The use of the term ye to mean the derives from Early Modern English, in which the was written "þe," employing the Old English letter thorn: "þ."
Ye is also the plural of thou.
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."
Rebecca (Rebekah) Kimball Lull was born in February, 1664 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. Her parents were John Kimball and Mary Bradstreet.
She (Rebecka Kimbole) married, Corporal Thomas Lull on January 21, 1689. Thomas was born in December, 1661 in Dedham, Essex County, England. His father was weaver, Thomas Lull.
Thomas and Rebecca's children were listed in Caldwell Records.
Mary Lull Lakeman (1690, married Lieutenant Sylvanus Lakeman). Elizabeth Lull Caldwell Heard (1692, married Captain John Caldwell and Edmund Heard, Jr.). She was killed by indigenous warriors.
Rebekah Lull Caldwell Goodhue (1694, married Deacon Jacob Caldwell and Samuel Goodhue).
Hannah Lull (1696).
Abigail Lull Henderson (1699 married John Henderson).
Thomas Lull (1701 married Miriam Trask of Salem).
Sarah Lull Knowlton (1705, married Abraham Knowlton son of Nathaniel b. 1658).
John Lull (1705 married widow Margaret Greenleaf).
Thomas died February 11, 1713/14 in Ipswich when he was 53. He died before his father who remembered the children in his will. His tombstone inscription read
Here lieth ye
Body of Tho
mas Lull, who
died February
ye 11, 1713-14 &
in ye 53 year
of his age.
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.
Various spellings of Kimball:
Kemball, Kembolde, Kembold
Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts was settled in 1635 by English Puritans.
