Solomon Kimball House (Wenham, Massachusetts)
The Solomon Kimball House, probably built in 1696, is a historic house at 26 Maple Street in Wenham, Massachusetts. Although named for nineteenth- and early twentieth-century owner Solomon Kimball, the house was built by Thomas and Mary (Solart) Killam -- he the veteran of a pivotal battle in King Philip’s War and she the sister and aunt of defendants in the Salem Witchcraft Trials.
Eighteenth-century owners included speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives William Fairfield, and American Revolutionary War veteran Capt. Matthew Fairfield.
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Read more about Solomon Kimball House (Wenham, Massachusetts): History of Ownership, Thomas and Mary (Solart) Killam, William, Esther (Batchelder) and Rebecca (Tarbox) Fairfield, Capt. Matthew and Abigail (Ayers) Fairfield, Maps
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