Robert Kirby (1674-1757) is #712 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #713 Rebecca Potter (1681-1773) in about 1700, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* their son #356 Ichabod Kirby (1805-1793) who married #357 Rachel Allen (1708-1801) in 1732.
* their son #178 David Kirby (1740-1832) who married #179 Martha Soule (1743-1828) in 1763.
* #89 Sibel Kirby (1764-1848) who married #88 Humphrey White (1757-1814) in 1786.
* their son, #44 Jonathan White (1803-1850) who married Miranda Wade (1804-1850) in 1824.
* their son #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married Amy Oatley (1826-1864) in 1844.
* their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913) who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.
* their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Robert Kirby[1–7]
* Sex: Male
* Father: Richard Kirby 1633-1720
* Mother: Patience Gifford 1644-1674
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 10 March 1673/4, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]
* Distribution: 4 April 1720 (age 47), will of father Richard Kirby proved; Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[4]
* Death: before 10 March 1757 (before age 84), Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[5–6]
* Probate: 10 March 1757 (age 84), will proven; Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[5]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Rebecca Potter 1681-1773
* Marriage 1: before 1700 (before about age 27), probably Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[7]
* Child 1: Patience Kirby 1700-1740
* Child 2: Ichabod Kirby 1705-1793
* Child 3: Nathaniel Kirby 1708-1748
* Child 4: Barsheba Kirby 1710-
* Child 5: Recompence Kirby 1712-1771
* Child 6: Silas Kirby 1714-1785
* Child 7: Robert Kirby 1717-1802
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
The biography and children of Robert Kirby was provided in the book The Kirbys of New England by Melatiah Dwight[1] and the book Ancestral Lines, Third Edition compiled by Carl Boyer 3rd[2].
Robert Kirby was born 10 March 1673/4 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay, the youngest child of Richard and Patience (Gifford) Kirby[1-3].
He married in about 1700, probably in Dartmouth, to Rebecca Potter (1681-1773), daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Stokes) Potter of Dartmouth[7]. They had seven children, all born but not recorded in Dartmouth:
* Patience Kirby (1700-1740), married 1722 John Lawton (1692-1753).
* Ichabod Kirby (1705-1793), married 1733 Rachel Allen (1708-1801).
* Nathaniel Kirby (1708-1748), married 1731 Abigail Russell (1712-1785).
* Barsheba Kirby (1710-????).
* Recompence Kirby (1712-1771), married 1736 Rebecca Cornell (1718-????).
* Silas Kirby (1714-1785), married 1742 Elizabeth Russell (1720-????).
* Robert Kirby (1717-1802), married 1744 Abigail allen (1726-????).
He was a Member of the Society of Friends (Quaker), and lived in that part of Dartmouth which became the town of Westport, near the Coaxit, or Niquechuck, River[1]. The records of Dartmouth state that he received 212 acres of land in 1712 for a homestead on the east side of the Coaxit River. The land was next to that owned by George Cadman[1].
Robert Kirbey was named the sole executor of the will of Richard Kirby, written 30 January 1708 and proved in Bristol County Probate Court on 4 April 1720[5]. In Richard Kirby's will, Robert Kirby was to receive:
"... all the rest and residue of the money contained in said bond, be it more or less, I give and bequeath unto my said son Robert Kirbey whom I make my whole and sole executor of this my last will and testament."
Robert had to pay the other legacies left in the will bequeathed to his children and grandchildren.
Robert Kirby died before 10 March 1757 in Dartmouth, when his will was proved in Bristol County Probate Court[5-6]. The will says:
In the Name of God Amen the twenty Sixth Day of march in the twenty Eighth year of his majesties Reign Annoque Domini 1755 I Robert Kirby of Dartmouth In the County of Bristol in the province of the massachusets bay in New england yeoman Being in my Declining years & week in body but of a perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God; Therefore Calling unto mind the mortality of my body & Knowing that itis appointed for all men once to dye do make & ordain this my Last will & Testament (that is to say) Principally & first of all I give & Recommend my sole Into the hands of God that gave it & my body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian burial at the Discretion of my Executrix herein after Named And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me in this Life I give Demise & Dispose of the same in the following manner & form.Imprimus I give & bequeath to my Loving wife Rebeckah Kirby the use & Improvement of the best house where I Now live for & During the time she Remains my widow.Itim I give unto my sd Wife Rebeckah two of my best Cows & one Rideing beast & also the Keep^ing^ of the sd two Cows & Riding beast both winter & Sumer on my homestead farm yearly & Every year During the time She Remains my widow & no longer at Equal Charge of my two Sons (viz) Silas Kirby & robert Kirby I also give unto my sd wife Rebeckah two hundred weight of good beaf & one hundred weight of Good Pork & twenty bushels of good Indian corn to be provided & Delivered unto her by my two Sons Namely Silas Kirby & Robert Kirby at Equal Charges It is to be understood So much of each sort yearly & Every year During the time she Remains my widow & No longer I also give unto her my sd wife Rebeckah Kirby the one half of all my houshold goods & a priviledge to Keep what souls she hath a mind to Keep on my sd homestead farm I also give unto her my sd wife Rebeckah Kirby the Sum of Eight pounds & ten shillings in Lawfull money of the province aforesaid I also give unto her my sd wife fire wood sufficient for her use Cut to a suitable Length & brought to the in manner following: four Cords thereof to be provided by my two sons (viz) Ichabod Kirby & Recompence Kirby at Equal Charges it is to be understood four Cords of wood yearly & Every year During the time She Remains my widow & all the Rest of the wood that She Shall have ocation of for her use to be provided & Delivered unto her by my two sons Namely Silas Kirby& Robart Kirby at Equal Charges.Itim I give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Barshaba Kirby the Sum of Eight pounds in Lawfull money of the province aforesd to be paid unto her by my Executrix one year after my Deceas out of my Estate I also give unto her my sd Daughter one half of all my house hold goods & a priviledge to Live in that house which I have given to her mother So long as She Remains unmarried.Itim I Give & bequeath unto my two beloved Sons Namely Ichabod Kirby & Recompence Kirby & to my Granson Weston Kirby all my Land Laid out in the fork of the River above Nacachuck Brigg to be Equally Divided between them & to be & Remain unto them my sd two Sons & Granson their heirs & assigns for Ever.Itim I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Recompence Kirby all my right of Lands and meadows in the horsneck to him his heirs & assigns ^for Ever^ I also give unto him my sd Son Recompence Kirby all my wearing apparel be it of what Nature or Cinde forever.Itim I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Ichabod Kirby & to my Granson Weston Kirby all my rights in the Salt meadow or Sedg flats lying in the River not adjoyning to the upland to be Equally Divided between them & to be & Remain unto them their heirs & assigns for Ever.Itim I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Robert Kirby the Northerly part of my homestead farm & it is Divided & Set of from the Southerly part as followeth to begin at the Notheast Corner of sd homested & to goe In the Line at the East End of the sd homested Southerly on the West Side of the highway Ninety three Rods to a Stake with Stones about It then to begin at the Stone wall near to the Northwest Corner of my sd homestead from thence South Ninety one Rods to a picked Rock with a wild Cheari tree Standing in a Crak of sd Rock & sd Rock is near to the place where my old Stable stood thence Easterly Straight to the above mentioned Stake with Stones about it And from the sd Rock the Line goes Westerly to the River In the Same Range as It Comes from the sd Stake to the sd peeked Rock this Range is to be the Dividing Line of my sd homested farm all which notherly part as it is Divided to be Set of from the Southerly part by the Range or Line aforementioned with the housing on the same I give unto him my sd Son Robart Kirby & to his heirs & assigns forever he allowing unto & providing for his mother Rebeckah Kirby as is herein before Given & ordered for him to Do And I also give unto him my sd Son Robart Kirby about one acre of Salt meadow which Lyeth against Timothey Gifford's homestead at the foot thereof to him his heirs & assigns for Ever.Itim I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Silas Kirby all the Remaining part of my home-steed farm it being the Southerly part of half to him my sd Son & to his heirs & assigns for Ever he acquitting my Estate & my heirs off that forty pounds which was given unto him by his Ant Temperance pearce & allowing & providing for his mother Rebeckah Kirby as I have herein before ordered him to Do.Itim I give & bequeath unto my two Sons (viz) Silas Kirby & Robert Kirby all my farming Eutencels & all my Cedar Rales that shall be left on my sd homesteed farm at my Decease to be Equally Divided between them my two Sons.Itim I Give & bequeath unto my five granChildren (the Children of my Daughter Patience Lawton Deceased) Namely Rebeckah Milk mary Davel peace Howland Liddia Lawton & George Lawton the Sum of five pounds in Lawfull money of the province aforesd to be paid unto them by my Executrix herein after Named one year after my Deceas out of my Estate & to be Equally Divided to & amongst them my sd five Granchildren.Itim I Give & bequeath unto my three Granchildeen (Children to my Son Nathanel Deceased) Namely Rebecah Kirby Lidda Kirby & mary Kirby the Sum of two pounds In Lawfull mony of the province aforesd to be paid unto them by my Executrix herein after Named one year after my Deceas out of my Estate and to be Equally Divided to & amongst them my sd three Grandaughters.Itim I give & bequeath unto my four Sons Namely Ichabod Kirby Recompence Kirby Silas Kirby & Robart Kirby & to my Granson Weston Kirby all my Rights In the Ceder Swamp to be Equally Divided between them my sd four Sons & Granson & to be & Remain unto them their heirs & assigns for Ever.Itim my Will is & I do Will & order that my Son Robart Kirby shall have a way through the Land that I have herein given unto my Son Silas Kirby from his land along Round the End of the Swamp in the old way until he comes to his own Land Sufficient to pass & Repass as he Shall have ocation.Itim my Will is & I do will & order that my Son Silas Kirby Shall have a way through the Land that is herein given unto my Son Robart Kirby from his own Land Down to the Common Landing place at or ner of North Side of sd homesteed farm Sufficient to pass & Repass as he shall have ocation.Itim I Give & bequeath unto my four beloved Sons Namely Ichabod Kirby Recompence Kirby Silas Kirby & Robart Kirby four fifths part of all my money & Live Stock that shall be left after my Just Debts Legacies & funeral Charges be paid & Discharged to be Equally Divided to & amongst them my sd four Sons.Itim I Give & bequeath unto my two beloved Gransons (Sons to my Son Nathanel Kirby Deceased) Namely Weston Kirby & Justus Kirby one fifth part of all my money & Live-stock that Shall be Left after my Just Debts Legacies & funeral Charges be paid and Discharged to be Equally Divided between them my two sd Gransons.Itim I do Nominate appoint Constitute make & ordain my Well beloved Wife Rebeckah Kirby my sole Executrix of this my Last will & Testamant & I do order my two Sons (Viz) Ichabod Kirby & Recompence Kirby to be helpful Aiding & assisting to their Mother in her Executership And I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke & Disannul all & Every other former Testaments wills Legacies bequests & Executors by me in any ways before Named Willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Day & year first before written.Signed Sealed published pronouncedAnd Declared by the sd Robart Kirby hisass his Last will and Testament In the Robart + KirbyPresents of us the SubscribersPeter AlleneNathanel X Tallman RestcomeSanford Beristoll
March the 10th 1757 Then before the Hon'le George Leonard Esq Judge of the Probate of wills &c for county of Bristol Came Peter Allen and Nathaniel Talman two of the witnesses to the before writting Instrument purporting the Last will and Testament of Robert Kirby Late of Dartmouth Dec'd and Made Oath that they were present and Saw the sd Deceased Sign Seal & heard him publish and declare sd Instrument as his Last will &Testament and that he was of a sound disposing mind and memory when he ????? and that they together with Restcome Sanford Signed as wittnesses at the Same time and all in the presence of the Testator. Coram George LeonardBristol May the 6th 1757Entred in the 15th B. Folio 349 351 Geo Leonard J???ey
5. SOURCES
1. Melatiah Everett Dwight, The Kirbys of New England; a history of the descendants of John Kirby of Middletown, Conn. and of Joseph Kirby of Hartford, Conn., and of Richard Kirby of Sandwich, Mass. together with genealogies of the Burgis, White and Maclaren families, and the ancestry of John Drake, of Windsor, Conn. (New York, N.Y.: The Trow printers, 1898), page 241, Robert Kirby family sketch.
2. Carl Boyer 3rd, Ancestral Lines, Third Edition (Santa Clarita, California, 1998), Robert Kirby family sketch.
3. James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, First Series, Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912), "Volume 7, Rhode Island Friends' Records," Births, page 65 (image 112 of 681), Robert Kirby entry, 10 March 1674.
4. Bristol County [Mass.] Register of Probate, Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records, 1686-1880, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org), "Bristol County Probate Papers, 1686-1880," Bristol 14000-15999, Estate packet 15230 (10 images), Richard Kirby, Dartmouth, 1757; original records in Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Archives.
5. Bristol County [Mass.] Register of Probate, Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records, 1690-1881, "Bristol County Probate Papers, 1686-1880," Bristol 14000-15999, Estate packet 15231 (25 images), Robert Kirby, Dartmouth, 1757; original records in Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Archives.
6. Melatiah Everett Dwight, The Kirbys of New England (New York, N.Y.: The Trow printers, 1898), page 241, will of Robert Kirby proved in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
7. Melatiah Everett Dwight, The Kirbys of New England (New York, N.Y.: The Trow printers, 1898), page 241, Robert Kirby and Rebecca Potter marriage, no date given.
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