Who were the parents of Caleb Kimball of Wells, Maine, who married Susanna Kimball on 4 Jun 1704 in Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony (current day Maine)?
- Not the son of Caleb Kimball (d. 1675 in the Battle of Bloody Brook) who died unmarried.
- Caleb Kimball, III (born 1686, son of Sgt. Caleb Kimball, II & Lucy) is too young to be this Caleb Kimball.
- Was Caleb Kimball, of Wells the son of Richard Kimball, of Wenham and his wife Rebecca Kimball He's not listed that way in Morrison, Leonard & Sharples, Stephen. History of the Kimball Family in America, Damrell & Upham, Boston, 1897- Vol. I, pp. 46-7
- Also seen as son of Samuel Kemble (1658-1684) & Mary Mills. But this man had no known wife / children?
KIMBALLS OF YORK COUNTY, MAINE
https://archive.org/details/historyofkimball02morr/page/n975/mode/2up
The Kimball family has always been well represented in York county, Maine. Some members of the family have been easily identified as descendants of Richard Kimball of Ipswich. In other cases it has been impossible to connect these families in any way with Richard Kimball. Most prominent among the Kimballs of the county are those of Wells. Their descendants moved to Lyman and other towns. The family at one time was quite numerous in this town, but the town records ai'e very defective, and it has been almost impossible to trace the family by means of these records. An effort was made to trace them by means of the county records at Alfred, with but little better success. We are able, therefore, to present only several detached, fragmentary records of the family in this locality. We have tried to arrange these families properly, but there may be errors in some cases. The family themselves seem to have no records extending further back than 1800.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kimball-1298
Caleb came to Wells c.1700 and lived in that part of town which is now Kennebunk.
No proof of Caleb's connection to Richard of Wenham has been found, however, he is about the only Kimball who could possibly be his father. Also, given the naming conventions of the time, Caleb named his first son after his wife's father, his second son after his father and the third son after himself. Also, a complete list of Richard of Wenham's children has not been found.
Thoughts?
