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T3. 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 2 Potter (Nathaniel 1 of Portsmouth, R. I.)
Robert Kirby of Dartmouth Mass, born May 10, 1674; married Rebecca Potter daughter of Nathaniel Potter (born 1637;
died Oct. 20, 1704, son of Nathaniel Potter of Portsmouth, R.I.). Little is known concerning him. He was a member of
the Society of Friends, and lived in that part of Dartmouth which afterward became the town of Westport, and near the
Coaxit, or Noquechuck, River. The Proprietary Records of Dartmouth (Vol. I, p. 92) state that, in 1712, some 212 acres
of land were laid out for Robert Kirby’s homestead on east side of Coaxit River. This land was next to that owned by
George Cadman. He died in 1757. Rebecca, his widow, died in 1773, and her will was approved Dec. 21st of that year.
Robert Kirby’s will, dated March 26, 1755, was allowed March 10, 1757. In his will he makes his wife Rebecca his
executrix, and orders his sons Ichabod Kirby and Recompence Kirby to assist their mother in her office. He divides the
homestead between his sons Silas Kirby and Robert Kirby. He mentions his daughter Bersheba Kirby; also “my (p.
241) grandsons Weston Kirby and Justus Kirby, sons to my son Nathaniel Kirby deceased”; also five grandchildren “the
children of my dau. Patience Lawton deceased, namely, Rebecca Milk, Mary Duval, Peace Howland, Lidda Lawton, and
George Lawton.” Witnesses: Peter Allen, Nathaniel Howland, Restcome Sanford.
Children of Robert and Rebecca Kirby
(according to his will, arranged in the order of their several marriages):
1. Patience, b.?; d. before March 26, 1755; m. 13th of 10th mo. 1722, John Lawton of Portsmouth, R. I., son of George
Lawton.
T2. Nathaniel, b.?; (See the next generation).
3. Ichabod, b.?; d. Westport, Mass. in 1794; m. Dartmouth, Mass. 21st of 11 mo. (Jan.) 1732-3, Rachel Allen, b. May
2, 1732, daughter Joseph, Jr.
4. Recompence, b.? ; d. after 17 Sept. 1771; m. 16 Dec 1736, Rebecca Cornell, b. 9 Mar. 1718, d. after 17 Sept. 1771,
daughter William and Mehitable (Fish) Cornell.
5. Silas, b.?; d. between 27 June-4 Oct.1785; m. Dartmouth, Mass 8 Feb. 1742, Elizabeth Russell, daughter of Jonathan
and Judith (maiden name unknown) Russell, of Dartmouth, Mass.
6. Robert, b.? ; d. after 1802; m. Dartmouth, Mass, 13 Dec. 1744, Abigail Allen, b. 23 Feb, 1726-7, daughter of Seth
and Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) Allen.
7. Barsheba, b.?. Unmarried on 26 March 1755, date of her father's will. ((Page 242))