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Ephraim Kempton

d. 1655 · Scituate, Massachusetts

Parents

Events

Birth
· England
Death
1655 · Scituate, Massachusetts

Family

Spouse: Joanna Rawlins (–1656) · m. 28 Jan 1646 · Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Children:

  1. Joanna Kempton (29 Sep 1645–Jun 1728)
    m. George Morton (ABOUT 1645–2 Aug 1727) · 22 Dec 1664 · Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Children: Hannah Morton (1668–); Mannasses Morton (1668–); Ephraim Morton (1671–1718); Joanna Morton (1673–1754); Ruth Morton (1676–1709); George Morton (1678–); Timothy Morton (1682–); Rebecca Morton; Elizabeth Morton
  2. Patience Kempton (2 Oct 1647–)
  3. Ephraim Kempton (1 Oct 1648–1712/14)
    m. Mary Reeves (–AFTER 1687)
  4. Manasseh Kempton (1 Jan 1651–28 Nov 1737)
  5. Ruth Kempton (–16 Oct 1714)
    m. Samuel Marshall (ABOUT 1646–1742) · ABOUT 1675

Notes

Savage 3:8 says of him: "Ephraim, Scituate, prob. s. of the preced. b. in Eng. m 28 Jan 1646, Joanna Rawlins, d. of Thomas, had Joanna, b. 29 Sept. 1647; Patience, 2 Oct. 1648, d. soon; Ephraim, 1 Oct. 1649; Manasseh, 1 Jan 1652; and d. 1655. His wid. d. 31 Mar. next yr. Deane, 299, is deficient in dates." Info on Ephraim and his family is in "Seeing Double: The Children of Ephraim2 and Joanna (Rawlings) Kempton" by Dean Crawford Smith and Meline Lutz Sanborn, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 148:342-344. That source gives his father as Ephraim-1, gives marriage, untangles duplicate conflicting records regarding actual children and their birth/baptism dates, etc. It does not elaborate on the birth of either Ephraim or Joanna. Original sources for family records: Scituate Vital Records 1:49,54-59, NEHGR 57(1903):82-5 "Records of the Second Church of Sciutate". For an account of Ephraim2, see "The American Genealogist 67(1992):132-4 and the forthcoming Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton Vol.1.