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“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists."
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Richard Kimball was born in 1595 in Rattlesden, Suffolk County, England. He was the son of Henry Kimball (1565 in Brettenham, England) and Johan (1567 in Mistley, England). His siblings were John Kimball (1584), Frances Kimball (1587), Rachel Kimball (1589), Henry Kimball (1590), and George Kimball (1598). He and his brother Henry Kimball, came to Massachusetts in 1634. He was a wheelwright and a farmer. He was admitted as a freeman in Watertown, Massachusetts on May 6, 1635. Humphrey Bradstreet was made a freeman the same day. Richard became a proprietor of the town in 1636-37. He married Ursula Scott before 1615 in England. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on Richard and Ursula Kimball. He moved to the new settlement Ipswich where he worked as a wheelwright and had a grant of 40 acres. March 1, 1645 he was elected a selectman. He was one of the proprietors of Plum Island. On October 22, 1647 the town of Ipswich paid him two Pounds for killing two foxes. In 1653 he was executor of Humphrey Bradstreet's will. In 1659 he became a widower when Ursula died. He married his second wife, Margaret Cole Dow on October 23, 1661 in Essex County. She was the widow of Henry Dow. He made his will on March 5, 1675. He carefully provided for Margaret and her children in his will. Margaret died on March 11 of that year. He died on June 17, 1675.
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