Excerpt from The Kirbys of New England: A History of the Descendants of John Kirby of Middletown, Conn. And of Joseph Kirby of Hartford, Conn., And of Richard Kirby of Sandwich, Mass Another circumstance suggesting relationship between John and Richard Kirby is the fact that the former was at Plymouth Mass., in 1643, being then enrolled there as able to bear arms. At this time he was about twenty-one years of age, and supposing that he had accompanied Richard Kirby to Sandwich in 1637 as a member of the latter's family, he might naturally be found in 1643 at Plymouth, the principal town of the Old Colony. Since family names are sometimes family guides, it may be added that both Richard of Sandwich and John of Middletown had daugh ters named Sarah, and that their youngest daughters were named Abigail. Again, Richard had only two sons, one of whom was named after himself and the other received the Puritan name'of Recompense, but Richard, Jr., named his eldest son John, per haps after John of Middletown, whom, if indeed his uncle, he must have remembered, since Richard, Jr., was born before his father's removal to Sandwich. It is easy to give the reins to the imagination where one wishes to believe; and we should like to believe that John Kirby, the passenger of the Hopewell, aged 12 years, was brought by William Wood to his brother Richard Kirby of Lynn, where he became a member of Richard's family; that he removed with the same to Sandwich, where he resided until about 1643, when he removed to Plymouth, and shortly afterward sought his brother Joseph and the fertile lands of the Connecticut Valley at Hartford, Ct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.