KEMPTHORNE, SAMPSON (1809-73) arrived in Auckland in 1842 by the St George, bringing a number of farming settlers, and made a livelihood farming near St John's College and surveying. In 1849 he was nominated to the Legislative Council of New Ulster. He died on 14 Nov 1873. Kempthorne married (1838) Marianne, daughter of the Rev Josiah Pratt (1768-1844). She died on 24 Sep 1884.

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Reference: Volume 1, page 245

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