- Ebenezer is listed in the book, "History of the Kimball Family in America..." which can be found online here: https://archive.org/stream/historyofkimball00morr#page/68/mode/2up . See page 68. According to this source, Ebenezer was the son of Samuel Kimball and Mary Witt. There were 13 children altogether - a very large family. Eight of the 13 children have exact birthdates provided. For Ebenezer is only says "about 1690." Some siblings have records listed in Wenham vital records:
Kimball, Samuell, s. Samuell, Aug. 19, 1677. CTR
Kimball, Sarah, d. Samuell, 6: 7m: 1678. CTR
Kimball, John, s. Samuell, Nov. 13, 1687. CTR
Kimball, Thomas, s. Samuel and Mary, Feb. 22, 1695-6.
Kimball, Benjamin, s. Samuel and Marey, Apr. 17, 1698.
Kimball, Abbigall, d. Samuel, sr. and Marey, May 25, 1700.
Kimball, Jerushah, d. Samuell, sr. and Mary, Apr. 30, 1703.
In addition to the above information in Wenham vital records, the above-referenced book on the Kimball family supplies a birthdate for the "first' Martha of 24 May, 1680.
Ebenezer's marriage intentions are found in Salisbury vital records:
Kimball, Ebinezer, of Boston, and Elizabeth Carr, int. May 24, 1712. NCTBK
There are many children listed in Wenham vital records for Ebenezer and Elizabeth, including:
Ebenezer, s. Ebenezer and Elisabeth, June 23, 1720.
Richard, s. Ebeneser and Elisabeth, Dec. 29, 1722.
Abigall, d. Ebenzer and Wlisabeth, Apr. 13, 1726.
Sarah, d. Ebenezur and Elisabeth, Apr. 16, 1728.
Anna, d. Ebenezur and Elisabeth, July 11, 1729.
Boys [Bouse. CR]., s. Ebenezer and Elisabeth, June 18, 1731.
According to the above-referenced Kimball history, Ebenezer and Elizabeth had 3 children before Ebenezer in 1720, all females - Elizabeth, Mary, and Dorothy. It gives a marriage date for Ebenezer and Elizabeth of June 9, 1712 (but didn't say where). Ebenezer Kimball's will was probated in 1773; in his will written earlier (March 17, 1769) he mentioned 9 children - Ebenezer, Richard, Boys, Dorothy, Elizabeth, Mary, Abigail, Sarah, and Anna. In this source there is more information about the three boys, but only a married name for Anna - no additional information for the girls. An exact birthdate is given for Elizabeth of 19 March 1712/13. I have been able to find this date on a record from Boston on ancestry.com for Eliza Kimball, daughter of Ebenezer Kimball. I think it likely that the family may have lived in Boston for a time before moving to Wenham before 1720. On page 68 of the above-mentioned book it says that Ebenezer lived in "Wenham and Beverly" before moving to Hopkinton in 1740. It appears that there are marriage records for all nine children of Ebenezer and Elizabeth in Hopkinton vital records.
There is a death record for the widow of Ebenezer Kimbal in Beverly in 1763. On page 68 of the above-mentioned book, it says that Ebenezer died in 1769. Obviously something is wrong here - Elizabeth couldn't have been called a widow in 1763 if her husband didn't die until 1769. And on page 68 it says that Ebenezer's wife was still alive when his will was probated in 1773.
Ebenezer's probate documents can be found on ancestry.com in a collection called "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991." In his will, written in 1769, he mentions his wife Elizabeth, son-in-law James Hiscock, and his "other children Ebenezer, Richard, and Boys, and Dorothy, Elisabeth, Mary, Abigail, and Sarah."
Regarding the birth order of the first three daughters - I don't know for sure if Elizabeth or Dorothy was born first. It seems from the dates that Elizabeth was born first - so close to when her parents were married - but Dorothy was married first. Perhaps that is why Dorothy is mentioned first in her father's will?
He is the great-grandfather of Newell Kimball Whitney, second presiding Bishop of the LDS church, through son Boyce and granddaughter Susanna.
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