Peter Kemble (December 12, 1704 – February 23, 1789) was an American politician from the colonial period who served as president of the New Jersey Provincial Council from 1745 to 1776, the last to hold that office.
The couple settled at New Brunswick, New Jersey, where Peter embarked upon a successful business, allowing him to build a house.
[3] By commission from George II, dated September 23, 1745, Peter Kemble was appointed a member of the New Jersey Provincial Council as a councillor for the Eastern Division.
[4] On December 6, 1775, Governor William Franklin prorogued the New Jersey Legislature until January 3, 1776, but it never met again.
Due, however, to previous connections with George Washington and other future Revolutionary leaders, he was not harassed, although Continental Army Troops were quartered at Mount Kemble.