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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Matthias Kemp was born in about 1728 in Germany. It is not known when he arrived in Pennsylvania from Germany. He was first recorded in Tulpehocken Township, Lancaster County (now Berks County), Pennsylvania, on 15 June 1745, when he applied for a land warrant for 100 acres of land. Mathias Kemp was married on 7 February 1748 (records of Northkill Church, Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania) to Anna Maria Magdalena Reimer, daughter of Philip and Anna Catherine Reimer.
Mathias Kemp was the father of nine children:
Maria Apollonia.
Anna Barbara.
Johan Philip.
Jacob.
Johan Mathias Jr.,
Daniel.
Maria Catharina.
Margareth.
Eva Barbara.
After Maria Magdalena died (date unknown) he married Salome, who is named in his Will. Mathias Kemp was a farmer his entire life in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Mathias Kemp took the Oath of Allegiance to the state of Pennsylvania on 31 March 1778 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He also paid the Supply Tax in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1779 and 1780. Like many other Pennsylvania Germans, he put his life and fortune on the line by doing these patriotic acts during the Revolutionary War. If we had lost the Revolutionary War it is any ones guess what would have happened to those that did patriotic service for the revolutionary cause.
He died at his homestead in Tulpehocken Township before 28 April 1795. His will was written on 5 February 1795 and probated on 28 April 1795. His place of burial is unknown. He was probably buried at either the Northkill Church Cemetery, Bernville, Pennsylvania, or at Zion’s Blue Mountian Church Cemetery near Strausstown, Pennsylvania.
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