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surveyor of the highways in 1771, 1775, 1776,
1780 and 1781 ; was also selectman and assessor,
in 1779. He died in Westport Oct. 9, 1798,
aged sixty-seven years. His widow Hannah
passed away in 1819 at Westport, Mass. Their
children were: Nathan, born July 4, 1751;
William, March 21, 1753; Sarah, April 11,
1755; George, March 9, 1757; Wesson, April
15, 1759; Elihu, June 13, 1761; Benjamin,
June 18, 1763 ; Jonathan, July 14, 1765 ; Mary,
in 1767; Hannah, July 19, 1769; Ruth, Oct.
19, 1771; Paul, Oct. 20, 1773; Abraham, Dec.
11. 1775; and Elizabeth. The mother of these
was a direct descendant of Francis Cooke, of
the "Mayflower," 1620, from whom her descent
is through Elder John Cooke, of Plymouth and
Dartmouth, and his wife Sarah (Warren), she
a daughter of Richard Warren, also of the
"Mayflower"; Arthur Hathaway and his wife
Sarah (Cooke), of Marshfield and Dartmouth;
George Cadman and his wife Hannah (Hathaway)
; and William White and his wife Elizabeth
(Cadman).
(VI) Abraham Kirby, son of Wesson, born
Dec. 11, 1775, in that part of Dartmouth which
there are evidences pointing to it) to be a son
of Samuel White, of Rochester, who was the
son of Resolved White and grandson of William
White, of the "Mavflower," 1620 (see pp. 347-
348. "The Kirbys'of New England"). This
William White, of Dartmouth, moreover, married
Elizabeth Cadman, a direct descendant of
Francis Cooke, of the "Mayflower." The children
of Abraham and Eunice (White) Kirby,
all born in the town of Westport, Mass., were:
Amy, bom Jan. 20, 1804; Abner, May 4, 1806 ;
Harvey, in 1810; Deborah, Dec. 24, 1812;
Stephen P., April 9, 1815; and Harvey W.,
Sept. 8, 1819.
(VII) Stephen P. Kirby, son of Abraham,
born April 9, 1815, married (first) June 30,
1839, Harriet N., born May 18, 1820, daughter
of Nathan Crary Brownell, of Westport,
Mass. She died May 21, 1857, and he married
at Brighton, and distributing them through
southern Massachusetts. His children were:
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Albert C, born March 17, 1841 ; Wilfred Smith,
July 31, 1843 (died Jan. 3, 1878) ; Edward
B., Sept. 21, 1847 (died at sea in 1862) ; Frank
R., May 28, 1850 (married Oct. 11, 1877, Cora
L. Eddy, and is in business in New Bedford) ;
Henry P., Aug. 15, 1856 (died March 1, 1862).
(VIII) Albert C. Kirby, son of Stephen
P., born March 17, 1841, married Jan. 21, 1869,
Cynthia White Brownell, born Aug. 15, 1843,
daughter of Holder and Love (Baker) Brovmell,
the former a great-grandson of Abner Brownell,
the first town clerk of Westport, and the latter
a daughter of Ezra and Susan Baker. Mr.
Kirby has long been one of the substantial and
influential men of Bristol county. He was
elected collector of taxes in Westport in 1863,
and held office for four years. In 1863 he
was elected town clerk, and held that office
six years. He was a justice of the peace and
auctioneer for about thirty-four years. He
was made deputy sheriff of the county in 1879,
and true to the example set by earlier generations
of the Dartmouth-Westport-New Bedford
became the town of Westport, married Feb. -3,
1803, Eunice, daughter of Obed and Sarah
(Peckham) White, he a son of George and
Deborah (Shaw) White and grandson of William
White, of Dartmouth, the latter of whom
is believed by some (and while there are no
positive records Kirbys proved
yet found of the connection
an efficient and faithful public
servant, and like them a "stayer," for he sustained
such relation to Bristol county for thirty
years. In 1894 he was made special deputy
sheriff. In politics he has always been a stanch
Republican. More recently he has been engaged
in business in New Bedford, being now
a member of the firm of Kirby & Hicks, livery-
men. In 1890 and 1891 Mr. Kirby represented
the towns of Westport and Dartmouth in the
Massachusetts Assembly.
The children of Albert C. and Cynthia
Wiite (Brownell) Kirby were: Holder Crary,
born Aug. 8, 1874 ; and Wilfred Stephen, born
Feb. 3, 1883, who is in business with his father.
(IX) Holder C. Kirby, M. D., son of Albert
C. and Cynthia White (Brownell), was
born in the town of Dartmouth Aug. 8, 1874.
His early education was acquired in the public
schools' of New Bedford, from which he
graduated
in the class of 1893. He then
entered Brown University, taking the regular
course for three years and doing special work
in biology. He graduated from the medical department
of the University of Pennsylvania in
1900, with the degree of M. D. During his
course he gave special attention to the study
of pathology. After receiving his degree he
went to Pittsburg, Pa., as resident physician
at Mercy hospital, after which he spent three
months in the Children's hospital at Philadephia,
and five months in the Municipal hos-
(second) Jan. 1, 1871, Diana, born in 1842,
daughter of Charles M. and Desire Macomber,
of Tiverton. R. I. Mr. Kirby lived at Westport,
Mass., where for many years be was a