Obediah Kempton (abt. 1762 - 1831)

Born about 1762 in Dartmouth, MA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Smith) Kempton — married 20 Apr 1783 in Dartmouth, MA

Descendants

Died 31 Aug 1831 at about age 69 in New Bedford, MA

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Biography

Private Obediah Kempton served with Bristol County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Obediah Kempton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A129051.

Obediah was born about 1762. He was the son of Ephraim Kempton and Anna Nye. He passed away in 1831.

Marriage

First: Obed married Ruth Smith on April 20, 1783, at Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Ruth was born in March, 1767, in Dartmouth; she was the daughter of Jonathan Smith and Sylvia Howland. She died on October 17, 1829, in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts.

Second: Obed married Sally (Sarah) Cardy, widow of Henry Cardy, on October 12, 1830, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Sally was born about 1792, and died in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, on August 24, 1838. There are no known children of Obed and Sally.

Children of Obed and his first wife, Ruth Smith

1. Zacheus, born about 1784, in New Bedford, Massachusetts; married August 15, 1808, Mary Cornell, at Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died on February 20, 1820, in New York City, and was buried in Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
2. Phebe, born about 1786, in New Bedford, Massachusetts; marriage intention in Providence, Rhode Island, on November 4, 1804, to Samuel James. She died on December 4, 1867, in New Bedford, Massachusetts
3. Ezra, born May 21, 1790, in New Bedford, Massachusetts; married December 15, 1816, Sarah Bly, at New Bedford. He died in December, 1860
4. Hannah, born in New Bedford, Massachusetts; married October 8, 1807, Timothy Delano, at New Bedford. She died September 6, 1830, at New Bedford
5. Isaac S., born about 1792, in New Bedford, Massachusetts; married December 23, 1833, Hannah Ryder Stetson, at New Bedford. He died January 1852, in New Bedford, Massachusetts

Last Will

Obed's estate was entered for probate on October 4, 1831.

The legatees and devisees named in the will were:

Sarah, his wife

Zacheus, his eldest son

Phebe James, his eldest daughter

Ezra S., his second son

Hannah Delano, his second daughter

Isaac, his youngest son

Sources

• Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/t/48301/14853-co47/1414584272

• The Kempton/Kimpton Family in North America by Morton W. Saunders; Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD; pages 40, 119. Copyright 2000 by Eleanor F. Saunders and Kevin W. Saunders
• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A129051
• The Kempton/Kimpton families in North America : from Plymouth Colony through the tenth generation throughout the United States and Canada by Saunders, Morton W., pg 40
• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFF-L9WX-K?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-R9K%3A1597372303 : 29 August 2019), Massachusetts, Soldiers and Sailors, Kable, Jacob-Lsubon, Pierre > image 94 of 1048; citing various published state rosters, United States.