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Richard Kimball, Sr.

Richard Kimball, Sr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24]

Male Abt 1595 - 1675  (~ 80 years)


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  • Name Richard Kimball 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Abt 1595  Rattlesden, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 21, 22, 23, 25
    Gender Male 
    Migration 30 Apr 1634  From Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
    To Boston
    aboard Elizabeth 
    • The ship arrived in July of 1634.
    • Role: Family2
    Freeman 6 May 1635  Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6, 8, 16, 17, 21, 25
    Property 25 Jul 1636  Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    was granted fifty acres in the Fourth Division
    Event:
    the Great Dividend
    Removed to 1637  Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 21
    From: Watertown
    Property 23 Feb 1636/7  Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    was granted "a houselot next adjoining to Goodman Simons at the west end of town"
    Property 28 Feb 1636/7  Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    was granted twelve acres, lot #50
    Location:
    the Beaverbrook Plowlands
    Property 26 Jun 1637  Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    was granted twelve acres, lot #69
    Location:
    the Remote Meadows
    Property 18 Jan 1642/3  Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    "Henry Kemball of Watertowne granted unto John Stowers of the same twelve acres of plowland"
    Henry Kemball, agent
    • This parcel of land was Beaverbrook Plowlands lot granted to Richard, with Henry acting as an agent.
    Property 12 Jan 1650/1  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    "such land & cattle as followeth, viz: one cow, one yearling, 40 acres of ground"
    Property 25 Jan 1652/3  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    "thirty scres of upland ground which we the said Kimballs bought of Daniell Clarke ... also ten acres of meadow, which the said Kimballs bought of Thomas Clarke"
    Richard Kimball, participant
    Property 31 Jan 1654/5  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    "a certain parcel of land of the said Thomas Scot which was granted unto his father Thomas Scot by the town of Ipswich & became his by his father's will, containing fifty acres"
    Thomas Scott, owner
    Will 5 Mar 1674/5  [1, 8, 21, 44, 45


    • The last will and Testament of Richard KIMBALL senr of Ipswich in Essex in new England who although weake in body yet of perfect memory doe dispose of my land & estate in maner & form as followeth.
      To my Loveinge wife my will is that she dwell in my house and have Improvement of my ground and meadow belonging thereto with the use and increase of my whole stock of cattle, one whole yeare after my discease, and then at the years end, the forty pound due her according to contract at marriage to be payd her and that houshold stuff she brought with her. And to have libertie to live in the parlor end of the house, the roome we now lodg in: and libertie for her necesarie use of som part of seller: also the libertie of one cow in pasture, the executors to provide winter meate for the same, and to have one quarter part of the fruit of the orchard, and firewood as long as she lives ther., And if she desire to remove to her owne house, then to be sett in it with what she have by my executors and to be alowed forty shilling yearly as long as shee lives.
      And to my Eldest son Henery, my will is to give him three score and ten pounds to bee payd Twenty pounds, a year & half after my discease, & the remaining part in the two years following after that.
      To my son Richard I give ffoerty pounds.
      To my son John I give twenty pounds.
      To my son Thomas I give Twenty five pounds to bee payd two years and a halfe after my discease, and to his children I give seaven pounds to be devided equally among them and paid as they come of age or at day of marriage, providing if any dye before then their share to be distributed equally amongst the rest.
      And to my son Benjamin, besides the two oxen, allready received I give the sum of twenty five pounds, ten pound to be payd a yeare and halfe after my discease. The rest two years ffollowing, also to his children I give five pounds, equally to be devided, and payd, as they come of age, or at day of marriage, in case any dye before then their share to be devided equally amongst the rest.
      And to my son Caleb I give that peace of land knowne by the name of Tings lott, and all my land att Wattels neck with my marsh at the hundreds knowne by the name of Wiatts marsh, and all my working tools except two axes, all to be delivered present after my discease also I give fourteene pounds to his seaven children equally to be devided, to be payd as they come of age or Day of mariage, and if any dye before, that part to be equally devided amongst the rest.
      To my son-in-law John SEVERNES, I give ten pounds to be pay'd two yeares & a halfe after my discease.
      And to my Daughter Elizabeth I give thirty pounds, ten pounds to be payd, a year & halfe after discease, and the other two parts, the following two years after that.
      To my Daughter Mary I give ten pounds, five pounds to be payd a year & halfe after my discease, the other five pounds the yere after that.
      To my daughter Sarah I give forty pounds, five pounds to be payd the yeare & halfe after my discease and the rest five pound a yeare till it be all payd, also to her children I give seaven pounds ten shillings to be payd to them as they come of age or at day of marriage, iff any dye before, that part to be equally devided to the rest.
      And to my daughter Sarah above sd: I also give the bed I lye on with the furniture after one years use of it by my wife.
      To my wives children viz. Thomas, Jeramiah, and Mary.
      To Thomas and Mary I give forty shilling apeece to be payd a yeare & halfe after my decease, and to Jeramiah I give fifteene pounds to be payd at the age of one & twenty. I give also eight pounds to the two Eldest daughters of Gilles (Gyles, Sr.) COWES (that he had by his first wife) to be payd and equally devided to them at the age of sixteene, if either of them dye before then the whole to be given to the one that remaines.
      I also give four pounds to my Couzen Haniell BOSSWORTH, And doe ordaine & apoynt my two sons above sd. Richard & John KIMBALL to be my lawfull and sole executors.
      And my Couzen Haniell BOSWORTH above sayd to be my overseer that this my last will and Testament be duely and truly performed And thus I conclude with setting too my hand and seale the fifth of march 1674/75.

      Richard KEMBALL & a mark and a seale.

      Signed & sealed after the enterlining at (and firewood) of seventh line in
      the originall oaths of yn the presence of:
      Deacon PENGRY
      And Aron Moses PENGRY Senr.

      This will is proved in court held at Ypswich the 28th of Sept: 1675
      Aron PENGRY
      And to be the last will of Ser. Richard KIMBALL to the best
      of yr knowledge and that they know of noe other.
      Attest Robert LORD cler.

      Source: Printed "Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts;
      1635 - 1681," In three volumes,The Essex Institute; Salem, MA; 1916
      The original will is on file in the probate office at Salem, MA.
      (Ipswich Deeds, Vol. IV, p. 12)
    Death 22 Jun 1675  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 8, 13, 16, 18, 21, 44, 46
    Probate 28 Sep 1675  [3, 8, 21, 44
    Inventory 12 Jun 1676  [3, 21
    Alternate Name Richard Kemball  [17]
    Occupation wheelwright  [6, 8, 16, 21]
    Burial Rattlesden, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    Cemetery:
    St. Nicholas Churchyard
    Person ID I12644  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2020 

    Father ________ Kemball 
    Family ID F4529  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ursula Scott,   b. 1595   d. 17 Jun 1658, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51
    Marriage Abt 1614  Rattlesden, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 25, 51, 52, 53
    Children 
    +1. Henry Kimball,   b. Abt 1615, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt May 1676, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years)
    +2. Abigail Kimball,   b. 18 Jun 1618, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1658, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
     3. Elizabeth Kimball,   b. Abt 1621, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Richard Kimball, Jr.,   b. Abt 1623, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 May 1676, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years)
    +5. Mary Kimball,   b. Abt 1625, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1686, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years)
     6. Martha Kimball,   b. Abt 1629, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1677, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 48 years)
    +7. John Kimball,   b. Abt 1631, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1698, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years)
    +8. Thomas Kimball,   b. Abt 1633, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1676, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 43 years)
     9. Sarah Kimball,   b. Abt 1635, Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1696, Suffield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years)
    +10. Cornet Benjamin Kimball,   b. Abt 1637, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1696, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years)
    +11. Caleb Kimball,   b. Abt 1639, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1682, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 43 years)
    Family ID F4502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Margaret Cole   d. 1 Mar 1675/6, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [54
    Marriage 23 Oct 1661  Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 14, 21, 25, 54, 55, 56, 57
    Family ID F4549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1595 - Rattlesden, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1614 - Rattlesden, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Boston,aboard Elizabeth  - 30 Apr 1634 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFreeman - 6 May 1635 - Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted fifty acres in the Fourth Division,Event:
    the Great Dividend - 25 Jul 1636 - Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Watertown - 1637 - Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted "a houselot next adjoining to Goodman Simons at the west end of town" - 23 Feb 1636/7 - Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted twelve acres, lot #50,Location:
    the Beaverbrook Plowlands - 28 Feb 1636/7 - Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted twelve acres, lot #69,Location:
    the Remote Meadows - 26 Jun 1637 - Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "Henry Kemball of Watertowne granted unto John Stowers of the same twelve acres of plowland",Henry Kemball, agent - 18 Jan 1642/3 - Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "such land & cattle as followeth, viz: one cow, one yearling, 40 acres of ground" - 12 Jan 1650/1 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "thirty scres of upland ground which we the said Kimballs bought of Daniell Clarke ... also ten acres of meadow, which the said Kimballs bought of Thomas Clarke",Richard Kimball, participant - 25 Jan 1652/3 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "a certain parcel of land of the said Thomas Scot which was granted unto his father Thomas Scot by the town of Ipswich & became his by his father's will, containing fifty acres",Thomas Scott, owner - 31 Jan 1654/5 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Oct 1661 - Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Jun 1675 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    St. Nicholas Churchyard - - Rattlesden, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
    Link to Google Earth
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  • Coats of Arms
    Kimball Coat of Arms
    Kimball Coat of Arms

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