Thomas Kimball, Sr.

• Thomas Kimball, I
• Birth: 1633 Haverhill, England
• Death: May 3, 1676 Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• "Thomas Kimball, son of Richard Kimball, born in Rattlesden, Suffolk county, England, 1633, was one year old when he came to New England with his parents. He later went to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and to Hampton, New Hampshire, where he was living October 20, 1653, the owner of a mill property on Oyster river there.
• He had his home there as late as 1660, and afterward removed to that portion of Rowley later included in the present town of Bradford, Massachusetts. This part of Rowley was originally known as Merrimac.
• Thomas Kimball was elected constable in Rowley in 1669. His home was on the road to Boxford. He lived there tne years. He was a mechanic as well as farmer, and owned over four hundred acres of land at the time of his death.
• He was a victim of Indian raiders in King Philip's war. On the night of May 2, 1676, three well known "Praying Indians" who had turned against the whites, Peter, Andrew and Simon, so they had been christened, started for Rowley on an errand of murder, but failing to reach their destination early enough for their purposes they sought the home of Thomas Kimball in Merrimac when the night was far advanced, and killed the father.
• The mother and five children were taken into captivity and carried forty miles into the forest. The lives of Mrs. Kimball and her baby were frequently threatened, and twice the fire was lighted to burn them at the stake. Through the friendly offices of Wanalancet, of the Pennacook Indians, they were freed after forty-one terrible days in captivity, and reached their desolated home June 13, 1676. The prayers of the congregation at Ipswich were asked May 3, 1676, for the safety of the captives.
• Subsequently the widow petitioned the general court for protection from Simon, the Indian who murdered her husband and threatened to kill her and her children if they returned to their home. Accordingly the three Indians were seized and put in jail, but they escaped and continued their murderous course most mercilessly thereafter, we are told.
• They were well known, for they had lived a great deal in the settlements and worked for the colonists. Thomas Kimball served the town of Merrimac as selectman and in other offices.
• He married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Joanna Smith, of Ipswich. Joanna died about 1681.
• The children of Thomas and Mary (Smith) Kimball: 1. Elizabeth, born Hampton, Massachusetts, December 5, 1658, died December 27, 1658. 2. Richard, born Hampton, 1660, died Bradford, Massachusetts, January 21, 1732-3. 3. Joseph, born 1662, died 1699; was impressed into His Majesty's service in 1689 and again in 1690. 4. Mary, born about 1663; married March 22, 1682-3, Thomas Reddington, of Boxford, Massachusetts; six children. 5. Hannah, born January 27, 1661, died before 1699. 6. Thomas, born 1665, died June 30, 1732, in Bradford. 7. Ebenezer, born April 20, 1668. 8. John, born October 14, 1675; removed to Piscataquis, East Jersey. 9. Joanna, died April 10, 1690; married Joshua Morse, of Newbury, Massachusetts who died March 20, 1691.
• SOURCE: "Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with a history of Worcester Society of Antiquity", by Ellery Bicknell Crane. Lewis Publishing, New York-Chicago, 1907. p. 10
• .... etc.
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Richard Kimball (1595 - 1675)
• Ursula Scott Kimball (1596 - 1660)
• Spouse:
• Mary Smith Kimball (1634 - 1697)*
• Children:
  • Joanna Kimball Morse (____ - 1691)*
  • Elizabeth Kimball (1658 - 1658)*
  • Richard Kimball (1659 - 1733)*
  • Hannah Kimball (1661 - ____)*
  • Joseph Kimball (1662 - 1699)*
  • Mary Kimball Reddington (1663 - 1704)*
  • Thomas Kimball (1665 - 1732)*
  • Ebenezer Kimball (1668 - 1669)*
  • Priscilla Kimball (1673 - ____)*
  • John Kimball (1675 - 1702)*
• Siblings:
• Henry Kimball (1615 - 1676)*
• Abigail Kimball Severans (1618 - 1658)*
• Richard Kimball (1623 - 1676)*
• Martha Kimball Fowler (1629 - ____)*
• John Kimball (1631 - 1698)*
• Thomas Kimball (1633 - 1676)
• Sarah Kimball Allen (1635 - 1696)*
• Benjamin Kimball (1637 - 1696)*
• Caleb Kimball (1639 - 1682)*
• Burial: Unknown
• Find A Grave Memorial# 38398678
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38398678 ________________
• SMITH, Mary
• b. ABT 1637
• d. ABT 1680 Bradford, Essex, Mass.
• Family:
• Marriage: BEF 1658 Ipswich, Essex, Mass.
• Spouse: KIMBALL, Thomas
• b. 1633 Rattlesden, Suffolk, England
• d. 2 MAY 1676 Rowley, Essex, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: KIMBALL, Richard
• Mother: SCOTT, Ursula
• Children:
  • KIMBALL, Elizabeth b. 5 DEC 1658 Hampton, Rockingham, NH. d. 27 DEC 1658
  • KIMBALL, Joanna
  • KIMBALL, Hannah b. 27 JAN 1660/1 Bradford, Essex, Mass. d. BEF 1699
  • KIMBALL, Mary
  • KIMBALL, Richard
  • KIMBALL, Thomas
  • KIMBALL, Ebenezer b. 20 APR 1668 Bradford, Essex, Mass.
  • KIMBALL, Priscilla
  • KIMBALL, John b. 14 OCT 1675 Rowley, Essex, Mass.
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_291.htm#40 ___________________________
• 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 by Morrison, Leonard Allison
• https://archive.org/details/historyofkimball00morr
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofkimball00morr#page/27/mode/1up
• .... etc.
• Richard Kemball1 came to this country in the ship Elizabeth, William Andrews, master, in 1634. He appears to have gone, soon after landing, to Watertown, Mass. He settled in a different part of the town from that occupied by Henry Kemball1. According to Bond and other writers Richard and Henry were brothers. There is but little evidence to support this supposition, and it seems to be mainly founded on the fact that they both came over on the same vessel. Richard is said on the shipping list to be thirty-nine years old, but he was probably somewhat older. He was, however, in the prime of life, and soon became a prominent and active man in the new settlement.
• He first settled in Watertown, and his home lot is thus given by Dr. Henry Bond : .... etc.
• .... Soon after this date he was invited to remove
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• to impswich, where they were in need of a competent man to act as wheelwright to the new settlement. Here he spent the remainder of his days. .... etc.
• ....
• Richard Kimball was of the parish of Rattlesden, county of Suffolk, England, as is shown by the following entry on the parish register :
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofkimball00morr#page/29/mode/1up
• Henry Kemball ye sonne of Richard and Vrsula his wife baptized 1615 12 of August.
• Ursula was the daughter of Henry Scott of Rattlesden, as appears from the following extract from Henry Scott's will :
  • .... etc.
• Richard Kimball married second, Oct. 23, 1661, Margaret Dow, widow of Henry Dow of Hampton, N. H.
• .... etc.
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• .... On the twenty-second of the following June the earthly pilgrimage of Richard Kimball ended, and, aged more than eighty years, he joined the great majority.
• His wife did not long survive him, but died the succeeding spring, March 1, 1676. Richard Kimball1 was well to do for those early days. The inventory of his estate, which was taken July 12, 1675, and returned to court Sept. 28, 1675, amounted to £737 3s. 6d. He had already given to his children at their marriages.
• CHILDREN.
  • i. Abigail2, b. Rattlesden, county of Suffolk, England; d. in Salisbury, Mass., June 17, 1658. She married in England John Severans, b. __ , d. April 9, 1682, of Salisbury, Mass., who is first styled a planter, afterwards a victualler and vinter. She is not mentioned in the list of passengers, with the others of her father's family, on the Elizabeth. She was in the prime of life at the time of her death. Mr. Severans married, second, Oct. 2, 1663, Susanna, widow of Henry Ambrose. Mr. Ambrose, after having lived in Hampton, N. H., Salisbury, Charlestown, and Boston, died in Boston in 1658.
  • CHILDREN OF ABIGAIL KIMBALL AND JOHN SEVERANS.
    • .... etc.
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  • 2 ii. Henry Kimball2, b. Rattlesden, Suffolk county, England. There seems to be some doubt as to Henry's exact age. It is given on the shipping list as aged fifteen, in 1634. This would give the year of his birth as 1619. But it is evident that the ages on the shipping list are only approximate. Henry himself deposes in court, Sept. 28, 1669, that he is aged 53. This would give the year of his birth as 1616. But the parish records at Rattlesden are as follows: "12, Aug, 1615 Henry Kemball ye sone of Richard and Vrsula his wife baptized."
  • iii. Elizabeth Kimball2, b. Rattlesden, 1621. There is no record of her marriage. She was alive in 1675.
  • 3 iv. Richard Kimball2, b. Rattlesden, Eng., 1623; d. May 26, 1676, in Wenham, Mass.
  • v. Mary Kimball2, b. Rattlesden, Eng., 1625; m. Robert Dutch of Gloucester and Ipswich, Mass. Mary is wrongly given in many places as the wife of Deacon Thomas Knowlton, historians being misled by her fathers will, as he only mentions the first names of his daughters and does not leave anything to the children of Mary. But in an action for trespass against Richard Kimball, Sr., (in taking a heifer by his grandson Robert Dutch of the yard of Obadiah Wood and detaining the same Mar. 1662), this is shown to be wrong, Robert Dutch, Sr.'s wife was Mary. Savage's Dictionary is wrong in regard to her name. It says she was Mary Roper, daughter of Walter Roper. But Mary Roper was born in 1641. Mary Dutch says in a deposition that she is 36 in 1665, which would give her birth as 1629. Samuel Dutch calls Caleb Kimball2 uncle in deposition in 1664.
  • CHILDREN OF MARY KIMBALL2 AND ROBERT DUTCH.
    • .... etc.
  • vi. Martha Kimball2, b. Rattlesden, Eng., 1629; m. Joseph, son of Phillip and Martha Fowler, who was born in England in 1622, and was killed by the Indians May 19,
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  • 1676, near Deerfield, Mass. He came to New England in the ship Mary, with his father, in 1634, and resided in Ipswich, Mass. He sold his father-in-law, Richard Kimball1, forty acres of land in 1651.
  • CHILDREN OF MARTHA KIMBALL AND JOSEPH FOWLER.
    • .... etc.
  • 4 vii. John Kimball2, b. Rattlesden, Eng., 1631; d. May 6, 1698.
  • 5 viii. Thomas Kimball2, b. 1633; d. May 3, 1676.
  • ix. Sarah Kimball2, b. Watertown, Mass., 1635; d. June 12, 1690; m. Nov. 24, 1658, Edward Allen of Ipswich, Mass.
  • CHILDREN OF SARAH KIMBALL AND EDWARD ALLEN.
    • ....etc.
  • 6 x. Benjamin Kimball2, b. Ipswich, 1637; d. June 11, 1695.
  • 7 xi. Caleb Kimball2, b. Ipswich, Mass., 1639; d. 1682.
• SECOND GENERATION.
• 2 Henry Kimball2 (Richard1) was born at Rattlesden, in the county of Suffolk, England, in 1615, and came to America in the ship Elizabeth with his father. He married, about 1640, Mary, daughter of John and Mary Wyatt, who came over in the same ship with him. She died in Wenham, Mass., Aug. 12, 1672. He married second, Elizabeth (Gilbert) Rayner, widow of William, son of Thurston Rayner, and daughter of Hum-
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• phrey and Elizabeth Gilbert. William Rayner died Oct. 26, 1672.
• Henry first settled in Watertown, Mass., and remained there after his father moved to Ipswich, but sometime after 1646 he followed his father to that place, and about 1655 he removed to Wenham, Mass., and spent the remainder of his life in that town.
• .... etc.
• .... He died in Wenham in 1676. As is shown by the following agreement he left twelve children : .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofkimball00morr#page/41/mode/1up
• 5 Thomas Kimball2 (Richard1) was born in Rattlesden. Suffolk county, England, in 1633, and was one year old when he came to New England with his parents. He later went to Ipswich, Mass., and was living in Hampton, N. H., Oct. 20, 1653, and was an owner of mill property there on Oyster river. He made his home at that place as late as 1660. He afterwards removed to that portion of Rowley which is included in the present town of Bradford, Mass. Previous to 1675 the section where Thomas and his brother Benjamin lived was within the limits of Rowley, but the locality was called Merrimack when Thomas was elected a constable on Feb. 20, 1668-9. His house was one of the legal places for posting and "publishing any orders or other business of public concernment to the whole town." His house was situated on the Boxford road, and its situation can still be located. At that place he lived and prospered for
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofkimball00morr#page/42/mode/1up
• about ten years. He was a mechanic and a thrifty farmer, owning over four hundred acres of land and a large amount of personal property, as is shown by the inventory of his estate.
• At that time the skulking Indians continually annoyed the white inhabitants. The Merrimac river was a pathway ; the Indians could make rapid sallies upon the settlements and make their escape without penetrating the forests. Haverhill had been attacked with all the cruelty of the savages. On the night of May 2, 1676, three well known "converted" (half civilized) Indians, Peter, Andrew, and Symon, were intending to kill some parties in Rowley, but the night being far advanced, they wreaked their vengeance upon the Kimballs. Thomas Kimball was killed by Symon, and his wife and five children, namely, Joanna, Thomas, Joseph, Priscilla, and John were taken captive and carried forty miles into the wilderness, where they remained forty-one days, and were freed without ransom by the friendly offices of the chief Wanalancet, of the Pennacook Indians. Her own life and that of her infant were threatened, and twice were the fires lighted to burn them. They reached their home June 13, 1676.
• Great was the anguish of their friends during their captivity, and on May 3, 1676, her pious parents in Ipswich asked prayers on the Sabbath that they might be delivered.
• Subsequently she addressed a petition to the Governor and Council that she might be protected from Simon, the Indian, who had threatened to kill her and her children if she returned to her own house. The three Indians were seized and confined in jail, but escaped and pursued their course of blood most mercilessly thereafter, and their subsequent fate is unknown. They were semi-civilized and had worked for and lived a great deal with the white people. Thomas Kimball married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Joanna Smith of Ipswich, as is shown by the following note from the records at Salem: "Nov. 18, 1686 Richard and Benjamin Kimball of Bradford did covenant to and with the Selectmen of Ipswich that they would take Thomas Smith and his wife to Bradford to the house of Mary Kimball the widow of Thomas Kimball and provide their Meate, drink, washing, lodgeing, clothes and attendance with all things
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofkimball00morr#page/43/mode/1up
• necessary for persons in such a condition for the space of one year begining at the date hereof, the price for a year to be £25." "Dec. 8. 1681 Agreed with Richard Kimball of Bradford to allow unto him further keeping and providing for his grandfather Thomas Smith for the year ensuing £13." According to this Joanna Smith had probably died during the year.
• The name of Thomas Kimball2 occurs yery frequently on the early records of the town of Merrimack. Until the time of his death he always held some town office, being frequently selectman.
• CHILDREN.
  • i. Elizabeth3, b. Hampton, Mass., Dec. 5, 1658; d.Dec. 27, 1658.
  • 23 ii. Richard3, b. Hampton, Mass., 1660; d. at Bradford, Mass., Jan. 21, 1732-3.
  • iii. Joseph3, b. 1662; d. before 1699. "Joseph Kimball of Bradford, bound himself with consent of his mother Mary Kimball for three years to Zacheus Curtis of Boxford, carpenter, Dec. 20, 1687. He was 17 years old when he went and his brothers Richard aged 32 and Thomas aged 27, testified Mar. 29, 1692 that he was not 21 years and above five months old. He was pressed into his Majesties Service when in Boxford May, 24, 1690 and was not released till Nov. 17, and the yr before was pressed a fortnight." (Judicial Records, 52, 68.)
  • iv. Mary3, b. about 1663; m. March 22, 1682-3, Thomas Redington of Boxford, Mass. They had five daughters and one son. Thomas Reddington4 m. Hepzibah Perley, by whom he had nine children. His son, Abraham Reddington5, m. Sarah Kimball6, daughter of Deacon Aaron Kimball of Boxford, Mass., and Sarah (Wood) Kimball, and went to Waterville, Me,
  • v. Hannah3, b. Jan. 27, 1661; d. before 1699.
  • 24 vi. Thomas3, b. 1665; d. June 30, 1732, in Bradford.
  • vii. Ebenezer3, b. April 20, 1668. No record.
  • 25 viii. John3, b. Oct. 14, 1675, and was an infant when carried into captivity with his mother. He removed to Piscataquis, in the province of East Jersey. While there, Nov. 17, 1702, he deeded to his brother, Capt. Richard Kimball of Bradford, all that land that was set off to him from his father's estate.
  • ix. Joanna3, b. __ ; d. April 10, 1690; m. Joshua Morse of Newbury, Mass., who d. March 20, 1691, leaving two children, Hannah Morse4, aged 15, and Andrew Morse4, aged 10. __________________
• Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston : to which is appended the early history of the town. by Bond, Henry
• https://archive.org/details/genealogiesoffam00bond
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogiesoffam00bond#page/323/mode/1up
• KEMBALL (Kemble, Kimball).
• The name Kimball, now borne by so many families in this country, is undoubtedly a corruption, or variation of Kemball or Kemble, a common name in England. In the Watertown records it was almost uniformly written Kemball for several generations.
• Embarked at Ipswich, Eng., for N. Eng., Ap. 10, 1634, in the Elizabeth, William Andrews, Master, RICHARD KEMBALL, aged 39, with wife URSULA, and chil., 1. HENRY, aged 15. 2. ELIZABETH, aged 13. 3. RICHARD, aged 11. 4. MARY, aged 9. 5. MARTHA, aged 5. 6. JOHN, aged 3 ; and 7. THOMAS, aged 1 year. He settled first in Watertown, of which he was a proprietor, 1636-7, and was adm. freeman. May 6, 1635. He removed to Ipswich, probably in 1637, as in that year, Feb. 23, a house-lot was then granted to him. His son Richard was also a proprietor of Ipswich, in 1648. It was probably his son, "Henry Kemball, Jr.," who was proprietor of a homestall and 3 other lots in Wat., 1642, and who m., in Wat., Nov. 13, 1650, Sarah Farwell. Richard Kemball, Senior, was probably the ancestor of most of the numerous families of the name of Kimball in New England.
• .... etc. _______________

Thomas was born in Rattlesden, Suffolk county, England, in 1633, and was one year old when he came to New England with his parents. He later went to Ipswich, and was living in Hampton, New Hampshire, 20 Oct 1653, and was the owner of mill property there on Oyster river. He made his home at that place as late as 1660. He afterwards removed to that portion of Rowley which is included in the present town of Bradford, Massachusetts. Previous to 1675 the section where Thomas and his brother Benjamin lived was within the limits of Rowley, but the locality was called Merrimac when Thomas was elected constable on 20 Feb 1668-9. His house was one of legal places for posting and "publishing any orders or other business of public concernment to the whole town." His house was situated on the Boxford road, and its situation can still be located. At that place he lived and prospered for about ten years. He was a mechanic and a thrifty farmer, owning over four hundred acres of land and a large amount of personal property, as is shown by the inventory of his estate.

At that time skulking Indians continually annoyed the white inhabitants. The Merrimack river was a pathway; the Indians could make rapid sallies upon the settlements and make their escape without penetrating the forests. Haverhill had been attacked with all the cruelty of the savages. On the night of 2 May 1676, three well known "converted" (half civilized) Indians, Peter, Andrew and Symon, were intending to kill some parties in Rowley, but the night being far advanced, they wreaked their vengeance on the Kimballs. Thomas Kimball was killed by Symon, and his wife and five children, namely, Joanna, Thomas, Joseph, Priscilla, and John were taken captive and carried forty miles into the wilderness, where they remained forty-one days, and were freed without ransom by the friendly offices of the chief Wanalancet, of the Penacook Indians. Her own life and that of her infant were threatened, and twice the fires lighted to burn them. They reached their home 13 June 1676.

Great was the anguish of their friends during their captivity, and on 3 May 1676, her pious parents in Ipswich asked prayers on the Sabbath that they might be delivered.

Subsequently she addressed a petition to the Governor and Council that she might be protected from Symon, the Indian, who had threatened to kill her and her children if she returned to her own house. The three Indians were seized and confined in jail, but escaped and pursued their course of blood most mercilessly thereafter, and their subsequent fate is unknown. They were semi-civilized and had worked for and lived a great deal with the white people.

Thomas Kimball married Mary Smith, daughter of Thomas and Joanna Smith of Ipswich, about 1655, as is shown by the following note from the records of Salem: "Nov. 18, 1686 Richard and Benjamin Kimball of Bradford did covenant to and with the Selectmen of Ipswich that they would take Thomas Smith and his wife to Bradford to the house of Mary Kimball, widow of Thomas Kimball and provide their Meate, drink, washing, lodgeing, clothes and attendance with all things necessary for persons in such condition for the space of one year beginning at the date hereof, the price for a year to be £25. Dec. 8, 1687 Agreed with Richard Kimball of Bradfordd to allow unto him further keeping and providing for his grandfather Thomas Smith for the year ensuing £13." According to this Joanna Smith had probably died during the year.

The name of Thomas occurs very frequently on the early records of the town of Merrimac. Until the time of his death he always held some town office, being frequently selectman.

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Killed by Indians

Thomas Kimball was born in Rattlesden, Suffolk county, England, in

1633, and was one year old when he came to New England with his

parents. He later went to Ipswich. Massachusetts, and was living in

Hampton, New Hampshire, 20 Oct. 1653, and was an owner of mill

property there on Oyster river. He made his home at that place as

late as 1660. He afterwards removed to that portion of Rowley, which

is included in the present town of Bradford, Massachusetts. Previous

to 1675 the section where Thomas and his brother Benjamin lived was

within the limits of Rowley, but the locality was called Merrimack

when Thomas was elected a constable on 20 Feb. 1668-9. His house was

one of the legal places for posting and "publishing any orders or

other business of public concernment to the whole town." His house

was situated on the Boxford road, and its situation can still be

located. At that place he lived and prospered for about ten years.

He was a mechanic and a thrifty farmer, owning over four hundred

acres of land and a large amount of personal property, as is shown

by the inventory of his estate.

At that time the skulking Indians continually annoyed the white

inhabitants. The Merrimac river was a pathway; the Indians could

make rapid sallies upon the settlements and make their escape

without penetrating the forests. Haverhill had been attacked with

all the cruelty of the savages. On the night of 2 May 1676, three

well known 'converted' (half civilized) Indians, Peter, Andrew, and

Simon, were intending to kill some parties in Rowley, but the night

being far advanced, they wreaked their vengeance upon the Kimball's.

Thomas Kimball was killed by Simon, and his wife and five children,

namely, Joanna, Thomas, Joseph, Priscilla, and John were taken

captive and carried forty miles into the wilderness, where they

remained forty-one days, and were freed without ransom by the

friendly offices of the chief Wanalancet, of the Pennacook Indians.

Her own life and that of her infant were threatened, and twice were

the fires lighted to burn them. They reached their home 13 June

1676.

Great was the anguish of their friends during their captivity, and

on 3 May 1676, her pious parents in Ipswich asked prayers on the

Sabbath that they might be delivered.

Subsequently she addressed a petition to the Governor and Council

that she might be protected from Simon, the Indian, who had

threatened to kill her and her children if she returned to her own

house. The three Indians were seized and confined in jail, but

escaped and pursued their course of blood most mercilessly

thereafter, and their subsequent fate is unknown. They were

semi-civilized and had worked for and lived a great deal with the

white people. Thomas Kimball married Mary, daughter of Thomas and

Joanna Smith of Ipswich, as is shown by the following note from the

records at Salem: "18 Nov. 1686 Richard and Benjamin Kimball of

Bradford did covenant to and with the Selectmen of Ipswich that they

would take Thomas Smith and his wife to Bradford to the house of

Mary Kimball the widow of Thomas Kimball and provide their Meate,

drink, washing, lodgeing, clothes and attendance with all things

necessary for persons in such a condition for the space of one year

beginning at the date hereof, the price for a year to be £25." "8

Dec. 1681 Agreed with Richard Kimball of Bradford to allow unto him

further keeping and providing for his grandfather Thomas Smith for

the year ensuing £13." According to this Joanna Smith had probably

died during the year.

The name of Thomas Kimball occurs very frequently on the early

records of the town of Merrimack. Until the time of his death he

always held some town office, being frequently selectman.

Thomas had a share and a half of Plum Island, &c., 1664.

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Thomas was born in Rattlesden, Suffolk county, England, in 1633, and was one year old when he came to New England with his parents. He later went to Ipswich, and was living in Hampton, New Hampshire, 20 Oct 1653, and was the owner of mill property there on Oyster river. He made his home at that place as late as 1660. He afterwards removed to that portion of Rowley which is included in the present town of Bradford, Massachusetts. Previous to 1675 the section where Thomas and his brother Benjamin lived was within the limits of Rowley, but the locality was called Merrimac when Thomas was elected constable on 20 Feb 1668-9. His house was one of legal places for posting and "publishing any orders or other business of public concernment to the whole town." His house was situated on the Boxford road, and its situation can still be located. At that place he lived and prospered for about ten years. He was a mechanic and a thrifty farmer, owning over four hundred acres of land and a large amount of personal property, as is shown by the inventory of his estate.

At that time skulking Indians continually annoyed the white inhabitants. The Merrimack river was a pathway; the Indians could make rapid sallies upon the settlements and make their escape without penetrating the forests. Haverhill had been attacked with all the cruelty of the savages. On the night of 2 May 1676, three well known "converted" (half civilized) Indians, Peter, Andrew and Symon, were intending to kill some parties in Rowley, but the night being far advanced, they wreaked their vengeance on the Kimballs. Thomas Kimball was killed by Symon, and his wife and five children, namely, Joanna, Thomas, Joseph, Priscilla, and John were taken captive and carried forty miles into the wilderness, where they remained forty-one days, and were freed without ransom by the friendly offices of the chief Wanalancet, of the Penacook Indians. Her own life and that of her infant were threatened, and twice the fires lighted to burn them. They reached their home 13 June 1676.

Great was the anguish of their friends during their captivity, and on 3 May 1676, her pious parents in Ipswich asked prayers on the Sabbath that they might be delivered

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Arrived in America in April 1634 on the ship “Elizabeth” in Boston harbor with his mother Ursula Scott and his Father Richard Kimball.

A neighbor accidentally killed him with a gun in 1676.

Kimball was originally spelled as Kemble and Kemball

The Elizabeth left Ipswitch, Suffolk, England mid April of 1634 with her master, William Andrewes (Andres), arriving in Massachusetts Bay.

04 Feb 1634 Henry Dade writes from Ipswitch to the Archbishop of Canterbury that the Francis and the Elizabeth with 60 men in each intend to sail for New England on about March 10 and he supposes they are debtors or persons disaffected with the established church. Note: These ships and nine others bound for New England were stayed but on 28 Feb allowed to proceed on condition that the passengers took the oath opf allegiance. Colham pg 111.

12 Nov 1634: John Cutting and William Andrews pray to be released from bonds of presentation of certificates, enclosing that passangers of the 30 May 1634 Francis and 30 May 1634 Elizabeth did not take the oaths.

21 Jan 1635: John Cuttinge, Master of the Francis and William Andrewes, Master of the Elizabeth, both of Ipswitch, have brought a list of all the passengers that went in their ships to New England in April 1634 with certificates of their having taken the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance.

The following alphabetical roll is from her departure point, not necessarily who landed.

Alphabetical with age and roll number:

Kemball Richard 39, from Rattlesden, Suffolk #15

    Born 1595, from Rattlesden, Suffolk, bound for Watertown, Ipswitch. Ref: NEGR 57/331. 36 pg 159

Kemball Ursula unk age, wife of Richard #16

Kemball Henry 15, child of Richard #77

Kemball Richard 11, child of Richard #78

Kemball Mary 9, child of Richard #79

Kemball Martha 5, child of Richard #80

Kemball John 3, child of Richard #81

Kemball Thomas 1, child of Richard #82

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Biography

war = King Philip's War Thomas Kemball or Kimball was born 1633 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England.

He arrived in New England with his parents and siblings in 1634. :Interesting story about Thomas when he was a young man taken from Essex County Court Records: In 1649 (7th mo.) in Essex Court records is the following: "We present Joesph Fowler, Thomas Cooke, Thomas Scott, and two of ye sons of Richard Kimball, for goeing into ye woods, shouting and singing, taking fire and liquors with them, all being at unseasonable time in ye night, ocasioning yr. wives and some others to go out to them." :: " Joesph Fowler, Thomas Scott, John Kemball and Thomas Kemball for their presentment, had a legal admonition."

He died 03 MAY 1676 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts. He married Mary Smith in 1656 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. : Thomas Kimball, born in Rattlesden, Co. Suffolk, Eng., in 1633, married Mary Smith, daughter of Thomas and Joanna Smith. He came in 1634,with his father, and lived in Ipswich; a mechanic; he owned a mill atHampton, N. H., in 1653. In 1660, he removed to Rowley, where he wasconstable, 1668. Until his death he always held some town office, being a selectman. He was killed by Indians, May 3, 1676, at Bradford, and his wife and five children were carried forty miles into the wilderness and were held there until June 13th, when they were returned. He followed the trade of his father, a wheelwright.: In Nov. 1680 (or 1686), Thomas Smith of Ipswich and his wife Joanna,came to Bradford to live with their widowed daughter, Mary Kimball; as mention is made of Thomas alone the following year, Joanna had probably died.<ref>Bassett-Preston ancestors : a history of the ancestors in America of Marion Bassett Luitweiler, Howard Murray Bassett, Preston; page 168</ref>

: Death: :: Cause: killed by Indians :: Date: 3 MAY 1676 :: Place: Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts:: Note: Genealogical Dictionary states: "Kimball, Thomas, Ipswich, s. of Richard, an early sett. of that pt. of Rowley, that aft. was call. Bradford, k. by the Ind. 3 May 1676, when his w. and five ch. Joanna, Thomas, Joseph, Priscilla, and John, were tak. prison. carr. a. forty miles into the wilderness, and allow. to come home 13 June foll."<ref>Walter Goodwin Davis, Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A reprinting in alphabeticalorder by surname of the sixteen multi-ancestor compedia, Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1996), Volume 2, Page 393</ref> On 3 May 1676 three Indians, Peter, Andrew and Symon attacked the Kimball home and Thomas was killed by Symon. His wife and five children; Joanna, Thomas, Joseph, Priscilla and John were captured and taken 40 miles into the woods where they stayed 41 days and were subsequently freed by Chief Wanalancet of the Pennacook tribe. The family returned home on 13 June 1676. Mary petitioned the Governor and Council that she might be protected from Symon who had threatened to kill her and her children if they returned to their home. The three Indians were captured, however, they escaped and continued their attacks on the Englishsettlements. The Bradford records state that Thomas was “shot by an Indian, and his wife and 5 children, viz. Joannah, Thomas, Joseph, Priscilla & John, were carried captive, they returned home ye 13th of June, 1676”. Administration of his estate was granted to Mary on 27 June 1676 and the inventory of his estate was taken 18 May 1676:

Wearing apparill, all ye Indians left....................2-10-0
Tabel lining, 1 sheete, 3 pillowberes..................1-15-0
Vallence and Curtaine and 4 Cushins................0-10-0
2 Rugs, 2 blankets, and a parcill of old beading.3-5-0
Peautar....................................................................3-3-0
1 Iron pot, 1 warming pan, 2 tubs, 2 barills......1-10-0
Saddle and pillion and a parcill of sheeps wool.1-5-0
Tools for his traid and utensils for husbandry...5-0-0
Six oxen, five Cowes, two heifers of 3 yere old, 3

steres of 2 yere old, 2 yerlings, 5 Calves............66-15

A horse and a mare and a Coult...........................6-0-0
12 swine...................................................................7-0-0
7 shepe....................................................................2-0-0
Housing and about 422 acres land and medow.450-0-0
Glass.......................................................................1-10-0
Corne and provisions.............................................3-0-0
5 yards of Cloath.....................................................1-0-0
..............................................................................556-3-0
Wearing cloaths of Goody kimbals....................3-16-0
Cloaths of Joanna Kimball...................................2-10-0

Debts due to the estate
Gilbert Wilfords estate...........................................1-0-0
Daniell Boreman.....................................................1-0-0
John Wicom.............................................................1-0-0
Joseph Bond............................................................1-2-0
Ensigne Chandler.................................................1-10-0
By John Kimbal......................................................12-0-0
Total.....................................................................17-12-0

Debts due from the estateMr. Wainwright.....................................................9-18-6
Capt. Gerish..........................................................9-19-1
Sergent Wait.........................................................6-18-0
John Pickard.........................................................1-10-0
Stephen Webster.................................................1-10-0
Will Barker............................................................2-16-0
Decon Jewit...........................................................0-18-0
David Haseltine......................................................1-1-0
Hunt of Ipswich......................................................1-2-0
Decon Goodhue.....................................................1-0-0
Mr. Cobbit.............................................................0-10-0
Shu. Walker...........................................................0-12-0
Joseph Hardy........................................................1-10-0
Nath Gage.............................................................0-15-0
Samull Haseltine....................................................2-2-0
Francis Jordon........................................................0-2-6
Josiah Gage...........................................................0-18-0
John Stickne............................................................3-0-0
Mr. Buship at present not known
Anthony Somersby................................................1-5-0
Phillip Fouler...........................................................0-6-0
Total.......................................................................50-8-1
On 26 Sept. 1676 the estate was divided as follows: to Richard the eldest son £80, to the rest of the children £40 each and the remainderof the estate to the widow with the land to stand bound for the payment of the children’s portions. <ref>Essex Quarterly Courts- Vol. 25,fol. 124; Vol. 5, fol. 94, 284</ref> On 18 Nov. 1686 “Richard and Benjamin Kimball of Bradford did covenant to and with the Selectmen of Ipswich that they would take Thomas Smith and his wife to Bradford to the house of Mary Kimball the widow ofThomas Kimball and provide their Meate, drink, washing, lodgeing, clothes and attendance with all things necessary for persons in such a condition for the space of one year beginning at the date hereof, the price for a year to be £25”. <ref>History of the Kimball Family in America- Leonard Morrison & Stephen Sharples, Boston, 1897- pp. 41-3, 57-9</ref> “Dec. 8, 1681 Agreed with Richard Kimball of Bradford to allow unto him further keeping and providing for his grandfather Thomas Smith forthe year ensuing £13”. <ref>History of the Kimball Family in America- Leonard Morrison & Stephen Sharples, Boston, 1897- pp. 41-3, 57-9</ref>

Children

1. Elizabeth Kimball
2. Joanna Kimball
3. Richard Kimball
4. Hannah Kimball
5. Joseph Kimball
6. Mary Kimball
7. Thomas Kimball
8. Ebenezer Kimball
9. Priscilla Kimball
10. John Kimball

Sources

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See also: * James Savage, Geneaological Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, (Originally published Boston 1860-62, reprinted April 1873 and 1884. Reproduced by Genealogical Publishing Company, Balitmore 1981.* Full text of "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"

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2 AGE 42-43

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Killed by Indians