Eleazer Kimberly (November 17, 1639 - February 3, 1709)"Eleazer Kimberly"
''lythgoes.net''. Retrieved 2010-12-13. was the sixth

Secretary of the State of Connecticut The secretary of the State of Connecticut is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Connecticut. (The definite article is part of the legal job title.) It is an elected position in the state government and has a term length of four ...

. Born in

New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,02 ...

, to Thomas Kimberly and Alice Atwood of

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, Kimberly was reportedly the first male child born in New Haven.McGhan, Judith.
Genealogies of Connecticut Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register
' (Genealogical Publishing Com, 1983), pp. 355-356. He was a

schoolmaster The word schoolmaster, or simply master, refers to a male school teacher. This usage survives in British independent schools, both secondary and preparatory, and a few Indian boarding schools (such as The Doon School) that were modelled after B ...

in Wethersfield from 1661 to 1689."Eleazer Kimberly"
''nefamilies.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-13. In the 1690s, he held several positions in

Glastonbury Glastonbury (, ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town, which is in the Mendip district, had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. Glastonbury ...

, including Commissioner and Town Clerk. Kimberly served as Secretary of Connecticut from 1696 until his death in 1709. He was "one of the best penmen of his time, as attested by the town and colony records." Kimberly was married three times and had five children. He built the

Kimberly Mansion The Kimberly Mansion is a historic house at 1625 Main Street in Glastonbury, Connecticut. It was the home of Abby and Julia Evelina Smith, political activists involved in causes including abolitionism and women's suffrage. By contesting the a ...

in the early 18th century. Kimberly was also a minor character in the 1958 children's historical novel, ''

The Witch of Blackbird Pond ''The Witch of Blackbird Pond'' is a children's novel by American author Elizabeth George Speare, published in 1958. The story takes place in late-17th century New England. It won the Newbery Medal in 1958. Plot summary In April 1687, 16-year-o ...

''."''The Witch of Blackbird Pond''"
. ''clem.mscd.edu''. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kimberly, Eleazer 1639 births 1709 deaths Politicians from New Haven, Connecticut Secretaries of the State of Connecticut People from Glastonbury, Connecticut