John Kimball

1631 - 1698  (67 years)

• Name	John Kimball
  Born	1631	Rattlesden, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Ordained	8 Mar 1673
  Will	18 Mar 1697/8	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  	To my sons Richard and Moses Kimball: 6s each plus a horse to Moses; to my daughters Mary, Sarah, Hannah, Rebeckah, Eliza., and Abigail: 40s each; to my sons Benja. and Joseph: "all my moveable estate" to be divided by my friends Ensign Wallis and John Warner, except one three-year-old steer to son Benjamin and one cupboard to Benjamin's wife "in consideration of what they have done or may doe for me in my age and Weakness"; executors, my two sons Benja. and Joseph Kemball (sic.)
  Probate	6 May 1698	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  	Estate inventory, smeared ink renders the total illegible but it is approximately £200
  Died	6 May 1698	Ipswich, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2]
  Probate	4 Jul 1698	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [3]
  	Inventory filed; will proved
  Notes	John was born in Rattlesden, county of Suffolk, England, in 1631, and came to America with his father. He settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and died there 6 May 1698. In a deposition made in 1666 he says he is 35 years old. In a deposition made in 1684, when he was 53 years old, he and his nephew, Philip Fowler, testify "that Mary wife of Thomas patch, Abigail Bosworth (probably wife of Haniniel Bosworth, who Richard, Sr., calls cousin in his will), and Elizabeth Spofford were daughters of Thomas Scott, Sr." In 1656 he was appointed attorney for Thomas Scott of Stamford, Connecticut, son of Thomas Scott, Sr., late of Ipswich, and brother-in-law of his father, Richard Kimball, Sr. Thomas Scott's will was approved 8 Mar 1653-4, and mentions children Thomas, Elizabeth, Abigail, Hannah, Sarah, Mary and brother Richard Kimball. Thomas Scott, Jr., was in the Indian War, under Capt Lathrop, when he was killed at Squakehege (Northfield, Massachusetts) 8 Sept 1675. By trade John was a wheelwright, but by occupation, he seems, like his brothers, to have been an extensive farmer. He frequently bought and sold land, and there are a number of deeds on record in Salem bearing his name. 16 Oct 1665, he was appointed one of the executors of the will of Bridget Bradstreet. In her will she mentions her oldest daughter, Martha Kimball. (This is evidently a clerical error, Martha was the wife of William Beal). She givers to her "the ground she hath now in her possession, and my greine hood, peuter dish, and Mr. Morton's Bocke and on sheet and on peliber (Pillowbear) To my daughter Mary Kemball my ould bible, my cloth waskate, my stamell peticote, on boulster and on palow, on peuter dish and on candlestick." John married Mary Bradstreet about 1655. He came over on the same ship with her and her father and mother. She was born in England in 1633. Most historians say this John married for his second wife Mary Jordan. This is an error. (See John-3,Henry-2, Richard-1). On 8 Mar 1673, he united with the church by taking the covenant. His will is made 18 Mar 1697-8. In it he mentions his sons Richard, John and Mosis, to whom he gives "sixe shillings a peece in money, which is all i intend to for them having by deed of gift giuene before what I them intended out of my estat." He mentions his six "dafters Mary, Sarah, hannah, Rebekah Elizabeth and Abigail." His "sunes Beniaman and Jospeph kimbal" have all the personal property divided between them, except one steer that he gives "to my sun beiamin, and my best cubbard I gue toe my sun beniamin's wife: in consideration of what they have dune or may doe for em in my eage and weaknes." His real estate had all been given away before this time, and his personal property which was estimated at £131.9s.11d. consisted mainly of "Quick Stock" as follows: "Six Oxen £24. Eight cows £26. 13 young cattle £18.10s. 29 shepp £6. 12 swine £5." All children were born in Ipswich, MA.
  Person ID	I2192	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Richard Kimball,   b. Bef 1595, England ,   d. 22 Jun 1675, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Mother	Ursula Scott,   d. 1 Mar 1660, Ipswich, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Married	1613	Suffolk Co., England
  Family ID	F961	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary Bradstreet,   b. 1633, England ,   d. Abt 1672  (Age 39 years)
  Married	Abt 1655
  Family ID	F973	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex Co., Probate Records, vol. 306, p. 27 (Reliability: 3), 6 Nov 2017. [S16] Vital Records of Ipswich, MA - Deaths, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project (http://ma-vitalrecords.org)), 603 (Reliability: 2), 23 Apr 2014. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex Co., Probate Records, vol. 306, pp. 26-27 (Reliability: 3), 6 Nov 2017.