Keziah Hall

Notes:

Called "Keziah Wentworth Hall" in many online databases, but we have seen no evidence that she had any middle name at all.

The Chesleys did marry into the Wentworths -- Philip¹'s grandson James Chesley married the immigrant William¹ Wentworth's granddaughter Tamsen Wentworth, a year before Keziah's birth. And because the Wentworths were a family on the rise by 1705, it's possible that Keziah was given Wentworth as a middle name in order to underscore the connection. But generally the smart bet is to assume that eighteenth-century middle names were invented by bad genealogists in later years.

Family/Spouse: Joseph Evans. Joseph (son of Edward Evans and Dorcas Bussell) was born on 29 Oct 1704 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire; died on 20 Nov 1767. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Nov 1743, Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire

Notes:

From his Find a Grave page [citation details below]:

He was a private in Captain Wood's Company, Colonel Hubbard's Massachusetts Regiment and was transferred in December 1775 to Captain Gridley's Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment of Artillery. He served for eight months. He then enlisted in the spring of 1776 in Lyman, ME and served four months as a private in Captain Wells' Company which was in the regiment led by Colonel Francis of Massachusetts. His pension was granted based on this service on 7 Aug. 1832

Benjamin married Elizabeth Ricker on 16 Dec 1771 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire. Elizabeth (daughter of Ephraim Ricker and Elizabeth Mardin) died on 19 Jun 1776 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Wells, York, Maine
• Alternate death: Aft 29 Jan 1824

Notes:

The generally well-done Ancestry of Pam & Jeff Martin site asserts that Israel Kimball was married twice, first to Elizabeth "Betsey" Evans and secondly to Betsy Durrell. But Harold Clarke Durrell's "Philip Durrell and His Descendants" (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 133:40, 1979) indicates that Betsy Durrell (1782-1869) married a different Israel Kimball, the one who was a son of Isaac³ (Richard², Caleb¹) and Sarah Stone. Which leads us to believe that our Israel Kimball was married only once, and that his one and only wife was Betsey, said to have died in Kennebunk 11 Mar 1843, a daughter of Benjamin Evans and Elizabeth Ricker.

Elizabeth married Israel Kimball on 21 Mar 1796 in Wells, York, Maine. Israel (son of Israel Kimball and Eleanor Dennett) was born about 1773; died on 24 Oct 1823 in Kennebunk, York, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Esther married Edmund A. Currier on 20 Dec 1815 in Wells, York, Maine. Edmund (son of Abraham Currier and Lydia Kimball) was born about 1789 in Kennbunkport, Maine; died on 4 Aug 1872; was buried in Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk, York, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]