Various spellings of Kimball:
Kemball, Kembolde, Kembold
The town of Ipswich was established on August 5, 1634, from common land called Agawam. On October 18, 1648, that portion called the "Village" at the New Meadows was set off as Topsfield. The boundary line between Ipswich and Topsfield was established, February 28, 1694.
He (Richard Kimbole) married Lydia Wells (Liddea Welles) on November 13, 1685 or on February 13, 1687/88. Lydia was born April 5, 1668 in Ipswich. Her parents were Nathaniel Wells and Lydia Thurley. Nathaniel was the son of Thomas Wells and Abigail Warner.
Richard and Lydia's children included:
Lydia Kimball (1690, died as an infant),
Richard Kimball,
Aaron Kimball (1692),
Lydia Kimball Kinsmanm (1694),
Mary Kimball (1699, married her cousin Moses, son of Moses Kimball),
Nathaniel Kimball (1700) and
Martha Kimball Heard (1701, married Edmund Heard son of Edmund Heard and Elizabeth Warner).
On June 19, 1697, his father deeded him the house and land on which he was living and other property.
On November 2, 1700 he was chosen to be on a a committee to meet with the indigenous people concerning land titles.
After Lydia died, he married, Sarah Waite on August 30, 1705.
He died on May 26, 1716.
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In 1688, during theGlorious Revolution, the Protestant king and queen,William and Mary, took the English throne from Catholic King James II. The bloodless revolution profoundly impacted the American colonies.
from Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, Volume 3 edited by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams
Corporal Richard [Kimball], sixth child of John and Mary (Bradstreet) Kimball, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, September 22, 1665, died there May 26, 1715. On November 2, 1700, he was one of a committee to treat (sic) with the Indians concerning the title to land, the land in question being within the limits of the present town of Bedford.
He married, February 13, 1688, Lydia Wells, of Ipswich. After her decease he married Sarah Waite, who died February 22, 1725. Lydia was the mother of his children:
Lydia, born October 16, 1690;
Richard,
Aaron, January 10, 1692;
Lydia, September 14, 1694;
Mary, May 10, 1699;
Nathaniel, May 11, 1700;
Martha, February 1, 1701.
