I'm new on this list, so I don't know if the KEMPER surname has come up yet or not. I descend from the Lancaster Co, PA, KEMPER line which started there in 1738 with John Henry KEMPER. Can any of you tell me when and by whom the York Co KEMPER line(s) started? A year or so ago I wrote to a lady in York whose deceased husband was descended from KEMPERs whom she said were from Virginia, but she knew little about them. Help! Please fill me in on York Co KEMPERs. If they descend from Johan who came to Germanna, Virginia in 1714, then they are cousins to me. The PA and VA lines were started in America by KEMPER brothers. Vic Kemper [email protected]