Page 328 [Note: The following section is a summary of the direct Kirby line from Richard 1 Kirby (d. circa 1686-1688) to Hannah Kirby, whose marriage to Job Petty in 1809 joined the Kirby and Pettys lines. This is followed by a second section treating this same material in greater detail.] Reference: The following data is taken from The Kirbys of New England by Melatiah Everett Dwight, New York, 1898, 451 pages, with the references to the pages under each generation. T RICHARD 1 KIRBY, yeoman, of Lynn, Sandwich, and Dartmouth, Massachusetts, born probably in England, place and date unknown, and died in Dartmouth, Mass., after May, 1686, and before 21 July 1688. He married, probably in England before 1635, place and date unknown, Jane (last name unknown), of whom nothing is known. Richard Kirby first appears upon the records of New England as an inhabitant of Lynn, Mass., in 1636. In 1637, he removed to Sandwich, Mass., with others, where he resided until after 1660. He removed to Dartmouth, Mass., sometime after 1660 and before 1670, where he took the oath of fidelity in 1684 and again in May 1686. On 21 July 1707 his children entered into a division of his personal estate, the agreement stating that Richard Kirby, Sr., had died intestate “sometime more than ni<strong>net</strong>een years since.” His children were: Jane, Sarah, Ruhamah, Richard, Recompence (son) ((Pages 229-231)) T RICHARD 2 KIRBY, yeoman, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, born, place and date unknown, probably before 1638, and died in Dartmouth, Mass. before 4 Apr. 1720 when his will was proved. He married in Sandwich, Mass., 9 Oct. 1665 Patience Gifford who died after 20 May 1674, the daughter of William Gifford of Sandwich. He married, secondly, 2 Dec. 1678, Abigail (maiden name unknown) Howland, the widow of Zoeth Howland. His children, all by his first wife, were: Sarah, Experience, Temperance, John, Robert ((Pages 235-238)) T ROBERT 3 KIRBY, yeoman, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, born Dartmouth, Mass., 10 May 1674, and died there before 10 Mar. 1757, when his will was allowed. He married, place and date unknown, Rebecca Potter, born place and date unknown, and died in Dartmouth, Mass., before 21 Dec 1773, when her will was approved, the daughter of Nathaniel Potter (Nathaniel 1 ) of Portsmouth, R.I. His children were: Patience, Nathaniel, Ichabod, Recompence, Silas, Robert, Barsheba. ((Pages 241-242) TNATHANIEL 4 KIRBY, yeoman, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, born Dartmouth, Mass., date unknown, and died there before 21 Aug. 1748, when his will was approved. He married in Dartmouth, Mass., 25 Mar. 1731 Abigail Russell, born Dartmouth, Mass., 25 June 1712, and probably died there after 5 Nov. 1747, as she is named in her husband's will of that date, the daughter of James 4 Russell (Jonathan 3 ; John 2 ; Ralph l ) and Rebecca Howland. His children were: Wesson, Rebecca, Lydia, Mary, Justus. ((Pages,242-244)) T WESSON 5 KIRBY, yeoman, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, born in Dartmouth, Mass., 14 Oct. 1731 and died Westport, Mass., 9 Oct. 1798, aged 67. He married Dartmouth, Mass., 23 Feb. 1750 Hannah White, born Dartmouth, Mass., 1731 and died Westport, Mass., in 1819, the daughter of William and Abigail (Thurston) White of Dartmouth. He was a surveyor of highways in 1771, 1775, 1776, 1780 and 1781 and a selectman and assessor in 1779.
Page 329 His children were: Nathaniel, William, Sarah, George, Wesson, Elihu, Benjamin, Jonathan, Mary, Hannah, Ruth, Paul, Abraham, Elizabeth ((Pp.245-246) T JONATHAN 6 KIRBY, yeoman, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts and Westport, Massachusetts, born Dartmouth, Mass., 14 July 1765, and died Westport, Mass., 31 Oct. 1798. He married in Westport, Mass., 25 Jan. 1787 Peace Howland, born 1 June 1768, daughter of Philip Howland of Dartmouth, Mass. His children were: Hannah, Philip, William ((Page 282)) THANNAH 7 KIRBY, born Westport, Mass; “married March 9, 1809, Job Petty of Westport, son of Daniel Petty.” ((Page 282 ) NOTE: There was also a daughter Lydia named in her father’s estate not shown.
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