795
6. Martha Kemp
7. Mary “Polly” (Kemp) Robertson, born 1768 in Virginia, married Richard Robertson

John died in 1808 in Franklin County, Virginia.

Sources

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3GQ-TQJ : 20 March 2020), John Kemp, 1732.

• Kemp One-Name Study: Family of John Thomas Kemp & Mary Elizabeth Craghead

• http://www.albemarle-callaway.com/genealogy_pages/kemp_john/d1.html#c191

• Excerpt from “Pioneer Families of Missouri”“John Kemp of England married a Miss Craighead and settled in Franklin County, Virginia “.…...