Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-17
NEWFANE.
The kimball Family.

! ne NlmDall amlIy.
The tribute of Mr.. Nelson w. Kimball
of Dubuque to his father and grand
father and to his birthplace in Newfane
was interesting and well deserved. The
homestead was settled by his great
grandfather. Aaron Kimball, from Graf
ton. Mass, house wright" that is q
carpenter. who bought lots A and 45 in
the second division pee. ., 1913, on which
the buildings stand He came and set
tied there probably the next year, and
his was then the westernmost settlement
in Newfane, and between there and the
west side of the Green mountains.
1t was next west of Moses Kenney's.
who came from Northboro Mass, and
settled on the then first place west of
Luke Knowlton's on Newfane hill. in the
same year. IVA, which became the well
known Kenney homestead. Moses Ken
ney became the second deacon of the
church and remained such a long time,
and was almost always called Deacon
Kenney. The place was kept after him
10y his son. Capt. Silas Kenney, who mar
ried Eunice Newton daughter of the ell
der Marshall Newton and sister of the
later Judge Marshall Newton of New
fame. and of Rev. Holland Newton.
Capt. Kenney was commander of COM
pany of cavalry, and afterwards Of
uniformed company of infantry. one of
the handsomest ana best drilled com
panies in this brigade and some said i'm
the state. After Captain Kenney. his
son, Henry s KenneY, occupied the Ken
ney homestead till he left it and moved
to the Kelley place cast of the fair
ground. Between the Kenneys and the
Kimballs there always existed the best
of lifelong neghborhood interests and
friendships.
Joseph Knowlton of Shrewsbury,
Mass, married Mary. daughter of Dea
Il of mi yp
Knowlton. \ few years after his
brother-in-law settled in Newfane he
settled in Wardsboro, and his son Ma
than at the meadows i'm Newfane north
west of Aaron Kimball and Moses Ken
ney. The Nathan Knowlton place be
came a notable homestead i'm Newfane
After him it was occupied by his son
Benjamin. who was father of Benjamin
LauriSton knowlton. a prominent lawyer
of Jamaica. who was father of John l.
| Knowlton, and of Mrs. Jerry Young who
was mother of David Young. These
were Young & Knowlton, late merchants
of Brattleboro. John Holhrook married
Sarah. daughter of Luke Knowlton. and
settled at first in Wardsboro near Jo-
seph Knowlton's where he was licensed as
tavern keeper a June term of court.
1891 He soon afterwards removed to
Brattleboro and was the father of Gov
ernor Holbrook.
3
brook off from the road from Fayette-
willie to South Wardsboro. south east of
/ Nathan Knowlton's. His son Erastus
/ lived there afterwards and was the
father of Franklin Robbins of Boston.
and Marcus Robbins of Brattleboro, Ger
trude. daughter of Franklin. is now
Mrs. II. F G. Todt of Brattlehoro
Capt Philip Rutter first settled on the
east side of the straight road leading
south from Newfane hill on the brow of
/ the second hill. in. 1773; but he soon after
/ removed to the well known Rutter place
northeast of Nathan knowlton's off from
/ the straight road from Fayetteville to
/ Wardsboro. on the north side He lived
there many years. and his son, Philip. af-
ter him till the latter moved to Towns
bend in the ffties Besides these there
were the Rices, the Cushings the Halls.
and many others who had well kept
/ homes and reared worthy families in the
/ neighborhood comprised in the northwest
/ part of the good town of Newfane.