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Brief Biographical Sketch:

John Kirby (1653) / Elizabeth (Hinds) Kirby

Name: John Kirby

Birth: Baptised January 4, 1624, Rowington, Warwickshire, England (Kirbys of New England/Dwight, 1898)

Emigration: To Boston 1636 ("Jo Kerbie aged 12 years" registered as passenger on the Hopewell, September 11, 1636.); in Hingham, Mass. by 1643; in Hartford in 1645; in Wethersfield, Conn. by 1647; to Middletown, Conn. between 1652 and 1654. (Kirbys of New England/Dwight, 1898)

Death: April 1677, Middletown, Conn.(MAN)

Occupation & Public Service: Farmer (Kirbys of New England/Dwight, 1898); deputy constable, surveyor of highways, pound keeper, & townsman.FFS)

Marriage: m. Elizabeth (unknown surname), perhaps Hinds (MUH), 1644, Hartford, Conn. (b. 1627, Bury St. Edmunds, England; d. 1697, Middletown or Windsor, Conn.) (Kirbys of New England/Dwight, 1898)

Children: 11 children between 1644-1666.(MVR, BCVR, Kirbys of New England/Dwight, 1898) (See in-depth profile in Member Area for details.)

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The First Meeting House, Middletown, Conn. The engraving below by W.C. Butler was a fanciful illustration for David Field's Centennial Address published in 1853. In 1939 the image was used on the title page of The Log Cabin Myth by Harold R. Shurtleff. Surrounding the engraving are signatures of some of the first settlers as found on wills and deeds by Charles C. Adams in preparation of Middletown Upper Houses (1908).