Short Biography of Richard Kimball
Richard Kimball3 (John2, Richard1) was born in Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 22, 1665; died May 26, 1715; married Feb. 13, 1688, Lydia Wells of Ipswich, Mass. She was the mother of his children, and died previous to Aug. 30, 1705, when he married Sarah Waite, who died Feb. 22, 1725. He was called Corporal Nov. 23, 1700. He resided in Ipswich, and on June 19, 1697, he received from his father the housing and land where he then lived, besides other property. "On Nov. 2, 1700, 'Insign Baly', Corporal Richard Kimball and John Bointon, were chosen a committee to treat with ye Englishmen and Indians if they come concerning the title to our land, i. e., the purchase of the land including the town of Bradford, sd town fr. S. side of Merrimack River to Naumkeag, and Bass River, Containing 8,000 acres." (History of Rowley, Mass.)
CHILDREN, BORN AT IPSWICH.
i. Lydia4, b. Oct. 18, 1690; d. young.
59 ii. Richard4, b. Aug. 17, 1691.
60 iii. Aaron4, b. Jan. 10, 1692.
iv. Lydia4, b. Sept. 14, 1694; m. (Int.) Nov. 19, 1716, Stephen Kinsman.
v. Mary4, b. May 10, 1699; m. May 21, 1729, Moses Kimball4, her cousin, son of Moses Kimball8.
61 vi. Nathaniel4, b. May 11, 1700; d. 1786, Norwich, Conn.
vii. Martha4, b. Feb. 1, 1701; m. Feb. 4, 1728, Edmund Head.
Source: "History of the Kimball family in America, from 1634 to 1897 : and of its ancestors the Kemballs or Kemboldes of England; with an account of the Kembles of Boston, Massachusetts" 5983
