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Thomas Kempton[1]

Male 1807 - 1889  (82 years)


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  • Name Thomas Kempton 
    Born 20 Jan 1807  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 07 Mar 1840  Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    arrived ship Adelaide
    · Thomas KEMPTON age 28
    · Mary Ann KEMPTON age 26 wife
    · Thomas KEMPTON son age 3
    · Henry KEMPTON son age 8 months 
    Died 12 Mar 1889  Greytown, South Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Greytown Cemetery, Greytown, South Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Greytown Cemetery Tombstone Inscription    		 Greytown Cemetery Tombstone Inscription
    In loving memory of MARY ANN KEMPTON died 11th March 1882 age 73 years; also
    THOMAS KEMPTON died 12th March 1889 aged 83. Gone but not forgotten.
    Erected by their son Thomas.
    Plot: Block 9 plot 14
    Notes 
    • Thomas KEMPTON and his family left Wellington and settled in Greytown, Wairarapa around 1853.
      'Wairarapa' by C J Carle
      'Late on Thursday after noon March 27 1853, the first of the Wairarapa Small Farm Association settlers arrived in Greytown. They were Mr Thomas KEMPSTON his son Thomas, Mr Ben Stevens, Mr & Mrs Moles and the Rev Bruff and they tramped their weary way from the Patarutahi. Mr Kempton built a shack on the present main street line and was later joined by his wife and family. Mr Stevens settled on the west of the main street and Mr & Mrs Moles settled on ?Skull Clearing? between the present Post Office site and the northern boundry. Tracks were cut through the bush and the settlement established.'
      (Reference National Library NZ publication 'Wairarapa' by C J Carle & ATL 3/1 18 September 29 October 1951)
      'Wairarapa Times 1-9-87 - Frank Fyfe
      'The remaining two members of the party were father and son Thomas Kempton senior and junior. The Kempton's settled vigoursley to a variety of pursuits while acquiring and farming land upon which their descendants still live today.
      A butcher shop, Store, Carrying business. Sawmill, interest and the 'Raising Sun' hotel are some of those known. Upon the arrival of the party according to family tradition Thomas senior is said to have said to his son ?Well Tom I think this is the place. Why don?t you take the shovel and turn the first sod. In 1856 he secured a further place in History when he drove a specially constructed narrow bullock wagon containing a ton of goods from Wellington to Greytown to open the Rimutaka Hill road to wheeled traffic on Tuesday June 10. In public life Thomas senior became chairman of the Greytown Town board in 1876 and first mayor upon proclamation of the borough in 1878. Thomas Junior sat on the first borough council.'
      (Reference Alexander Turnbull Library NZ Biographies 1981 volume 5 page 178 ?Wairarapa Times 1-9-87 Frank Fyfe)
      09 February 1854 NZ Government Gazette Province of Wellington List of Jurors for the District of Wellington for the year 1854
      · KEMPTON Thomas Ohiro farmer
      (Source Wellington Public Library Wellington Gazettes from 1854 ? 1860 Reference NZ 993.14 WEL)
      28 August 1854 Electoral Roll for year 1854-55 Wellington Country District
      · KEMPTON Thomas place of Abode Ohiro calling or business Farmer qualification Household Ohiro district
      (Source Wellington Public Library Wellington Gazettes from 1854 ? 1860 Reference NZ 993.14 WEL)
      09 August 1855 Electoral Roll for year 1855-56 Wellington Country District
      · KEMPTON Thomas place of Abode Ohiro calling or business Farmer qualification Household Ohiro district
      (Source Wellington Public Library Wellington Gazettes from 1854 ? 1860 Reference NZ 993.14 WEL)
      22 July 1856 Electoral Roll for year 1856-57 Wellington Country District
      · KEMPTON Thomas place of Abode Ohiro calling or business Farmer qualification Household Ohiro district
      (Source Wellington Public Library Wellington Gazettes from 1854 ? 1860 Reference NZ 993.14 WEL)
      22 July 1856 Electoral Roll for year 1856-57 Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay District
      · KEMPTON Thomas place of Abode Grey town calling or business Farmer qualification
      Freehold Grey town
      (Source Wellington Public Library Wellington Gazettes from 1854 ? 1860 Reference NZ 993.14 WEL)
      23 July 1857 Electoral Roll for year 1857-58 Wellington Country District
      · KEMPTON Thomas place of Abode Ohiro calling or business Farmer qualification
      Household Ohiro district
      (Source Wellington Public Library Wellington Gazettes from 1854 ? 1860 Reference NZ 993.14 WEL)
      23 July 1857 Electoral Roll for year 1857-58 Wairarapa District
      · KEMPTON Thomas place of Abode Grey town calling or business Farmer qualification
      Freehold Grey town Wairarapa
      (Source Wellington Public Library Wellington Gazettes from 1854 ? 1860 Reference NZ 993.14 WEL)
      24 July 1858 Electoral Roll for the year 1858 Wellington Country District
      · KEMPTON Thomas place of Abode Ohiro calling or business Farmer qualification
      Household Ohiro district
      (Source Wellington Public Library Wellington Gazettes from 1854 ? 1860 Reference NZ 993.14 WEL)
      24 July 1858 Electoral Roll for the year 1858 Wairarapa District
      · KEMPTON Thomas place of Abode Grey town calling or business Farmer qualification
      Freehold Grey town Wairarapa
      (Source Wellington Public Library Wellington Gazettes from 1854 ? 1860 Reference NZ 993.14 WEL)
      SEARCH Reference 1865 Wairarapa Electoral Roll Thomas KEMPTON
      SEARCH Reference 1874 NZ Government Gazette LTN page 88 Thomas KEMPTON
      October 1882 A Return of the Freeholders of New Zealand
      · KEMPTON Thomas farmer Greytown freeholder, Borough and Town district Greytown
      Value in each and Total value in Colony £2,200
      · KEMPTON Thomas jun Greytown freeholder, County land Wairarapa E County 1,093
      Area in each county acres £3,500 Value in each county plus Wairarpa W - 1,105 acres
      £2,580 value total 2,198 acres, £6,080 value. Also Borough and Town district Greytown
      £1,600 value = Total value in Colony £7,680.
      (Reference National Library of NZ microfiche of A Return of the Freeholders of New Zealand October 1882)
      Source www.lynly.gen.nz/index.htm
    Person ID I22375  Frost Family
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2009 

    Family Mary Ann King,   b. Abt 1804, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1882, Greytown, South Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)  [1] 
    Married Abt 1829  Lambeth, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Kempton,   b. 03 Sep 1836, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1910  (Age 73 years)
     2. Henry Kempton,   b. 03 Sep 1838, Marylebone, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1910, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +3. Emily Jane Kempton,   b. 1 Oct 1840, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1865, Greytown, South Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
     4. Sarah Ann Kempton,   b. Abt 1844, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Phoebe Head Kempton,   b. 23 Dec 1847, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1914  (Age 66 years)
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F6833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Jan 1807 - London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - arrived ship Adelaide
    · Thomas KEMPTON age 28
    · Mary Ann KEMPTON age 26 wife
    · Thomas KEMPTON son age 3
    · Henry KEMPTON son age 8 months - 07 Mar 1840 - Wellington, New Zealand    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Mar 1889 - Greytown, South Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Greytown Cemetery, Greytown, South Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S283] Lynly Lessels YATES Genealogy Website, Lynly Lessels YATES Genealogy Website, (http://www.lynly.gen.nz/index.htm ), Lynly Yates


  

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