This week's document for transcription is the 1794 Quitclaim Deed of Ichasbod and Rhode Wilbore selling land in Bristol County, Massachusetts to David Kirby in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
a) Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds 1792-1796, Pages 236-237, Image 123 of 867:
The transcription of this deed (with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search, with some errors corrected) is:
[Page 417, Starting in the middle of the right-hand page of the image]
Know all Men by these presents, that I Ichabod Wilbore of Easton in ye
State of New York yeoman, the receipt whereof I do acknowledge, have remised
released & forever quit Claimed, & by these presents do absolutly remise release
& forever Quit Claim unto David Kirby of Westport as afores'd & to his heirs &
assigns forever, all my right & Title in Saltmarsh given to me by my Grand-
father Ichabod Kirby in his last Will & Testament. In consideration of ye
said David Kirby paying to me thirteen pounds, thirteen Shillings of good
& lawfull money and S'd Marsh is Bounded as follows. Northerly on Marsh
belonging to Robert Kirby, Easterly & Southerly on Pasquanasket Creek,
& Westerly on marsh belonging to David Kirby, unto him the said
David Kirby and to his heirs & assigns forever, so that neither of the said
Ichabod Wilbore nor my heirs nor any other person for or under me, in
my right or stead hereafter shall have, claim or demand any right Ti-
tle, Intrest or property in or to the same or any part thereof but Shall
forever hereafter be utterly excluded and debarred by these presents. In
Witness whereof I the said Ichabod Wilbore have hereunto Set my hand
& Seal this Seventh Day of February one Thousand Seven hundred
& Ninety four, 1794. Interlined in ye 17th line before signing.
Signed Sealed & Delivered
in presence of us Ichabod Wilbore {s}
Jonathan Gifford Rhode Wilbore {s}
Humphry Kirby.
Bristol ss Dartm'o February 7'th 1794 Then the above named Ichabod Wil-
bore personally appeared and acknowledged ye above Instrument to be his
free Act and Deed hand & Seal before me
John Smith Justice Pacis
Rec'd April 21'st 1795. And recorded by James Williams Reg'r
A true copy from Book 73, Page 495 of Bristol Co. No. Dist. Land Records.
Attest : Emma E. Pray, Examiner
The source citation for this deed is:
"Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States land records," Quitclaim Deed of Ichabod and Rhode Wilbore to David Kirby, executed 7 February 1794, recorded 21 April 1795; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZW-S6QD?view=fullText : accessed 24 July 2026), Image Group Number: 007451275, "Bristol Deeds, 1792-1796," pages 417-418, images 212-213 of 867; original papers at Bristol County (Massachusetts) Register of Deeds.
By this record it appears that Ichabod and Rhode Wilbore of Easton, New York quitclaimed a parcel of salt marsh that was his grandfather Ichabod Kirby's to his uncle David Kirby for £13 13s. The parcel was bounded by lands of Robert Kirby, the creek, and David Kirby. The deed was executed 7 February 1794 and recorded 21 April 1795.
David Kirby (1740-1832) married Martha Sowle (1743-1828) in 1763 and they had two children. They are my 5th great-grandparents through their daughter Sibel Kirby (1764-1848) who married Humphrey Wite (1757-1814) in 1786.
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