Richard KIRBY

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abt. 1631 , Sandwich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died

8 March 1719 , Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Richard KIRBY Jane UNKNOWN

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Born: abt. 1631 in Sandwich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father: Richard KIRBY

Mother: Jane UNKNOWN

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Richard married Patience GIFFORD 19 October 1665 in Sandwich, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Patience GIFFORD was born abt. 1643 in London, England. Patience died abt. 1674 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram).

Richard KIRBY died 8 March 1719 in Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay .
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Patience GIFFORD
Marriage date: 19 October 1665
Marriage place: Sandwich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Source: 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.

Marriage notes:

KIRBY RICHARD RICHARD (-1720) & 1-WF PATIENCE GIFFORD 9 OCT 1665 SANDWICH-DARTMOUTH {BARNSTABLE CO. PROB. 1:32 MCINTIRE ANC. 71, 96 RI VR 7:65 KIRBY 1 AUSTIN'S DICT. 135 GIFFORD 1 CORNELL 392 SEAMAN 115 HAMLIN 122 MD 3:202 REG. 55:303}

1665 GIFFORD RICHERD KERBY YE YOUNGER & PATIENCE GIFFORD WERE MARRIED YE NINETEEN DAY OF YE EIGHT MONETH IN YE YEARE ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY & FIVE: * 1665 MARRIAGE

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KARDELL, CAROLINE LEWIS, AND LOVELL, RUSSELL A. JR. VITAL RECORDS OF SANDWICH MASSACHUSETTS TO 1885. BOSTON, MASS.: NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 1996. (ONLINE DB. NEWENGLANDANCESTORS.ORG. NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 2008.)

Children of Richard KIRBY and Patience GIFFORD

Sarah KIRBY

Born: 1 May 1667, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: ,

Temperance KIRBY

Born: 5 May 1670, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 5 February 1761, Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: George PEARCE 22 March 1720 Place: , Rhode Island, USA

Experience KIRBY

Born: 5 May 1670, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 5 March 1745, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: John MOSHER 5 March 1692 Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

John KIRBY

Born: 2 March 1672 , Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: abt. 1727, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Rebecca MOSHER 1694 Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Robert KIRBY

Born: 10 May 1674, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 10 March 1757, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Rebecca POTTER 1699 Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

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' Kirby (d 1688), from Eng., 1636; settled at Lynn, later at Sandwich, Mass. ; 8- Richard (1638-1720), of Dartmouth, Mass.; m 1665, Patience Gifford (1643-77; William'. * 1st, );'

Title The compendium of American genealogy: first families of America; the standard genealogical encyclopedia of the United States, Volume 5
The Compendium of American Genealogy: First Families of America; the Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia of the United States, Albert Nelson Marquis
Author Albert Nelson Marquis
Editor Frederick Adams Virkus
Publisher A. N. Marquis
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Jun 4, 2008

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1665 Marriage / Partner
Richard KIRBY and Patience GIFFORD 19 October 1665, Sandwich, Massachusetts, USA (East Sandwich) (Forestdale)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1667 Birth of Child
Sarah KIRBY was born 1 May 1667, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

1670 Birth of Child
Experience KIRBY was born 5 May 1670, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

1670 Birth of Child
Temperance KIRBY was born 5 May 1670, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

1672 Birth of Child
John KIRBY was born 2 March 1672 , Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

1674 Birth of Child
Robert KIRBY was born 10 May 1674, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

1692 Marriage of Child
Experience KIRBY married 5 March 1692, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) to John MOSHER

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

1719 Death
1719 KIRBY Richard (Kerbe) of D., 8th, 1 mo. 1719-20, in 88th y., C.R.3. Death Dartmouth
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).

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