Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Rev. Ruel Kimball
1778 - 1847 (68 years)-
Name Ruel Kimball Prefix Rev. Birth 20 Dec 1778 Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
[1, 2] Gender Male Alternate death 1 Oct 1847 Port Leyden, Lewis, New York [1] Death 1 Oct 1847 Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts [3] Person ID I42240 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 1 Aug 2025
Father Boyce Kimball, b. 18 Jun 1731, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts d. 13 May 1802, Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts (Age 70 years)Mother Rebecca Hayward, b. 9 Jun 1739, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 23 Jul 1790 (Age 51 years)Marriage 4 Dec 1755 [3] Family ID F24713 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Hannah Mather, b. 1 Jul 1781, Marlboro, Windham, Vermont d. 9 Mar 1860, Port Leyden, Lewis, New York (Age 78 years)Marriage 1 Jan 1799 [3] Children + 1. Dr. Walter Scott Kimball, b. 22 Oct 1827, Leyden, Lewis, New York d. 21 Oct 1898, New Jersey (Age 70 years)Family ID F24711 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Aug 2025
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Notes - "He had but a common school education, and prepared himself for the ministry at a time when its duties were more than ordinarily laborious and self-denying, and when the burdens rested heavily on the wives. He at first located in Marlboro, Vt., in charge of the Presbyterian church; he left there about 1805, when be removed to Leroy, N. ., where he remained till about 1816, when he went to Leyden, N. Y. He remained at this place until his death. He died while on a visit to his son, David M. Kimball, of Massachusetts. Though strict in his religious views and habits, he was still paternal and kind. His heart was always open to the unfortunate, and his benevolence was constant and in amount up to the scriptural standard. He was dignified, earnest, and thoughtful." [Kimball Family, citation details below]
His Find a Grave page (citation details below) gives his mother as "Rebecca Hayden Kimball".
- "He had but a common school education, and prepared himself for the ministry at a time when its duties were more than ordinarily laborious and self-denying, and when the burdens rested heavily on the wives. He at first located in Marlboro, Vt., in charge of the Presbyterian church; he left there about 1805, when be removed to Leroy, N. ., where he remained till about 1816, when he went to Leyden, N. Y. He remained at this place until his death. He died while on a visit to his son, David M. Kimball, of Massachusetts. Though strict in his religious views and habits, he was still paternal and kind. His heart was always open to the unfortunate, and his benevolence was constant and in amount up to the scriptural standard. He was dignified, earnest, and thoughtful." [Kimball Family, citation details below]
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Sources - [S8150] Find a Grave page for Rev Ruel Kimball Sr..
- [S2088] History of the Kimball Family in America from 1634 to 1897 by Leonard Allison Morrison and Stephen Paschall Sharples. Boston: Daniel & Upham, 1897., date only.
- [S2088] History of the Kimball Family in America from 1634 to 1897 by Leonard Allison Morrison and Stephen Paschall Sharples. Boston: Daniel & Upham, 1897.
- [S8150] Find a Grave page for Rev Ruel Kimball Sr..