Hi Everyone, I just joined the list my main list is LKS I have several SEMPY/SEMPEY/SEMPIE ancestors, mainly in the Hamilton, Lanarkshire area. I would be pleased to hear from anyone who is researching this surname, various spellings. ggg grandfather Mathew SEMPIE married Mary Ann MILLER their children:- Richard b 1842 died 1.9.1864 in Dalziel, Lanarkshire William b 17.7.1866 Margaret b 4.10.1865 gg gfather Richard married Helen COWAN their children James b 1881 Ann b 1880 Richard b 2.7.1873 Mathew b 28.10.1866 William b 31.3.1870 Mary Ann b 1872 (my g grandmother) Margaret b 1884 Jane b 1887 Isabella b 24.3.1868 Ellen b 9.12.1874 Christina b 1883 Rebecca b 1876 I have traced ancestors to New Jersey (SEMPIER) and Canada (SEMPIE) I believe that the SEMPEYs may have come from Antrim, poss elsewhere TIA Tom