Richard
Kerby
Sr.
Born about in Virginia
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of Henry Kerby
and Hannah (UNKNOWN) Kerby
Husband of
Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) Kerby
— married
about 1715 in Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Kerby, Francis Kirby, Elizabeth (Kerby) Goolsby, Henry Baker Kerby and Richard Kerby Jr.
Died after
after about age 68
in Halifax County, Virginia
Profile last modified
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Biography
He was born before 1710 and his parents were Hannah and Henry Kerby.
Richard Kerby or Kirby had married an Elizabeth (of unknown maiden surname).
On 08 Sep 1730 he received a land patent in Goochland County, Virginia for 400 acres on the north side of James River, on branches of Lickinghole Creek, adjacent to the lands of Henry Atkinson, Philip Hoggatt and Joseph Scott. [1]
- Later, his wife, Elizabeth Kearby, relinquished her dower rights in this property when it was divided up ...
- - 1742/Feb/16 deed for 100 acres sold to William Parrish. [2]
- - 1742/Feb/16 deed for 300 acres of this tract to Francis Kearby of Hanover County, Virginia. [3]
He had a land grant recorded on 25 Jul 1741 in Goochland County, Virginia for 400 acres on south side of Riviana River, both sides of Cunningham Creek, bounded by Racoon Creek, adjoining land of Michael Holland. Richard later gave this land as a gift to his daughter, Betty Goolsby or Goldby. Cunningham Creek is in present day Fluvanna County, Virginia (latitiude 37 51' 05"N, longitude 078 15' 55"W; topographic map: Palmyra).
On 14 Feb 1743 Richard Kearrby paid 40 pounds to Abraham Whitworth, for 300 acres on the north side of James River, bordering south side of Rockfish River in St.James Parish, Goochland County, Virginia. [4]
On 20 Aug 1744 he made a deed of gift of 100 acres (from the former Whitworth tract) in Goochland County, Virginia to James Goldbey or Goolsby and his wife "Betty" (undoubtedly his daughter Elizabeth Kirby). [5]
By 1749 he resided in Lunenburg County, Virginia [6] (now Halifax County, Virginia area).
In 1754 part of Lunenburg County went into the creation of Bedford County, Virginia.
On 16 Dec 1758 the South River Monthly Meeting in Bedford County, Virginia reported that Richard Kerby & his wife Elizabeth, received by request and referred to the care of Halifax Monthly Meeting. [7]
He was last mentioned in the Quaker records of South River Monthly Meeting on 21 Apr 1759 in Halifax County, Virginia.
Marriage
- Marriage:
- Husband: Richard Kerby, Sr.
- Wife: Elizabeth UNKNOWN
- Child: Elizabeth "Betty" Kirby m: James Goolsby
- Child: Richard Kerby, Jr. m: Judith Echols.
Research Notes
Possible connection to a Richard KRIBY named as a headright in a patent granted in 1642.
The 2 Wikitree profiles below should not be confused as they are different men with the same name ...
- - Richard Kerby-23 m: Elizabeth (unknown)
- (son of Hannah & Henry Kerby).
- - Richard Kirby-527 m: Judith Moody
- (son of Mondeford Kirby & Rebecca Allen).
Sources
- ↑ "Cavaliers and Pioneers" v1 by Nell Marion Nugent; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants in 7 volumes; v3 p394
- ↑ Goochland County, Virginia Deed book#4 p131
- ↑ Goochland County, Virginia Deed book#4 p124
- ↑ Goochland County, Virginia Deed book#4 p384
- ↑ Goochland County, Virginia Deed book#4 p406; wife Elizabeth not mentioned; land to descend to the eldest child of Betty, and if none, to return to heirs of Richard Kerby; witnesses: Abraham Whitworth & Francis Kearby; recorded: 21 Aug 1744
- ↑ 1750 Tax List of Lunenburg County, Virginia for Richard Kerby with 1 tithable
- ↑ Hinshaw's Quaker Encyclopedia p309 for Richard Kerby
- Goochland Co. deed abstracts posted to Rootsweb (original citation has been lost)
- Goochland County, Virginia Deed book#4 p124 at LDS Family History Center in Montgomery, Alabama ...
- microfilm #0031654 for Deed Books 4&5;
- microfilm #0031655 for Deed Books 6-8;
- microfilm #0031656 for Deed Books 9-11.
- Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy by William Wade Hinshaw in 6 volumes by Genealogical Publishing Company & Broderbund Family Archive CD#192 [all or most now available online] v6 p328 S. River Monthly Meeting ...
- 1758/12/16 Richard & wife Elizabeth, recrq & rtco Halifax MM
- 1758/12/16 Richard Jr. recrq & rtco Halifax MM
- 1760/01/19 Richard rmt Judith Echols
- 1765 Judith [Kerby] death
- 1768/06/18 Richard, Jr., Banister MM, disowned mcd (m. his first w's sister's dt)
- 1778/01/02 Richard [Kerby] dis. married by a priest
- 1778/02/21 Richard con misconduct & rst.
- Freeman Family Lines by Stephen M. Lawson on 1999/5/27; Kerby-Tarrant; unproven as father of John
- http://steve.lawson.net/smlawson/kerby.htm by Stephen M. Lawson - broken link
- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/15024057/family Ancestry Family Tree submitted by ancestry.com member
Acknowledgements
- Wikitree profiles Kerby-23 & Kirby-69 were created on 16 Nov 2010 through import of rsturley20100927.ged
- Wikitree profile Kirby-377 was created on 17 Aug 2011 by Vonda Stafford
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
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~0.78%
Gary Burchfield
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Dan Smith :
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~0.39%
Eloine (Patton) Chesnut :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T786816 [compare], FTDNA kit #466700
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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Categories: Goochland County, Virginia Colony
And, there is a Richard Kirby of Hanover County, Virginia who died sometime after 27 May 1771, he's mentioned in a land deed, 249 acs off Cunningham Creek he sold. (Albemarle County Deed Book 5, 1771, pg 309) Richard obtained the land in 1741. There is no evidence Hanover Richard was Quaker. If you look into "The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia 1706-1786" a Protestant church there are numerous records for a Henry, Henry Jr, John and William. This line may be related to the Southampton Richard but, I believe they are two different men.
This has made me rethink my entire Kirby line from William Kirby and Alley Seay back. I'm think records for the Hanover/Goochland County Richard Kirby are mixed with the Southampton/Halifax County Richard Kirby as I don't believe these two men are the same person. The article from Alberta Dennstedt, The Virginia Genealogist Vol 23 (1979) that most of us rely on seems to mix these Richard Kirbys and their children into one line and while the names are the same, the locations are off, putting one set in central Virginia and the other in southern Virginia.
I would love to discuss with interested folk. (Nina Reauveau)
Kirby-527 might be meant to be the same person but he has some wrong children connected to him, and there needs to be a solid connection found to Southampton Co first because this Richard (377) is first known in Goochland Co. So far, all prior origins for him are speculative.