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William Kimball Sr. aka Kimbell, Kimble

Born about 1805 in Rutland, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Son of John Kimbell and Charlotte (Unknown) Kimbell

Brother of Peleg Eddy Jr. [half], John Kimbell III, Joseph Kimbell, Benjamin G. Kimball, Liza Charlotte (Kimbell) Van Amber, Nathaniel Kimball, Persis (Kimball) Parker and Loren Kimbell

Husband of Amanda (Westbrook) Kimball — married 8 Aug 1833 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Descendants

Father of John Edward Kimball, William R. Kimball, Fanny Cora Kimball, George Washington Kimball, Mary Jane (Kimball) David, Benjamin Henry Kimball, David Parker Kimball, Fanny Charlotte (Kimball) Rexford, Unknown Kimball, Ella Amanda (Kimball) Shaw, Lydia Persis (Kimball) Edwards and Lucinda Mae (Kimball) Burnes

Died 14 Aug 1870 at about age 65 in Newaygo, Michigan, United States

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Biography

William Kimball Sr. was born in 1805 (plus or minus a year) in Vermont (probably Rutland County). Until recently, it was long thought that he was a grandson of James Kimball Sr. (http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kimball-1463) and Meribah Roberts of Franklin County. However, recently discovered evidence (including genetic evidence) has made such a relationship extremely doubtful. The genetic evidence was discovered by Michael Lalich (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lalich-1), and he deserves credit for discovering the actual parents of William Kimball Sr. (John Kimbell and wife Charlotte).

William and Amanda named almost all of their children after relatives. And today (27 Jan. 2021), I finally discovered that he named his daughter Lydia Persis Kimball after his sister Persis Kimball, and that he named his son David Parker Kimball after the husband of Persis Kimball (namely David Parker). He named daughter Charlotte after his mother Charlotte, his son John after his father John, and son Benjamin after his brother Benjamin. Other relatives also appear in Jefferson County, New York, so William Kimball Sr. almost certainly lived in Jefferson County, New York, before going west to Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

William Kimball was married on 08 August 1833, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (presumably at Bedford or Chagrin Falls), by Justus Hamilton, J.P., to Amanda Westbrook (b. 25 December 1816, Sodus or Phelps, New York; d. 07 May 1882, Fremont, Michigan), daughter of Peter Westbrook and Fannie Marble.

They would presumably have awakened to witness the great Leonid Meteor Storm of 12 November 1833 (https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2020/09/how-newspapers-helped-crowdsource-a-scientific-discovery-the-1833-leonid-meteor-storm/)

The Kimballs appear in Independence Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in the 1840 Census (page 216), and were living in the town of Bedford (where her Marble relatives lived). They moved to Pavillion Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, in 1843, and appear there in the 1850 Census (page 107/218), and a Harriett Wesley (age 17) was living with their family at that time. Amanda's father is listed next to them in that census.

On 02 April 1856, they moved to Newaygo County, Michigan, settling at Kimball Lake (Brooks Township), 3 miles north of the town of Newaygo. Newaygo County Land Records (Volume 2:532; Volume 3:561) show that William Kimball bought land in Section 35 (Township 13, Range 14) from James Doyle about 1857, and in 1858, he bought from James Doyle land in Section 31 (Twp. 13, Range 13). However, the inventory of his estate in 1870 shows them living on Section 11 (Township 12, Range 13). That would be the land for which he received a Land Patent in 1860 (the SW¼ of NE¼ of Section 11). He also received a Land Patent in 1861, for 40 acres in Section 10 (NE¼ of SE¼): https://glorecords.blm.gov/results/default.aspx?searchCriteria=type=patent|st=MI|cty=|ln=Kimbell|fn=William|sp=true|sw=true|sadv=false In the 1860 Census (page 55/965), they are shown living in Newaygo, Newaygo County, Michigan, William's occupation listed as being a farmer, with real estate valued at $500 and personal property at $425. In the 1870 Census (page 33), they were living in Brooks Township, Newaygo County, Michigan, William's real estate then valued at $1000. He died intestate, from "congestion of the brain" (ischemic stroke?), on Sunday, 14 August 1870, Brooks Township (the village of Brooks was originally called Powers' Corners), Newaygo Co., Michigan. He was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Fremont, Michigan. There is a short obituary for William Kimball in the Newaygo Republican newspaper on 31 August 1870.

The Inventory of his estate is as follows:

(1) SW Quarter of NW1/4 of Section 11, Twp. 12N, Range 13W................$800.00

(2) New fulling mill.......................................................$25.00

(3) Three ..cows...........................................................$90.00

(4) Two calves.............................................................$10.00

(5) Five tons of hay.......................................................$90.00

(6) Thirty bushels of potatoes.............................................$15.00

(7) Fifteen bushels of wheat.............................................. $15.00

(8) Two bushels of peas.....................................................$2.00

(9) New iron beam plow.....................................................$12.00

(10) Harrow.................................................................$5.00

(11) Grain cradle...........................................................$2.00

(12) Three scythes and snaths(?)............................................$4.50

(13) Three grain sacks......................................................$0.45

(14) Two pitch forks........................................................$1.00

(15) Two hoes...............................................................$1.00

(16) One shovel.............................................................$1.00

(17) One spade..............................................................$1.00

(18) Two crosscut saws......................................................$7.00

(19) One handsaw............................................................$1.00

(20) One steelsquare........................................................$1.50

(21) Four augers............................................................$2.00

(22) One adds (adze?).......................................................$2.50

(23) One pr. of large steelyards............................................$2.50

(24) Crowbar................................................................$1.50

(25) Eleven set lagging sleighs............................................$20.00

(26) Three chains...........................................................$8.00

(27) One double wagon......................................................$50.00

(28) Sixty hens............................................................$15.00

(29) Ten turkeys............................................................$7.50

(30) Two axes and handles...................................................$3.00

(31) One mattock............................................................$1.00

(32) One grindstone.........................................................$2.50

(33) One shovel plow........................................................$2.00

(34) Eight bags.............................................................$2.00 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Total....................................................................$1206.45

Sources

Genetic information discovered by Michael Lalich (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lalich-1) which revealed the real parents of William Kimball Sr., as well as research on newly discovered siblings.