Robert KIRBY

(b. 10 May 1674 , Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 10 March 1757 , Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay )

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Robert KIRBY was born 10 May 1674 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Robert KIRBY was the child of Richard KIRBY and Patience GIFFORD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Richard KIRBY and Jane UNKNOWN

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Robert married Rebecca POTTER abt. 1699 in Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Rebecca POTTER was born abt. 1681 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram). Rebecca died 21 December 1773 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram). Rebecca was the child of Nathaniel POTTER and Elizabeth STOKES.

Robert KIRBY died 10 March 1757 in Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay .
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Robert KIRBY married

Rebecca POTTER-- Date: abt. 1699 Place: Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

Rebecca POTTER was the child of Nathaniel POTTER and Elizabeth STOKES

KIRBY Robert Robert (?1674-1757) & Rebecca [POTTER] (-1773), Portsmouth, RI by 1701?, by 1704 Dartmouth {Austin's Dict. 357 Potter (10 pts) 8:1 Cornell 392}

Children of Robert KIRBY and Rebecca POTTER:

Patience KIRBY (b.abt. 1704, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 20 January 1740, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay )
m. John LAWTON 13 October 1722 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Nathaniel KIRBY (b.abt. 1708, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 21 August 1748, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay )
m. Abigail RUSSELL 25 March 1731 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Ichabod KIRBY (b.abt. 1710, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. abt. 1794, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA )

Recompence KIRBY (b.abt. 1712, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. abt. 1771, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay )

Silas KIRBY (b.abt. 1714, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. , )

Robert KIRBY (b.abt. 1717, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. abt. 1802, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Abigail ALLEN 13 December 1744 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

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1674 Birth
'Robert Kirby, son of Richard and Patience (Gifford) Kirby, b. 10 March 1674'

Title Little Compton Families. Little Compton, Rhode Island
Volume 1 of Little Compton Families, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, ISBN 0806347031, 9780806347035
Author Benjamin Franklin Wilbour
Edition 5, reprint
Publisher Genealogical Publishing Com, 2010
ISBN 080634704X, 9780806347042
Length 452 pages

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1722 Marriage of Child
Patience KIRBY married 13 October 1722, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) to John LAWTON

1731 Marriage of Child
Nathaniel KIRBY married 25 March 1731, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) to Abigail RUSSELL

1740 Death of Child
Patience KIRBY died 20 January 1740, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Robert was 65 years old.

1744 Marriage of Child
Robert KIRBY married 13 December 1744, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) to Abigail ALLEN

1748 Death of Child
Nathaniel KIRBY died 21 August 1748, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Robert was 74 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Death
10 March 1757
Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

He died at the age of 82.

Added: 4/12/2009 10:03:07 PM - Updated: 8/28/2019 1:14:51 PM

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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state