[NOTE: This profile was edited to reflect the life of Abraham Kemp's first wife, Sarah (Fletcher) Kemp.]
Sarah Fletcher (1802-ca 1850) is #61 on my Ahnentafel list, my third great-grandmother. She married in 1818 to #60 Abraham James Kemp (1795-1881).
I am descended through:
* their son, #30 James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902), who married #31, Mary Jane Sovereen (1841-1874), in 1861.
* their daughter #15 Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952), who married #14 Charles Auble (1849-1916) in 1898.
* their daughter, #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) married, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)in 1918.
* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Sarah Fletcher[3]
* Alternate Name: Sarah Kemp[1]
* Sex: Female
2) INDIVIDUAL FACTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 7 July 1802, probably Quebec, Canada[1]
* Death: before 1850 (before age 48), probably Hastings, Ontario, Canada
3) SHARED FACTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Abraham Kemp (1795-1881)
* Marriage 1: 16 April 1818 (age 15), probably Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada[3]
* Child 1: Waity Catherine Kemp (1820-1899)
* Child 2: Mary Ann Kemp (1823-1903)
* Child 3: Stephen J. Kemp (1826-1880)
* Child 4: William H. Kemp (1829-1886)
* Child 5: James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902)
* Child 6: John L. Kemp (1834-1920)
* Child 7: Peter Evans Kemp (1837-1921)
* Child 8: Andrew Hait Kemp (1840-1915)
* Child 9: Sarah Jane Kemp (1843-1891)
* Child 10: Charles W. Kemp (1845- )
* Child 11: Wesley Kemp (1847-1891)
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets) - updated October 2025:
Sarah Fletcher was born 7 July 1802, probably in Prince Edward County, Ontario, according to the Kemp Family Bible.[1] The names of the parents of Sarah Fletcher are not known, and no siblings are known.
Sarah Fletcher was married to Abraham Kemp (1795-1881) on 16 April 1818 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, according to the Kemp Family Bible.
Abraham Kemp and Sarah Fletcher had the following children:
- Waity Catherine Kemp, born before 23 December 1820, Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; married John T. Rose, 8 May 1842, Ameliasburg, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, seven children; died 7 July 1899, Ameliasburg, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada.
- Mary Ann Kemp, born bef 20 February 1823, Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; married William Case Knapp, 20 March 1848, Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, six children; died 9 November 1903, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
- Stephen J. Kemp, born 7 February 1826, Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; married (1) Phebe Ann McHenry, 4 April 1859, Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States, six children; married (2) Ruana Quesick, 21 March 1888, Jefferson, Indiana, United States.
- William Henry Kemp, born 4 March 1829, Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; married Mary Knapp, 1852, Ontario, Canada, fifteen children; died 27 September 1886, Kimball, St. Clair, Michigan, United States.
- James Abraham Kemp, born 22 May 1831, Hillier, Prince Edward, Upper Canada, British Colonial America; married (1) Mary Jane Sovereen, 10 March 1861, Middleton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, five children; married (2) Melissa Wilson, 16 November 1876, Bell Ewart Innisfil, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, one child; died 19 September 1902, Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.
- John L. Kemp was born on 28 April 1834 in Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada. He died on 10 April 1920 at the age of 85 in Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.
- Peter Evans Kemp, born 28 February 1837, probably Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; married (1) Isabella Eagles, 22 Feb 1865, Otterville, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, two children; married (2) Catherine Frances Ryder, 6 April 1875, Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, four children; died 10 April 1921, Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.
- Andrew Hait Kemp, born 6 November 1840, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; married (1) Elizabeth Eagles, 25 December 1867, Middleton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, four children; married (2) Mary Catherine Wade, 15 November 1905, Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, no children; died 6 January 1915, Delhi, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.
- Sarah Jane Kemp, born 2 June 1843, Consecon, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; married Henry Pulver, 18 September 1864, Rednersville, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, five children; died 22 October 1891, Ameliasburg, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada.
- Charles W. Kemp was born on 14 September 1845 in Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada. He died before 1851 at the age of 6 in Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada.
- Wesley Kemp, born 16 November 1847, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; married Augusta Ann Robertson, 4 November 1874, Middleton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, four children; died 21 September 1891, St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
A Kemp family Bible was in the possession of a descendant of Abram Kemp (1795- after 1881) of Norfolk County, Ontario.[1, 3]. A transcript of the Bible was typed at some unknown time and a copy of the transcript was donated to the Orange County (CA) Genealogical Society and placed in the Huntington Beach (CA) Public Library in Orange County, California, where I found it in the stacks in the early 1990s. The second page includes these notes:
Abraham Kemp was married to Sarah Fletcher on 16th April 1818.In the 1851 Canada Census for Canada West (Ontario), the Abram Kemp family resided in Ameliasburg, Prince Edward County, Ontario.[2] The household included:
"BIRTHS
Ab'm Kemp 4 Nov 1795 (4 Dec 1795)
Sarah Kemp 7 July 1802 (about 1807)
Waty C. Kemp 23 Sept 1821 (23 Dec 1820)
Mary Ann Kemp 20 July 1824 (20 Feb 1823)
Stephen G. Kemp 7 Feb 1826
W.H. Kemp 4 March 1829
Ab'm J. Kemp 22 May 1831
John L. Kemp 28 Apr 1834 (about 1835)
Peter E. Kemp 28 Feb 1837
Andrew Kemp 6 Nov 1840 (6 Nov 1839)
Sarah J. Kemp 2 June 1843 (about 1841)
Chas. W. Kemp 14 Sept 184-
Wesley Kemp 16 Nov 1847 (16 Feb 1849)
- Abram Kemp - a farmer, born in U.S., W. Methodist, age 55, male.
- Sephrona Kemp - spinster, born in France, Catholic, age 44, female
- Abram Kemp Jr. - labourer, born in Canada, W. Methodist, age 21, male.
- John Kemp - labourer, born in Canada, W. Methodist, age 17, male.
- Peter E. Kemp - labourer, born in Canada, W. Methodist, age 14, male.
- Wesley Kemp - born in Canada, W. Methodist, age 4, male.
Sarah (Fletcher) Kemp may have died after son Wesley’s 1847 birth and before 1851 in Prince Edward County, Ontario when Abraham was married to his second wife, Sephrona (Goddard) Sheltraw (1808-1896) before 1851, probably in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
In the 1861 Canada census in Huntingdon township, Hastings County, Ontario the Abraham Kemp family included:
* Abraham Kemp - born C.W. (Canada West), Wesleyan religion, age 65, male, married, member of family
* Ann Kemp - born C.W. (Canada West), Wesleyan religion, age 55, female, married, member of family
* Wesley Kemp - born C.W. (Canada West), Wesleyan religion, age 13, male, not married, member of family.
This implies a second (or third) wife for Abraham Kemp.
There is no apparent death or burial record for Sarah (Fletcher) Kemp.
5) SOURCES
1. Unknown, John Evans Kemp Family Bible transcript (Transcript at Huntington Beach CA Public Library), Sarah Kemp birth entry.
2. Census of 1851, Prince Edward County, Ontario, A, District 32, Prince Edward County, Subdistrict 304, Ameliasburgh township, Page 42 (penned), Lines 14 to 19, Abram Kemp household; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1851/index-e.html : accessed 10 March 2013); Library and Archives Canada Microfilm C-11750.
3. Unknown, John Evans Kemp Family Bible transcript, Abraham Kemp and Sarah Fletcher marriage entry.
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