Joseph was born in Amesbury, MA. and died there on October 12, 1723
He married on January 7, 1713-4 to Bethia Shepard, who long survived him. She was the daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Eastman) (French) Shepard.
He was a wheelwright.
On October 8, 1718, he bought one and one half acres of marsh in the "Higelty Piggelty, so called."
Administration was granted his widow, Bethia, November 4, 1723. The property amounted to £235. In her father's will, made April 18, 1727, Bethia is to receive £60. On February 5, 1763, Bethia Kimball, widow, represents to the general court that she has been a widow thirty-eight years; that she has lost all her children, "having none that by law are obliged to support her," and she asks that the court may assist her.
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