Thomas Kimball II (1665 - 1732)

Born 1665 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah (Pemberton) Kimball — married 22 Dec 1686 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Grace (Hall) Hazen — married 4 Sep 1729 in Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 1732 at about age 67 in Bradford, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Thomas Kimball was born in 1665 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, son of Thomas Kimball (1633–1676) and Mary Smith (~1634–1688).

Family

Thomas (20) married Deborah Pemberton (17) (born in 1668 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay; daughter of John Pemberton and Deborah (Blake) Pemberton) on December 22, 1686 in Malden. MA. Their children were:

• Thomas Kimball (1687–1748)
• Jonathan Kimball (~1689–1730)
• Dorothy Kimball (1690–1790)
• John Kimball (1692–1748)
• Mary Kimball (1694–1770)
• Deborah Kimball (1695–1758)
• Ebenezer Kimball (1697–1751)
• Ephraim Kimball (1699–1743)
• Abigail Kimball (1700–1722)
• Priscilla Kimball (1703–1767)
• Sarah Kimball (1706–1732)
• Hannah Kimball (1707–1727)

Thomas (63) married Grace Hall (56) (born on November 25, 1672 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony; daughter of Christopher Hall and Sara (Unknown) Hall) on September 4, 1729 in Essex, Massachusetts. In 1729 Thomas lived in that part of Bradford that became Groveland. The home the family lived in was torn down in 1893.Thomas died on January 11, 1732 in Bradford, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, aged 66.^{[1] [2]} From the probate documents it is apparent that Thomas was a man of wealth and one of the few in the family who owned a slave. Thomas did, however, give his “Negro Boy Caesar” his freedom after serving one of his sons for four years after his death. So, it appears that he treated him as he would an apprentice, giving him his freedom after his time of service. Also, notice the letter from Mr Parsons… a most interesting document to find in the probate records! I hope Joseph’s leg healed up after his accident.

Last Will & Testament

"This Twentieth Day of August… 1731… I Thomas Kimbal of Bradford… do make… this my last Will and Testament…Imprimis I Will… fourty Pounds in Money unto my Wife agreeable to our Contract before Marriage be well and truly paid by my Three sons Thomas, John and Ephraim in Convenient Season after my decease. 2ly. I give and bequeath unto Grace my dear and well beloved Wife said fourty Ppounds ordered to her agreeable to our Contract. 3ly. Having give to my son Thomas his full Portion by Deed bearing Date March ye fifth 1729/30, I give him no more. 3ly. Having give to my son Thomas his full Portion by Deed bearing Date March ye fifth 1729/30, I give him no more. 4ly. Having given to my son John his full Portion by Deed dated ye fifth of March aforesaid, I give him no more. 5ly. I give and bequeath unto my Son Ephraim, besides what I have given him already all my husband Geer or Utensils for Husbandry. 6ly. Having given unto Each of my Daughters what I was able upon Marriage, I now give them all my household stuf to be equally divided amongst them, or to their Legal Respresentatives in Case of their Death. 7ly. All the Remainder of my Personal estate, Except my Negro Boy Caesar, I give and bequeath unto my Executor hereafter named and to my Six daughters, viz. Dorothy, Mary, Deborah, Abigail, Sarah and Priscilla or to their Legall Representatives if any of them be dead, to be Equally divided betwixt them… 8ly. My Will is that my Negro Boy Caesar after my Decease have Liberty to choose any of my surviving sons to be his Master, and that he shall serve his said Master four years after my Decease, and that then he shall have his Freedom, provided he procures suficient Bondsmen to secure my Estate from any Charge that may arise thro’ sickness, age or ye like and that by Law would otherwise be recovered therefor of my Estate. And then my Will is that my son whom he shall have chosen for his Master shall pay fourty Pounds to my Executor in Bills of Credit within Foure Years after my Decease to be divided Equally between my Executor and Daughters… But if my Son whom he shall choose to be his Master shall refuse to take said Negro upon said Terms, viz to serve for four years only and to pay fourty Ppounds as aforesaid, then my Will is that my said Negro shall have Liberty to let himself out to any Person or Persons whatsoever provided he or they will give sufficient Security to my Executor to pay to him fourty Pounds within four years after my Decease to be disposed of amongst my Executor and daughters as aforesd… Lastly, I give and bequeath unto my son Ebenezer the one third part of my salt Marrish on PlumbIlands which with the one hundred and Twenty Pounds which I gave him in money at the age of Twenty one years, and what I have given him as above is his full Portion in my Estate, Provided also and it is my Will that my said Son Ebenezer shall Pay unto my son John Two Pounds three shillings and four Pence, and unto my son Ephraim Two Pounds three shillings and four Pence more being four Pounds six shillings and Eight Pence in the whole, within Six months after my Decease and I do hereby Constitute ordain and Appoint him my said son Ebenezer to be Sole Executor of this my Last will and Testament Thomas Kimball Before us Joseph Parsons junr John Gage Robert Haseltine

Testimony to the Will

May it please your Honour,
Bradfd July 3d, 1732

Being a Witnes to the Will of Thomas Kimbal deceased, and his Executor giving me notice to wait upon your Honour this Day, I accordingly set out upon my Journey, but unhappily my Horse fell with me against a stone wall, and my Legg is so sorely bruised that I could not possibly proceed on my Journey. I therefore write to inform you Honour, that I with John Gage and Robert Haseltine were Witnesses to a Will of his bearing Date Aug. 20th 1731. I have never heard what your Honours Practice was when by any accident one of the Witnesses to a Will cannot be present. But I remember I was once a Witness to a Will approved by Judge Waldron of Portsmouth, and there was but one Evidence besides my self. The judge told the Executor that the third Evidence ought to have been present, but since that cou’d not convenienctly be, he approved the Will upon the Evidence of us two that were present. I further signifie to your Honour that said Thomas Kimbal deceased was of a Disposing Mind. I subscribe my self your honour’s

Most humble Servant Joseph Parsons

Probate/Estate Inventory

Bradford July the Eleventh 1732 and Invotory of the personal Estate and Houshold goods of Mr Thomas Kimbal of Bradford…

Swine...................................................................08-00-0
One yoak of oxen ..............................................17-00-0
Four Cowes.........................................................22-00-0
For three young Cattles.....................................07-00-0
For a mayr and colt............................................14-00-0
For sheep and lambs.........................................10-00-0
In money twelve pounds one shilling...............12-1-0
In bonds one hundred pounds 12 shil........100-12-11
For wearing appariel..........................................24-09-0
For Bedes and beading......................................30-00-0
For brass..............................................................03-12-0
For Iron weare....................................................05-03-0
For puter..............................................................03-04-0
For glas bottles and earthen weare.................01-00-0
For wooden weare...........................................01-08-00
Of provition nine pounds..................................09-00-0
Of sheeps wool...................................................02-10-0
Ebenezer Kimball Exect
John Gage
Richard Baily
Robert Haseltine"^[3] Children:

• Hannah Kimball
• Sarah Kimball
• Priscilla Kimball
• Abigail Kimball
• Ephraim Kimball
• Ebenezer Kimball
• Deborah Kimball
• Mary Kimball
• John Kimball
• Dorothy Kimball
• Jonathan Kimball
• Thomas Kimball

Grace Widow Hall, 4 September 1729, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Research Notes

From the History of The Kimball Family In America ^[4]"At that time 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 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 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 on 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 Coucil 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 siezed 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."

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Sources

1. ↑ Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No. 15762
2. ↑ Bradford Death Record
3. ↑ Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No. 15762
4. ↑ Book: "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", database with images
   (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/578848-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?offset=3 : accessed 4 August 2023)
   Identifier: 393355; Creator: Morrison, Leonard Allison, 1843-1902; Language: English; Subject: Kimball family; Extent: on 1 microfilm reel; Page Count: 1344; Owning Institution: FamilySearch Library; Publisher Digital: FamilySearch International; Access Level: Public.

See also:

• Bradford V.R.
• History of the Kimball Family in America- Leonard Morrison & Stephen Sharples, Boston, 1897- pp. 58, 84-6 History of the Kimball Family in America, 1634 to 1897
• See also:
• Ancestry Family Trees: HOWE