Jonathan Kimball was born Feb 18, 1775 in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. He was son of Samuel and Susanna. [1]
Jonathan married Sarah Kimball in Hopkinton, New Hampshire on 28 May 1799. [2] Sarah Kimball (daughter of Abel Kimball) died in Groton, New Hampshire. [3]
Second, Jonathan married Dorcas Brooks in Groton, New Hampshire in 1805. [4]
He removed from Groton, New Hampshire where he had been an active citizen, to Elgin, Illinois in April 1835. He was a cabinet maker, miller and farmer. [3]
He is recorded in Kane County, Illinois in the 1840 Census. [5]
From the Kane County History (Illinois) "The first marriage - rare in those days - was celebrated at the house of Jonathan Kimball, when his daughter Martha, was united to Sidney Kimball." [6]
In Elgin township, Isaac Stone (1835), E. K. Mann (1S35), Joseph Tefft (1835), Nathan Collins (1835). William G. Kimball, S. J. T-Cimball were New Yorkers; as were Ira \Iinard, J. D. Owen, N. G. Phillips, Calvin Pratt and Washington Wing; James Hanks, the first settler near Elgin, was from New York; General Elijah Wilcox, L. S. Eaton (1838), A. B. Fish (1845), George Renwick (1838), Levi S. Stowe (1843), M. C. Town (1846L were from the same state. [3]
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