. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. of Methuen, and was sold by him to hisson, Oliver, in 1743,lor forty pounds. Rob-ert Kimball was agrandson of Richard,the first of the familyto settle in America,who came from theparish of Rattlesden,count V of S u ffo 1k,England, in 1634, inthe ship Elizabeth^ andsettled in Watertown,Mass., but removed toIpswich in 1637, wherehe was the town wheel-wright. His son, Ben-jamin, father of Robert, was a farmer and carpenter, andlived in Ipswich, Mass., Exeter, N. H., and Salisburyand Rowley, now Bradford, Mass. Oliver, son ofRobert, who was
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. of Methuen, and was sold by him to hisson, Oliver, in 1743,lor forty pounds. Rob-ert Kimball was agrandson of Richard,the first of the familyto settle in America,who came from theparish of Rattlesden,count V of S u ffo 1k,England, in 1634, inthe ship Elizabeth^ andsettled in Watertown,Mass., but removed toIpswich in 1637, wherehe was the town wheel-wright. His son, Ben-jamin, father of Robert, was a farmer and carpenter, andlived in Ipswich, Mass., Exeter, N. H., and Salisburyand Rowley, now Bradford, Mass. Oliver, son ofRobert, who was the first to settle on the place, wasborn in Bradford, May 24, 1724; married Mary Ober in1745, and died in Salem November 3, 1801. His son,Oliver, who succeeded to the farm, w^as born in Salem,. Charles F. I-vLvuiall 324 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. December 7, 1745, married Mary Allen, and died April20, 1821. He was a soldier of the Revolution, andfought at Bunker Hill. He was a selectman of Salemin 1793- He was succeeded by his son, Joseph, bornDecember 25, 1786, who married Rebecca Hazeltine,February 2, 1815, and died April 28, 1867. He was aprosperous farmer and also a selectman of the son, Charles, father of Charles F., was the next insuccession. He was born April 18, 1822, and married,in August, 1844, Celinda J. Hazeltine, born July 31,1825. He has been a successful farmer, has served asselectman and represented his town in the legislature in1891 and 1893. Charles Franklin Kimball, son of Charles and CelindaJ. (Hazeltine) Kimball, was born on the homestead,March 15, 1853, and has ever resided there. He wasunited in marriage, September 3, 1874, with MarthaElla Copp of Methuen, Mass., born September 3, have one son, Charles Allen Kimball, born July17, 187
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