• Christened: 8 Dec 1762, St. Ives, Cornwall ²
• Married: 15 Jul 1788, St. Ives, Cornwall ²
• Died: 26 Sep 1831, St. Ives, Cornwall
• Buried: 1 Oct 1831, St. Ives, Cornwall ²

  Research Notes:

In 1766 Catherine Worth was named as a beneficiary in her father's will, to receive £200 when she turns twenty-four.

In 1792 Catherine the wife of Mr. John Kempthorne of the borough of St. Ives, shipwright, was a beneficiary of the will of her aunt Bridget Vivian, widow, receiving £10.

In 1799 Catherine the wife of Mr. John Kempthorne was a beneficiary of her mother's will, receiving an annuity of £5, as well as one silver marrow spoon and five silver teaspoons.

In 1806 Catherine Kempthorne was the sole executrix and a beneficiary of her husband's will, receiving his estate in the parish of Landrake in co. Cornwall, his leasehold premises in the borough of St. Ives.

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Catharine Kempthorne of St. Ives died aged 67 years (burial record).

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On Monday last, at St. Ives, Mrs. Catherine Kempthorne, relict of the late Mr. Kempthorne, ship-builder, of that place.

Royal Cornwall Gazette, Saturday, 1 Oct 1831, p. 3

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Abstract of the Will of Catherine Kempthorne of the Borough of St. Ives, Widow, written 23 Nov 1828, proved 1 Nov 1831. ³

Gives to her daughter Elizabeth Buckingham Kempthorne, and to her sons James Buckingham Kempthorne and William Worth Kempthorne, all her real and personal property, household furniture, plate &c., to be divided equally between them.

Appoints her youngest William Worth Kempthorne of Neath in co. Glamorgan, watch and cloth maker, and George Bennett of the borough of St. Ives, Gentleman, co-executors of her last will and testament, the latter to act on behalf of her son James Buckingham Kempthorne now in Jamaica.

(Signed)

Witnesses: Charles Aldrich, Tho^s. Row, W^m. Harris