Richard Kimball, Sr.

http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37890157/richard-kimball

Inscription

• Here lies buried
• the body of Richard
• Kimball who died
• January, ye 10h 1710/11
• Aged 46 years

Richard married Mehitable Day on September 6, 1692 in Bradford. After his death, she married his 1st cousin, also named Richard, on November 25, 1714 in Bradford.

• https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Rowley/aBirthsK.shtml "(KIMBALL (Kemball, Kimbel, Kimble)) Richard (Kimble), s. Benjamin, Dec. 3, 1664."
• https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Bradford/aMarriagesK.shtml "(KIMBALL (Kimbail, Kimbaill, Kimbal, Kimbarl, Kimbel)) Richard, and Mehetabel Day, Sept. 6, 1692."
• https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Bradford/aDeathsK.shtml "(KIMBALL (Kambel, Kembell, Kimbail, Kimbal, Kimbeall, Kimbeil)) Richard, "who had been Town Clerk divers years," Jan. 10, 1710-11. [a. 46 y. GR1]"

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Mehitable first married Richard Kimball, son of Benjmin and Mercy Kimball. She married second another Richard Kimball as his second wife, cousin of her first husband and son of Thomas and Mary Kimball.

Please do not edit this profile without reading the Research Notes section below. There were two Richard Kimballs who were first cousins and to confuse things, they both married Mehitable Day. Please read the Research Notes for more details.

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Richard Kimball (1664 - 1711)

Richard Kimball

Born 3 Dec 1664 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts Colony

Son of Benjamin Kimball and Mercy (Hazeltine) Kimball

Brother of Hannah (Kimball) Barker, Mercy Kimball, Elizabeth (Kimball) Carleton, David Kimball, Jonathan Kimball, Robert Kimball, Abraham Kimball, Samuel Kimball, Ebenezer Kimball and Abigail (Kimball) Day

Husband of Mehitable (Day) Kimball — married 6 Sep 1692 (to 10 Jan 1711) in Bradford, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts

Father of Sarah Kimball, Benjamin Kimball, Abraham Kimball, Abigail Kimball, Job Kimball, Stephen Kimball and Richard Kimball II

Died 10 Jan 1711 at age 46 in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts Colony

Please do not edit this profile without reading the Research Notes section below. There were two Richard Kimballs who were first cousins and to confuse things, they both married Mehitable Day. Please read the Research Notes for more details.

Biography

Richard Kimball was born on 3 Dec 1664 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts, the son of Benjamin Kimball and Mercy (Hazeltine) Kimball. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
On 6 Sep 1692 Richard Kimball married Mehitable Day (1669 - 1732) in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [7] [2] [4] [8] She was the daughter of John Day and Sarah (Pengry) Day. [4] [2]
They had 7 children. [9]
Richard Kimball died on 10 Jan 1710 / 11 in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [5]
Research Notes

The Tale of the Two Richard Kimball's
There were two Richard Kimball's of similar age, both living in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and they have been confused by some researchers. Not only were they first cousins of each other, and live in the same town, but they also both married the same woman (although not at the same time.) This situation has been well documented by several researchers, particularly Morrison [2]. Stearns [4], Savage [10], and Beers [11] also mention key events in their lives. This was possible because their lives are well documented in the primary Birth [12] Marriage [13], and Death [14] records of Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts for this time frame. A brief summary of their interrelationship is as follows (see individual profiles for detailed sourcing):
The younger of the two cousins is the subject of the profile above - Richard Kimball, the son of Benjamin Kimball (1637 - 1696) and paternal grandson of Richard Kimball (1595 - 1675). This Richard was born in the part of Rowley, Massachusetts, that later became Bradford and then at the age of 27 married 23 year old Mehitable Day there on 6 Sep 1692. They had several children, including a son named Richard (b. 9 Jan 1711) just to make things more interesting. Richard, the son of Benjamin, died the next day at the age of 45, leaving Mehitable a widow with a newborn and six other children ranging in ages from about 3 to 18, living in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (In Morrison's genealogy of the Kimball family [2], this Richard is Person No. 26 on Page 59)
The older of the two cousins is Capt. Richard Kimball (1659 -1732) the son of Thomas Kimball, and having the same paternal grandfather as the other Richard making them first cousins. This Capt. Richard Kimball was about 6 years older and was born in Hampton, Massachusetts, that became Hampton, New Hampshire, on 20 Nov 1659. He came to Bradford, Massachusetts, as a boy with his parents, and at the age of 22 married Sarah Spofford there on 7 Sep 1682. They had nine children, born in Bradford, including two sons named Richard - Richard, who died in infancy in 1683; and another Richard born in 1689. Sarah died on 14 Feb 1713 / 14 at about 53 years of age, leaving Capt. Richard Kimball a widower with eight surviving children ranging in age from 10 to 29. (In Morrison's genealogy of the Kimball family [2], this Capt. Richard is Person No. 23 on Page 57)
The 55 year old Capt. Richard Kimball then married his first cousin's widow, Mrs. Mehitable (Day) Kimball (age 45, who had been a widow for 3 years) on 25 Nov 1714. This caused Mehitable Day to have two husbands, both of which were named Richard Kimball. When their families were combined they had 16 children with two named Sarah, and three named Richard (one of which died in infancy).
Mehitable (Day) Kimball's Death Not Recorded
So far, we have found no reliable record of Mehitable's death and / or burial. Her Memorial on Find A Grave [15] erroneously gives her death as 1716, but give no source and says burial site is unknown. A search of Bradford Death records showed no likely record. [14] We know that it is erroneous because her second husband, Capt. Richard Kimball, made out his will on 28 Dec 1732 leaving specific provision for his widow, [16] indicating she was still alive at that time. Her death, therefore, had to be AFTER 1732.
Sources

Footnotes:
↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts Birth Records
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Morrison, Leonard A., and Stephen P. Sharples. History of the Kimball Family in America 1634 - 1897 (Published by Damrell & Upham, Boston, Massachusetts, 1897, 734 pages.) - Person No. 26; Page(s): 45, 59
↑ Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts (Providence, Rhode Island, 1897) - see Person No. 60, Page 226
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) - Vol. 1, Page 10
↑ 5.0 5.1 Source: #S252 Ancestry.com User Tree - Record for Benjamin Kimball
↑ Source: #S176 Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree (submitted by Ancestry members) - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA - The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.
↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 -- Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts Marriage Records
↑ Note: The original town of Rowley encompassed what eventually became Bradford, Massachusetts.
↑ Ancestry.com profile for Richard Kimball (1664 - 1710) (m. Mehitable Day (1669 - 1732) and had 7 children.
↑ Savage, James, "Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the First Planters", Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland. (1860 - 1862) - Vol. 3
↑ Beers, J. H., Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut (J.H. Beers, Chicago, 1903) (1358 pages) Vol. 1, Page 177.
↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 -- Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts Birth Records
↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 -- Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts Marriage Records
↑ 14.0 14.1 Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 -- Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts, Death Records
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 28 January 2019), memorial page for Mehitable Day Kimball (26 Jan 1669–1716), Find A Grave: Memorial #37907241 ; Maintained by Harlene Soper-Brown (contributor 46880650) Unknown. Mehitable (Day) Kimball] - burial site unknown - presumed to be somewhere in Essex Co., Massachusetts
↑ Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records, 1635 - 1991: Last Will and Testament of Richard Kimball No. 15728, written 28 Dec, 1732, Probated 5 Feb 1733
Source Citations:
Morrison, Leonard A., and Stephen P. Sharples. History of the Kimball Family in America 1634 - 1897 (Published by Damrell & Upham, Boston, Massachusetts, 1897, 734 pages.) - Person No. 26; Page(s): 45, 59
Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts (Providence, Rhode Island, 1897) - see Person No. 60, Page 226
Ancestry.com Profile for John Kimball (1797 - 1857) (m. Louisa Adams) - shows him to be son of Benjamin Kimball (1756 - 1833) and Betsey Kimball (1763 - 1857); paternal grandson of Richard Kimball (1731 - 1801) and Sarah Harriman (1741 - 1799); paternal great grandson of Benjamin Kimball (1695 - 1750) and Priscilla Hazen (1695 - 1782); paternal 2 x great grandson of Richard Kimball (1664 - 1710) and Mehitable Day (1669 - 1732); paternal 3 x great grandson of Benjamin Kimball (1636 - 1695) and Mercy Hazeltine (1639 - 1707); paternal 4 x great grandson of Richard Kimball (1590 - 1674) and Ursula Scott (1596 - 1667).
Ancestry.com profile for Richard Kimball (1664 - 1710) (m. Mehitable Day (1669 - 1732) and had 7 children.
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts Birth Records - showing Richard (Kimble), s. Benjamin, born Dec. 3, 1664
Morrison, Leonard A., and Stephen P. Sharples. History of the Kimball Family in America 1634 - 1897 (Published by Damrell & Upham, Boston, Massachusetts, 1897, 734 pages.) - Person No. 23; Page(s): 43, 57
Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) - Vol. 1, Page 10
Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1862) - Vol. 3
Beers, J. H., Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut (J.H. Beers, Chicago, 1903) (1358 pages) Vol. 1, Page 177.
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 -- Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts Marriage Records - showing Richard Kimball and Mehetabel Day married Sept. 6, 1692
Source: S176 Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree (submitted by Ancestry members) - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA - The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.
Source: S209 Yates Publishing, "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900" - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. (records were extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases)
Source: S252 Ancestry.com - Public Member Trees - Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Provo, UT, USA; (2006).
Acknowledgements

Thanks to Calle Craig for starting this profile.
WikiTree profile Kimball-491 created through the import of MaryStamperMcKague2011-08-06_01.ged on Aug 7, 2011 by Masm x.

Bradford VR has Mehitable & Richard with these children:

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Bradford/cBirthsK.shtml

• Sarah, d. Richard [jr. CR1] and Mehetabel, July 5, 1693.
• Benjamin, s. Richard [jr. CR1] and Mehetabel, July 11, 1695. married Priscilla died Mar. 27, 1752, in his 57th y.
• Abraham, s. Richard [jr. CR1] and Mehetabel, Apr. 24, 1698. died Feb. 19, 1710-11.
• Abigail, d. Richard [jr. CR1] and Mehitable, Aug. 7, 1700.
• Job [jr. CR1], s. Richard and Mehetabel, Sept. 16, 1702.
• Stephen, s. Richard and Mehetabel, Feb. 13, 1707-8.
• Richard, s. Richard Mehetabel, June 9, 1711.