Eunice (Kimball) Austin (1724 - 1819)

Born 3 Jul 1724 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Austin — married 25 Feb 1762 in Andover, MA

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1819 at age 95 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Eunice Kimball was born 3 Jul 1724. She was the daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Tarbox) Kimball. The christening record from 12 July 1724 in Topsfield, Essex, MA is the best early record. It includes father's name of Ephraim Kymball Re questions about the appropriate identity of eunice (who lived to be 95 and had all of her children between ages 40 and 50) and her birthdate: She was probably born in Topsfield, Essex, MA (there is a Eunice Kimball married in Boxford in 1763). Clue from Ancestry suggests Eunice who marries John Pearl. The Eunice Kimball married to John Pearl was born in Boxford 1746, they married in 1765 so that is not the correct Eunice.

If her mother's birthdate is correct, she too had her children late in life. Mary Tarbox 1689-1752. married in 1720, confirmed(ish) children Eunice & Mary 1724 & 1727.

She married Daniel Austin 25 Feb 1762.

Eunice Austin appears in the 1790 U.S. Census. She appears with 2 other women and 1 young male. She appears in the same column in this census as a previously enslaved person whose son's family Zadoch Lew Freeman (1797-1849) becomes part of her granddaughter's family Hannah (Austin) Gilman (bef.1803-1879)

Eunice died a widow 27 Dec 1819.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Andover, Massachusetts Vital Records

• Profile of Eunice Kimball on Austin Families Association of America
• Michael Austin, Michael, Dr; Austins of America, Aug. 1980, p 9. Daniel & Eunice were married late in life.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6N-JYW : 15 January 2020), Eunice Kymball, 1724. Christening 12 Jul 1724, Topsfield, Essex, MA
• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-6GD : accessed 25 January 2021), Eunice Austin, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 20, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144. [1]

Note-

Eunice was 47 and 49 years old when her last two children were born. It seems possible that we have the wrong Eunice, or else her birth date is wrong.

Morrison, L.A. and S. P. Sharples, HISTORY OF THE KIMBALL FAMILY IN AMERICA; 1897, p. 72; shows Eunice m. 15 Dec 1743 John Balch of Beverly. He was born 1724 and died 27 Dec. 1819 NEEDS RESEARCH She prob. married John Balch first, and Daniel after John died. We probably have the wrong Eunice. The Eunice that married John Balch had no children.