1George Thomas Little, Henry S. Burrage, and Albert Roscoe Stubbs, The Genealogical and Family History of Maine, Vol. 1, p. 69 (1909).
"(I) Richard Kimball, the ancestor in America, resided in the parish of Rattlesden, in the county of Suffolk, England, as is shown by the parish register of the date of the baptism of his son Henry, August 12, 1615. He embarked with his family at Ipswich, county of Suffolk, England, April 10, 1634, in the ship "Elizabeth," William Andrews, master, and sailed for Boston in New England, where he arrived in due course of time. From Boston it seems that he soon went to Watertown. He is said to have been thirty-nine years old at this time.
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Richard Kimball married (first) Ursula, daughter of Henry Scott, of Rattlesden, and (second), Oct 23, 1661, Margaret, widow of Henry Dow, of Hampton, New Hampshire. She died March 1, 1676. The children of Richard Kimball, all by the first wife, were: Abigail, Henry, Elizabeth, Richard, Mary, Martha, John, Thomas, Sarah, Benjamin, and Caleb.".2Ezra S. Stearns, William F. Whitcher and Edward E. Parker, Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the . . ., Vol. 1, p. xiii (1908).
"(1) The common ancestor of the great majority of Kimballs in this country was Richard Kimball, who with his family embarked at Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, England, April 10, 1634, in the ship "Elizabeth," William Andrews, master. He arrived at Boston, and from thence went to Watertown, Massachusetts, where he settles and became a prominent and active man in the new settlement. He was by trade a wheelwright. He was proclaimed a freeman in 1635, May 6, and was proprietor in 1636-37. Soon after this date he was invited to remove to Ipswich, where was needed a competent man to act as wheelwright to the new settlement. Here he spent the remainder of his days as one of the leading men of the town. He died June 22, 1675. Richard Kimball married (first) Ursula Scott, daughter of Henry Scott, of Rattlesden, in the county of Suffolk, England. he married (second), Margaret Dow, widow of Henry Dow, of Hampton, New Hampshire, October 23, 1661. His children, eleven in number, were by his first wife: 1. Abigail, born in Rattlesden, county of Suffolk, England. She married in England, John Severans, and they came to America. She died at Salisbury, Massachusetts, June 17, 1658, and he died at the same place, April 9, 1682. They were the parents of twelve children. Their youngest child, Elizabeth Severans, married in 1686, Samuel Eastman, of salisbury, Massachusetts. Her granddaughter, Abigail Eastman, born July 10, 1737, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (French) Eastman, married Ebenezer Webster, and was the mother of Daniel Webster, the statesman. 2. Henry is mentioned at length below. 3. Elizabeth, born in Rattlesden, Suffolk county, England. 4. Richard, receives further mention in this article, with descendants. 5. Mary, born in Rattlesden, England, in 1625, married Robert Dutch, of Gloucester and Ipswich, Massachusetts. 6. Martha, born in Rattlesden, August, 1629, married Joseph Fowler, who born in England in 1622, ans was killed by Indians, May 19, 1676, near Deerfield, Massachusetts. 7. John, born in Rattlesden, England, 1631, died May 6, 1698. 8. Thomas, born 1633, died May 5, 1676. 9. Sarah, born at Watertown, Massachusetts, 1635, died June 12, 1690. She married, November 24, 1658, Edward Allen, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. 10. Benjamin is the subject of a paragraph in this article. 11. Caleb, born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1639, died 1682.".
1Ezra S. Stearns, William F. Whitcher and Edward E. Parker, Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the . . ., Vol. 1, p. 15 (1908).
"(III) Jonathan, third son and sixth child of Benjamin and Mercy (Haseltine) Kimball, was born November 26, 1673, in Bradford, and passed his life in that town, where he died September 30, 1749. He was a prosperous man, as indicated by his frequent purchases and sale of lands. In his possession were lands in Chester which he divided equally November 12, 1733, among his four sons, Benjamin, Nathan, Jonathan and Isaac. He was married (first), July 15, 1696, to Lydia Day, who was born March 18, 1676, daughter of John and Sarah (Pengry) Day, and died September September 16, 1739. He was married (second), November 3, 1739, to widow Jane Plummer, and died in 1764. It is apparent that his last marriage was not a happy one, as his will contains this clause, "since my wife, Jane, has eloped and refuses to live with me, I give her five shillings and a pair of leather gloves." It would seem that the widow refused to accept this legacy, and contested for a share in the estate, and the matter was probably compromised, as her receipt is on record for the sum of fifty pounds. Jonathan Kimball's children, born in Bradford, Massachusetts, of his firsy wife, were: Benjamin, Jonathan, Nathaniel, Lydia, Moses, Isaac, Rebecca, Ruth, Abraham, Mehitable and Hannah.".