Joanna Kempton

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Joanna Kempton formerly Rawlins

Born 1630 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Daughter of Thomas Rawlins Jr. and Mary (Unknown) Rawlins

Sister of Thomas Rawlins, Mary (Rawlins) Parker, Nathaniel Rawlins, Nathaniel Rawlins and John Rawlins

Wife of Ephraim Kempton II — married about 28 Jan 1645 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Mother of Joanna Kempton, Joanna (Kempton) Morton, Patience Kempton, Patience Kempton, Ephraim Kempton, Ephraim Kempton III, Manasseh Kempton, Manasseh Kempton and Ruth (Kempton) Marshall

Died 31 Mar 1656 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 22 Jul 2018 | Created 8 Jul 2011

Biography

Joanna Rawlins was born in 1630 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Thomas Rawlins his wife Mary. [1] [2]

Ephraim Kempton married Joanna Rawlins on 28 Jan 1645 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [3][4] [5] [6].

Their children included[7] [8][9]:

Joanna, born November 9, 1645[7] [8], who died young.[9] Joanna, born September 29, 1646[7] [8], who married George Morton in 1664[9] Patience, born November 21, 1647[7] [8], who died on July 1, 1648[10] [9] Patience, born October 2, 1648[7] [8], who also died young[9] Ephraim, born October 1, 1649[7] [8], who married Mary Reeves[6] [9] Manasseh, born November 9, 1650[7] [8], who must have died young[9] Mannasseh, born January 1, 1651[7] [8], who did not marry[9] Ruth, born September 24, 1654[7] [8], who married Samuel Marshall[9] Ephraim Kempton died on 24 June 1655 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts[1] [11]. His wife Joanna died after him on 31 March 1656 also in Scituate.[12] [13] [10]

After their death, Ephraim's brother Manasseh and Joanna's father Thomas Rawlins jointly took responsibility for raising the four orphaned children. The genealogy noted here[9], and The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton both explain that the trail of documents leads to a reasonable conclusion that Ephraim and Ruth were raised by Thomas Rawlins in Boston, and that Manasseh and joanna were raised by Uncle Manasseh in Plymouth.

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, page 1559 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project Early Vital Records of Massachusetts; From 1600 to 1850; Scituate - Marriages; Image of page 171 showing Kempton, Ephraim and Joanna Rawlings, married January 28,1645 (Joanna daughter of Thomas) ↑ 6.0 6.1 Torrey's New England Marriages, Vol 2, page 2882 New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. This source lists various references, including: Mayflower Descendant 2:32; 13:86, 14:112, 113, 17:73, 19:23; NEHGS Register 5:335, 338, 8:256, 9:313, 371, 19:219; Rawlins 31-32; Southhampton 430; Randall Anc. 304-305; and Mendell 89 ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Massachusetts Vital Records Scituate V1, page 210] found in Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). This source is behind a paywall ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Massachusetts Vital Records Project Early Vital Records of Massachusetts; From 1600 to 1850; Scituate - Births; Image of page 210 showing the same image in the NEHGS reference for the children of Ephraim and Joanna ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 The Kempton/Kimpton families in North America : from Plymouth Colony through the tenth generation throughout the United States and Canada by Morton W. Saunders ; co-editors, Eleanor F. Saunders, Kevin W. Saunders. Publication Info.Baltimore, MD : Gateway Press ; Cranston, RI, see page 5 for the children of Ephraim and Joanna ↑ 10.0 10.1 Massachusetts Vital Records Project Early Vital Records of Massachusetts; From 1600 to 1850; Scituate - Deaths; Image of page 408 showing the same information as shown in NEHGS for the deaths of Ephraim, his wife Joanna and their daughter Patience ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPT-8YR : 5 November 2017), Ephraim Kempton, 24 Jun 1655; citing Death, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPT-8YY : 5 November 2017), Ephraim Kempton in entry for Joanna Kempton, 31 Mar 1656; citing Death, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.

Joanna was the daughter of Thomas Rawlins & Mary ?. They all came to America approx. 1630 and lived in Roxbury, Massachusetts. She married Ephraim Kempton ll on January 28,1645 in Scituate, Massachusetts. They had a son Ephraim lll.