He was friends with Washington Irving and other members of city society, who enjoyed socializing at Cockloft Hall (an old family mansion on the Passaic River at Woodside, Newark which Kemble inherited and was sometimes known as "Salmagundi" or the "Bachelor's Elysium"). He was a founding member of the "Lads of Kilkenny". His sister, Gertrude, married James Kirke Paulding in November, 1818.
He befriended Washington Irving and other high-society individuals who enjoyed socializing at Cockloft Hall (an ancestral family mansion on the Passaic River at Woodside, Newark which Kemble inherited and was sometimes known as "Salmagundi" or the "Bachelor's Elysium"). He was a co-founder of the "Lads of Kilkenny". His sister, Gertrude, married James Kirke Paulding in November, 1818.