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Nathaniel Holmes and Abigail Kimball

Deacon Nathaniel Holmes, the son of Peleg Holmes and Abigail Bradford, was born on Tuesday, 21 October 1755 in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died at the age of 83 on Monday, 4 February 1839.

Nathaniel Holmes (aged about 28) married Abigail Kimball (aged about 25) in 1784 in Central Chebogue, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.

Abigail Kimball, the daughter of Nathaniel Kimball (name uncertain) and his wife Martha (name uncertain), was born in about 1759 and was baptized on Sunday, 9 April 1758 in Wenham, Massachusetts. She died at the age of about 87 on Saturday, 21 March 1846.

Their children were:

• Capt. Peleg Holmes, born on Friday, 15 April 1785 in Central Chebogue, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, died in December 1856. He married Mary Trefry on Tuesday, 31 December 1805 in Central Chebogue, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.

• Nathaniel Holmes, born on Wednesday, 7 February 1787 in Central chebogue, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, died on Wednesday, 27 March 1839. He married Mary Bartlett in 1809.

• Elisha Holmes, born on Wednesday, 11 March 1789 in Central Chebogue, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, died in 1870. He married Lydia Trefry on Thursday, 4 April 1811.

• John Holmes, born on Wednesday, 13 April 1791 in Central Chebogue, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. He never married.

• Joseph Holmes, born on Saturday, 8 June 1793 in Central Chebogue, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. He married Sarah Perry.

• Samuel Holmes, born on Sunday, 30 August 1795 in Central Chebogue, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, died on Thursday, 15 September 1796. He never married.

• Abigail Holmes, born on Tuesday, 25 July 1797 in Central Chebogue, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. She married John Trefry.

• Ruth Holmes, born on Tuesday, 15 June 1802 in Central Chebogue, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. She married William Hibbard.

Nathaniel b. 1787. Elisha b. 1789, m. 1811. John b. 1791. Joseph b. 1793.
Samuel b. 1795, d. 1796. Abigail b. 1797. Ruth b. 1802. IGI has Nathaniel (Sr.)
born 21 Oct 1755 (might be 1757)

If the Yarmouth Genealogies printed in the Yarmouth Herald is correct and our
Abigail died at the age of 87, then she would be born between 22-Mar-1758 and
21-Mar-1759. Also, Abigail's sister-in-law Mary Holmes married a Samuel Kimball
in 1776. Thus our Abigail should have a brother named Samuel born before 1760,
probably around 1750-1752.

IGI lists no Abigail Kimballs born in either CT or RI, but does list the
following born in MA:

    Abigail b.  1 Jun 1755      Dover           Richard Kimball & Ann Hanson
    Abigail bpt 9 Nov 1755      Ipswich         Benjamin Kimball
    Abigail b.  20 Feb 1756     Bradford        Nathan Kimball & Sussanah
    Abigail bpt 4 Dec 1757      Hopkinton       Richard Kimball
    Abigail bpt 9 Apr 1758      Wenham          Nathaniel Kimball

as well as

    Samuel  b.  11 Nov 1750     Wenham          Nathaniel Kimball & Martha

Thus it would appear that there is a reasonable chance that Abigail and Samuel
are the children of Nathaniel and Martha Kimball of Wenham, MA. I've listed
them as her parents and 9 Apr 1758 as her baptism date based solely on this
speculation.

AHD:
Nathaniel was from England, reputed to be the brother of John Holmes the
ancestor of Oliver Wendall. Lists Nathaniel's children as: Peleg, Nathaniel,
Elisha, and Tamazon.