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(III) John, oldest child of Richard (2) and Mary Kimball, was born about 1650 and died about 1721. He was an inhabitant of Boxford as early as 1669. August 24, 1665, Richard Hubbard con- firmed to Richard Kimball of Wenham his farm in Rowley village (now Boxford). John probably set- tled on this land. He was made a freeman March 22, 1689. By the frequency with which the name of "Corporal" Kimball is found upon the early records of the town it is evident that he was a man of much importance in town affairs. In 1675 he was tax collector. In 1711 his name and those of his sons are upon the tax list. He was a member of the Church of Topsfield, and was dismissed to the Church in Boxford in 1702. Ilis will is on file at Salem, Massachusetts, and bears date February 19, 1718, and was probated April 15, 1721.
He married (first), Sarah , who died July 27, 1706; married (second) October 29, 1707, Han- nah Burton, daughter of Isaac Burton. She was born in 1686, and survived her husband sixty-five years, dying October 16, 1786, aged one hundred years. Their children were: Sarah, May, Richard, Abigail, Elizabeth, Hannah and John.
(IV) Richard, son of John and Sarah Kimball, was born September 28, 1673, and died April 22, 1753. He resided in the southerly part of Boxford, Massachusetts, on the place where Major Samuel Perley erected a house in 1833. He dealt consider-
ably in real estate. His will, approved May 7, 1753, is on file at Salem, Massachusetts. In the ancient burial ground where he and his wife are buried there are but fourteen very old and sadly neglected stones. (1897). He married February 22, 1698-9, Hannah Dorman, daughter of Ephraim Dorman of Topsfield, Massachusetts, born 1682, died March, 1748. They had nine children: Jacob, born June 9, 1700, resided at Andover, Massachusetts; died 1787. Hannah, born June 30, 1702, married, April 28, 1724, John Andrews (3rd). Aaron, born January 17, 1704-5, died 1732. Amos, born September 8, 1707, died January 26, 1788. -, born June 1I, 1710, died December 19, 1785, at Rindge, New Hampshire. John, born March 6, 1713, resided in Boxford, Mass- achusetts. Mary, born October 10, 1715-16. Moses, born August 23, 1718, died in Amherst, New Hamp- shire. Ephraim, born April II, 1721, resided in Boxford, Massachusetts.
(V) Amos, third son and fourth child of Richard and Hannah ( Dorman) Kimball, born in Boxford, September 8, 1707, and died January 26, 1788. He was a farmer in Boxford. He married (first ), March 1, 1736, Margaret Hale, born February 23, 1712- 13, and (second), June 23, 1765, Abigail Session. His children were : Jesse, born April 15, 1738, died March IS, 1814; Joanna, born September 24, 1739, died young ; Jethro, born August 23, 1741, died March II, 1828; Enoch, born February 28, 1742-3, died 1816; Eli, born July 5, 1744, died in Swanzey, New Hamp- shire; Peggy, born January 7, 1746, died young ; Lydia, born 1749, died September, 1835; Amos, born November 9, 1752, died January 9, 1824; Joseph, born February 6, 1754, died October 9, 1813.
(VI) Jesse, eldest child of Amos and Margaret (Hale) Kimball, was born in Boxford. Massachu- setts, April 26, 1738, and died at Manchester, New Hampshire, March 18, 1814. He resided in Box- ford and Andover, Massachusetts, until 1775, when he removed to Chester, New Hampshire. His home was on the river road between Martin's Ferry and the Derry line. He married at Andover, Massachu- setts, May 5, 1763, Susanna Jackson, born in An- dover, July 2, 1744, died at Manchester, New Hamp- shire, April 22, 1808. They had twelve children : Jeremiah, born at Andover, November 20, 1764, died July 18, 1765. Jedediah, born at Andover, May 25, 1766, died November 5, 1814. John, resided in Chester and went to Bangor, Maine. Peggy, born in Andover, May 16, 1769, married Gould, died in Cliester, New Hampshire, July 17, 1794. Nathan, born in Andover, March 29, 1771, went to Bangor, Maine. Ruth, born in Andover, May 7, 1773, died at Manchester, New Hampshire, October, 1831, single. Ezra, born in Chester, November 14, 1775, died October, 1831. Amos, born in Chester, July 26, 1778, died 1854. Stephen, born in Chester, January 28, 1781, died July 13, 1852. Phebe, born in Chester, September 4, 1783, died in Chester, Febru- ary 27, 1819, married Whittier. Daniel, born in Chester, November 23, 1786. Sarah, born in Chester, August 13, 1791, married (first), Cheever ; (second), William Foster, of Argyle, Maine. (Men- tion of Amos and descendants appears in this article).
(VII) Nathan, fourth son of Jesse and Susanna (Jackson) Kimball, was born in Andover, Massa- chusetts, March 29, 1771. He resided in Chester and Manchester, New Hampshire, and Bangor, Maine. He married Eunice Hoyt. They had five children: Mary, born June II, 1796, married David Martin, of Martin's Ferry, Hooksett, New Hamp- shire. Eunice, born May 29, 1798. Susan, died
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aged nineteen years. Lucinda, married Benjamin E. Sawyer, and resided in Canada. Stephen, born March 7, 1808, died July, 1889.
(VIII) Stephen, fifth and youngest child of Na- thaniel and Eunice (Hoyt) Kimball, was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, March 7, 1808, and died in Auburn, New Hampshire, July, 1889. He resided in Hooksett about twenty years, and for the last thirty-three years of his life in Auburn. He was a farmer by occupation, a Universalist in religious belief, and a Republican in politics. He served as selectman in Hooksett, and also in Auburn. He married, November 26, 1834, Mary Anna Woodbury, of Dunbarton, born August 1814, daughter of Ebenezer and Susanna (Hoyt) Woodbury, who died in Auburn. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Their children were: 1. Frederick Smith, born December 17, 1835, died November 5, 1894. 2. George Clark, born April 10, 1840, married three times. 3. Emily Ann, born October 18, 1845. 4. Eliza Ordway, born August 27, 1850.
(IX) George Clark Kimball, second son and child of Stephen and Mary Anna ( Woodbury) Kim- ball, was born .in April 10, 1840. In early life lie learned the trade of shoemaker and also served on a railroad, where he was employed many years. His residence is on Hackett Hill, three miles from Hook- sett, and commands a fine view of the country.
(VII) Amos, eighth child and sixth son of Jesse and Susanna (Jackson) Kimball, was born in An- dover, Massachusetts, July 20, 1778, and died in Man- chester, New Hampshire, in 1858. He married, De- cember 24, 1801, at Pembroke, Anna Stark, and they had children: Peter, Bestey, Fanny Stark, Mar- garet, Almira Stearns, Reuben, Frederick, Einily, Mary Ann and Harriet.
(VIII ) Frederick, seventh child and third son of Amos and Anna ( Stark) Kimball, died in 1871. He married Martha , and they had one child, Emma, who married Hugh K. Ramsey. ( See Ram- sey)
( III) Samuel, second son and child of Richard (2) and Mary Kimball, was born in Ipswich, about 1651, and died in Wenham, October 3, 1716, aged sixty-five. He resided in Wenham where he was surveyor in 1676, constable in 1677, was made free- man May 24, 1682, and was selectman in the same year. He was also an ensign in the militia. On March 2, 1701, he and his wife deeded a lot of ten acres and a house to their son Samuel. His estate was settled by the son Samuel, who took the prop- erty and paid off the claims of his brothers and sis- ters. Their settlement contains the signatures of the husband of the married sisters, and serves to identify them. Samuel Kimball married, September 20, 1676, Mary Witt, daughter of John and Sarah Witt, of Lynn, Massachusetts. Their thirteen chil- dren, all born in Wenham, were: Samuel, Sarah, Martha (died young), Mary, Richard, Jonathan, John, Ebenezer, Martha, Thomas, Benjamin, Abi- gail and Jerusha. (Mention of Ebenezer and de- scendants follows in this article ).
(IV) Jonathan, sixth child and third son of Sam- uel and Sarah ( Witt) Kimball, born in Wenham, Massachusetts, in 1686, died February 19. 1758. He removed to Boston about 1708, and probably returned to Wenham about 1718. He served on a jury in 1721, and is then called of Wenham. He was a cordwainer by trade, was a captain in the militia and town clerk 1751-52. He and his wife united with the church, February 27, 1737, and he was made a deacon of the first church in Wenham, No- vember 26, 1742, holding that office until his death. He was married in Boston, July 28, 1729, by Rev.
Cotton Mather, to Hannah Hopkins, of Boston. Their children were: Jonathan, Hannah, Samuel, Sarah, Mary and Abigail.
(V) Jonathan, eldest child of Jonathan and Han- nah (Hopkins) Kimball, was born in Boston, Oc- tober 9, 1710, resided in Wenham, and was town clerk of that town in 1751-52-55-59-60. He married, April 21, 1732, in Ipswich, Martha Ober, of Beverly. Their children were: Martha, died young; Mar- garet, died young ; John, Martha, Isaac, Ezra, Mar- garet, Mary, Abigail, died young; and Abigail.
(VI) Isaac, second son and fifth child of Jona- than and Martha (Ober) Kimball, was born in Wenham, January 18, 1742, resided in Wenham and Beverly, Massachusetts, Temple, New Hampshire, and Waterford, Maine. He married, November 9, 1762, Abigail Raymond, of Beverly, Massachusetts. They were the parents of twelve children: Abigail, died young; Isaac, John, David, Mary, Jonathan, George, Abigail, Saralı, Hannah, William and Betsey. (Mention of John and descendants follows in this article).
(VII) Isaac (2), second child and eldest son of Isaac (I) and Abigail (Raymond) Kimball, was born in Beverly, June 17, 1765, and died in Temple, New Hampshire, June 13, 1804. He went to Temple soon after marriage, and there he resided for years. He owned a farm in Andover, Vermont, upon which he built a barn. While this was in progress of con- struction he went into it after dark and fell through the floor to the cellar, injuring himself seriously. He soon afterwards sold the farm in Vermont, and was carried on a litter to Temple, New Hampshire, where he died after months of suffering. He mar- ried Sally Cutter, who was born June 30, 1767. They had eight children: Isaac, Benoni Cutter, John B. (died young), Sally, George B., William Barber and Simeon Gould.
(VII1) Benoni Cutter, second son and child of Isaac (2) and Sally (Cutter) Kimball, was born in Temple, New Hampshire, March 13, 1791, and died there March 29, 1868, aged seventy-seven years. He was a house carpenter and resided on the second farm in Temple, on the Mason Village road, from which he removed to the new house at Mason Vil- lage, in which he resided for a time. Afterward he built another house there in which he lived until he bought a two-third interest in the Dunster home- stead, about 1835. He bought the other third at the death of the Widow Dunster in 1858. He was an influential member of the Congregational (Ortho- dox) Church, and took a prominent part in or- ganizing the new church at Mason Village. In all enterprises connected with their church, he and his wife took an active and leading part. He married, December 28, 1815, Mary Dunster, who was born in Mason, February 16, 1796. and died May 31, 1864, aged sixty-eight. He parents were Jason and Mary ( Meriam) Dunster. (See Dunster, VI). Fifteen children were born of this marriage, as follows : Benoni, George, Mary Ann (died young), Eliza Ann, Addison (died young), Franklin, Isaac New- ton, Samuel Dunster, Frederick, James, Marshall, Mary. Ellen Maria, Edward and Abby Jane.
(IX) Marshall, eleventh child and ninth son of Benoni C. and Mary (Dunster) Kimball, was born in. Mason Village, October 2, 1832. He was edu- cated in the public schools and at Appleton Academy, at New Ipswich, and after leaving the latter institution he taught school three terms. He is a lifelong farmer, and owns the Dunster home- stead, Lot 10, in the eighteenth range. In 1867 he built the commodious barn, from the cupola of which he fell, striking on the roof and other por-
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tions, till he reached the ground, a distance of forty feet. He was seriously injured, and has never fully recovered from the lameness succeeding the injury. In 1870 he was one of the selectmen of the town, and has held other town offices. October 18, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Sixteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, and did duty with his regi- ment, principally in Louisiana, until it was mustered out at Concord, New Hampshire, August 20, 1863. He united with the Mason Village Congregational Church, May 6, 1849, by profession; and November 5, 1858, was elected deacon of that church, which office he still retains. He was married, May 15, 1859, at the village church, by Rev. George E. Fisher, to Louisa Judith Allen, who was born October 7, 1832, daughter of Oliver and Harriet ( Harding) Allen, of Mason. She graduated at Appleton Acad- emy, and taught school in Mason and other towns constantly for ten years, and until her marriage. She is a gifted writer, and is the author of the "Song of Welcome," sung at the Mason Centennial Celebration in 1868. She died November 4, 1900. Six children were born of this union : 1. Elmer Alien, born January IS, 1862; graduated from Dartmouth with the class of 1885 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was afterward a successful lawyer in Chicago, and is now president of the Ogden Gas Company of that city; he married Ella Howard, and they have one child, Allen Howard, born Jan- uary 23: 1899. 2. Mary Lillian, born June 2, 1864; married Ernest L. Sawyer, and has six children : Bertha Roxana, born July 24, 1887; Ralph Marshall, February 18, 1889, died April 26, 1902; Ruth Ernes- tine, born December 27, 1890; Ethel May, April 6, 1895; Catharine Louisa, April 9, 1899; Marguerite Ainsley, May 20, 1904. 3. Fred Benoni, born March 18, 1866; married Martha A. Russell; they have five children : Marion, born April 6, 1891; Esther, April 17, 1893; Hazel, November 25, 1894; Bernice Naomi, June 6, 1899; Russell Marshall, December 27, 1905. 4. Lena Harriet, born November 22, 1870, married Charles Thomas Wheeler, of Greenville, and they have two children: Doris Mabel, born October 27, 1896; and Elsie Faye, born April 19, 1901. 5. Flora Louisa, born February 8, 1872, resides at home. 6. Edward Marshall, born September 13, 1873, married May Newby, January 22, 1906. They have one child, Marshall, born May II, 1907. The mother of this child died May 31, same year.
(VII) John, third child and second son of Isaac and Abigail (Raymond) Kimball, was born in Temple, New Hampshire, March 8, 1767, died in Wilton, New Hampshire, December 13, 1853. He resided in Temple until 1802, when he went to Wil- ton, and bought a farm in the southcast part of the town. Ile was a prosperous farmer and a good citi- zen. He married (first), March 8, 1797, Abigail Billings, who died October 31, 18144. He married ( second), April 11, 1816, Anna Livermore, born August 20, 1781, died June 5, 1824, daughter of Rev. Jonathan Livermore. Married ( third), March 26, 1829, Achsah Spaulding, born September 2, 1788, dicd April 27. 1873, daughter of Jonathan and Mary ( Marshall) Spaulding, of Wilton. His children were: John, Anna Hunt, Harriet, Achsah, Daniel Raymond, Granville, Augustine, Samuel Livermore, Abigail, Jonathan Bowers and Mary.
(VIII) Anna Hunt, second child and eldest daughter of John and Abigail ( Billings ) Kimball, born in Temple, August 4, 1800. died May 16, 1864. She resided in Wilton, was a school teacher in early life, and was noted for her kindness to the poor and unfortunate. She married, May 29, 1823, Moses Spaulding. (Sce Spaulding, VII).
(IV) Ebenezer, eight child and fifth son of Samuel and Mary ( Witt) Kimball, was born in Wenham, about 1690, and died in Hopkinton, Mass- achusetts, in 1769, aged seventy-nine. He resided in Wenham and Beverly, and was a yeoman and a mason. In 1740 he moved to Hopkinton, Massachu- setts, and bought property and resided there the remainder of his life. His will, probated in 1773, is on file in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He married, June 9, 1712, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Carr, of Salisbury, Massachusetts. They had nine chil- dren : Elizabeth, Mary, Dorothy, Ebenezer, Richard, Abigail, Sarah, Anna and Boice.
(V) Richard (3), fifth child and second son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Carr) Kimball, was born in Wenham, December 20, 1722, and died in Newton, Massachusetts, March 2, 1803, aged eighty-one. He went from Wenham with his father to Hopkinton, Massachusetts, where he lived till about 1764. March 5 of that year he bought a house and lot in Natick, Massachusetts, and resided there tili 1790, when he bought land in Newton, and removed to that place, where he spent the remaining thirteen years, of his life. His wife's forename was Sarah. Their eleven children were: Sarah, Abigail, Mary, Elizabeth, John ( died young), Thomas, Sibilla, Richard, Eben- ezer, John and Edmund.
(VI) Richard (4), eighth child and third son of Richard (3) and Sarah Kimball, was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, April 17, 1773, and died in Rindge, New Hampshire, November 13, 1845, aged seventy-two. He removed to Rindge, New Hampshire, in 1807, and bought one hundred acres of land about one-half mile west of the village of West Rindge, and was a farmer and the first manu- facturer of clothes pins in the town. These latter he made with a knife and a hand saw. He whittled them into a desired form, and made the wedge- shaped opening with a handsaw. He sold them dur- ing his accustomed travels through Rindge and the adjoining towns in quest of customers. He was an ardent Methodist, and was licensed to preach. He married Lydia McIntyre, in Boston, Massachusetts, April 16, 1793. Their children were: Sibilla, Rich- ard, Sally (died young), Samuel M., Ebenezer, Dew- ing, Sarah, Lydia, James M., Mary, Tryphena, Try- phosa and Elijah S.
(VII) Samuel McIntyre, fourth child and second son of Richard (4) and Lydia (McIntyre ) Kimball, was born in Natick, Massachusetts, March 28, 1801, and died in Rindge, 1882. He was educated in the common schools and grew up on his father's farm. In 1839 he bought one hundred acres of land near the village of West Rindge, and there engaged in farming and also carried on the business of wheel- wright until the time of his death. He was a Re- publican in political sentiment, and for more than twenty successive years was elected sealer of weights and measures. He was a Methodist, and for many years steward and trustee of the Methodist Church. He married Melinda Peirce, who was born in Rindge, May 3, 1803, daughter of Elipha and Phebe ( Streeter) Peirce, of Rindge. Their children were: Samuel D., Elipha S., Mary M., Susan H., Charles D., George E., S. Warren, Harriet E. and Martha Jane. Samuel D. died young ; Elipha S., born July 13, 1823, was a manufacturer of woodenware, and re- sided in West Rindge. Mary M., born August 13. 1826, married, August 13, 1846, Edmund Bemis, of Troy, New Hampshire, and resided in Rindge. Susan H .. born October 12. 1829, married Elijah Bemis, of Rindge. Charles D., born June 4, 1832, resided in Rindge. George E., born June 20, 1833. resides in West Rindge, New Hampshire. Samuel
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W. is the subject of the next paragraph. Harriet E., born February 21, 1843, married, December 23, 1861, Ambrose Butler. Martha Jane, born April 17, 1844, died February 21, 1864.
(VIII) S. Warren, seventh child and fifth son of Samuel M. and Melinda ( Peirce) Kimball, was born in Rindge, December 31, 1835. He was edu- cated in the common schools of Rindge, and was variously employed until 1864, when he began the' manufacture of woodenware, such as butter prints, mauls, rolling pins, etc., on a small scale. By atten- tion to business and by turning out good work he built up a good trade, to supply which required the assistance of two or three hands. He was engaged in manufacturing until 1902, when he retired. He is a Republican, and has been a member of the board of selectmen and filled minor town offices. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for fifty-four years, and has been steward twenty years, and class leader twelve years. He is a mem- ber of Mary L. Weare Grange, No. 192, Patrons of Husbandry, of which he has been chaplain and master. He married (first), October 2, 1855, in Keene, New Hampshire, Emilie F. Davis, who was born in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, September 15. 1835, and died in Rindge, September 17, 1874, daugh- ter of Joseph and Hannah (Lawrence) Davis, of Ashburnham. He married (second), October 13. 1875. Lucia O. Austin, of Gardner, Massachusetts, who was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, December 13, 1849, daughter of William and Lucy (Richard- son) Austin, of Gardner. They have an adopted daughter, Annie B., who married Elwin Jewell, and resides in Rindge.
(III) Thomas, third son of Richard (2) and Mary Kimball, was born November 12. 1657, and died October 16, 1732, near the close of his seventy- fifth year. His wife, Elizabeth Potter, died Decem- ber 4. 1823. They had several children.
(IV) Daniel, son of Thomas and Elizabeth ( Pot- ter) Kimball, was born 16844, and died December 17, 1754, aged seventy years. His wife, Esther Foster, died June 12, 1753.
(V) Thomas (2), son of Daniel and Esther (Foster) Kimball, was born July 29, 1716, and died December 5. 1767, in his fifty-second year. He was married March 3, 1743, to Penelope Johnson of Andover, Massachusetts, and their children were: Phebe, John, Rebecca and Thomas.
(VI) Thomas (3), youngest child of Thomas (2) and Penelope (Johnson) Kimball, was born July 17, 1753, and was a soldier of the Revolution, serving in Captain Samuel Johnson's company in 1776. He died October 20, 1825. He was married March 6, 1781, to Olive Lovejoy, who was born 1754. and died January 28, 1842, in her eighty-eighth year. Their children were: Olive (died young), John. Sally, Rebecca, Thomas, Olive, Betsey, Phebe and Susan.
(VII) Olive, fourth daughter and seventh child of Thomas (3) and Olive (Lovejoy) Kimball, was born March 15, 1794. and became the wife of David Cross, ( see Cross, V).
(III) Caleb, fifth son and child of Richard (2) and Mary Kimball, was born in Wenham, Massa- chusetts, April 9, 1665. He was a mason by trade. He bought land in Exeter, New Hampshire, as early as 1720, and resided there for a time, then returned to Wenham. He sold his farm to his son Abraham, on condition that he should pay the other children their shares. (Mention of Abraham and descend- ants follow in this article). His wife's name was Sarah. She died February 20, 1731-2, and he died in Wenham, January 25, 1725-6.
(IV) John, third child and second son of Caleb and Sarah Kimball, was born December 20, 1699, in the town of Wenham. He was a carpenter by trade, and resided on land in Exeter, New Hamp- shire, that he obbtained from his father. He also owned land in Kensington and Chester, New Hamp- shire. He married (first), February 14, 1722-3, Abigail Lyford, who died February 12, 1737-8. He married (second), September 18, 1740, Sarah, daugh- ter of Deacon Thomas and Mary L. Wilson. She was born November 23, 1709. He died in Exeter, 1785. He was the father of fifteen children.
(V) Joseph, fourth child and second son of John and Abigail (Lyford) Kimball, was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, January 29, 1730-1. His first wife, according to tradition. was Olive Wilson. He married for his second wife, in 1762, Sarah Smith, born 1740. They resided in Exeter, and in 1788 removed to Canterbury, New Hampshire. He became blind before leaving Exeter, and never saw the town of Canterbury, in which he resided for twenty-six years. He and his wife died in Canter- bury, November 6, 1814, and March 1, 1858, respec- tively, and are buried in the cemetery near Hackle- borough, where a monument has been erected to their memory.
(VI) John, eldest son and third child of Joseph and Sarah (Smith) Kimball, was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, November 20, 1767. He married, November 21. 1793, Sarah Moulton, daughter of Benjamin Moulton, of Kensington, New Hampshire. She died April 30, 1853. They moved from Exeter, to Canterbury, New Hampshire, February 17, 1794, and settled on the farm owned by his father, just north of the Shaker village, where he lived for sixty-seven years. He was a farmer, wheelwright, and hay-rake manufacturer, and did a large business through central New Hampshire, buying wool. He died in Canterbury, February 26, 1861.
(VII) Benjamin, eldest child and son of John and Sarah ( Moulton) Kimball, was born in Canter- bury, New Hampshire, December 27, 1794. He married, February 1, 1820, Ruth Ames, daughter of David and Phebe ( Hoit) Ames, of Canterbury, New Hampshire. After living two years with his father on his farm, he resided two years on a farm in Northfield. He moved to Boscawen, New Hamp- shire, in the spring of 1824; and purchased the farm on High street, then known as the Frost place. In 1830 he purchased of Hon. Jeremiah Mason, of Portsmouth, attorney for the United States Bank, its land and water power at the south part of the town (now Penacook). He removed there and re- sided in the house he had bought, situated next east of the hotel. He was an active and influential business man. In 1831 he built the lower dam across the Contoccook river, and erected and put in oper- ation the brick grist and flouring mill now in use. This was the first improvement of the water power at the upper falls, now the centre of the growing village of Penacook. In company with his cousin, William Moody Kimball, he carried on an exten- sive lumber trade. In March preceding his death he was elected to represent the town in the legis- lature, but his health did not permit him to take his seat. He died at Penacook, July 21, 1834. His wife died October 22, 1874, at the residence of her son John, with whom she had lived as a widow forty years. Mr. and Mrs. Kimball were the parents of five children: 1. John, born April 13, 1821. 2. Elizabeth Jane, born April 12, 1825. She was drowned in the pond near the carding mill of Cap- tain Samuel M. Durgin, in Boscawen, September 20, 1840. 3. Joseph Ames, born October 8, 1826, died
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