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(IX) Dr. William George Kimball, son of Joseph Peck Kimball, was born in Topsham, December 25, 1846. His father died when he was about five years old, and when he was about eight he left home to work out. He at- tended school when the opportunity offered and persisted in his efforts to get an education. l lis life history would make an interesting vol- ume. His minority, with the exception of three years spent in Illinois, was passed in his native state. Orphaned in childhood, his life as a boy on a farm at the present time would be considered one of great hardship, but the
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physical training and power of endurance gained have been of value to him in his after life. By his own efforts he gained an education, graduating from Bradford (Ver- mont ) Academy and from Dartmouth College, where he received his degree in 1875. After graduation he became resident physician at Rainsford Island, Boston, and later held å similar position in the hospital for insane at Northampton. In 1877 he was appointed as- sistant resident port physician at Deer Island, Boston. In 1878 he married and removed to Worthington, where he remained until 1885, when he took a post-graduate course in New York. The same year he settled in Hunting- ton, where he still resides. Dr. Kimball is a member of the Huntington Masonic Lodge and a Republican in politics. He has served as chairman of the school board for seven years, and has held various other town offices. He represented his district in the legislature in 1895 and 1896. He has been medical exam- iner since 1898 for Hampshire county. Natu- ral ability of a high order, keen powers of ob- servation, a retentive memory and close appli- cation to the duties of his profession are all factors in Dr. Kimball's success. A man of irreproachable character and high ideals, mod- est and unassuming, he is highly respected and esteemed in the community. As a citizen he is always helpfully interested in whatever per- tains to the welfare of the town and its peo- ple.
He married, March 13, 1878, at Claremont, New Hampshire, Laura Bartlett, born at Springfield. New Hampshire, 1850, daughter of Joseph S. and Mary A. (Cowles) Bartlett. Children: 1. Mabel Josephine, born June 26, 1880, at Worthington ; died June 24, 1881. 2. William Joseph, born May 27, 1882, at Worth- ington ; graduated from Wesleyan Academy, 1901 ; residing in Huntington; married Ethel Brown, of Brookline, Massachusetts ; children : William George (2), born March 19, 1905; Frances Jean, August 26, 1908.
The English family of Bart- BARTLETT lett or Barttelot dates back to the Norman Conquest. The ancient coat-of-arms is: Sable three sin- ister falconer's gloves argent arranged trian- gularly two above and one below pendant bands around the wrist and tassels or. At about the close of the fifteenth century the castle was granted as the crest to John Barttelott, and in the sixteenth century the Swan crest was granted in commemoration of the right granted
the family by William the Conqueror to keep swans in the river Arun. The following lin- eage from 1086 to the present seems com- pletely established.
(I) Adam Barttelot, an esquire, came with the Conqueror from Normandy, and had his seat at Ferring, county Sussex. He was bur- ied at Stopham, in I 100.
(II) William Barttelot de Stopham, son of Adam, was buried at the Stopham church.
(III) John, son of William, was buried at the Stopham church.
(IV) Richard, Esq., son of John, was bur- ied at Stopham.
(V) Thomas Bartlett (the spelling of the surname varied greatly, but for clearness the present American way will be used during the rest of this lineage), son of Richard, Esq., married Assoline, daughter of John of Stop- ham. His brother, Adam Bartlett, had a seat at East Preston.
(VI) John Bartlett, Esq., son of Thomas Bartlett, captured Castle Fontenoy, in France, and to him was granted the crest on the Bart- lett arms. He married the daughter and co- heir of John de Stopham.
(VII) John, son of John Bartlett, Esq., was a member of parliament from Sussex in 1453; married Joan, daughter and heir of John de Lewknor.
( VIII) Richard, son of John Bartlett, mar- ried Petronilla, heir-general of Walton.
(IX) John, son of Richard Bartlett, died in I493. He married Olive Arthur, daughter of John, and heiress of Sylveston.
(X) Richard, son of John Bartlett, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Gates. His brother John married Catherine Dawtrey. Children : William, died 1601, aged ninety- seven years ; Edmund ; mentioned below.
(XI) Edmund, son of Richard Bartlett, lived at Ernley ; died 1591.
(XII) Edmund, son of Edmund Bartlett, was of Ernley ; married Elizabeth Gore, Chil- dren : John, came to Newbury, Massachusetts ; Richard, mentioned below ; Thomas, settled at Watertown, Massachusetts. (Authority of the family historian, Levi Bartlett.)
(I) Richard Bartlett, immigrant ancestor, was born in Wiltshire, England, in 1575. He was a shoemaker by trade. He was one of the earliest settlers of the old town of Newbury, Massachusetts, where he was living before 1637, and died there May 25, 1647. His family Bible-one of the famous "Breeches Bibles" (so called from the translation of the word for the original garment worn by Adam
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and Eve) is now owned by William Bartlett, of Lowell, who received it from his father, Rev. Samuel C. Bartlett, late president of Dartmouth College. The records of his chil- dren's births are given, and the statement, "Richard Bartlett bought this book Anno Domini 1612." Richard Bartlett was pro- genitor of Hon. Josiah Bartlett, of New Hampshire, signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, and foremost citizen of that state. Richard's oral will, proved September 29. 1647, stated that John had already received his share; bequeathed to Christopher and Joane and each of her four daughters; to Richard and John, who received the "Great Bible." Children: 1. Jone, born January 29, 1610; married William Titcomb. 2. John, born November 9. 1613. 3. Thomas, Janu- ary 22, 1615. 4. Richard, October 31, 1621; mentioned below. 5. Christopher, February 25, 1623. 6. Anne, February 26, 1625.
(II) Richard (2), son of Richard ( 1) Bart- lett, was born in England, October 31, 1621. He was called a shoemaker and yeoman in var- ious records. He resided first in Oldtown, Newbury, removing finally to Bartlett's Cor- ners, Deer Island, in the Merrimac river. He was reputed to be a facetious, genial and in- telligent man. He represented the town in
the general court. He married Abigail
-, who died March 8, 1686-7. He died in 1698. His will was dated April 19, 1665, and proved July 18, 1698. Children : 1. Sam- uel, born in Newbury, February 20, 1645-6. 2. Richard, born February 21, 1648-9: men- tioned below. 3. Thomas, born September 7, 1650. 4. Abigail, March 14, 1653: married, May 27, 1700, John Emery ; died 1723. 5. John, born June 22, 1655. 6. Hannah, De- cember 18, 1657: unmarried. 7. Rebecca, May 23, 1661 ; married, September 5, 1700, Isaac Bagley : died 1723.
(III) Richard (3), son of Richard (2) Bartlett, was born February 21, 1648-9, and died April 17, 1724. He was called a yeoman, and was also a currier and cordwainer. He resided first near Oldtown Hill, in Newbury, and afterwards removed to a place now called Bartlett's Bridge, just above the chain bridge in Salixbury. He was four years deputy to the general court. He married Hannah Emery, November 18, 1673. She died May II, 1705, aged fifty. Children: 1. Hannah, born November 8. 1674: died June 1, 1676. 2. Richard, born October 20, 1676; married. April 12, 1699, Margaret Woodman. 3. John, born September 23, 1678; married Mary Ord-
way; resided on the homestead; children re- moved to Deerfield and Northwood. 4. Sam- uel, born July 8, 1680; died November 7, 1685. 5. Daniel, born August 8, 1682; men- tioned below. 6. Joseph, born November 18, 1685; died aged sixty-eight; soldier in 1707, captured by French and Indians at Haverhill, August 29, 1708, and ransomed November 8, 1712 ; recovered his gun from its hiding-place, and the same gun was used in the revolution by a grand-nephew, Richard Bartlett, of Ames- bury, who removed to Warner, and it is now deposited in the museum of the New Hamp- shire Historical Society, though it was blown to pieces in a Fourth of July celebration. 7. Hannah, married, December 28, 1706, John Ordway. 8, Samuel, born May 2, 1689. 9. Deacon Stephen, born April 21, 1691 ; married, December 18, 1712, Hannah Webster; their son Josiah was the New Hampshire signer of the Declaration of Independence. 10. Josiah. resided at Newbury and Amesbury ; married, April I 3, 1725, Elizabeth Bartlett. II. Thomas, born July 14, 1695 ; married, Novem- ber 18, 1718, Hannah Moody. 12. Mary, born September 15, 1697; married Joseph Hills.
(IV) Deacon Daniel, son of Richard (3) Bartlett, was born August 8, 1682, and died May 4, 1756. He resided at Newbury ; was a weaver and yeoman ; married Abigail
before 1705. Children, born at Newbury: I. Daniel, March 22, 1705 ; mentioned below. 2. Margaret, September 16, 1707; married Ben- jamin Morss (3), of Newbury. 3. Joseph, October 29, 1709. 4. Abigail, October 4. 1711 ; married Thomas Merrill. 5. Lydia, February 1, 1712 ; married. December 6, 1737, Jacob Giddings. 6. -- rah (Sarah?). No- vember 16, 1715: died young. 7. Mary (twin ), January 23, 1717; probably died young. 8. Martha, twin with Mary, died March 2. 1718. 9. Elizabeth, February 26, 1721 ; probably died young.
(\') Daniel (2), son of Daniel (I) Bart- lett, was born in Newbury, March 22, 1705; died there September 28, 1786. He was also a weaver and yeoman, living in Newbury, in what is now the city of Newburyport. He married, January 7. 1730-1, Alice Sargent : (second) before 1740, Hannah : (third) November or December 8, 1760, Sarah Tewksbury. Children, born in New- bury: 1. Lydia, October 28, 1731. 2. John, December 30, 1733; mentioned below. 3 Abigail, June 21, 1737; resided at Newbury. 4. Hannah, April 14, 1739: married Joshua
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Kent. 5. Elizabeth, March 18, 1742; married John West. 6. Daniel, June 28, 1744. 7. Jacob, May 19, 1747. 8. Alice, September 19, 1761 ; married Benjamin Chase Jr. 9. Molly, September 3. 1763.
(VI) John, son of Daniel (2) Bartlett, was born at Newbury, December 30, 1733. He settled at Deering, New Hampshire, among the earliest settlers. He married, January 18, 1763, Hepzibah Stevens. Child: Solomon, mentioned below.
(VII) Solomon, son of John Bartlett, was born in Deering, New Hampshire, about 1775, and died there. Children : Hepsebath, Abigail, Nancy, Mary, John, mentioned below ; Esther, Solomon, Lydia. Rebecca, Irene, George Meeley.
(VIII) John (2), son of Solomon Bartlett, was born at Deering, New Hampshire. He settled at Wendell, now Sunapee, New Hamp- shire. He married Sarah Sanborn, of Spring- field, New Hampshire. Children, born in Wendell : 1. Joseph S., (twin), May 26, 1822, mentioned below. 2. Solomon (twin), May 26, 1822. 3. Ann M., August 4, 1825, died aged twenty-two. 4. Abby S., February 17, 1827. 5. John Z. (twin), May 26, 1830. 6. Sarah J. (twin), May 26, 1830. 7. Charles H., October 15, 1833; clerk of the United States district court, New Hampshire. 8. George H., September 28, 1841 ; district man- ager of the United States Hame Company at Sunapee, New Hampshire. All the children grew to maturity, and all married and had children except Ann M. The four twins of this family had the same birthday, May 26.
(IX) Joseph S., son of John (2) Bartlett, was born at Wendell, New Hampshire, May 26. 1822, died January 21, 1884. After his marriage he went to Springfield, Massachu- setts, and took care of his Grandfather San- born until his death. He then removed to Sunapee, New Hampshire, and at the expira- tion of five years removed to Claremont, same state. occupying the old Cowles homestead, where he followed farming until his death. He was a Congregationalist in religion, and a Republican in politics, serving two terms in the legislature at Concord in the years 1878- 79. He married (first) Mary A., born No- vember 29, 1820, died May 22, 1862, daughter of.Levi and Mary (Hurd) Cowles, her grand- father having been one of the first settlers of Claremont. He married (second) Ellen Caro- line Cowles, sister of his first wife, born July 21. 1832, died November 24, 1896. Children by first wife: I. Laura, born November 21.
1850; married Dr. William G. Kimball ( see Kimball, IX). 2. Lewis, October 17, 1851 ; died 1872. 3. Levi W., 1855; married Addie Dart ; resides on the homestead at Claremont, New Hampshire ; children : i. Guy Lewis, mar- ried Mabel McCullagh; ii. George Herbert, married Mildred Benjamin ; children : Richard Lewis and Marion Eleanor.
LAMB This is among the earliest families of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, having been first implanted at Roxbury, and has spread out over the state and adjoining states until it occupies a desir- able position among the citizens of the nation. It has been identified with every line of worthy endeavor, and has participated in the develop- ment of the social, moral, and maternal forces of the nation.
(I) Thomas Lamb came with Governor Winthrop from England in 1630, and settled at Roxbury, where he was made a freeman, May 18, 1631, and died before 1651. Farmer says: "he died April 3, 1645." His home- stead was between the Roxbury church ( Apos- tle John Eliot ) and Stony Brook. He was one of six individuals who pledged themselves for the support of the first free school in America, afterwards Roxbury Latin School. He was accompanied by his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1639, being buried at the same time with her youngest child, November 28, of that year. He married (second) in 1640, Dorothy Har- bittle or Harbottle. Savage says : "He brought with him sons Thomas and John." He had a son Samuel, baptized October 30, 1631, at Dor- chester, before a church had been formed at Roxbury. Other children born at Roxbury were: Abel, October, 1633; Decline, April, 1637 ; Benjamin, October, 1639: Abiel, 1645.
(II) Abiel, youngest child of Thomas Lamb and his second wife, Dorothy (Harbottle) Lamb, born 1645, in Roxbury, resided there until about fifty years old, when he removed to Framingham, Massachusetts, and resided on leased land near Doeskin Hill. He served as constable of that town in 1700 and 170I and died before 1710. He was a soldier of King Philip's war, being a corporal in 1675. in the autumn of which vear he narrowly es- caped being killed by the Indians. In Decem- ber of that year he was a lieutenant in Cap- tain Johnson's Roxbury company, and took part. in the famous swamp fight near South Kings- ton, Rhode Island. The baptismal name of his wife was Elizabeth, and they had children baptized in Roxbury : Harbottle, February 28
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1675; Abiel, January 4, 1680, and Jonathan, born November 11, 1682. No other children appear of record in either Roxbury or Fram- ingham.
(III) Abiel (2), second child of Abiel (I) and Elizabeth Lamb, was born December 23, 1679, in Roxbury, and died before 1771, in Oxford, Massachusetts. He was but a child when he removed with his parents to Framing- ham, and was among the first proprietors of Oxford, where he settled in 1710, being one of the thirty original settlers. He was dis- missed from the Framingham church to form a church at Oxford, January 15, 1721, and was constable of the latter town in 1722. He mar- ried, December 4, 1699, Hannah, daughter of James and Sarah Taylor, of Marlboro, born July 1, 1679, and died in July, 1776, in Oxford. they were the parents of the first English child born in the latter town. Children: Sarah, April 6, 1701 ; Caleb, October 30, 1704; Ebe- nezer, mentioned below; Abiel, January 29, 1709 ; Lydia, April 3, 1713 ; Elizabeth, July 21, 1716; William, April 7, 1720; the last three born in Oxford.
(IV) Ebenezer, second son of Abiel (2) and Hannah (Taylor) Lamb, was born Oc- tober 19, 1706, in Framingham, and resided for some years after his marriage in Leicester, Massachusetts, after which he removed to Framingham. The land records of Leicester show that he purchased seventy acres of land from his father-in-law, recorded on the same day as a lot received by gift from his father. He probably removed from Leicester to Fram- ingham before 1739. No record of his first three children appears in either town. He married, May 21, 1730, Amy Green, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Upham) Green, born about 1707. Her parents were among the founders of the town of Leicester, and her name appears on the Oxford records spelled Ame, and has two spellings in the will of her father, the first being Any, and the second Ane. The name is now usually written Anna, but the form Amy is quite usual in that family, and was a name frequently found in Rhode Island. Children born probably in Leicester : Ebenezer, James and Samuel. Recorded in Oxford: Abijah, born September 14, 1739, (lied in Charlton, Massachusetts ; Reuben, Sep- tember 14, 1742; Richard, March 15, 1745; Martha, February 25, 1747; Lucy, August 15, 1750. The sons were all powerful men and there was a saying current in their neighbor- hood that together they could raise a forty foot barn.
(V) Ebenezer (2), eldest child of Ebene- zer (I) and Amy (Green) Lamb, was born about 1731, in Leicester, and died in 1818, in Charlton, Massachusetts, where he was a pio- neer farmer, and joined the Baptist church in Charlton, in 1776. He married Mary White, of Watertown, probably the daughter of Ste- phen and Thankful White, of Waltham, bap- tized February 18, 1739, in Watertown. Chil- dren : I. Ebenezer, settled in Charlton, where he was a farmer. 2. William, a physician and prominent citizen of Grafton, Massachusetts. 3. Dan, mentioned below. 4. Aaron, a farmer at Calais, Vermont. 5. Jacob, settled in Cherry Valley, New York. There were four daughters, two of whom had husbands named Stone, and resided in or near Cherry Valley.
(VI) Dan, third son of Ebenezer (2) and Mary (White) Lamb, was born April 15, 1779, probably in Oxford, and died Novem- ber 28, 1853, in Charlton. He studied medi- cine with his elder brother William, and settled in practice at Charlton, where he was a suc- cessful physician and a respected citizen. He married Augusta, daughter of General Salem and Ruth ( Moore) Towne, born January 23, 1784, in Oxford (see Towne, VII). Chil- dren : I. Edward, married Kate Robinson and had sons Edward and William. 2. Mary Anne, became the wife of Colonel Samuel Spurr. Their son, Thomas Spurr, was killed in the battle of Antietam. Their daughter Louisa became the wife of Hon. George Frisby Hoar, and the mother of Mary and Rockwood Hoar. 3. Maria A., married Franklin Farnum, and had a daughter Louisa, who became the wife of George K. Dresser. 4. Sally, died unmarried. 5. Samuel T., men- tioned below. 6. Salem Town, married Eliza- beth Whitney, of Boston, and had Henry, Au- gusta and Elizabeth. 7. William Dan, mar- ried Caroline Blanchard, and they were the parents of sons William and Fred.
(VII) Samuel Tucker, second son of Dr. Dan and Augusta (Towne) Lamb, was born July 16, 1819, in Charlton, and received the ordinary education of his time and district. He became interested in the drug business and lived for a short time in Worcester. About 1845 he removed to Boston and engaged in the commission business, trading in indigo and other dye stuffs. He resided in Beverly until the outbreak of the civil war, and in his later years resided in Cambridge, and died there December 9, 1903. Mr. Lamb was commis- sioned captain of volunteers and assistant quartermaster by President Lincoln, Novem-
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ber 26, 1862. In January following he was assigned to the Department of the South at Hilton Head, South Carolina, and about Oc- tober, 1864, after the capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, was transferred to Federal Point, North Carolina, and from there to Wil- mington, same state. He was relieved from duty in June, 1865, and ordered to Boston. Returning to Boston, he engaged in the manu- facture of paper collars, which were then very widely used, and continued in this busi- ness until the decreasing demand rendered it unprofitable. For a time he resided in Port- land, Oregon, where he became a member of the Loyal Legion. He was a Unitarian in re- ligious faith, and a staunch Republican in po- litical principle. He married, September 1, 1840, Sarah P. Flagg, a native of Beverly, born April 10, 1821, died October 17, 1895, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth ( Wilson) Flagg, of Weston (see Flagg, XIII). Chil- dren : George Bacon, died at the age of twenty- five years; Frank Henry, a resident of Los Angeles, California ; Charles Samuel, of Cin- cinnati, Ohio; and Roland O., mentioned below.
(VIII) Roland Olmsted, youngest child of Samuel Tucker and Sarah P. (Flagg) Lamb, was born December 20, 1850, in Beverly, where he grew up, receiving his education in the public schools. At the age of sixteen years he removed to Boston, where he was em- ployed as bookkeeper for a period of five years by the Star Collar Company, in which his father was an owner. At the end of this period he secured employment with the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Boston, as assistant bookkeeper, entering its employ January 10, 1872. By faithful atten- tion to his duties he earned and secured pro- motion, being made chief clerk in March, 1889. In May, 1894, he was elected secretary of the company, which position he resigned January 12, 1903. In the meantime he was made a director of the company in May, 1895, becoming at the same time second vice-presi- dent, and in February, 1899, was elected first vice-president. In June, 1909, he was elected president of the company. His advancement to the present responsible and honorable sta- tion has been the result of his industrious ap- plication and his faithful endeavor to fit him- self for the duties which envolved upon him. He is a man of genial nature and affable man- ners, and these qualities combined with his business ability have secured for him warm friendships and business success. For many
years he resided in Cambridge, and removed to Boston in 1904. He is connected with nu- merous social and fraternal organizations, being a member of the Algonquin Club of Bos- ton ; the Middlesex Club of Boston; Colonial Club of Cambridge ; Brae Burn Club of West Newton; and the Seapuit Club of Osterville Massachusetts, a winter golf club. He was formerly a member of Charity Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Cambridge, but is now affiliated with Columbian Lodge of Boston; with St. Andrews Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Boston Council, Royal and Select Masters; and De Molay Commandery, Knights Templar, of Boston, being the present commander of the last named body. He is a Unitarian in religious faith, and a Republican politically. He married, December 17, 1874, in Cambridge, Eliza A. James, daughter of Samuel and Catherine A. B. (Shedd) James, of Cambridge (see James, VII).
(IX) Augustus Clark, only child of Roland O. and Eliza A. (James) Lamb, was born De- cember 16, 1875, in Cambridge, and was grad- uated in 1897 from the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, as a chemical engineer. He married, April 30, 1901, Effie Brook Arm- strong, of Allston, Massachusetts.
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(II) Jacob, son of William (q. v.) and Jo- anna Town, was baptized at Yarmouth, Nor- folk county, England, March II, 1632. He resided at Salem, Massachusetts, with his father about twelve years. He married, June 26, 1657, Catherine, daughter of John Sym- onds, of Salem; made his will at Topsfield, November 24, 1704; and died the third day following, aged about seventy-three years. His will was proven January 1, 1705, his son John being executor. Their children were: I. John, born April 2, 1658; married Mary Smith. 2. Jacob, February 13, 1660; married Phebe Smith. 3. Catherine, February 25, 1662; married Elisha Perkins. 4. Deliver- ance, August 5, 1664. 5. Ruth, August 5, 1664. Both Deliverance and Ruth married John Stiles. 6. Edmund, July 21, 1666.
(III) John, eldest son of Jacob and Cath- erine (Symonds) Town, was born April 2, 1658, in Topsfield, and was the first of the name to spell it with a final e. He resided in Topsfield, where he was a very efficient man in public affairs. When the town of Framing- ham was incorporated, he was elected a select- man at the first meeting, and often held the office afterward. In 1712 he removed to Ox-
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ford, and was elected towit clerk at the first meeting held in that town, July 22, 1713, and was also chosen selectman at the same time. He was one of the four persons who held the first meeting to consider the formation of a church, and on the organization of that body was chosen deacon, which office he held to the close of his life, and was succeeded by his son Jonathan. He died in 1740, aged eighty- two years. He married, February 2, 1680, Mary Smith. Children: Mary, John (died young), Israel, Esther, Ephraim, Jonathan, David, Samuel, Edmond and John.
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