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- Kemball, Elizabeth, widow of Hadleigh, 1716
- Kemball, Elizabeth, widow of Monks Eleigh, 1794
- Kemball, Elizabeth, widow of Hitcham, 1813
- Kimball [Kemball], John, farmer of Hintlesham, 1761
- Kemball, John, farmer of Monks Eleigh, 1773
- Kemball, John, farmer of Hitcham, 1803
- Kemball, Mary, widow of Hintlesham, 1782
- Kemball, Otowell, of Polstead, 1615
- Kemball, Richard the elder, yeoman of Hitcham, 1793
- Kemball, Thomas, of Kersey, 1846
- Kemball, William, yeoman of Hitcham, 1748
- Kimble [Kemble/Kemball], William, yeoman of Little Stonham, 1784
- Kemball, William, gentleman, of Lavenham, 1810
- Kemball, William, farmer, of Hitcham, 1818
Kemball, Elizabeth, widow of Hadleigh, 1716
- Grandson John Hobart
- Daughter Spells
- Owns a tenement in the parish of Ipswich St Mary-at-the-Quay
- Granddaughters Elizabeth Hobart and Mary Hobart, both under 21 and unmarried
- James Hobart, under 21 (relationship not stated)
Executor: cousin John Marvin
Witnesses: Edmund Cock, Philip Symondes, Matt. Isaack
Written 5 Nov 1709, probate 19 May 1716
NRO
Kemball, Elizabeth, widow of Monks Eleigh, 1794
- Daughter Elizabeth Ansell
- Sons John, William and Thomas Kemball
Executor: son Thomas Kemball
Witnesses: John Ansell Hicks, Luck White, Robert Offord
Written 21 June 1792, probate 10 Feb 1794
ERO
Kemball, Elizabeth, widow of Hitcham, 1813
- Sons Richard Kemball and William Kemball
- Daughter Elizabeth wife of Joshua Elsy of Hitcham, wheelwright
- Daughter Sarah wife of Jacob Webb of Hitcham, farmer
Executors: son Richard, Samuel Ward of Needham Market, gentleman
Witnesses: Sarah Ward, Henrietta Hunt, Richard Mudd
NRO
Kimball [Kemball], John, farmer of Hintlesham, 1761
- Daughter Mary wife of Samuel Clarke of Crowfield
- Daughter Elizabeth wife of Abraham East of Monks Eleigh
- Daughter Ann wife of Joseph Lott of East Bergholt
Executor: wife Mary
Witnesses: Ann Clarke, Henry Hayward jnr, John Heath
Written 8 May 1761, probate 27 June 1761
NRO
Kemball, John, farmer of Monks Eleigh, 1773
- Daughter Elizabeth wife of Thomas Ansell
- Sons John, William and Thomas
- Wife Elizabeth
Executors: wife Elizabeth, son Thomas
Witnesses: Susannah Chamberlain, Charles Squire
Written 24 Feb 1773, probate 18 May 1773
ERO
Kemball, John, farmer of Hitcham, 1803
- Sons William and Richard (and possibly other children, unnamed, under 25)
- Copyhold in Felsham
- wife Elizabeth
- brother Richard
Executors: brother Richard Kemball of Hitcham, farmer; Samuel Ward of Needham Market, limeburner
Written 20 Feb 1803, probate 29 April 1803
PCC
Kemball, Mary, widow of Hintlesham, 1782
- Son William Kemball
- Daughter Mary wife of Samuel Clarke of Hintlesham
- Daughter Elizabeth wife of Abraham East of Monks Eleigh, farmer
- Daughter Ann wife of Joseph Lott of East Bergholt, farmer
- The children of son John Kemball: John, William and Thomas Kemball, Elizabeth wife of Thomas Ansell of Wenham, farmer
Executors: son William Kemball; Thomas Vesey, gentleman of Hintlesham
Witnesses: Henry Hayward, Thomas Kemball, ? D’Oyly junior
Written 14 March 1782, probate 4 June 1782
SRO
Kemball, Otowell of Polstead, 1615
- Non-cupative will
- son John
- daughter Jane
- Joan Wiseman [relationship not stated]
- wife Hellen
Executor: wife Hellen
Witnesses: William Wheeler, James Glover
Written: Aug 1615, probate 1615
NRO
Transcriber’s note: Marian wife of Ottowil Kembolde – possibly the testator – was buried in Hitcham in 1610.
Kemball, Richard the elder, yeoman of Hitcham, 1793
- wife (unnamed in the will)
- son John: property in Felsham
- daughter Mary Chaplin
- son Richard: property in Preston
Executors: John and Richard
Witnesses: Joseph Leaver Robert Rush, Christian Ranson
Written 13 March 1788, probate 24 Apr 1793
Transcriber’s notes: Mary Kemball married James Chaplin at Hitcham on 11 May 1762.
SRO
Kemball, Thomas, of Kersey, 1846
- Dorcas Kemble
- Zillah Kemble
Executors: Mr Edward Bouttell, Mr Edward Smith, of Kersey
Witnesses: the executors
Written 9 Sep 1845, probate 4th and 18th Feb 1846
NRO
Kemball, William, yeoman of Hitcham, 1748
- All land and property in Hitcham to be sold by executors, and divided equally between:
- Wife Elizabeth, and four children: John Kemball, Thomas Kemball, Elizabeth Ranson, Mary Kemball
- Son William Kemball to have only £5 as he has already been provided for.
Executors: wife Elizabeth, son John
Witnesses: Thomas Kemball, Henry Hayward, Edward Coldham
Written 27 Sep 1748, probate 19 Oct 1748
NRO
Kimble [Kemble/Kemball], William, yeoman of Little Stonham, 1784
- nieces and nephews, children of brother Thomas Kimble of Hitcham: Ann Kimble, William Kimble, John Kimble, Sarah Kimble, Mary Kimble, Elizabeth Kimble, Susan Kimble
- nieces and nephews, children of sister Sarah wife of Edward Sewell: Edward Sewell, Mary Sewell, William Sewell
- children of Robert Smith of Barking, yeoman: Robert Smith, Deborah Smith, George Smith, Margaret Smith, Martha Smith, Mary Smith
- Martha Saxby, whose maiden name was Martha Parker, formerly of Creeting St Mary
Executors: Robert Smith of Barking, Edward Sewell of Monks Eleigh
Witnesses: Esther Cockerell, Martha Warren, Thomas Warren
Written 16 Aug 1775, probate 21 June 1784
NRO
Kemball, William, gentleman, of Lavenham, 1810
- daughter Mary Kemball
- daughter Alice Jonas
- daughter Elizabeth Garrard
- grandchildren, all U21: William Kemball Jonas, John Jonas, Samuel Jonas, George Jonas, James Jonas, Harriet Jonas
- grandchildren, all U21: William Kemball, Mary Kemball, John Kemball, Maria Kemball, James Kemball, Ann Kemball
- grandchildren, all U21: Robert Kemball, Joseph Kemball, Lucy Kemball
- Children of testator’s late son William Kemball
- daughter-in-law Elizabeth Kemball and her daughter Elizabeth Kemball, U21 [from codicial, dated 24 April 1809]
Executors: grandson William Kemball Jonas, friends William King of Lavenham and Joseph Lott of Burstall.
Witnesses: Roger Deacon, Robert Frost
Written: 24 March 1809, probate 5 Dec 1810
SRO
Kemball, William, farmer, of Hitcham, 1818
- wife Rhoda Kemball
- son William Kemball
- Anne Bacon, spinster: daughter of wife’s sister Deborah, now wife of Samuel Tillam by her former husband, Thomas Bacon
- Margaret wife of Joseph Hunt: wife’s sister
Executors: wife Rhoda, Robert Luckey of Hitcham, farmer
Witnesses: Ephraim Ward of Hitcham, shopkeeper; Robert Rawson, clerk to Mr Ranson, attorney at law, Stowmarket
Written 24 Nov 1817, probate 16 Dec 1818
SRO
Transcriber’s notes: William Kemball, widower of Buxhall, married Rhoda Spurgens, spinster, at Hitcham on 30 April 1807. The bondsman on their marriage licence was Thomas Kemball of Monks Eleigh.
The testator is likely to be the William Kemball buried at Washbrook on 23 Sep 1818, of Buxhall, aged 68.