Mary KIRBY

Mary married Emmanuel BUCK on 17 Apr 1658 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. David BUCK was born on 3 Apr 1667 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Humphrey Kirby of Rowlington, Warwick, England

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He was registered as "Jo Kerbie," aged 12, on the passenger list of the "Hopewell." Capt. Babb, which sailed from London, Sept. 11, 1635 for New England. In August, 1643, he was registered in Plymouth, Mass., as "able to bear arms." Before April, 1645, he had become a resident of Hartford, for on the 8th of April of that year, he and Seth Grant had contracted to herd the cattle "on the North side the River for the yeare insueing." by 1647, he had become a resident of Wethersfield, where three of his children were born. In 1654, he had settled at Middletown, in what is now Cromwell; his homestead was situated in the extreme western part of the village at the bend of the Mattabesett River, near which is a bridge now known as Kirby Bridge. In the same year, he sold a house and land in Rowington, Warwickshire, England, to Richard, son of Thomas Lord of Hartford. He was made Freeman, May 20, 1658. He left twenty-four parcels of land comprising 1068 acres; his estate being inventoried at L552-05-10. Part of is original homestead he had sold to his son-in-law, David Sage, The inventory of his estate included 9 Bibles.

John married Elizabeth HINDS about 1644. Elizabeth was born in at or near Bury St. Edmunds, England; died after 1697. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was niece of Clement Chaplin of Wethersfield, Conn., or of Sarah (Hinds) his wife. (Conn. Hist. Coll., vol. 14; Hartford Lands Dist., 1639, p. 577)