Name origin: In old English, a soldier, one engaged in single combat. The name is derived from the Saxon word to kemp or combat, at the present time a foot-ball match in Norfolkshire is called camping or kemping, also in some parts of Scotland the striving of reapers in the harvestfield is called kemping.
b.abt.1354 Kent, England, parents ukn
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