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An American Family History

Benjamin Kimball
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.

Various spellings of Kimball:
Kemball, Kembolde, Kembold

A yeoman was a man who owned and cultivated a small farm. He belonged to the class below the gentry or land owners. A husbandman was a free tenant farmer. The social status of a husbandman was below that of a yeoman.

Benjamin Kimball was born on July 22, 1670 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of John and Mary Kimball. Researchers differ on whether it was Mary Bradstreet or Mary Jordan. He was a yeoman.

He married his cousin, Mary Kimball. on July 16, 1694. Mary was born on January 15, 1670/71 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Kimball. John was the son of Richard Kimball, Jr.

His children were John Kimball (1695), Mary Kimball (1697), Hannah Kimball (1700), Benjamin Kimball (1702), Elizabeth Kimball White (1705), Aaron Kimball (1709), Sarah Kimball (1713) and Joseph Kimball.

He died on May 28, 1716.

Lady Day Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.

Children of John Kimball
& Mary Bradstreet
  • Mary Kimball Knowlton
  • Sarah Kimball Potter
  • Hannah Kimball
  • Rebecca Kimball Lull
  • Elizabeth Kimball Jewett
  • Corporal Richard Kimball
    • & Mary Bradstreet
    or Mary Jordan
  • Abigail Kimball Poole Estey
  • John Kimball
  • Benjamin Kimball
  • Moses Kimball
  • Aaron Kimball
  • Joseph Kimball
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    (from The Driver Family by Harriet Ruth Waters Cooke)

    Benjamin Kimball, born July 22, 1670; died May 28, 1716; md. July 16, 1694, Mary Kimball, dau. of John and Sarah Kimball, of Boxford, Mass. (2d child of No. 27 Kimball Family), hence his first cousin.

    		 

     

         

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