Benjamin Kimball (2-10)
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Benjamin Kimball (2-10)
Richard Kimball, Benjamin Kimball
BORN: xx/xx/1637 in Ipswich, MA
MARRIED: Mercy Hazeltine in April, 1661 in Salisbury, MA
DIED: June 11, 1696 in Bradford, MA
BURIED: Bradford, MA Cemetery - gravestones still there
Benjamin Kimball was born around the time his father Richard Kimball moved from Watertown, MA to Ipswich, MA. He was probably a resident of Exeter, NH in 1659 as a carpenter. He moved to Salisbury, MA and was on a trial jury in 1662 there. He lived in Rowley, MA in May 12, 1663 when he purchased land there from Elizabeth Starret of Haverhill, MA. At this time Rowley contained the towns now known as Bradford, Georgetown and Groveland. Benjamin's land was in Bradford.
On Feb. 20, 1668, at the first town meeting in Merrimac, afterwards called Bradford, he was chosen an overseer of the town. He was called of that town in March 16, 1670 and March 15, 1674. On January 6, 1675, he and his wife Mercy of Bradford, MA, sold forty acres of land to the inhabitants of that town for the use of the minister. On Nov 3, 1667, he bough several tracts of land. Among them was land which once belonged to his brother, Thomas Kimball (2-8), who was killed by the Indians on May 3, 1676.
On May 16, 1683, residents of Bradford, MA and other nearby towns sent a petition to the General Court asking "that a troop be raised out of Andover, Bradford, Topsfield & Rowley Village," as "Newbury is far remote from us." Benjamin Kimball's name is at the top of the list of signatures. It was also signed by Richard Kimball, either the son, or nephew of Benjamin. On May 17, 1683, the General Court concurred with the petition, and established "a Foot Compani and one of Hore," commissioning and appointing "Mr. John Osgood to be Capt. of the Troop... & Mr. Benj. Kimball, Cornet." "Ben: Kimball" and others signed, July 9, 1690, a notice that they "are ready & voluntarily offer our selvis to serve God, our King & Country in ye designed Expedition for Canada." This would have been the first expedition to take the fort at Louisburg, in Nova Scotia.
His house was in the west parish of old Bradford, not far from the ancient cemetery. He was a wheelwright and a farmer.
Mercy was the daughter of Robert Hazeltine.
His inventory (items he held when he died), showed that he was well off for the times. The total amount of the estate was £1060.7s. Among the assets was a one-fourth interest in a saw-mill in Haverhill, MA near the Amesbury line, that he bought from Matthew Harriman. This interest was handed down in the family for several generations.
CHILDREN:
1. Anna (3-1000), b. Dec 23, 1661 d. Jan 2, 1735
2. Mercy (3-1001), b. Dec 27, 1663 d. Feb 5, 1664
3. Richard (3-36), b. Dec 3, 1664 d. Jan 10, 1711
4. Elizabeth (3-37), b. Jul 24, 1669 d. Bradford, MA Aug 24 1727
5. David (3-38), b. Jul 26, 1671 d. Bradford, MA June 14, 1743
6. Jonathan (3-39), b. Nov 26 1673 d. Bradford, MA Sep 30, 1749
7. Robert (3-40), b. Mar 5, 1676 d. Bradford, MA Feb 24, 1743
8. Abraham (3-41), b. Mar 24, 1678 d. Bradford, MA Feb 25, 1708
9. Samuel (3-42), b. Mar 28, 1680 d. 1739
10. Ebenezer (3-43), b. Sep 8, 1686 d. Bradford, MA Jan 23, 1715
11. Abigail (3-44), b. Sep 8, 1686 d. Bradford, MA Jan 23, 1715