Elizabeth blev gift med John Cooley den 5 maj 1617 i Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England. John blev født i 1598 i Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England; døde i 1653 i Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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Mary's husband Richard came to Watertown from England when he was about 11. He lived in Watertown with his family for a short time until he moved with his father to Ipswich about 1637. It was here in Ipswich that he likely met and married his first wife Mary.

It is likely that sometime after the birth of Samuel, Mary moved with her husband Richard to Wenham. They likely lived in Wenham, more or less, until their deaths, roughly 20 years.

There are several children listed in Wenham vital records as belonging to Richard. Unfortunately, they don't list the child's mother, only the father:
Kimball, Thomas, s. Richard, Nov. 12, 1657. CTR
Kimball, Ephraim, s. Richard, Feb. 18, 1660. CTR
Kimball, Caleb, s. Richard, Apr. 9, 1665. CTR

To my knowledge, the only original record with Mary's name on it that we have found was her death record, published in Wenham vital records:
Kimball, Mary, w. Richard, Sept. 2, 1672. CTR

She died before her husband, and he remarried after her death, another woman named Mary.

Wenham was first settled in 1635 and officially incorporated in 1643, but I don't think that Richard and Mary came until the 1650s. Wenham was originally a part of Salem and was the first town to be set off from Salem. Because many of its early settlers came from Suffolk County in England, it is presumed that the name of the town derives from two small villages there-Great Wenham and Little Wenham. Wenham means "home on the moor". A church was formed in October 1644, with John Fiske as pastor and seven families as members. Wenham provided volunteers in King Philip's War in the 1670s.

Mary's husband Richard is mentioned briefly in his father's entry in The Great Migration series. See source attached below. This series is the "gold standard" of all sources related to early New England settlers. According to this source, Richard's first wife Mary may have been Mary Cooley, daughter of John Cooley of Ipswich. On 6 July 1665 Richard Kimball of Wenham sold to Caleb Kimball of Ipswich "my dwelling and land about it, containing one acre...which was late John Coolye's deceased." This is not a "smoking gun," because maybe Richard bought the property instead of inheriting it. But perhaps Mary's maiden name may have been Cooley.

Mary blev gift med Richard Kimball, Jr i 1650 i England. Richard (søn af Richard Kimball, Sr og Ursula Scott) blev født den 13 okt. 1623 i Rattlesden, Suffolk, England; døde den 8 okt. 1672 i Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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According to the book, "History of the Kimball Family in America..." which can be found online here: https://archive.org/stream/historyofkimball00morr#page/36/mode/2up, Samuel's father Richard Kimball was born in Suffolk County, England and came to Massachusetts with his father about 1623 (see page 37). He lived in Ipswich, Wenham and Topsfield. According to this source, he had two wives, both named Mary, and 8 children alive at the time of his death, as demonstrated by an agreement made between them and his widow. One of these children was his son Samuel. According to page 39, Samuel was the second son, born about 1651 in Ipswich. (I have seen other sources on the internet that estimate his birth at 1653. Unfortunately he has no birth record.)
Samuel has his own listing in the above-referenced book starting on page 51. According to this source, he married September 20, 1676, Mary Witt, daughter of John and Sarah Witt of Lynn, Massachusetts. Despite what is written in The Witt Genealogy, which can be found online on ancestry.com, Samuel did not marry Mary Witt's sister Martha.
There is compelling proof that the wife of Samuel Kimball had to have been born about 1660. If Mary was born about 1660 she would have been about 16 years old when she married Samuel Kimball. Her first child was born in 1677 and she continued to have children until Jerusha was born in 1703. If she was born in 1660 then she would have been 43 years old at the time her last child was born. This is probably about the right time frame - women in the 1670s would not likely have been married any earlier than about 16 years old, and could not have children any later than about 43 years old. She spent more than 26 years having children, which is about the absolute maximum possible.
In Wenham vital records, the following marriage record appears:
Kimball, Samuell and Marah Witt, Sept. 20, 1676.
Several of Samuel's children have birth listings in Wenham vital records:
Kimball, Samuell, s. Samuell, Aug. 19, 1677. CTR
Kimball, Sarah, d. Samuell, 6: 7m: 1678. CTR
Kimball, John, s. Samuell, Nov. 13, 1687. CTR
Kimball, Thomas, s. Samuel and Mary, Feb. 22, 1695-6.
Kimball, Benjamin, s. Samuel and Marey, Apr. 17, 1698.
Kimball, Abbigall, d. Samuel, sr. and Marey, May 25, 1700.
Kimball, Jerushah, d. Samuell, sr. and Mary, Apr. 30, 1703.
So these are birth records for 7 of his children. In addition to the above information in Wenham vital records, the above-referenced book on the Kimball family supplies a birthdate for the "first' Martha of 24 May, 1680, and the names of more children, including Mary, Richard, Jonathan, Ebenezer, and the second Martha. In all, this couple had 13 children - a very large family. The other children have only estimated birth dates in the Kimball book. See page 51.
So, it is a fact that in the birth records of many of his children, Samuel Kimball's wife is listed as "Mary" or "Marey" and not Martha.
John Witt's will, written in 1675 (see his listing on www.findagrave.com), mentions married daughter Ann Barnitt (Barney), daughter Elizabeth, daughter Sarah, unmarried daughter Marye (Samuel's soon to be wife), unmarried daughter Martha, son John Witt, son Thomas Witt, wife Sarah, grandchild Hester Witt (and her father Jonathan Witt).
It looks like Samuel spent most of his adult life in Wenham. He was appointed Surveyor in 1676 and Constable in 1677. He is noted on the 24 May 1682 list of Wenham freemen and was Selectman in that town in 1682. On 2 Mar 1701, he and wife Mary deeded to son Samuel a lot of 10 acres and a house. Samuel's estate was settled by his son Samuel who took title to his father's property and paid his siblings their share.
His death is listed in Wenham vital records:
Kimball, Sameul, Ens., Oct. 3, 1716.

Samuel blev gift med Mary Witt den 20 sep. 1676 i Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary blev født cirka 1660 i Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; døde den 28 okt. 1729 i Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Caleb blev gift med Sarah Safford den 16 apr. 1693 i Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (datter af Joseph Safford og Mary Baker) blev født den 20 mar. 1666 i Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; døde den 20 feb. 1731 i Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Bopæl: 1678, Massachusetts, USA

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Navn: Ebenezar Kemball
• Beskæftigelse: Yeaoman & Mason

Notater:

Ebenezer is listed in the book, "History of the Kimball Family in America..." which can be found online here: https://archive.org/stream/historyofkimball00morr#page/68/mode/2up . See page 68. According to this source, Ebenezer was the son of Samuel Kimball and Mary Witt. There were 13 children altogether - a very large family. Eight of the 13 children have exact birthdates provided. For Ebenezer is only says "about 1690." Some siblings have records listed in Wenham vital records:
Kimball, Samuell, s. Samuell, Aug. 19, 1677. CTR
Kimball, Sarah, d. Samuell, 6: 7m: 1678. CTR
Kimball, John, s. Samuell, Nov. 13, 1687. CTR
Kimball, Thomas, s. Samuel and Mary, Feb. 22, 1695-6.
Kimball, Benjamin, s. Samuel and Marey, Apr. 17, 1698.
Kimball, Abbigall, d. Samuel, sr. and Marey, May 25, 1700.
Kimball, Jerushah, d. Samuell, sr. and Mary, Apr. 30, 1703.

In addition to the above information in Wenham vital records, the above-referenced book on the Kimball family supplies a birthdate for the "first' Martha of 24 May, 1680.

Ebenezer's marriage intentions are found in Salisbury vital records:
Kimball, Ebinezer, of Boston, and Elizabeth Carr, int. May 24, 1712. NCTBK

There are many children listed in Wenham vital records for Ebenezer and Elizabeth, including:
Ebenezer, s. Ebenezer and Elisabeth, June 23, 1720.
Richard, s. Ebeneser and Elisabeth, Dec. 29, 1722.
Abigall, d. Ebenzer and Wlisabeth, Apr. 13, 1726.
Sarah, d. Ebenezur and Elisabeth, Apr. 16, 1728.
Anna, d. Ebenezur and Elisabeth, July 11, 1729.
Boys [Bouse. CR]., s. Ebenezer and Elisabeth, June 18, 1731.

According to the above-referenced Kimball history, Ebenezer and Elizabeth had 3 children before Ebenezer in 1720, all females - Elizabeth, Mary, and Dorothy. It gives a marriage date for Ebenezer and Elizabeth of June 9, 1712 (but didn't say where). Ebenezer Kimball's will was probated in 1773; in his will written earlier (March 17, 1769) he mentioned 9 children - Ebenezer, Richard, Boys, Dorothy, Elizabeth, Mary, Abigail, Sarah, and Anna. In this source there is more information about the three boys, but only a married name for Anna - no additional information for the girls. An exact birthdate is given for Elizabeth of 19 March 1712/13. I have been able to find this date on a record from Boston on ancestry.com for Eliza Kimball, daughter of Ebenezer Kimball. I think it likely that the family may have lived in Boston for a time before moving to Wenham before 1720. On page 68 of the above-mentioned book it says that Ebenezer lived in "Wenham and Beverly" before moving to Hopkinton in 1740. It appears that there are marriage records for all nine children of Ebenezer and Elizabeth in Hopkinton vital records.

There is a death record for the widow of Ebenezer Kimbal in Beverly in 1763. On page 68 of the above-mentioned book, it says that Ebenezer died in 1769. Obviously something is wrong here - Elizabeth couldn't have been called a widow in 1763 if her husband didn't die until 1769. And on page 68 it says that Ebenezer's wife was still alive when his will was probated in 1773.

Ebenezer's probate documents can be found on ancestry.com in a collection called "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991." In his will, written in 1769, he mentions his wife Elizabeth, son-in-law James Hiscock, and his "other children Ebenezer, Richard, and Boys, and Dorothy, Elisabeth, Mary, Abigail, and Sarah."

Regarding the birth order of the first three daughters - I don't know for sure if Elizabeth or Dorothy was born first. It seems from the dates that Elizabeth was born first - so close to when her parents were married - but Dorothy was married first. Perhaps that is why Dorothy is mentioned first in her father's will?

He is the great-grandfather of Newell Kimball Whitney, second presiding Bishop of the LDS church, through son Boyce and granddaughter Susanna.

Notater:

Samuel Kimball, Captain
Birth circa August 19, 1677Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Died January 20, 1745 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Immediate Family:Son of Samuel Kimball and Mary Kimball Husband of Elizabeth Fowler Father of Nathaniel Kimball Brother of Sarah Kimball; Martha Kimball; Mary Huckaby; Richard Kimball; Jonathan Kimball and 7 others

Samuel blev gift med Abigail Foster den 27 dec. 1737 i Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail blev født cirka 1677 i Massachusetts, USA; døde den 5 jan. 1740 i Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Samuel blev gift med Joanna Burnham den 30 jun. 1741 i Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Joanna (datter af James Burnham og Mary Cogswell) blev født den 18 mar. 1687 i Massachusetts, USA; døde cirka 1767 i Massachusetts, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Samuel blev gift med Elizabeth Fowler den 25 jan. 1698 i Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (datter af Joseph Fowler Jr., Jr. og Elizabeth Hutton) blev født den 11 feb. 1678 i Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; døde den 17 nov. 1736 i Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; blev begravet den 20 nov. 1736 i Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Notater:

There are several men named John Kimball who were alive at the same time. Please be extra careful when you merge. Some of you have been making improper merges, merging two different men who have the same name into just one file. Thanks!

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Beskæftigelse: Town Clerk
• Religion: Church of Wenham; Deacon in first Church of Wenham
• _MILT: Captain in Militia
• Bopæl: 1708, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; Moved to Boston, MA
• Bopæl: 1718, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Moved back to Wenham, MA