Richard Kettell

• BIRTH 1609 England
• DEATH 29 Jun 1680 (aged 70–71) Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map
• PLOT 7N137 MEMORIAL ID 51158292 Photos by THR & Gail A, Bio by: Linda Mac

Born by about 1614 (deposed on 25 January 1674[/5] "aged about sixty years." Cooper who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1633 & settled in Charlestown. "Richard Kettle, cooper, of Charlestown" died 28 June 1680.
Married by 1637 Esther Ward; on 26 January 1633/4 "Esther Ward our brother Atherton Haulghe's maid servant" was admitted to Boston church; on 17 July 1642

"Our sister Hester Ward now wife to Richard Kettle of Charlestown hath letters of recommendation granted unto her to the church at Charlestown;" "Ester Kettle, wife of Richard Kettle" died at Charlestown 2 July 1679. (Although Savage clarifies matters by questioning the previously suggested marriage date for this couple, he also obscures this marriage by calling Esther daughter of Samuel Ward, although there is no man of that name in New England available to be her father at this early date. [2]

Spouse
Esther Ward Kettell unknown–1679

Children
Hannah Kettle Call 1637–1708
John Kettell 1639–1676
Joseph Kettle 1640 – unknown
Samuel Kettell 1642–1694
Nathaniel Kettle 1644 – unknown
Jonathan Kettell 1646–1720

References

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51158292/richard-kettell

Source

Anderson's Great Migration Study Project