Mary (Friend) Kimball (1666 - 1741)

Born 6 May 1666 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Ephraim Kimball — married 24 Nov 1685 in Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 26 Oct 1741 at age 75 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Mary Friend was born at Wenham, Massachusetts on May 6, 1666, daughter of Deacon James and Mary (Moulton) Friend. ^[1][2]

She married Ephraim Kimball on Nov. 24, 1685. He was born at Wenham on Feb. 18, 1660. ^{[1] [2]}

Deacon Ephraim Kimball died at Wenham on Jan. 16, 1731/2. ^{[1] [2]}

His will was written on July 1, 1731. in it he names:

• wife Mary
• eldest son Ephraim
• son Ezra
• son Nehemiah
• son James, executor
• daughter Mary Loverin
• daughter Miriam Gouldsmith
• daughter Elizabeth Potter
• daughter Martha and Esther, both unmarried
• grand daughter Mary Goldsmith ^[3]

Mary died at Wenham on Oct. 26, 1741aged 76 years. ^{[1] [2]}

Children

1. Mary/Marah born Oct. 13, 1686^[1]; married John Lovering of Ipswich, intentions published on Feb. 6, 1713. ^[2]
2. Martha born Feb. 24, 1688; married Ebenezer Fiske on Dec. 27, 1733. ^[2]
3. Miriam born May 20, 1691; married Hutton Goldsmith on Dec. 11, 1714. ^[2]
4. Ephraim born Sept. 6, 1693; died in 1752; married Mary Tarbox. ^[2]
5. James born Jan. 21, 1695/6; married Mary Lovering, intentions published Nov. 26, 1725. ^[2]
6. Esther born Apr. 1, 1698 ^[1]; married Nathaniel Dane on Dec. 6, 1732 at Ipswich. ^{[4] [2]}
7. Ezra born Aug. 25, 1700 ^[1]; removed to Dover, New Hampshire. ^[2]
8. Nehemiah born March 29, 1702/3 ^[1]; died at Dover, NH on Dec. 21, 1786; married Mary Wentworth. ^[2]
9. Elizabeth born June 2, 1707 ^[1]; married Daniel Potter, intentions published on Dec. 7, 1728. ^[2]

Source notes

Wenham Births

Friend, Mary, d. James, May 6, 1666. CTR (p. 38)

Kimball, Ephraim, s. Richard, Feb. 18, 1660. CTR (p. 48)

Children:

Kemball, Marah, d. Ephraim, Oct. 13, 1686. CTR (p. 49)

Kemball, James, s. Ephraim and Marey, Jan. 21, 1695-6. (p. 49)

Kemball, Ester, d. Ephraim and Mary, Apr. 1, 1698. (p. 49)

Kemball, Ezra, s. Ephraim and Mary, Aug. 25, 1700. (p. 49)

Kemball, Nehemiah, s. Epherim and Mary, Mar. 29, 1702-3. (p. 49)

Kemball, Elizabeth, d. Ephraim and Mary, June 2, 1707. (p. 48)

Wenham Marriages

Kimball, Mary, and John Loverin [Loverell. int.] of Ipswich, at Beverly, Feb. 25, 1713-14. (p. 137)

KImball, Miriam, and Hutten Goldsmith, int. Dec. 11, 1714. (p. 133)

Kimball, Ephraim, and Mary Tarbox, Dec. 8, 1720. (p. 136)

Kimball, James, and Mary Loverin of Ipswich, int. Nov. 26, 1725. (p. 136)

Kimball, Elisabeth, and Danill Potter of Ipswich, int. Dec. 7, 1728. (p. 136)

Kimball, Ester, and Nathaniel Deen of Ipswich, int. Oct. 16, 1732. (p. 136)

Kimball, Martha, "Ms.", and Ebenzer Fiske, Dec. 27, 1733. (p. 137)

Wenham Deaths

KIMBALL, Epheiham [Dea. CR], Jan. 16, 1731-2. (p. 205)

KIMBALL, Mary, w. Dea. Ephraim, Oct. 26, 1741, in her 76th y. (p. 208)^[1]

Ipswich Marriages

Dane, Nathaniell, and Easter Kimball of Wenham, Dec. 23, 1732. CR5 (p. 122) ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Vital Records of Wenham Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1904
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} Stearns, Peter P. John Friend of Salem and His Descendants. In: Essex Genealogist, Vol. 16. 1996. p. 141. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.)
3. ↑ Case 15583: p.1-5:Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1910