Family:Ephraim Kempton and Mary Reeves (2)

Parents: Ephraim Kempton and Joanna Rawlins Ephraim Kempton chr. 8 Apr 1649 Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA d. Bef 12 Apr 1714 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts	Parents: John Reeves and Jane Unknown Mary Reeves b. Abt 1651 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. Bef Jan 1712/13

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Marriage^[1]^[2]^[3]

Bef 1674

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Ephraim Kempton	14 Nov 1674 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States	11 Dec 1758 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
2.	Stephen Kempton	1 Feb 1675/76 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
3.	John Kempton	Abt 1678 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA	Aft 1746 Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
4.	Samuel Kempton	4 Mar 1681/82 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
5.	Thomas Kempton	Abt 1684 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA	Abt 1708 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
6.	Elizabeth Kempton	1 Aug 1687 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
7.	Manassah Kempton	Abt 1689 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
8.	Ruth Kempton	Abt 1691 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

References

↑ Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., c2003)
page 165.

'KEMPTON, Ephraim3 (bp 1649-by 1714) & Mary REEVES (c1650s-by 1712/3); m Scituate 7 Nov 1673 [AEBK 1:78]'
↑ Smith, Dean Crawford, and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2008)
1:78.

'EPHRAIM KEMPTON ... gunsmith, baptized Scituate, MA 8 April 1649 (Register 57[1903]:83); died Salem, MA between 1 January 1712/3 (Essex Deed 26:148) and 12 April 1714 when he is called deceased in the deed of his son, Stephen (Essex Deed 44:57); married Scituate 7 November 1673 (Little Compton Families, 385) MARY REEVES, born Salem MA say 1650s, died after 1687 and before 1 January 1712/3 when her husband arranged life maintenance for himself but did not mention her (Essex Deed 26:148), daughter of JOHN and JANE (_____) REEVES...'
↑ Kempton, William E. "When Did Ephraim Kempton of Boston and Salem Marry?", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
166:189.

Notes that reported date 7 Nov 1673 is not found in VRs and is based on an error in Savage's Genealogical Dictionary (Vol. 3, p. 8) that was corrected in corrections (Vol. 3, p. 642). It turns out 7 Nov 1673 is birth of son Ephraim's wife Patience Faunce. The actual date has not been found.