- Richard Kimball had a nephew of the same name who lived in Wenham at the same time, so be careful when merging please! Thanks!
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, Richard Kimball was born in Suffolk County, England and came to Massachusetts with his father about 1634 (see page 37). He lived in Watertown briefly as a child, and then moved to Ipswich about 1637, thereafter Wenham about 1652 and perhaps also spent time in Topsfield. John and Samuel were probably born in Ipswich, and the remainder in Wenham. 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. The first wife Mary, last name unknown, died Sep. 2, 1672, so any children born after this time would likely belong to the second wife Mary. According to page 31, he is mentioned in his father's will of 5 March 1675. His father died there in Ipswich.
Looking at page 37, it appears that Richard may have lived for a short time in Wenham starting around 1652 or shortly thereafter, and then Topsfield in 1664. However, in his probate documents he appears to be "of Wenham." He appears to have died in 1676. Eight children, all sons, are listed on page 39. The first 7 were born between 1650 and 1671, while the first wife Mary was alive. The last son, Nathaniel, is listed with a birth year of 1676, as follows:
John, b. in Ipswich, about 1650; d. 1721
Samuel, b. about 1651 in Ipswich; d. Oct. 3, 1716
Thomas, b. Nov. 12, 1657; d. Oct. 16, 1732
Ephraim, b. Feb. 18, 1660, in Wenham; d. Jan. 16, 1731/2.
Caleb, b. April 9, 1665; d. Jan. 25, 1725/6, Wenham
Christopher
Richard, b. July 7, 1671, Rowley; d. Oct. 8, 1672
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Nathaniel, b. 1676; d. Sept. 7, 1735
If there were 8 children alive at the time of Richard's death, we are likely missing a child - presuming that Richard Jr. died in 1672.
Someone has added an "Elizabeth" to this family below - born about 1663. In the article, "Robert Cue of Salem, Beverly, Wenham, Mass.," in The American Genealogist, 14 (1937-38):153, the author makes a good argument that Elizabeth, wife of Robert Cue, was the daughter of Richard and his first wife Mary:
"Elizabeth Cue, widow and Relict of Robert Cue, Late of Wenham, deceased, sold to John Trask, secundus, land in Salem 3 Dec. 1702. Wit: Caleb Kimball, Eliza Cue, Jun., Samuel Balch. Thomas Kimball, Senr of Wenham, an overseer of ye last will & testament of Robert Cue of Whenham, "did consent & agree to & with his Sister Eliza Cue," 5 jan. 102, and on 11 Aug. 1703, she receipted for full payment on the land [citing Essex Co., Deeds 18:30].
"Elizabeth Cue was a "sister" of Thomas Kimball. She could not be a sister to Thomas's wife for she was also named Elizabeth and her surname being Potter, she was not a sister to Robert Cue. No child of Cue's married a child of Thomas Kimball's, hence the only way Elizabeth, wife of Robert Cue, could have been "sister" to Thomas Kimball was by being a blood sister and hence a daughter of Richard Kimball." See Elizabeth's file for more information.
There are a few of Richard's children listed in Wenham vital records:
Kimball, Thomas, s. Richard, Nov. 12, 1657. CTR
Kimball, Ephraim, s. Richard, Feb. 18, 1660. CTR
Kimball, Caleb, s. Richard, Apr. 9, 1665. CTR
There are two death records which appear to belong to this family in Wenham vital records:
Kimball, Richard, sr., May 20, 167-. CTR [I think this death date belongs to this Richard]
Kimball, Richard, jr., Oct. 8, 1672. CTR [I think this death date belongs to this Richard's son, but I am not certain]
Wenham vital records also lists a death date for first wife Mary:
Kimball, Mary, w. Richard, Sept. 2, 1672. CTR
There is another book about the Kimball family in America, called "The Joseph Kimball family: a genealogical memoir of the ascendants and descendants of Joseph Kimball of Canterbury, N.H. : Ten generations: 1634-1885," written by John Kimball and published in 1885 (see https://archive.org/details/josephkimballfam00kimb). This book only follows Caleb and his descendants. Richard Jr. is listed as the oldest, dying in 1672 unmarried. Christopher and Nathaniel are not listed.
I haven't yet decided when this Richard's son, also named Richard, was born. One of the above references lists him as born in 1671; the other lists him as being born first, about 1648 or so. There is a birth record for a Richard Kimball, son of Richard Kimball, July 7, 1671 in Mirimack Village, Essex, Massachusetts. I don't know for certain if this record belongs to this Richard and his son or to this Richard's nephew, and possibly a son of his, who also lived in Wenham.
In the early Colonial days, it was common for a child of a same-named father to be known as "Jr." while his father was alive, and then by no suffix after his father's death - it wasn't really part of their name, only a distinguishing identifier - or switch to "Sr." if he has a son of the same name too. So it is likely that Richard Kimball was known as "Jr." until his father's death (or if he didn't live in the same city as his father, no suffix at all) and then by "Sr." after his son of the same name was born.
There was another Richard Kimball living in Wenham at the same time as this Richard Kimball. HIs wife's name was Rebecca Abbe and he had several children born in Wenham, including a "Marah" or Mary born in 1674. I found this confusing and I am not surprised other people have as well. The "other" Richard Kimball was, I believe, this Richard Kimball's nephew, son of his brother Henry. In "The History of the Kimball Family..." mentioned above, this other Richard has a listing on page 47. This other Richard married in 1667 and had children in Wenham. This fact makes me a little nervous about assigning some of the records to one or the other Richard.
From page 38 of the above-mentioned book, there was an agreement between Richard's widow, Mary, and his children, to care for her during her life while she remained a widow. She was to receive again that money she had when she entered into the marriage, which was the 19.16 pounds and the 18.15 pounds mentioned in the inventory.
John as oldest son received a double portion of the estate. Sons Samuel and Thomas administered on their father's estate.
It looks like all of his known children with perhaps the exception of Richard outlived him, which is pretty impressive for those days.
This 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."
As mentioned above, his first wife died in 1672 and Richard married, according to the above source, Mary Morris Mansfield, sister of Thomas Morris of New Haven and widow of John Mansfield of Lynn.
Son John moved to Topsfield and then back to Wenham and had a nice family. Samuel stayed in Wenham and had a huge family, 13 children. Thomas remained in Wenham and had a nice family. Ephraim and Caleb also remained in Wenham and had nice families. I don't know what evidence there is that Christopher actually belonged to this family. Unlike all the other children, Christopher lived in Boston. I don't know anything about Nathaniel - in the Kimball Family in America book, the author says that Nathaniel was born in 1676 and died 7 September 1735, but I haven't been able to verify any of this information with any primary sources.
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