Kemp family.

The Kemp Family

THE KEMP AND WARD FAMILIES FROM ICKLETON, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND

John Alderman married Mary Burling on 23.10.1750 and their daughter Mary (born 6.5.1733) married William Christle..

William and Mary Christle’s son William Christle (born 28.6.1751) married Sarah Cole.

William and Sarah Christle’s daughter Mary was born at Ickleton and was christened on the 5.10.1788.

Thomas Kemp (born around 1789 at Elmdon, Essex) married Mary Christle at Ickleton, Cambridge on 13.11.1812. The marriage was performed by the Curate Robert Roberts in the presence of Richard Brand and Richard Soole.

Their son George (born at Ickleton on 15.7.1821 and baptised on 12.8.1821) married Harriet Ward (born 9.5.1824) on 14.9.1851. Marriage performed by

The Rector, G. A. Freon at the Residence, Ickleton in the presence of William Smith and Susanna Frogwill.

John Ward (born 29.9.1793) married Harriet Ward (born 19.2.1796) on 18.2.1819. The service was conducted by the Curate Robert Lascelles at Ickleton, Cambridge. Their daughter Harriet Ward was baptised on 9.5.1824.

George and Harriet Kemp’s children were: Harriet (born 14.2.1850 died 3.7.1887), Sarah (born 1852 died 8.12.1923 at Randwick), Thomas (born 1855), George (born 1856), Ellen (born 1857 married John McKew on 2.3.1887), Emma (born 1858 or 1859 married William Christie in 1882), Fanny (born 1861) married Robert Matthews. Jeanette (born 1862) married Harry G. Hart in 1883, Elias (born 1863 died 1865), William (born 1865), Jason (born 1866 but died soon after birth).

PASSAGE TO AUSTRALIA

George and Harriett Kemp left on the ship “David McIver” from Plymouth, England arriving with their daughters Harriet Ward and Sarah Ann in Sydney on the 1.9.1853. The children were aged 4years and 7 months according to the shipping list of 25.8.1852.

They stayed at Campbelltown for some time then moved to Mud-Me-Long near Araluen where George Kemp took up goldmining. Harriet Kemp died in Araluen, NSW on 21.5.1866 aged 42 years.

George Kemp died in Araluen, NSW on 14.6.1913 aged 91 years & 11 months.

Pike Family

THE PIKE FAMILY FROM HEYTESBURY, WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND

John Pike married Ann Young (both from Heytesbury) on 27.1.1777.

Their children were: Thomas, Elizabeth, Jenny and George.

Thomas Pike was baptised on 5.10.1777. Thomas Pike married Mary Ricketts on 12.10.1800 at Heytesbury. Mary was the daughter of James and Ann Cowdrey.

Thomas and Mary Pike’s son Thomas was baptised on 29.1.1804.

Thomas Pike (a botanist) married Susanna Herbert Clarke (born 21.11.1799 in Heytesbury) on 3.8.1823. Susanna was the daughter of Thomas Clarke who married Jane Harding on 26.12.1796 at Heytesbury in Wiltshire.

Thomas and Susannah Pike’s children were: Thomas, Joseph, Henry (born 14.7.1838) Charles (born 24.10.1841), Rachel, John, Rosa, Frederick, Edward, Mary and Ann (twins).

Charles, Henry and John (who became a postman) came to Australia. Thomas and Joseph went to America. Thomas Pike Snr. died at Heytesbury on the 4.12.1876 aged 72 years.

Sid,

Having received a number of e-mails from you together with copies of others sent to various people and having read your entries in two guest books on the Internet, I am sending you some information which will form part of a publication about our grandmother’s ancestors. I hope that this will help to give you an accurate perspective and that it will clear up in your mind some of the misunderstandings that you obviously have held for a long time.

Firstly, I am sending as attachments shortened forms of research by my mother, myself and other relatives concerning the following:

a) The Pike Family from Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England.

b) The Kemp and Ward Families from Cambridge, England. You will note that the word “Ward” is a family name which dates back at least to 1793 and as my research progresses it will, I am sure, be traced back even further than this.

c) A short overview which I have put together from material collected by my mother who was a most meticulous amateur family historian. When you receive the publication by Carol Baxter you will notice that my mother is quoted on numerous occasions in the chapter on John and Esther Williams. My mother had also researched her mother’s ancestors ie the Ward, Kemp and Pike families and the attachments I am sending are abbreviated versions for your interest.

d) A quote from an article entitled “Aboriginality under the Microscope: The Biological Descent Test in Australian Law” which is available on the Internet under this title if you wish to examine it. This article examines the mistaken belief that it is possible to identify genes which are peculiar to Aboriginal people. Genetic research shows that the classification of the peoples of the world into ‘genetically distinct’ races on the basis of external features is spurious. There is no way to prove Aboriginality using genetic techniques.

I shall be interested in your responses to all the attached items.

Regards

Ruth

Information given by Ruth Ross(nee Edwards) in 2004.