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[FROM THE HARTFORD TIMES.

Kimberly. (Newtown, Conn. Abra-
ham Kimberly, second born at ALDER
marie Colony, Province Of Carolina,
March 4, 1674-75, married at Stratford,
Conn.,, February II. 1896, Abigail
Fitch, daughter of Thomas Fitch of
Wetherstield, by his first wife, Abigail
Goodrich, and granddaughter of Sam
uel and Mary (Whitlng) Fitch. Par
tial record Of chill !ren:
|. Hannah married James Hard of
Newtown.
IL. Abigail, married John, son of
Thomas and Sarah (Peat) Lake of
Stratford and Newtown, and had
among others Lake: l. Charity, born
1T Newtown, Conn, February 8, 1922
died there in January, 1899, aged 70,
married Nehemiah Skidmore of New
town, Conn.,, and New York City,
born February %, 17lS, died April 8,
1871, son of Lieutenant Thomas Skid
more of Stratford and Newtown, de-
scended from Thomas Scudamore of
Huntington, L. l., and Fairfield,
Conn.,, from Westerly, county Glou-
cester, England. 2. John Lake, Sec
ond, died at Newtown, Conn.,, Septem-
Der 8, 1853, aged about so, and was the
ancestor or the Lakes of Newtown,
Skidmores, and Shephards of New
York City, allied with Burtiss and
Noteworthy families. Wide "Old Mer-
chants of New York.')
Thomas Lake of Stratford was d.
rectly related to Thomas Lake Of Bos
ton, who fell riddled with shot from
the Indians in King Philips war, 1916,
and lies buried at Cops Hill. The
lead taken from his body still fills che
crevices of his tombstone.
III. Abraham Kimberly, third,
born, April %, 1902, died June l, 1772,
aged. about 10, married Abigail
Adams, October 81, 1925, who died De-
cember 30, TIA, aged about Y, daugh-
ter of Freegrace Adams by his second
wife Mary, daughter OF John Galpin
of Budd's Neck, Rye, and grand
daughter of Philip Galpin. Freegrace
Adams and Mary Galpin, married at
Stratford, Conn.,, January 8, 100, had
also: Mary Adams, married Joseph
Prindle, son of Ebenezer by first wife;
Elizabeth Adams, married John Hull,
ST., 17O4-1761, and had Ebenezer Hull,
Elijah Hull married Rebecca Sum-
mers, John Hull married Sarah Hep
burn-parents of Phebe Shephard(wife
of George): Eliphalet Hull, married
Rebecca Baldwin-parents of Anna
Sheppard (wife of Allen, and Mary
Hull married Simeon SHEPPARD.
Abiah Adams, youngest child of Free
grace and Mary (Galpin) Adams, mar
ried Nathan, son OF Dea Job and
Sarah (Seeley) Sherman, and had Ly-
man Sherman, baptized at NewtOwn,
November Is, 1857, died June II, 1922,
married Hepzibah, daughter of David
and Marcy Mallory and had Dea Joel
Sherman, born December 9, 1900, died
June 20, 1876, married Sarah, daugh-
ter of Nathan and Nancy Heaven
WORTH Shepard.
w. Sarah Kimberley, married (sec-
ond wife) Joseph Prindle, ST., .(whose
first wife was Mary, daughter of Free
grace Adams), and had two sons: Jo-
seph Prindle, Jr., and Abel Prindle.
Cyrus Prindle, son Of Joseph Jr., born
May 81, 176O, married April 3, 1882,
Polly Beers, born February 2, 1882,
daughter of Daniel Beers, a descen-
dant of Capt Richard Beers, killed at
the "Falls Fight" in King Philips
war, 1876, and had four children of
whom Lewis B. Prindle, born Febru-
airy 2, 1888, died December 10, 1850,
married Betsy, daughter of Nathan
and Abiah (Skidmore)Ferris, and had
William B. Prindle, married Maria,
daughter of Suction and Dymah Ann
(Hurd) Shepard.
V. Gideon Kimberley of Ripton par
ish, Huntington, Conn., married
Mary Osbourne, of Stratford, and was
the father Of Fitch Kimberley of New
town, who had Gideon and Polly, who
married Ephraim Platt, a grandson of
Timothy Platt, Of Fairfield and New
town, and a descendant of Richard
Platt of Milford, from Hertfordshire,
England, Bennett Platt, son of Eph-
rain, married Augusta, daughter of
Nathan and Nancy Neavenworth)
Shepard. This Fitch Kimberly family
acquired considerable landed estate in
that part Of Newtown adjacent to
Bethel.
vi. Mary Kimberly married Thomas
Leavenworth, February 10, 1924, son
of John Leavenwoyth, who died at
Newtown. January 3, 1852, aged near.
ly 70, not accounted for in the Leaven
worth genealogy.
| VII. Thomas Kimberly of Wood
bury.
VIII. Abiah Kimberly married Johr
Curtis of Woodbury.. (Ccthren, page
534.)
TX. Prudence Kimberly married
Josiah Smith of Stratford. Stigma
Re. N. SHEPPARD.