Samuel Waterman Kemp (1831 - 1897)

Born 9 Apr 1831 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eunice Peake (Newcomb) Kemp — married 31 May 1854 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Aug 1897 at age 66 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Capt Samuel Waterman Kemp BIRTH 9 Apr 1831 Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 13 Aug 1897 (aged 66) Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Oak Dale Cemetery Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 144721706 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 0 Family Members Parents Photo William P Kemp 1795–1859

Photo Nancy Atwood Rider Kemp 1803–1873

Spouse Photo Eunice Peake Newcomb Kemp 1832–1916 (m. 1854)

Siblings Photo William P Kemp 1824–1844

Photo Samuel Kemp 1829–1829

Photo Willie Kemp 1843–1848

Children Photo Nancy Atwood Kemp Rogers 1859–1934

Samuel W. Kemp, born April 9, 1831, was the fourth son of William and Nancy A. Kemp. He received but a limited education at the common schools of his native village, going to sea at eight years of age, and attending school three months of each winter during the ten succeeding years. At twenty he was a master in the [p. 819] oyster and fishing business, which position he ably filled until he was thirty-three years old. He preferred sailing his own vessels, and while in the fishing business had the schooners R. R. Higgins and Eunice P. Newcomb successively built. In 1864 he turned his attention to coasting, and had the large schooner Anna Lyons built at Chelsea, and in which he sailed seven years. In 1871 he had the three-masted vessel Charles H. Lawrence built, in which he coasted from Maine to New Orleans until 1882, when the vessel, while under the care of his mate, was wrecked at the mouth of Boston harbor. In 1883 he made four voyages to Baltimore, and the next year he assisted J. H. Freeman, agent of the Wellfleet Mercantile wharf. He had been on the sea forty-tour years as boy, mate and master, three-fourths of the time in command; and so successful was his mastership, and so marked his integrity, that he had only to select his vessel if he would longer follow the sea. In January, 1885. after the resignation of Mr. Freeman, he, by the urgent wish of the stockholders, assumed the agency of the Mercantile wharf, which position he now satisfactorily fills. He is a director of the Wellfleet Savings Bank, a member of Adams Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and is identified with the social and business interests of the town. He endorses the acts of the republican party in his political preferences, and substantially supports the Congregational church. He never assumes to be a leader or dictator in the affairs of the town; but when he places his foot upon the quarter deck, his relation to surroundings seems to change, and he appears to have been born to be master. In 1854 he married Eunice P., daughter of Lemuel Newcomb, of Wellfleet—an old and influential resident. Of their four children, the only survivor is Nannie A., who married Arthur H. Rogers, of Orleans, and has two children—Herbert K. and Euna W. Rogers. The residence of Captain Kemp is pleasantly situated, on Main street of Wellfleet village, where, in that social enjoyment he so loves, he is surrounded by his loving household.

Sources

• History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts - Chapter xxiv| transcribed by Ray Brown/David Kew

edited by Simeon L. Deyo. 1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co pages 787-824