Imprimis I will all my debts to be paid
Item I give unto my Son John Kemp my House and Land at Hunters Forstall in the parish of
Hearne in the County of Kent now in the Occupacon of Thomas Andrews and after his
decease to his eldest son and heirs for ever
Item I give unto my Loving Wife Susanna Kemp my House and Land at Beltinge which I
have purchased of John Dunstan to her during her natural Life
and after her decease to my Grandson John Kemp and his heirs for ever
And as for all my Ready money Debts household goods Wares Stock and Crop and all other my Goods and Chattells whatsoever I give and bequeath them unto my Loving Wife Susanna Kemp whom I hereby make Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament in the hopes that if at her Decease The house [has?] anything Left She will give the same to my Children
In Witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and Seal this 19th day of June 1711
John Kemp
Signed Sealed published and Declared to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of
the marke of Mary Fryer the marke of John Lorinar? Fr: Green
I do also hereby give unto the four Children of my Daughter Susanna Chapman the Wife of William Chapman of Ferversham in the County of Kent lately deceased the Sume of Forty shillings apeice to be paid them by my Grandson John Kemp within four years after mine and my Wifes decease
Witness my hand the mark of John Kemp
Exd. Geo: Lynton Not. P. (Examined by George Lynton, Notary Public)
Probatum fuit: Quarto die July 1719
Notes:
John Kempe was christened at St. Mary, Reculver on 3rd Sep 1657, s. of Christopher.
A later son John Kempe was christened at St. Martin, Herne on 1 Feb 1665 to Christopher
and Joane Kempe. It is this latter son to whom this Will refers.
30 May 1669 a sister Martha Kempe was also christened at Herne.
Christopher�s marriage to Joane not found (Commonwealth?).
See also: PRC 32/55/361b Will of Christopher Kempe of Herne, dated and proved 1688.
Joane Kempe was buried at Herne on 8th October 1670.
Christopher Kempe was buried at Herne 14th December 1688.
John Kempe (to whom this Will refers) married Susanna Storey 12th December 1657 at St.
Alphage, Canterbury. Son John�s birth not found at present.
Susannah Kemp married William Borton 1 Nov 1719 at St. Martin, Herne.
William Chapman and Susanna Kemp�s marriage NOT found. William Chapman married a Deborah Kemp in 1703 in Faversham.
Transcription by Shelagh Mason 28th August 2018. Free to use by Individual researchers.
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