An American Family History

Corporal Richard Kimball and his twin, Elizabeth Kimball Jewett, were born on September 22, 1665 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. His parents were John Kimball and Mary Bradstreet.

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 were Lydia Kimball (1690—She died as an infant), Richard Kimball, Aaron Kimball (1692), Lydia Kimball Kinsman, (1694), Mary Kimball (1699), Nathaniel Kimball (1700) and Martha Kimball Heard (1701). Mary married her cousin Moses Kimball, son of Moses. Martha 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 Indians concerning land titles.

After Lydia died, he married, Sarah Waite on August 30, 1705.

He died on May 26, 1716.

Historic homes and Institutions by Ellery Bicknell Crane

Nathaniel Wells, eldest child of Thomas (1) and Abigail (Warner) Wells, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1640. He was a farmer all his life in the place of his birth, and died December 15, 1675.

He married, October 29, 1661, Lydia Thurley (the name was variously spelled Thorla, Thorlo, Thurlow, and Thurley), born April 1. 1640, daughter of Richard and Jane Thurley. and granddaughter of Francis Thurley, of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Richard Thurley was a planter at Rowley, Massachusetts, and later Removed to Newbury, where he built a bridge at his own cost across the Newbury river. The general court fixed a rate of toll for animals on May 3, 1654. He had two sons—Thomas and Francis.

The children of Nathaniel and Lydia (Thurley) Wells were:
1. Abigail, born August 17, 1662, married Edmund Potter.
2. Martha, born January 13, 1664, died February 12, of the same year.
3. Sarah, born March 10, 1665, married John Day, published January 27, 1691.
4. Nathaniel, see forward.
5. Thomas, born June 19, 1673, married Elizabeth .
6. Elizabeth, married George Hart, published May 5, 1698.
7. Lydia, married Richard Kimball