Henry Kemball(1) of Watertown, Mass., and his Descendants
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from Kimball's of America, by Morrison and Sharples

As Henry Kemball(1) was the oldest of the two emigrants we will give his family first. It is remarkable that while the descendants of Richard Kimball(1) are almost numberless, those of Henry Kemball were represented by a single male in each generation until after the marriage of Henry Kemball(5) and Elizabeth Wellington in 1783. She introduced new vigor into the race. She had five sons, and died at the age of 94.

HENRY KEMBALL(1)

In writing of Henry Kemball(1) and his descendants we shall retain the original spelling of the name. Henry always signed his name in this way, and his descendants have mainly kept up the practice until within sixty years.
1 Henry Kemball(1), b. perhaps at Laeford, in the county of Essex, England, son of Richard Kemball of Lawford, wheelwright. Richard's will was proved Sept. 10, 1619. He gives to "my elldest sonne Henry Kemball all my worken Tooles belongeinge to my trad Except out of them as many as shall be fittinge for to searue to axe a cart withall." All the rest of his estate he leaves to his wife, Elizabeth, with the condition that as a "mother shee shall see all my children vertiouslye broughte upp, in the feare of God, according to her poore estate and Abilitye." Henry, the emigrant, may have been the henry mentioned in the above will. This is, however, a matter of conjecture. We do know, however, that at one time he lived in the adjoining parish, for Henry Kemball of Mistley singleman and Susan Cutting widow of the parish of Great Bromley were married Nov. 27, 1628. Susan Cutting was the widow of Richard Cutting. Richard Cutting and Susan Stone were married Aug. 3, 1620, at Great Bromley. "Richard Cuttinge, the sonne of Richard Cuttinge, was baptized the sixth day of ffebruarie 1621."
Susan Cuttinge, the daughter of Richard Cuttinge and Susan his wife was bap: xjth of September 1625. The will of Richard Cutting of "Much Bromley" July 27, 1627, mentions his wife Susan and his children Richard and Susan. Richard came with his mother to this country and settled in Watertown, Mass. His descendants are given in Bond's History of Watertown. Henry Kemball died in 1648. His inventory is dated July 22, 1648. His homestead in Watertown was situated near the corner of what are now Belmont and Common streets. he also owned land in other parts of the town.
Henry Kemball's widow, Susan married married for her third husband on Loe or Low. She survived him and died Aug 19, 1684, aged 86.
At a court appointed 1651, Thomas Straite acknowledged that he had received his wife Elizabeth's share of her father's estate. John Randall also acknowledged that he had received Susanna's share.
In Bond's Watertown three more children are given as belonging to Henry. This careless error is also found in Savage's Dictionary. They were the children of Henry & Mary (Wyatt) Kimball of Wenham, Mass., as shown by the Watertown records. This Henry Kimball(2) was the son of Richard Kimball(1), and for some time after he was married he lived in Watertown, Mass. After the birth of these three children he moved to Ipswich and then to Wenham, Mass.
CHILDREN

i. Elizabeth(2), bap. Nov 1, 1629, at Mistly, England. She m.
Capt. Thomas Straight of Watertown.
ii. Susanna(2), bap. may 27, 1632, Mistly, Sussex county, Eng.;
m. John Randall of Watertown, Mass.
2 iii. John(2), b. Watertown, Mass., Mar. 5, 1638.

2 John Kimball(2) (Henry(1)), b. Watertown, Mass., Mar. 5, 1638; m. Feb. 19, 1667-8, Hannah Bartlett. They lived on the homestead in Watertown, Mass. John Kemball of Watertown was allowed to be by the court "Sealer of Weights and Measures" and "Gager" of Casks in 1687 and 1688. he was a cooper by trade. He died June 7, 1714. She was born Aug. 6, 1643, died Nov. 22, 1715.
CHILDREN

i. Hannah(3), b. July 11, 1671; d. 1675
ii. Susanna(3), b. July 18, 1675; m. ----- Smith.
3 iii. John(3), b. Aug. 3, 1678; d. Jan. 1, 1758.
iv. Hannah(3), b. June 8, 1681; m. Jonathan Parke of Newton,
Mass., for his third wife.

3 John Kemball(3) (John(2), Henry(1)), b. Watertown, Mass., Aug. 3, 1678; d. Jan. 1, 1758; m. June 17, 1717, Mary Clarke, daughter of Uriah Clarke. He lived on the homestead in Watertown, Mass.
CHILDREN

4 i. John(4), b. May 23, 1718; d. 1769
ii. Mary(4), b. Mar. 12, 1719-20; m. Aug. 4, 1747, Nathaniel
Harrington
iii. Hannah(4), b. and d. 1723

4 John Kemball(4) (John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), born in Watertown, Mass., May 23, 1718; administration June 13, 1469; m. Mary Bond; she died 1766. He was a selectman from 1765 until his death, and was tax collector in 1767. He lived on the homestead in Watertown, Mass.
CHILDREN

5 i. Henry(5), b. June 17, 1756; d. 1819
ii. Mary(5), b. Oct. 4, 1759; d. 1775; single

5 Henry Kemball(5) (John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. June 17, 1756, Watertown, Mass.; d. Waltham, Mass., 1819; m. Oct. 4, 1783, Elizabeth Wellington, b. 1763; d. Aug. 18, 1857. She lived throughfour generations and retained her faculties in a remarkable degree. She saw the battle of Bunker Hill from a housetop in Charlestown, and also witnessed the battle of Lexington. She was wont to relate with accuracy many of the stirring events of the Revolution of which she was cognizant. He early moved from Watertown to Waltham, and kept the tavern at the latter place.
CHILDREN

i. Polly(6), b. July 25, 1784; d. Dec. 9, 1820; m. Feb. 15, 1809, Luther H. Gregg.
6 ii. Henry(6), b. April 2, 1786.
7 iii. John(6), b. June 4, 1788; d. Sept. 10, 1841.
iv. Elizabeth(6), b. July 9, 1790; m. May 9, 1815, Marxhall Wellington.
8 v. Clarke(6), b. Aug. 10, 1792.
vi. Susanna(6), b. Jan. 12, 1795; d. Jan. 16, 1797.
vii. Marshall(6), b. Jan. 9, 1797; d. Sept. 26, 1800.
vii. Susanna(6), b. May 16, 1799; m. April 22, 1820, William Hayden
ix. Hannah(6), b. Sept. 4, 1801; d. Aug. 10, 1827; single
x. Nancy(6), b. Nov. 5, 1803; m. may 19, 1822, George Cooper.
xi. Marshall(6), b. Feb. 18, 1806; d. Jan. 10, 1828; m. Dec. 25, 1827, Harriet Bean; no children.

6 Henry Kemball(6) (Henry(5), John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. April 2, 1786; m. Aug. 25, 1815, Elizabeth Lisson, b. June 30, 1788; d. June 4, 1835. He was a shoemaker and lived in Waltham and Cambridge, Mass.
CHILDREN

i. Elizabeth(7), b. June 30, 1816; m. Dec. 7, 1841, Henry Leach of Cambridge, Mass.
ii. Hannh(7), b. Waltham, Mass., May 25, 1818; d. May 15, 1819.
iii. Henry(7), b. Sept. 5, 1820.
iv. George Cooper(7), b. May 12, 1822; d. Sept. 30, 1824.
v. David Benedict(7), b. Aug. 20, 1823; d. June 20, 1824.
vi. David Benedict(7), b. Jan. 12, 1825; d. May 10, 1826.
9 vii. Marshall(7), b. Jan. 5, 1828.
viii. David Benedict(7), b. Feb. 17, 1830; d. Mar. 15, 1833.
ix. James Chaplin(7), b. July 24, 1832.

7 John Kemball(6) (Henry(5), John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. Waltham, Mass., June 4, 1788; d. Sept. 10, 1841, Manchester, N.H.; m. May 25, 1816, Hannah Pattee Bean, daughter of Daniel and Sally (Pattee) Bean, b. Warner, N.H., Aug. 13, 1800; d. Manchester, N.H., Sept. 16, 1865. He lived in Waltham, Mass., until he was 28 years of age. He then went to Warner and settled at Waterloo station, which place he named. He built there a paper mill and manufactured paper in company with his father-in-law. He afterwards removed to Manchester, N.H., and went into trade. All of his children except the last four were born in Warner, N.H.
CHILDREN

10 i. John Huntingdon(7), b. July 12, 1818.
11 ii. Henry(7), b. Nov. 24, 1819.
12 iii. Hannah Bean(7), b. Nov. 7, 1821.
iv. Miranda Bean(7), b. March 21, 1823; d. April 12, 1848.
v. Maria Cilley, b. Aug. 9, 1824; d. May 26, 1847; m. Albert G. Smith of Manchester, N.H.
13 vi. Marshall Gunnison, b. June 22, 1826.
14 vii. Harriet Bean(7), b. June 23, 1828.
viii. Walter Wellington, b. Mar. 20, 1830; d. Mar. 6, 1865, Manchester, N.H. He was in business in New York City.
15 ix. Newell Sherman(7), b. Nov. 21, 1831.
x. Albert Haynes(7), b. Jan. 7, 1833; d. Jan. 28, 1834.
16 xi. Albert Haynes(7), b. Jan. 5, 1835; d. Milwaukee, Wis.
xii. Caleb Johnson(7), b. Mar. 13, 1836; d. April 30, 1884. He lived in New York City. He was a member of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment in the War of the Rebellion.
xiii. Susan Johnson(7), b. Mar. 21, 1838; m. Nov. 16, 1862, John Carling of Manchester. He was born in Portland, Me., July 14, 1835; d. Nov. 3, 1865. Lived in Manchester, N.H. Married, 2d, May 8, 1872, Abraham Peter Olzendam, b. Barmen, Prussia, Ovt. 10, 1821. Came to America June, 1848 and to Manchester in 1858. He is a hosiery manufacturer. He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1873 and 1874, of the New Hampshire Senate, 1885 and 1886. He is a trustee of the People's Savings Bank, and lives in Manchester.
xiv. Son(7), b. and d. March 2, 1840.
xv. Daughter(7), b. Jan. 16, 1841; d. Jan. 17, 1841.

8 Clarke Kemball(6) (Henry(5), John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. Aug. 10, 1792, Waltham, Mass.; d. 1879, Bradford, N.H.; m. May 30, 1820, Mary Robbins, b. Feb. 24, 1796. He lived in Dunbarton and Bradford, N.H.
CHILDREN

17 i. Thomas Wellington(7), b. Feb. 24, 1821.
ii. Amos Clarke(7), b. Feb. 10, 1823.
iii. Hannah Ann(7), b. May 3, 1829; m. ---- Stewart.

9 Marshall M. Kemball(7) (Henry(6), Henry(5), John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. Jan. 5, 1828; Jan. 31, 1851, Mary Ann Nichols of North Reading, Mass.
CHILDREN

i. Angelina Nichols(8), b. Mar. 3, 1853; m. Jan. 5, 1871, Charles M. Perry of Boston, Mass.
ii. Louisa F.(8), b. Feb. 13, 1860; d. Oct. 20, 1864.

10 John Huntingdon Kemball(7) (John(6), Henry(5), John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. Warner, N.H., July 12, 1818; m. April 1, 1844, Hannah Watson; m. 2d, Hannah Gaylord. He resides in Elmira, N.Y. He has had five children. Among them was:
i. Frank(8), b. May 15, 1845.

11 Henry Kemball(7) (John(6), Henry(5), John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. Warner, N.H., Nov. 24, 1819; d. Nov. 1, 1884, in San Francisco, Cal.; m. Eliza Burridge of Medford, Mass.; m. 2d, Mary R. Buffum of Providence, R.I. She resides in San Francisco, Cal. He was a book binder.
CHILD

i. Ada(8), d. aged 15 years.

12 Hannah Bean Kemball(7) (John(6), Henry(5), John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. Warner, N.H., Nov. 7, 1820; m. Henry I. Darling of Manchester, N.H. He is dead. She has four children.

13 Marshall Gunnison Kemball(7) (John(6), Henry(5), John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. Warner, N.H., June 22, 1826; m. Jan. 31, 1871, Caroline Fannie Loring, b. Worcester, Mass., 1841. He was graduated at the Divinity school at Cambridge in 1854. After preaching for some time in the West he went to Washington, and is now a government clerk.
CHILDREN

i. William Mansfield(8), b. June 26, 1873, Sheboygan, Wis.
ii. Anna Loring(8), b. Sheboygan, Wis., July 16, 1876.

14 Harriet Bean Kemball(7) (John(6), Henry(5), John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. Warner, N.H., June 23, 1828; m. June 6, 1848, David Blake Varney, son of Luther and Lydia (Blake) Varney, b. Tuftonborough, N.H., Aug. 27, 1822. He is a brass founder in Manchester, N.H. He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1871 and 1872. Has been a director of the Amoskeag National Bank for many years.
CHILDREN, born in Manchester, N.H.

i. Emma Lizzie Varney(8), b. July 16, 1849.
ii. Annie Maria Varney(8), b. April 28, 1851; m. Fredrick W. Batchelder, b. Pelham, N.H. Resides in Manchester, N.H. Child, Hattie Varney Batchelder(9), b. Oct. 12, 1878.
iii. Susie Miranda Varney(8), b. Cot. 8, 1858; d. Nov. 12, 1863.

15 Newell Sherman Kemball(7) (John(6), Henry(5), John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. Manchester, N.H., Nov 21, 1831; m. Aug. 16, 1853, Mary Ann Edmunds. He is a master mechanic in the employ of the C., M. & St. P. R. R. at Green Bay, Wis.
CHILD

18 i. Walter Henry(8), b. Feb. 16, 1855.

16 Albert Haynes Kemball(7) (John(6), Henry(5), John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. Manchester, N.H., Jan. 5, 1835; d. Grand Rapids, Mich., April 9, 1880; m. Maria Ferris.
CHILDREN

i. Grace(8)
ii. Henry(8)

17 Thomas Wellington Kemball(7) (Clarke(6), Henry(5), John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. Dunbarton, N.H., Feb. 24, 1821; m. June 1, 1848, Lydia Ann Lord, b. Aug. 21, 1828.
CHILDREN

i. Mary A.(8), b. 1850; m. George A. Morrison.
ii. James(8), b. 1837; d. 1861.
iii. Walter W.(8), b. 1866.

18 Walter Henry Kemball(8) (Newell S.(7), John(6), Henry(5), John(4), John(3), John(2), Henry(1)), b. Manchester, N.H., Feb. 16, 1855; m. March 10, 1877, Emma Sickles. He is a stenographer at Green Bay, Wis.
CHILDREN

i. Gertrude (9), b. Milwaukee, Wis., March 26, 1878.
ii. Fredrick Newell(9), b. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 27, 1880.