Kimberly, Thomas, 1681 - 1730
Thomas Kimberly was born on Sept 29, 1681, in Wethersfield, Connecticut, the son of Eleazer and Ruth Kimberly. He moved with his father Eleazer Kimberly to Glastonbury, where he met his wife Ruth Hale (m. May Feb. 24, 1704). He became a justice in Hartford County (1712) and served as clerk of the Court (1712) and clerk of Glastonbury (1713-30). He also served as representative from Glastonbury to the Connecticut General Court (1708-11, 1714-29), and as speaker of General Assembly (1726-29). He died in Glastonbury, Connecticut, on Jan. 29, 1730. Gary Boyd Roberts, et al., Genealogies of Connecticut families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983), 355-6, 358; Charles William Manwaring, Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995), 153, 184, 192, 255, 284, 303, 396; Alonzo Bowen Chapin, Glastenbury for Two Hundred Years (Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1853), 14, 64, 111, 177, 203-4; The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (15 vols., Hartford: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1850-1890), vol. 5, 194.
Born:
Sept. 27 or 29, 1681Died:
Jan. 19, 1730