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Re : Origin of Kemble name - English acting family and NJ Kembles

Re: Re : Origin of Kemble name - English acting family and NJ Kembles

Posted: 30 May 2013 6:22PM GMT
Classification: Query
It was more 9 years ago that I originally posted this query. It is delightful that someone with knowledge has seen my query all these years later and has taken the time to post. Thanks very much. If I may ask, where did you find this lease information.

Re: Re : Origin of Kemble name - English acting family and NJ Kembles

Posted: 30 May 2013 7:35PM GMT
Classification: Query
The Fiddington property lease information is available from Brasenose College, Oxford records (Brasenose College Mun., Fiddington deeds; Glos.R.O., D 1347, survey of lands of Thomas Kemble). There is also an interesting will (handwritten!) of Ann Kemble (spouse of Thomas Kemble c.1620 - 1683, draper in London) dated 1697 that can be downloaded from the National Archives in London (file No. PROB 11 / 436 /213). There is a small charge of about $10 for this download. This will refers to the Fiddington property and also the fact that it is given to her son Richard (father of Peter Kemble of NJ), "who is far distant". At the time he was a British mercantile trader in Smyrna, Asia Minor (now called Izmir, Turkey) The lease information was originally sourced by a Mr. Arthur Sutton sometime in the 1990s?, who lived in and was related to a Kemble family in Jamaica (who were descendents of the Peter Kemble of New Jersey), and who had an interest in pursuing the early history of the family prior to 1700.There is also interesting online information about the area in Gloucestershire (near Ashchurch) where the Fiddington property is located. Try 'British History Online' and click under parishes - Ashchurch. You'll find the history from the Middle Ages up to the present. The Kemble lease of this property from Oxford University is mentioned. Hope this helps !
Michael Kemble

Re: Re : Origin of Kemble name - English acting family and NJ Kembles

Posted: 30 May 2013 8:49PM GMT
Classification: Query
Fabulous! Refreshing to see such thorough research instead of reliance on undocumented internet hearsay. Thanks again. Its great to have this mystery finally cleared up.

Ralph Kemble Wood

Re: Re : Origin of Kemble name - English acting family and NJ Kembles

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 6:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
Working from memory only, Roger managed theaters in London, like Covent Garden. He was once severely burned in a theatre fire. He had a sister, Eleanor, but other than her name, I never know anything else about her. His other sibling was the famous John Philip Kemble, who headed the acting family on stage production. Much more is written of John and his various children and grandchildren, like Adailde, who preformed before George Washing in America and Frances "Fanny" who performed before Abraham Lincoln.

I printed out a full genealogical tree of the acting family from Roger and Jon into the mid-1950s off the Internet. I would suspect that it is still in the Interent.
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