David Kimball (1739 - 1804)

Born 10 Dec 1739 in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Died 21 Aug 1804 at age 64 in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Private David Kimball served with 1st Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

David Kimball is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A065962.

David was born 1739, the son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Head) Kimball. ^[1]

He would marry Abigail Buswell, the daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Eaton) Buswell, in around 1757 based on the birth date of their eldest child. They would have a very large family of children as follows:^[2]

1. Hannah Kimball (1758- )
2. David Kimball (1760-1842) m. Lydia Simmons
3. James Kimball (1760-1858)
4. Nicholas Kimball (1763-1827) m. Betty Williamson
5. Benjamin Kimball (1765-1825)
6. Micajah Kimball (1765-1848)
7. Sarah Kimball (1769- )
8. Jane Kimball (1772- )
9. Benjamin Kimball (1774- )
10. Hannah Kimball (1775- )
11. Daniel Kimball (1777- )
12. Nabby Kimball (1779- )
13. Persis Kimball (1780-1846)
14. Iddo Kimball (1782-1854) m. Mary Robbins

Service under Sgt Abel Kimball, Capt Nathaniel Gage and Col James Frye Frye-478 1st MA

David would pass away in 1804 at 64 years of age.

Sources

1. ↑ Morrison, Leonard Allison, 1843-1902; 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; Pub: 1897, Damrell & Upham, Boston, MA; (accessed 26 Aug 2021) Page 90-91 https://archive.org/details/historyofkimball01morr/page/181/mode/1up
2. ↑ Morrison, Leonard Allison, 1843-1902; 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; Pub: 1897, Damrell & Upham, Boston, MA; (accessed 26 Aug 2021) Page 167 https://archive.org/details/historyofkimball01morr/page/337/mode/1up

• 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, Volume 1, by Leonard Allison Morrison, Stephen Paschall Sharples, Publisher: Damrell & Upham, 1897. Page 167. [1]

• Rootsweb - Kimball Australis - Profile on David Kimball [2]

• David Kimball Profile on Family Search [3]

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:99M2-29L : accessed 22 September 2019), entry for David Kimball; file (2:2:2:MM9R-2YB)

• Kimballs connected to Mercer, Maine, by Sybil Leland. Posted January 30, 2005, on Genealogy.com. Traces the Kimball family line in Mercer, Maine. [4]

• David Kimball Profile on Geni.com [5]

• Information on David and Abigail's children can be found here: [6]

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-G2L : accessed 22 September 2019), David Kimball, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 111, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.