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==Status summary==
As of April 2, 2026:

* An early settler of New Plimoth. Married but never had any children.

==Paper trail==
===First Generation===
[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kempton-13 Manasseh Kempton] was baptized at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England 26 Feb 1589/90, son of George Kempton (TAG 67:134). He died Plymouth 14 Jan 1662/3 (PCR 8:23). He married before the 1627 Cattle Division [[Dilly, wife of Alexander Carpenter (mtDNA)#Second Generation |Juliana Carpenter]], widow of [[Morton (Y-DNA)#First Generation |George Morton]]. They had no known children.

==DNA Results==
Given the fact he had no children, it is not possible to determine his Y-DNA.

==References and External Resources==
* Anderson, Robert Charles, ''The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633'' (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004) pp. 297-301.

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 [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kempton-13 Manasseh Kempton] was baptized at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England 26 Feb 1589/90, son of George Kempton (TAG 67:134). He came over to New Plimoth in the ''Anne'' in 1623. He died Plymouth 14 Jan 1662/3 (PCR 8:23). He married before the 1627 Cattle Division [[Dilly, wife of Alexander Carpenter (mtDNA)#Second Generation |Juliana Carpenter]], widow of [[Morton (Y-DNA)#First Generation |George Morton]]. They had no known children.
-[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kempton-22 Ephraim Kempton] son of George Kempton was baptized at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland 26 Oct 1691 and died Scituate bef 5 May 1645. He married Holy Trinity the Less, London 12 Apr 1617 and they had two sons: John (bp 1618, likely died unm. bef father's emigration) and Ephraim (1620/1). Father and son Ephraim emigrated to Plymouth Colony about 1642.
+[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kempton-22 Ephraim Kempton] son of George Kempton was baptized at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland 26 Oct 1691 and died Scituate bef 5 May 1645. He married Holy Trinity the Less, London 12 Apr 1617 Elizabeth Wilson and they had two sons: John (bp 1618, likely died unm. bef father's emigration) and Ephraim (1620/1). Father and son Ephraim emigrated to Plymouth Colony about 1642.
 ===Second Generation===
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 ===Fourth Generation===
-[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kempton-60 Ephraim Kempton (IV)] was born Salem 14 Nov 1674 and died Dartmouth bef 11 Dec 1758. He married Plymouth 2 Jun 1702 Patience Faunce and they had four children: Ephraim (1702/3-1720), Thomas (1704/5 m Esther Throop, Mary Hathaway & Phebe Price), William (1707 m Mary Brewster) and Joanna (1710).
+[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kempton-60 Ephraim Kempton (IV)] was born Salem 14 Nov 1674 and died Dartmouth bef 11 Dec 1758. He married Plymouth 2 Jun 1702 [[Martha, widow Ford (mtDNA)#Third Generation |Patience Faunce]] and they had four children: Ephraim (1702/3-1720), Thomas (1704/5 m Esther Throop, Mary Hathaway & Phebe Price), William (1707 m Mary Brewster) and Joanna (1710).
 [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kempton-36 Stephen Kempton] was born Salem 1 Feb 1675/6 and died Southampton, NY in 1737. He married four times: Aug 1702 Ruth Ingledaw, Boston 15 Oct 1715 Rebecca Alliset, 15 May 1718 Rebecca Bly and 10 Dec 1722 Martha Littemy. By his first wife he had: Ruth (1707/8), Abigail (1710) and Sarah (1712). By his second wife he had: Rebecca (1717). By his third wife he had: Mary (1718) and Priscilla (1720). He had no children by his last wife. In conclusion, Stephen had no sons, so no surviving Y-DNA line from him.

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 As of April 2, 2026:
-* An early settler of New Plimoth. Married but never had any children.
+* Manasseh Kempton was an early settler of New Plimoth. He was married but never had any children. His brother, Ephraim, came over in the 1640s and had a family. His Y-DNA line is believed to be still surviving.
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 ==Paper trail==

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 ==Paper trail==
 ===First Generation===
-[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kempton-13 Manasseh Kempton] was baptized at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England 26 Feb 1589/90, son of George Kempton (TAG 67:134). He died Plymouth 14 Jan 1662/3 (PCR 8:23). He married before the 1627 Cattle Division [[Dilly, wife of Alexander Carpenter (mtDNA)#Second Generation |Juliana Carpenter]], widow of [[Morton (Y-DNA)#First Generation |George Morton]]. They had no known children.
+[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kempton-13 Manasseh Kempton] was baptized at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England 26 Feb 1589/90, son of George Kempton (TAG 67:134). He came over to New Plimoth in the ''Anne'' in 1623. He died Plymouth 14 Jan 1662/3 (PCR 8:23). He married before the 1627 Cattle Division [[Dilly, wife of Alexander Carpenter (mtDNA)#Second Generation |Juliana Carpenter]], widow of [[Morton (Y-DNA)#First Generation |George Morton]]. They had no known children.
 ==DNA Results==
-Given the fact he had no children, it is not possible to determine his Y-DNA.
+Family Tree DNA does not (yet) have a Kempton surname DNA project.
 ==References and External Resources==

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 ==References and External Resources==
 * Anderson, Robert Charles, ''The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633'' (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004) pp. 297-301.
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