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The Solomon Kimball House, probably built in 1696,〔On March 6, 1695/6 Thomas Killam was given permission by the town to cut enough pine timber (from town-owned common land) to yield 700 boards, suggesting that the house was built during the warm months of 1696 or 1697. Although Killam was chosen as surveyor of “high ways” for the west end of town at the January 3, 1686 town meeting, the road that would be known as Maple Street was not laid out until 1704. See ''Wenham Town Records'', vol. 1, pp. 82, 86, 87, 101, 102, 130, Wenham Town Clerk’s Office.〕 is a historic First Period house at 26 Maple Street in Wenham, Massachusetts. Although named for nineteenth- and early twentieth-century owner Solomon Kimball, the house was built by Thomas and Mary (Solart) Killam〔Deed from William Fairfield to Josiah Fairfield, Feb. 13, 1737/8, refers to “Thomas Killam()s homestead.” See Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 78, pp. 178-179.〕—he the veteran of a pivotal battle in King Philip’s War and she the sister and aunt of defendants in the Salem Witchcraft Trials. Eighteenth-century owners included Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Deputies William Fairfield, and American Revolutionary War veteran Capt. Matthew Fairfield. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. ==History of ownership== * 1701: Thomas Killam sold his dwelling house, barn, orchard and house lot of 25 acres (along with 1.5 acres of meadow land in Lord’s Meadow, Wenham) to William Fairfield.〔Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 15, p. 63, deed dated July 22, 1701.〕 Further research is needed to determine when and from whom Thomas bought the parcel. * 1725: William Fairfield gave the house and a house lot of 2 acres to his son Josiah Fairfield〔Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 70, pp. 75-76, deed dated April __ 1725.〕 as a wedding gift * * William reiterated this gift on two subsequent occasions. First, in 1738, William gave Josiah one-fourth of William’s 45 acres of “homesteads and lands in Wenham and elsewhere” (reserving 16 poles for a burying ground) and another one-fourth to William’s son Benjamin—Josiah’s share including “Thomas Killam()s homestead,”〔Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 78, pp. 178-179, deed dated February 13, 1737/8.〕 and Benjamin’s share including William’s homestead.〔Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 84, pp. 121-122, deed dated February 13, 1737/8.〕 Second, in his 1742 will, William refers to his deeds of gift to sons Josiah and Benjamin, and gives them the remainder of his real estate, representing 180 acres of “sundry parcels” in Wenham and Ipswich.〔Essex County (MA) Probate, Docket 9198, will dated June 29, 1742.〕 * * Over the years Josiah added to the acreage of his house lot, expanding it to 46 acres by 1767. He appears to have had some financial difficulty around this time, however, because in January 1767 he sold various assets (his dwelling house, barn, “out houses,” house lot of 46 acres, additional parcels of upland and meadow, lots in Wenham Great Swamp, and his pew in the Wenham Meeting House) to his brother Benjamin for £600〔Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 121, pp. 231-232, deed dated January 14, 1767.〕—and seven months later purchased the same assets (less a lot of upland and the pew in the meeting house) back from Benjamin for £550,〔Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 126, pp. 217-218, deed dated August 10, 1767.〕 and at the same time sold Benjamin 40 acres on the south side of current-day Maple Street (with barn) for 10 shillings.〔Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 125, p. 143, deed dated August 10, 1767.〕 * 1771: Josiah Fairfield gave “the back part of my dwelling house with the cellar under it and the entry that is between that back house & my dwelling house,” along with one-half of his cider house and cider mill, to his son Capt. Matthew Fairfield〔Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 135, pp. 80-81, deed dated January 13, 1771.〕 * 1777: Josiah Fairfield died and bequeathed all his real estate to his sons Matthew and Josiah, Jr., in reversion, after the death of his wife Elizabeth (Appleton) Fairfield. An inventory of Josiah’s real estate lists a “mansion house,” half a barn, half a cider house, a quarter of a cider mill and about 45 acres of land, the total value of which was £600.〔Essex County (MA) Probate, Docket 9191, will dated September 27, 1777 and inventory dated December 1, 1777. For death of Josiah on October 5, 1777 see ''Vital Records of Wenham, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849'', Salem, MA, The Essex Institute, 1904, p. 196.〕 * 1783: Josiah’s widow Elizabeth (Appleton) Fairfield sued Matthew and Josiah Fairfield, Jr. to secure her possession of her late husband’s real estate, resulting with a six-acre house lot〔Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 141, pp. 123-124, dated July 18, 1783, resolved August 5, 1783. The house lot is described as follows: First we assigned & sett off the Dwelling house of Said Josiah Fairfield Esqr deceased in Wenham & the appurte- nances also the land under & adjoining to said house bounded as follows viz beginning at the highway westerly on land of the heirs of Daniel Gott decease- ed Northerly & Easterly on Land of Francis Porter Southerly on the highway to the bounds first mentioned Also a Small piece of land bounded as follows viz Westerly on land of Said Porter Northerly on land of Benjamin Fairfield Southerly on the highway to the bounds first mentioned the whole contain- ing about Six acres be the same more or less Further research is needed to ascertain when Elizabeth (Appleton) Fairfield died.〕 * 1797: Matthew Fairfield sold the property (i.e., a “mansion house” and six acres, including a “small piece of land” called “the nursery”) to Thomas Kimball and Joseph Fairfield for $333.33〔Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 162, p. 277, deed dated February 23, 1797. Further research is needed to determine when Joseph Fairfield conveyed his interest in the property to Thomas Kimball.〕 * 1810: Thomas Kimball died, the inventory of his estate including a house, “old” and “new” barns, a cow barn and “old shop.” Thomas' widow Huldah (Porter) Kimball died in 1835.〔Essex County (MA) Probate, Docket 15769, Estate Administration, March 5, 1811. Wellington Pool, “Inscriptions From Gravestones in the Old Burying Ground in Wenham,” 1882, p. 11: “In Memory of | MR. THOMAS KIMBALL | who departed this life, | Dec. 27 1810. |Æt. 54. | Retire my friends dry up your tears, | Here I must rest till Christ appears.” “In memory of | Mrs. Huldah Kimball, | wife of | Mr. Thomas Kimball, | who died Feb. 27 1835 | aged 75 years. | Also their Son | Mr. John Kimball | who died Nov. 15, 1835, aged 44 years. | Happy souls your days are ended | All your sufferings here below | Go by angel guards attended | To the arms of Jesus go.” ''Vital Records of Wenham'', 1904, pp. 207 (Huldah’s death on February 27, 1835), 209 (Thomas’ death on December 27, 1810).〕 Their son Thomas Kimball, Jr. eventually bought out his siblings’ interests in the real estate.〔See Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 203, p. 248 for March 21, 1814 deed from John Kimball to Thomas Kimball, Jr., selling his interest in the real estate of Thomas Kimball; see Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 220, p. 68 for March 14, 1815 deed from Edmund and wife Mary Kimball, and Ebenezer and wife Betsey Todd to Thomas Kimball, Jr., selling their interest in the real estate of Thomas Kimball. See Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 214, p. 131 for August 8, 1817 mortgage of Thomas Kimball to Edmund Kimball, mortgage released December 6, 1820, describing two lots totaling 100 acres, bordered in part by current-day Maple Street and current-day Topsfield Road.〕 * 1845: Thomas Kimball, Jr. died, and son Solomon E. Kimball inherited his house〔Pool, “Inscriptions From Gravestones in the Old Burying Ground in Wenham,” 1882, p. 11: “Mr. | THOS. KIMBALL | Died | Oct. 25, 1845. | Æt. 56.” ''Vital Records of Wenham'', 1904, p. 209 (death of Thomas on October 25, 1845). See Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 708, p. 111, deed dated February 7, 1866, in which Edmund and wife Mary O. Kimball, Ebenezer and Susan Kimball, and Joseph G. and Nancy Kent sell (for $50.00) to Solomon E. Kimball their interest in “() certain farm which was the homestead of our late father, Thomas Kimball” and three other lots of land inherited from Thomas Kimball. See Essex County (MA) Deeds, Book 4145, p. 107, recorded March 4, 1955, for copy of record of death of Betsey E. Kimball (daughter of Thomas, Jr. and Nancy Kimball) who died September 4, 1864 in Wenham; see Book 4145, p. 108, recorded March 4, 1955, for copy of record of death of Sarah J. Kimball (daughter of Thomas, Jr. and Nancy Kimball) who died December 27, 1852 in Wenham; see Book 4145, p. 109 for Affirmation of Elwell F. Kimball stating that Thomas Kimball (Jr.) died at Wenham in October 1846 ().〕 * 1924: Solomon E. Kimball died intestate, and son Elwell F. Kimball inherited Solomon’s “()arm in Wenham including land and buildings” valued at $5,500.00〔Essex County (MA) Probate, Docket 150305, Petition, November 18, 1924, in which Elwell F. Kimball of Thompson, CT states that Solomon E. Kimball last dwelt in Gloucester and died September 4, 1924; Administrator's Inventory, February 3, 1925 (valuation of farm).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Solomon Kimball House (Wenham, Massachusetts)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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