The son of Richard and Ursula (Scott) Kimball, (according to Cutter in "Gen. & Personal Memoirs Relating to Families of Boston & Eastern Mass., p. 1320), he was born in Rattlesden, Suffolk, Eng. and came to America with his father in the good ship, ELIZABETH.
He was a proprietor of Wenham, Mass. Bay Colony and settled there between 1652 and 1656 in the western part near Ladd's hill. He was a grand juror in 1661, a large landholder , a selectman for thirteen years, was appointed to various committees, and was called a wheelwright and a yeoman. In 1664, he was living in Topsfield.
Richard married (1) Mary ____, who died Sept. 2, 1672, and (2) Mary (probably Gott) who survived him.
His estate valued 986 pounds, 15 shillings, 6 pence. In the inventory he is due wages from the country which infers that he served in the Indian Wars (probably with his nephew, Caleb Knight, who was killed at Bloody Brook).
The children of Richard Kimball:
1. John b. abt. 1650, d. 1721
2. Samuel b. abt. 1651, d. Oct. 3, 1716
3. Thomas b.. Nov. 12, 1651, d. Oct. 16, 1732, m. Elizabeth Potter; soldier in King Philip's War
4. Ephraim b. Feb. 18, 1660, d. Jan. 16, 1731-2, m. Mary Friend, res. Wenham
5. Caleb b. April 9, 1665, d. Jan. 25, 1725-6 in Wenham, m. Sarah
6. Christopher m. Sarah Jolls of Boston
7. Richard b. July 7, 1671, d. Oct. 8, 1672
8. Henry living in 1676
9. Nathaniel b. abt. 1676, d. Sept. 7, 1735
He was a proprietor of Wenham, Mass. Bay Colony and settled there between 1652 and 1656 in the western part near Ladd's hill. He was a grand juror in 1661, a large landholder , a selectman for thirteen years, was appointed to various committees, and was called a wheelwright and a yeoman. In 1664, he was living in Topsfield.
Richard married (1) Mary ____, who died Sept. 2, 1672, and (2) Mary (probably Gott) who survived him.
His estate valued 986 pounds, 15 shillings, 6 pence. In the inventory he is due wages from the country which infers that he served in the Indian Wars (probably with his nephew, Caleb Knight, who was killed at Bloody Brook).
The children of Richard Kimball:
1. John b. abt. 1650, d. 1721
2. Samuel b. abt. 1651, d. Oct. 3, 1716
3. Thomas b.. Nov. 12, 1651, d. Oct. 16, 1732, m. Elizabeth Potter; soldier in King Philip's War
4. Ephraim b. Feb. 18, 1660, d. Jan. 16, 1731-2, m. Mary Friend, res. Wenham
5. Caleb b. April 9, 1665, d. Jan. 25, 1725-6 in Wenham, m. Sarah
6. Christopher m. Sarah Jolls of Boston
7. Richard b. July 7, 1671, d. Oct. 8, 1672
8. Henry living in 1676
9. Nathaniel b. abt. 1676, d. Sept. 7, 1735
The son of Richard and Ursula (Scott) Kimball, (according to Cutter in "Gen. & Personal Memoirs Relating to Families of Boston & Eastern Mass., p. 1320), he was born in Rattlesden, Suffolk, Eng. and came to America with his father in the good ship, ELIZABETH.
He was a proprietor of Wenham, Mass. Bay Colony and settled there between 1652 and 1656 in the western part near Ladd's hill. He was a grand juror in 1661, a large landholder , a selectman for thirteen years, was appointed to various committees, and was called a wheelwright and a yeoman. In 1664, he was living in Topsfield.
Richard married (1) Mary ____, who died Sept. 2, 1672, and (2) Mary (probably Gott) who survived him.
His estate valued 986 pounds, 15 shillings, 6 pence. In the inventory he is due wages from the country which infers that he served in the Indian Wars (probably with his nephew, Caleb Knight, who was killed at Bloody Brook).
The children of Richard Kimball:
1. John b. abt. 1650, d. 1721
2. Samuel b. abt. 1651, d. Oct. 3, 1716
3. Thomas b.. Nov. 12, 1651, d. Oct. 16, 1732, m. Elizabeth Potter; soldier in King Philip's War
4. Ephraim b. Feb. 18, 1660, d. Jan. 16, 1731-2, m. Mary Friend, res. Wenham
5. Caleb b. April 9, 1665, d. Jan. 25, 1725-6 in Wenham, m. Sarah
6. Christopher m. Sarah Jolls of Boston
7. Richard b. July 7, 1671, d. Oct. 8, 1672
8. Henry living in 1676
9. Nathaniel b. abt. 1676, d. Sept. 7, 1735
He was a proprietor of Wenham, Mass. Bay Colony and settled there between 1652 and 1656 in the western part near Ladd's hill. He was a grand juror in 1661, a large landholder , a selectman for thirteen years, was appointed to various committees, and was called a wheelwright and a yeoman. In 1664, he was living in Topsfield.
Richard married (1) Mary ____, who died Sept. 2, 1672, and (2) Mary (probably Gott) who survived him.
His estate valued 986 pounds, 15 shillings, 6 pence. In the inventory he is due wages from the country which infers that he served in the Indian Wars (probably with his nephew, Caleb Knight, who was killed at Bloody Brook).
The children of Richard Kimball:
1. John b. abt. 1650, d. 1721
2. Samuel b. abt. 1651, d. Oct. 3, 1716
3. Thomas b.. Nov. 12, 1651, d. Oct. 16, 1732, m. Elizabeth Potter; soldier in King Philip's War
4. Ephraim b. Feb. 18, 1660, d. Jan. 16, 1731-2, m. Mary Friend, res. Wenham
5. Caleb b. April 9, 1665, d. Jan. 25, 1725-6 in Wenham, m. Sarah
6. Christopher m. Sarah Jolls of Boston
7. Richard b. July 7, 1671, d. Oct. 8, 1672
8. Henry living in 1676
9. Nathaniel b. abt. 1676, d. Sept. 7, 1735
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