Thomas Haemerken or Hammerlein was born in the lower Rhine District in Kempen Prussia which is now in present day Germany. The lower Rhine District was the capital of Cologne and the third largest district of Prussia. In the year of either thirteen eighty or thirteen seventy nine Thomas was born. Thomas's birth place Kempen is where his most known last name a'Kempas was derived Thomas would not be known by this name until the …showed first 75 words of 1629 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1629 total…of Jesus Christ. <Tab/>Thomas died around the year of fourteen seventy one or fourteen eighty one. He had an extremely long life of around ninety years. Thomas died at mount St. Agnes which is where Thomas had spent almost his entire life. This is where Thomas a'Kempas was originally buried there at St Agnes but his remains were later dug up and moved to Zwolle. <Tab/>