Person:Eleazar Kimberley (2)

Biography

Source:^S3

"Eleazar Kimberly, of Wethersfield, where he was a schoolmaster, and Glastenbury, which he represented in the general court, was a son of Thomas Kimberly, of Dorchester, who, in 1639, with wife Alice, removed to New-Haven, where Eleazar was bapt. Nov. 17th, of this year; it is claimed that he was the first male child born in New-Haven colony.

"In 1667 he became a freeman; he was chosen commissioner for Glastenbury in May, 1693, and in May, 1698, received the appointment of justice for the county of Hartford. In May, 1696, he was chosen to succeed the veteran secretary of the colony, John Allyn, in the duties of that office, and in the following October was appointed, with John Allyn and Major James Fitch, to revise the laws of the colony.

"He was town clerk of Glastenbury from 1692 to 1708; he was one of the best penmen of his age, as the town and colony records attest. The text is all in his autograph, and one of the finest original documents, as regards mechanical execution, which has ever fallen under our notice. [Note: the text being referred to is a document titled "Decision of the Privy Council in the Matter of the Liveen Legacy," written 7th day of January, 1703.]

"Mr. Kimberly held the office of secretary till his death, which took place Dec. 3, 1709. He left an estate of L356 to son Thomas and four daughters."

Will

Source: ^S2

Page 211
Name: Eleazer Kimberly
Location: Glastonbury
Died February, 1708-9. Invt. œ356-04-11. Taken 11 February, 1708-9, by John Kilbourn, Sen., and William Wickham. Will dated 30 January, 1708-9.

I, Eleazer Kimberly, being sick and weake, do make this my last will and testament: I give to my son Thomas Kimberly my housing and all my lands in Glastonbury, to be to him and his heirs forever, reserving to my two daughters, Elizabeth and Ruth, who now live with me, convenient and comfortable room in my dwelling house so long as they shall have need of it, they to have the benefit of the new room until my sd. son puts a new covering upon the roof of the old room and clap-boards the sides of it and mends the windows, and makes it comfortable for them; also 1-2 of the fruit in my orchard. I give them also 1-2 of my garden, sufficient quantity of grass land for the wintering of 3 cows, and also convenient pasture for the 3 cows. And what other estate I have in debts, goods or whatever, my will is that it be equally divided amongst my 4 daughters, consideration being had of what either of them have already received. My will is that my daughter Elizabeth shall have my lands at the lower end of Wethersfield Meadow, at the value of œ30. I appoint my son Thomas and daughter Elizabeth executors. I desire my friends, Lt. Samuel Hale and John Curtis, Sen., to be overseers.
Eleazer Kimberly.

Court Record, Page 121--15 February, 1708-9: Will proven. The signatures of the legatees, under their hands and seals, were endorsed upon the original will as presented to the Court in acceptance of the will of their father, Eleazer Kimberly, written by his own hand and signed by him, but not sealed or witnessed.
Signed: Thomas Kimberly, ls. Ruth Kimberly, ls. Elizabeth Kimberly, ls. Mary Hubbard, ls. John Kilbourn, ls. John Hubbard, ls. Sarah Kilbourn, ls.

This Court grant letters of Adms. unto Thomas Kimberly, Elizabeth having refused to accept the trust of executorship.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} 4. Eleazer² Limberly, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Genealogy of the Kimberly Family. (Neenah, Wisconsin, United States: Privately Printed for James Cheney Kimberly by George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wisconsin, 1950)
   15-18.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Kimberly, Eleazer, Glastobbury, in Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records
   2:89.
3.   The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847-1998, "Documents Relating to the Colonial History of Connecticut - With Notes," Harry H. Eads, July, 1869, 23:344.
4. ↑ Eleazer Kimberly, in Find A Grave.