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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] Erasmus Darwin Kimball 1840's
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 18:55:27 -0400
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Deb Gilligan wrote:
>
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> I have yet to find your Abigail, however, I did get a promising hit in
> Methuen regarding her parents:
> enumerated on 7 September 1850 federal census in Methuen, Essex, MA
> David ALGER, age 61, occupation farmer, born in in VT (? very hard to read
> all the places of birth)
> Sarah W., age 57, born in Mass.?
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> *George A. KIMBELL, age 1, born in Mass.?
>

The Grafton family is probably not related. I thought at first that
George A Kimball could be the child of Erasmus and Abigail but there is
no birth of a George A to them and if he was born after their marriage
then I believe he would have had a fractional age. However I am not
sure with 1850.

There was a George Alden Kimball born in Bradford which is next to
Lawrence on the other side from Methuen born to Phillip and Dorothy
Bohonan 17 Jan 1847 and another George A born in Ipswich in 1848 but
that is too far away.

bob gillis

But here is an interesting tid bit;

Lawrence Births: Darwin E Kimball son of J B, spinner, born Carroll
County NH and A S born Berwick ME 12 Sep 1849.

Erasmus Darwin was an English poet and grandfather of Charles of
Evolutionary fame. I think JB was probably related to ED, possibly a
brother.

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