Quaker
He is married to Susanna Jackson.
They got married on May 3, 1797 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cnty, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 21 years old.
(Vb) Emmor Kimber, son of Richard Preddy and Gertrude (Griffith) Kimber,
was born May 11, 1775, and died September i, 1850. He was an esteemed
minister of the Society of Friends. His work in education was noteworthy. In
1818 he established the French Creek Boarding School for Girls. This name was
later changed to Kimberton Boarding School. Here Mr. Kimber and his daughters
taught, and conducted the school on principles somewhat different from those
of most seminaries, there being no code of penal laws or rules in force. Due to
efficient and understanding management, the school was rated high in academic
circles, was prosperous and drew many students to its fold from other states and
the West Indies as well as in the range of its own locality. Mr. Kimber was the
author of Arithmetic Made Easy to Children, The Church of Christ, and Way
of Salvation Universal, The Power of the Church, and Kimbers Almanack.
Emmor Kimber married, at Pine Street Meeting, Philadelphia, May 3, 1797,
Susanna Jackson. (Jackson IV.) Children:
1. Anna, born January 25, 1798, died December 15, 1876; married Robert V. Massey.
2. Isaac, born September 11, 1799, died in 1816.
3. William, born June i, 1801, died in 1827.
4. Samuel, born February 4, 1803, died in 1850; married Susan Konigmacher.
5. Abigail, born November 25, 1804, died in 1871.
6. Mary Emma, of whom further.
7. Susanna, born May 7, 1809, died in 1824,
8. Emmor J., born April 5, 1811, died in 1852.
9. Martha, born July 4, 1812.
10. Henry, born August 22, 1814; married Jane Henry.
11. Gertrude, born June 14, 1816, died August 26, 1869; married, October 24, 1842. Rev.
Charles C. Burleigh.
(Records Pine and Orange Streets Monthly Meetings, p. 613. Uwchlan iMonthly
Meeting, 1768-1829. Futhey and Cope: History of Chester County, p. 305. Sidney A.
Kimber: Descendants of Richard Kimber, p. 38.)