Various spellings of Kimball:
Kemball, Kembolde, Kembold
Essex County, Massachusetts was created on May 10, 1643 by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when it ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four sheires."
Joseph Kimball was born on January 24, 1674/75 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 married Sarah Warner on April 29, 1696 in Ipswich. Sarah was born on October 22, 1673 in Ipswich. Her parents were Daniel Warner and Sarah Dane. The same day his father gave him the southern end of his farm on the commons in Ipswich as a wedding gift.
The Essex County Court at Newberry
records for September 26, 1699
cite
Joseph Kimball, with Sarah Warner, whom he carried to Salem with the child within 24 hours after birth, which child died an hour and half after arrival in Salem.
Bond of 50 pounds, sureties, Richard Kimball and [her brother] Philemon Warner.
Joseph and Sarah's children included:
Sarah Kimball ( July 19, 1700, died at 4 months),
Joseph Kimball (April 12, 1702, married Mary Graves),
Philemon Kimball (1704),
Eunice Kimball Skillon (1706, married John Skillon),
Mercy Kimball Skillon (1708, married Nathaniel Skillon),
Daniel Kimball ( November 11, 1710),
Stephen Kimball (December 27, 1713, married Lucy Colburn),
Joshua Kimball (December 18, 1715, married Deborah Andrews), and Dean Kimball (September, 1717 to 1771).
Sarah died February 28, 1754 and Joseph died on November 4, 1761 when he was 86 years old.
Old Style Calendar
Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.
The town common (commons) was a small, open field at the center of the town which was jointly owned. It was used as a marketplace, a place for the militia to drill, or for grazing livestock.
American colonists continued to use British monetary units, namely the pound, shilling and pence for which £1 (orli) equalled 20s and 1s equalled 12d. In 1792 the dollar was established as the basic unit of currency.
