An American Family History

John Kimball, Jr. was born on March 16, 1668/69 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of John and Mary Kimball. Reseachers differ on whether it was Mary Bradstreet or Mary Jordan. He was a wheelwright and a farmer.

He married Sarah Goodhue on December 2, 1692 in Watertown, Massachusetts. Sarah was born in 1672. Her parents were Joseph Goodhue and Sarah Whipple. Moses Kimball’s wife, Susanna Goodhue, was Sarah’s sister. Their sister, Elizabeth Goodhue married Benjamin Estey.

Their children were John Kimball (1693), Joseph Kimball (1693), Mary Kimball Lawrence (1698), David Kimball (1700), Nathan Kimball (1702), Isaac Kimball (1705), Jacob Kimball (1706), Abigail Kimball Kilham (1709), and Sarah Kimball Park (1711). 

In 1726 they moved to Stonington, Connecticut and then in 1727 to Preston, Connecticut where they bought a farm of 200 acres.

He died on May 4, 1761 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut.

(from A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut, Volume 2 edited by Benjamin Tinkham Marshall)

John (2) Kimball, son of John (1) and Mary (Bradstreet) Kimball, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, March 16, 1668-69, and died in Preston, Connecticut, May 4, 1761. He was a farmer and a wheelwright.

He married, in 1692, and lived in Ipswich until the fall of 1726, when he moved with his family to Stonington, Connecticut. In the spring of 1727, he moved to a farm of two hundred acres in the town of Preston, New London county, Connecticut, which he had bought the preceding year for seven hundred pounds, Connecticut Bills of Credit. There he spent the remaining thirty-four years of his life.

He married, in Watertown, Massachusetts, December 2, 1692, Sarah Goodhue, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Whipple) Goodhue. They were the parents of nine children:
1. John, born October 19. 1693, married Patience Larrabee.
2. Joseph, born October 19, 1693, died young.
3. Mary, born February 24, 1697, married a Mr. Lawrence.
4. David, of further mention.
5. Nathan, born October 31, 1702.
6. Isaac, born April 19, 1705, married Prudence Parke.
7. Jacob, born October 12, 1706, married Mary Parke.
8. Abigail, born October 11, 1709, married a Mr. Kollman.
9. Sarah, married, November 3, 1736, Richard Parke.

from Ancestry of John Barber White by Almira Larkin White

John Kimball3 (328), b. in Ipswich, Mass., Mar. 16, 1669; m. in Watertown, Dec. 2, 1692, Sarah Goodhue,3 (364). He was a wheelwright and farmer in Ipswich till Apr. 4, 1726, when they sold their home and moved to Stonington, Conn., and in the Spring of 1727 to Preston, Conn. He d. May 4, 1761. Children:

333. John Kimball,4 b. Oct. 19, 1693; m. Patience Laniber. He was a tailor in Stonington, where she d. Oct. 29, 1747; he d. 1749.

334. Joseph Kimball4 b. Oct. 19, 1693; d. Feb. 3, 1694.

335. Mary Kimball,4 b. Feb. 24, 1698; m. Lawrence.

336. David Kimball,4 b. May 8, 1700; m. Oct. 20, 1726, Sarah Pride, who d. Feb. 10, 1769; he d. in Preston, in 1776.

337. Nathan Kimball,4 b. Oct. 31, 1702.

338. Isaac Kimball,4 +

339. Jacob Kimball,4 b. Oct. 12, 1706; m. Feb. 24, 1730, Mary Park; they lived in Preston. He d. May 4, 1788.

340. Abigail Kimball,4 b. Oct. 11, 1709; m. Killam.

341. Sarah Kimball,4 b. ; m. Nov. 3, 1736, Richard Park.