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Samuel Kempton
Cenotaph

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Samuel Kempton

Birth
Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
Aug 1777 (aged 24)
At Sea
Cenotaph
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
B 410
Memorial ID
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Vital Records of Plymouth Massachusetts
to the Year 1850
Book One [p. 191]
Samuel Kempton born Feb. 14, 1753

Note: Gravestone has age at death 22 years,
which would make his year of birth about
1754/1755. Date of birth given on this
memorial as found in the vital records.

Samuel's siblings from Plymouth Vital Records
Book One [p. 191]
The children of John Kempton
& Elizabeth his wife
1) Jerusha Kempton born Aug. 29th 1738
2) John Kempton born July 22nd 1740
3) Elizabeth Kempton born June 21st 1742
4) Nathll. Kempton born July 23rd 1744;
decd. Aug. 19, 1756
said Kempton had 2 children born at one birth
in May 1737, one born dead, the other decd.
5) Hannah Kempton born Nov. 22, 1747
6) Mary Kempton born Sept. 15, 1749
7) Deborah Kempton born July 7th 1751
8) Zacheus Kempton born Dec. 4, 1754
9) Sarah Kempton born May 18, 1756
10) Joannah Kempton born March 14, 1758
11) Nathll, Kempton born June 6, 1762

This memorial was updated on
December 1, 2015.
Vital Records of Plymouth Massachusetts
to the Year 1850
Book One [p. 191]
Samuel Kempton born Feb. 14, 1753

Note: Gravestone has age at death 22 years,
which would make his year of birth about
1754/1755. Date of birth given on this
memorial as found in the vital records.

Samuel's siblings from Plymouth Vital Records
Book One [p. 191]
The children of John Kempton
& Elizabeth his wife
1) Jerusha Kempton born Aug. 29th 1738
2) John Kempton born July 22nd 1740
3) Elizabeth Kempton born June 21st 1742
4) Nathll. Kempton born July 23rd 1744;
decd. Aug. 19, 1756
said Kempton had 2 children born at one birth
in May 1737, one born dead, the other decd.
5) Hannah Kempton born Nov. 22, 1747
6) Mary Kempton born Sept. 15, 1749
7) Deborah Kempton born July 7th 1751
8) Zacheus Kempton born Dec. 4, 1754
9) Sarah Kempton born May 18, 1756
10) Joannah Kempton born March 14, 1758
11) Nathll, Kempton born June 6, 1762

This memorial was updated on
December 1, 2015.

Inscription

To the memory of
Mrs ELIZABETH KEMPTON
wife of Mr JOHN KEMPTON
who died May 23th 1801
aged 82 years.
Also in memory of 6
Children of Mr JOHN &
Mrs ELIZABETH KEMPTON
viz JOHN & SAMUEL died June 2th
1737 aged 1 month NATHANIEL died
June 9th 1756 aged 13 years PRISCILLA
died Augst 15th 1760 aged 4 years SARAH
died Feby 23th 1770 aged 13 years SAMUEL
died at sea Augst. 1777 aged 22 years.

Beneath this monument lies Zion dust,
Which in the resurrection of the just,
Shall rise in union to its head,
And sit in Glory that shall never fade.

Burial Hill Its Monuments and Gravestones
by Benjamin Drew
Published 1894
Epitaph #1594



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