Material donated by Richard Shaw relating to the Kimball/Chandler/Shaw families and property on Ipswich Road (455 Ipswich Road)
John Kimball, son of John and Sarah
Born: Feb. 7, 1685 in Boxford
Married: Elizabeth Chapman, Dec. 5, 1705
Died: May, 10, 1760 in Boxford
Nathaniel Kimball, son of John and Elizabeth Chapman
Born: Nov. 18, 1706 in Boxford
Married: Sarah Goodrich of Rowley, int. Nov. 1, 1730
Died: Dec. 9, 1784 in Boxford
Moses Kimball, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Goodrich
Born: April 16, 1740 in Boxford
Married: Rebecca Poor of Newbury ca 1766
Died: Feb. 16, 1795 in Boxford
John Kimball, son of Moses Kimball and Rebecca Poor
Born: Sept. 26, 1769 in Boxford
Married: Ruth Eastman of Haverhill, NH, Nov. 17, 1792
Mrs. Nabby Perley, May 10, 1832
Died: Apr. 24, 1850 in Boxford
Moses Kimball, son of John Kimball and Ruth(y) Eastman
Born: Jan. 8, 1798 in Boxford
Married: Mary Stone Eaton in Boxford, Oct. 20, 1833
Died: June 8, 1879 in Boxford
Note: state representative, 1839-1840; town clerk, 1837
Lucy Stone Kimball, daughter of Moses and Mary Stone (Eaton) Kimball
Born: June 21, 1834 in Boxford
Died: Apr. 29, 1901 in Boxford
George W. Chandler, son of George W. and Hannah (Lillis) Chandler
Born: 1868 in Brattleboro, VT
Married: Sarah A. (Shaw) Goldsmith, Aug. 22, 1904
Died: May 1, 1942 in Boxford
CORRESPONDENCE
Letter to Lucy S. Kimball from John G. Chandler, Brattleboro, VT
May 19, 1893
Letter to Lucy S. Kimball from John G. Chandler, Brattleboro, VT
June 22, 1893
Letter to Lucy S. Kimball from John G. Chandler, Brattleboro, VT
Aug. 20, 1893
Letter to Lucy S. Kimball from John G. Chandler, Brattleboro, VT
Oct. 2, 1893
Letter to Lucy S. Kimball (“Folks at the Farm”) from “Susie,” Revere, MA
Jan. [7] 1899
Letter to Lucy S. Kimball from N. Spofford, Haverhill, MA (regarding genealogy)
June 24, 1899
Letter to “Cousin” (Lucy S. Kimball) from Becca, “Home”
Sept. 28, 1899
Letter to “Brother” from John G. Chandler, Brattleboro, VT
Apr. 22, 1901
Letter to Lucy (Kimball) from Ruth
Undated
DEEDS/LEASES
Folder 1
Deed of Nathan Eames of Boxford, husbandman, to John Kimble of Boxford, husbandman, 30 acres of land in Boxford lying next to land already owned by John Kimble for 16L,
Aug. 5, 1710; Feb. 4, 1714
Recorded Aug. 12, 1769
Deed of William Foster of Andover, yeoman, to John Kimble of Boxford, husbandman, for his right to land in Boxford bought in partnership with his father, William Foster, John Kimble, and Jonathan Foster from Robert Eames, Jr., Apr. 3, 1695,
Nov. 28, 1721
Recorded Feb. 19, 1723
Partial document of an indenture between John Kimball of Boxford and John Foster for the sum of 36 pounds,
July 20, 1725
Deed of Zedadiah Foster, yeoman, and his son Dudley Foster, both of Boxford, to Moses Kimball of Boxford for 7 acres of land near that of Richard Tyler and Nathan Kimball for 34L 6s; also signed by Margaret Foster and Rachel Foster
Mar. 29, 1771, Apr. 30, 1771
Recorded June 21, 1771
Deed of Hezekiah Smith of Haverhill, clerk, and his wife Hephzibah Smith to Moses Kimball of Boxford, a parcel of meadow in Boxford for 71L 6s 8p
Dec. 18, 1772
Recorded Oct. 3, 1778
Folder 2
Bill of Sale of floor pew No. 3, “in the Meeting House lately erected & built in the second Parish in Boxford” by Stephen Barker of Andover, yeoman, to Moses Kimball of Boxford for 12L 6s 8p,
Feb. 10. 1775
Deed of Ann Barker of Boxford, widow, to Moses Kimball of Boxford, yeoman, for a parcel of land about 5 acres in Boxford near land of Capt. Jonathan Foster, Ens. Gideon Tyler, and Moses Kimball for 12 pounds,
July 6, 1776
Recorded Oct. 3, 1778
Deed of Moses Kimball of Boxford, yeoman, to John Kimball, Jr. of Boxford, for all of the lands and buildings thereon in the Second Parish owned by Moses Kimball for 200 pounds,
May 8, 1792, July 24, 1792
Recorded Aug. 14, 1792
Agreement between John Kimball of Boxford and his father Moses Kimball, that John cannot sell the farm during his father’s life, is to provide Moses Kimball with one half of the produce of the farm annually, to support his mother and father during their natural life with any necessary labor, and to pay one half of any taxes, with a bond of 400 pounds,
May 8, 1792
Feb. 11, 1795
Agreement signed by Moses Kimball to sell one half of his livestock, one half of his husbader, eutenchels (utensils?) and house furniture for 30 L, with the other half to be given after Moses’ death; signed by Moses Kimball, Hannah Kimball and Mary Kimball
Aug. 10, 1792
Feb. 11, 1795
Deed of Stephen Tyler of Boxford, yeoman, to Jonathan Tyler of Andover, yeoman, for land near Ipswich Road and land owned by Johnathan Tyler and Nathan Baker for $123.33,
July 20, 1796
Not signed or recorded
Indenture between John Runnels and his wife Rebecca Runnels, both of Bradford, and John Kimball of Boxford, to lease one third of a farm owned by the late Moses Kimball of Boxford for 99 years for $30,
April 9, 1798
Folder 3
Deed of Stephen Kimball of Boxford, yeoman, to John Kimball of Boxford, cordwainer, for 4 ¾ acres of woodland near that of Dr. Amos Spofford for $218.50, (poor condition)
March 19, 1806, Apr. 29, 1806
Recorded Jan. 2, 1808
Deed of Stephen Kimball of Boxford, yeoman, to John Kimball of Boxford, gentleman, 2 lots of land in Boxford for $73.83; signed by Stephen Kimball and his wife Elizabeth Kimball (poor condition)
Nov. 24, 1810, Dec. 6, 1810
Recorded Dec. 29, 1810
Sale of pew No. 44 on the floor of the Meeting House in the North Parish in Boxford by Jonathan Tyler of Andover to John Kimball of Boxford for $50,
June 26, 1816, July 19, 1816
Recorded by Moses Dorman, Town Clerk, Aug. 1816
Deed of Jedediah H. Barker of Andover, gentleman, to William Farnham, gentleman, and Moses Kimball, yeoman, both of Boxford, a parcel of land in Boxford called Fox Hill, near land of Leonard Carleton and Isaac Adams, and a piece of piece of Plain-land near land owned by Moses Wilkins and Abel Spafford for $212; signed by Jedidiah Barker and his wife Abigail Barker
Dec. 3, 1827
Recorded Jan. 12, 1828
Copy of the boundaries of a piece of land in Boxford sold by Stephen Kimball of Boxford to Moses Dole Spofford of Rowley, May 4, 1804. Isaac Gage, William Johnson and Jesse Kimball appointed referees to settle one of the lines by land of John Kimball,
May 27, 1839
Bond of Moses Kimball of Boxford to his father John Kimball of Boxford of $1,000; in consideration of the transfer of real estate and personal estate between father and son, Moses will keep and maintain his father and mother, Abigail Kimball, during the whole time of the natural life of John Kimball, with suitable meat, drink, clothes, lodging and other necessary things
March 27, 1841 (also a separate copy of this bond)
Memorandum of agreement between Moses Kimball of Boxford and E. G. Byam of Boston for the birch and pine wood and some time now standing on a lot of land on the north side of Stiles Hill (so called). Signed by Kimball and John Parkhurst, agent for Byam, Carlton & Co.
Jan. 20, 1874
Agreement of John G. Chandler of Boxford to sell a strip of land near the location of the Haverhill and Boxford Railway to Charles H. Poor of Haverhill, before July 1, 1905 for $200.
Agreement to be void provided that the Haverhill and Boxford Street Railway Company when organized shall not procure such locations within the Town of Boxford as to require the use of said premises for a street railway location
July 16, 1904
LAND RECORDS AND SURVEYS
Small plan showing three lots owned by M.E. Kimball, and one by Lucy S. Kimball; no date; location not identified
Small plan showing two lots owned by John Kimball along the “Ipswich Road over the plain” and one lot owned by Capt. Amos Kimball, Jr. along the “road leading to Boxford Meeting House”; no date. This may be the plan accompanying an envelope for “Miss R.T. Wood plan for plain pasture” (this is the land bordered by Mt. Vernon Road and Ipswich Road).
Account of N. Spofford of Haverhill for surveying wood lots for Lucy S. Kimball, May 30, 1889; includes description of difficulties identifying bounds
PROBATE DOCUMENTS
Folder 1
Nathan Kimball, 1784; 1786
Folder 2
Abigail Kimball (dower agreement), 1851
Folder 3
William Farnham, 1841; Rebecca P. Farnham, 1862
Folder 4
Richard Spofford, 1864
Folder 5
Moses Kimball, 1879
Folder 6
Unidentified sale of agricultural implements, produce, and woodlands
FINANCIAL RECORDS
John G. Chandler
INSURANCE RECORDS
Moses Kimball
BOXFORD BILLS
Leroy E. Colby, 1915
W.K. Cole, 1900
BOXFORD TAX BILLS
Lucy S. Kimball, 1899, 1900
BOXFORD SCHOOLS
Expenditures, Mar. 9, 1874
Report on Miss Pierson’s teaching (no date)
MILITARY ITEMS
Order to report for inspection, Jan. 15, 1918
Chart showing cruise of the USS Missouri through the Mediterranean Sea, June-Aug. 1904
Signed by David Shaw