John Kimbrough I (abt. 1640 - abt. 1716)

Born about 1640 in Scotland

Descendants

Died about 1716 at about age 76 in Hanover County, Virginia

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Biography

John Kimbrough I was born in Scotland.

These are some Winston - Kimbrow notes from early Virginia -

The Vestry Book and Register of St Peter’s Parish, New Kent & James City Counties, Virginia 1684-1786, Transcribed and edited by C. G. Chamberlayne; Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

then included the Pamunkey Neck - King William County

Vestry – 12 Sep 1702 (remember the writing of “f” = “s”

“upon the petition of the upper inhabitants of this parifh prefented by John Kimburrow, James Nuckols, and Richard Corley Laying down that the[ ] Live very remote from the Church, it is ordered that a new Church or Chapell be built (upon the uper Side of mechumps Creeke adjoyning to the Kings Roade) forty foot Long and twenty foot wyde fframed and planked in Every refpect like to the upper Church: mr John Kimburrow of fuming to this veftrey that he will Give two acres of Land Convenient to the Said roade and a Spring and Like wife all maner of Timbers for building the Said Church and majr nicholas meriwether and mr Henrey Childs are requefted and impowered Jo to agree with any work man or work men that Shall offer them Selves to under take all or any part of the Said worke” .................

ordered that mr John Kimburrow be paid Six hundred pounds of Tobacco and Cafk annum for the time the minister preaches at his houfe.

Register

Rebecka Daut’r of Jno. Kimbriell Jur & by Eliz: born ye 10 aug’t 1699

Bulkley Son of Jno Kembriell Sen’r & by marg’t, natiu: nov’r: 17 1699

John Kimburrow Son of Jno Kimborow Jur bap’t 21 Decemb’r 1701

Major Son of John Kimburrow baptiz 2 Jan 1703/4

Mary daut’r of Jno Kimburrow Ju’r borne ye 30 Jan’y 1703/4

NOTE - natiu = feminine plural for “native” (latin) - Other natives noted as natiu: (their mothers were native people). "natiu" dropped after treaty of 1699.

John Son of Step michell Ju’h, natiu the 19 Dece 1698 & John Son of: Jno martin: natiu ye 8 Ap 1697 baptiz: 10 October 1698

Contractors and Builders - The following list gives the names of the more important contractors and builders (other than mere day laborers) mentioned in the Vestry Book. - Jno. Kimburrow, Jr. (1703)

King William County Virginia Records 1702-1806; New Papyrus Publishing Athens, Georgia, 1906. compiled by Beverly R. Conolly (William Winston, Sr died bef 15 Apr 1701)

pg. 81-83: 4 Jan. 1702/3. Anthony Winston of St. Peter's parish New Kent County and son and heir to Wm. Winston late of the same county to Thomas Bradley land in Pamunkey Neck King William adj. Ralph Wormley, James Dabney, Daniel Park, Charles Fleming. Wits: John Duffield and George Alves.

4 Jan. 1703. Anthony Winston of St. Peter's Parish New Kent, son and heir to William Winston of same, to Thomas Bradley. 1091 acres on the North side of Pamunkey Riv. bounding on Ralph Wormeley, late-Secretary of Virginia.

pg. 305-307: - 26 Sept. 1706. William and Sarah Winston of St. John's parish sell to James Edwards of same 230 acres lying on Mangohick Cr. brounding upon Charles Fleming being part of a parcel of land granted to William Winston, Sr., dec'd. and John Kimbrough by patent dated 23 Oct. 1703, containing 1500 acres. Wits: Thomas Anderson, Jury Barker, and Shirley Tisdell.

pg. 221-223: - 23 Oct 1703 - William Winston and John Kimbrow to Charles Fleming 1500 acres on Mangohick Creek patented by Winston & Kinbrow 23 Oct. 1703. Wits: James Edwards, Elizabeth (X) Bulkley, Mary (X) Axton.

Sarah Winston, wife of William Winston and Margaret Kimbrow wife of John Kimbrow unite in the deed.

pg. 224-225: - 7 Jan. 1703. Charges Fleming to William Winston. 430 acres on Mangohick Cr. part of a greater tract containing 1500 acres sold to the said Fleming by William Winston and John Kimbrow and patented by Winston & Kimbrow 23 Oct. 1703. Wits: James Edwards, Elizabeth Bulkley and Mary Axton. Recorded 20 July 1704.

pg. 305-307: - 6 Sept. 1706. William and Sarah Winston of St. John's parish sell to James Edwards of same 230 acres lying on Mangohick Cr. bounding upon Charles Fleming being part of a parcel of land granted to William Winston, Sr., dec'd. and John Kimbrough by patent dated 23 Oct. 1703, containing 1500 acres. Wits: Thomas Anderson, Jury Barker, and Shirley Tisdell. _______________________

William “Essex” Winston & wife Rebecca Bobby & her sister, Elizabeth Bobby & James Balfour inherited a lot of land in Chowan Co., NC from their Grandfather John Geddes & Uncle Rumball Bobby - (Northhamption was created 1741 from Bertie Co - 1722 from Chowan) - land, now in Northamption - part ended up owned by Buckley Kimbrough.

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The surname name is variously spelled in records as Kimbro, Kimbrough, Kimberely, Kimborow, Kembrelle, Kimber and others. Those in America are thought to all be descendants of early colonist John Kimbrough, Sr.

He was born about 1640 probably in the British Isles.

John Kimbrough first married about 1660 to Mary DOUGLAS (b: c1645; d: bef.1698).

Legend is persistent in several branches of the family that colonist John Kimbrough arrived in the colonies, in the company of a Robert Douglas, with a wife Mary and children, John Jr., Marmaduke and Jane. Legend is also persistent that the maiden name of his wife was Mary Douglas(s). A Robert Douglas(s) and a James Douglas(s) are found in Maryland in the area where the immigrant Kimbrough family settled and lived for a period of about ten years.

Colonist John Kimbrough was first found in the area of Port Tobacco, Maryland, a thriving and promising port of that day.

He apparently left Port Tobacco prior to 1673 as there is found a land transfer of that date stating the land was formerly held by John Kimberely. He was later found in St.Maries (Mary's), Maryland.

That he was a man of substance is indicated by his suing for the recovery of a loan of a fair quantity of tobacco. In addition, he sat on juries in the presence of members of the Calvery family, the Lord Baltimores.

Sometime in 1676 he left Maryland and his suit against Pope Alvey, which had been continued for the third time, was dismissed on 20 May 1676.

John Kimbrough was next found in New Kent County, Virginia in the same year (1676). He settled in the area in where Col. Nathaniel Bacon (of the Bacon Rebellion) caused great damage to property. In those days all able-bodied men were subject to call by the militia. The frame church of the area, as well as Jamestown, is said to have been burned by Col. Bacon. Another church is not known to have been built in the area until after 1700 when the brick St.Peter's Church was built. At that time, the Church of England was the dominant faith of this area of Virginia and the Vestry of the Church performed a number of governmental functions, such as the processioning of the lands, orders for surveys, taxing, etc. Thus, any early land records of the early emigrant Kimbrough family in Virginia were destroyed.

The Colony of Virginia paid for much property damage Bacon inflicted and granted a number of pensions for personal body injuries suffered during the period of difficulty.

In 1678 John Kimbrough petitioned the House of Burgesses of Virginia for a pension by reason of a lameness. There is no definite proof, but it is reasonable to assume Colonist John Kimbrough incurred his lameness while serving in the militia against the depredations of Nathaniel Bacon.

In 1680 he was again petitioning for a pension which was granted in the amount of 1,000 pounds of tobacco and a cask yearly for the remainder of his natural life. There are a number of records showing he collected the pension until 1714.

In 1687 John Kimbrough was granted a patent for 475 acres for paying the passage of nine persons to the Colony of Virginia. Two of the passengers were Colonist John Kimbrough and a Mary Kimbrough. They were returning to the Colonies after a visit to the homeland and had paid the passage of former neighbors or their children to the colonies and thus acquired more land. This was more affluence than a pensioner should show, and in 1688 it was referred and recommended to a committee of the Virginia House of Burgesses that his pension be discontinued unless granted for life "for John Kimbrough is very well able to maintain himself". Continued payment of his pension was confirmed in 1690 and continued to be paid until near the time of his death.

John Kimbrough married secondly about 1698 to either Margaret BUCKLEY or Mary Margaret WINSTON.

Opinions have differed among descendants and genealogists, as to whether the second wife of John Kimbrough, Sr. was Margaret Berkeley or Margaret Buckley, and there are records (not proof) which support each theory. The compiler leans toward the name of Berkeley. Margaret Berkeley is said to have been related to Sir William Berkeley; and gave her maiden name to her son Berkeley or Bulkley Kimbrough. ^[1] Mary and Susan Reed, great granddaughters of John Lewis of Pittsylvania (brother of Howell Lewis), married respectively Albert and Berkeley Kimbrough of this family, which gives further evidence that the name of Buckley Kimbrough was really Berkeley Kimbrough whose mother was Margaret Berkeley.

There is a 1699 court order in New Kent County, Virginia restricting the encroachment of the white settlers to a distance of three miles from the village of the Pamunkoy Indians. It speciifically mentioned the 1500 acres of land held jointly in the names of John Kimbrough, William Winston and John Longworthy. Their title was ruled valid inasmuch as the quit rents had been paid regularly since 1685. This was somewhere near the Pamunkey River in an area known as the Pamunkey Neck.

Shortly after, or while, the brick St.Peter's Church was still under construction, John Kimbrough was spokesman for a committee of men petitioning for the construction of a chapel in their area of the parish because of their remoteness from church. After the petition was approved by the Vestry of St.Peter's Church, John Kimbrough made known his intention to donate two acres of land, all manners of timber and a spring toward the construction of the chapel which became known as St.Paul's Church. Services were held in colonist John Kimbrough's home while St.Paul's was being built.

Both he and his son John were active in the Saint Peter's Parish, in New Kent County, Virginia. Several mentions were made of John, Sr. and John, Jr. When John Sr. gave the land and timber for the building of a new Church, John, Jr. was on a list of Contractors and Builders. A notice after the title reads, "The list gives the names of the more important contractors and builders (and workman other than mere day laborers mentioned in the Vestry Book)." Another entry in the vestry book states, "To John Kimburrow, Jr. and Jam. Babbitt, Lawyers, but to Lye in Major Merriwether and Capt. Child's hand as Supervisors of the Chapell till the work be done, 2659 C.C. 272 ... $2931"

He died about in Hanover County, Virginia sometime between Dec 1715 and 03 Apr 1716 when reference was made to the "widow Kimbrough" in the orders for the processioning of the lands.

St.Paul's Church was destroyed by the British during the American Revolutionary War and there is nothing to indicate where the church once stood.

During the American Civil War, St.Peter's Church was gutted of its furniture and used as a stable and the adjoining graveyard and headstones were damaged or destroyed. Incomplete records of the Vestry of St Peter's have since been found and published.

The compiler joined "The National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century" on the lineage of national #6795 John Kimbrough, Sr. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Vestry Book and Register of St.Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia 1684-1786; for 17 Nov 1699 birth of Bulkley Kimbrough (son of John Kembriell Sr. by Margt.)
2. ↑ Excerpt taken from "KENAN VIVA*UT*VIVAS" p242-244, copied by Mary Atkins.

The Vestry Book and Register of St Peter's Parish, New Kent & James City Counties, Virginia 1684-1786, Transcribed and edited by C. G. Chamberlayne; Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

King William County Virginia Records 1702-1806; New Papyrus Publishing Athens, Georgia, 1906. compiled by Beverly R. Conolly (William Winston, Sr died bef 15 Apr 1701)

• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s compiled by Gale Research of Farmington Hills, MI, USA in 2012; citing work edited P. William Filby

• U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900 compiled by Yates Publishing citing source#8608; submitter: HDG

• Early Kimbroughs and Some of Their Descendants, Synthesis of Kimbrough Data by F. Tom Carson

• Kimbrough Family web page maintained by Sarah Sharpless; for John Kimbrough, Sr., b: c1640; d: c1716; m1: c1660 Mary Douglas (daugtjer of Robert Douglas); m2: 1698 either Margaret Bulkley=Buckley=Berkeley (daugther of Benjamin Bulkley, or Mary Margaret Winston (presumably a daughter of William Winston who was a neighbor and partner of John Kimbrough, Sr.

Acknowledgements

• Kimbrough-165 was created on 04 Jan 2015 by David Williamson through the import of DEW1.GED