Elizabeth
Kirby
formerly [surname unknown] aka Carter
Born about in England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Francis Kirby
— married
1645 in Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph Carter
Died before
before about age 77
in England
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Apr 2011
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Biography
Elizabeth (Unknown surname) was born in England about 1584 (based on the age of her son Joseph Carter.
She married a man with the surname "Carter" in about 1604 and with him had one known son, Joseph Carter.[1]
Apparently her first husband died for she married as a widow, (2ndly) to Francis Kirby.[1][2]
Elizabeth's husband sent a letter of introduction for his step-son, Joseph Carter, to Governor Winthrop on April 11, 1639. In it, Francis Kirby describes Joseph Carter as "my loue deserving son and faithfull servant." Further Kirby writes, "so soone as he was freed from my service had an earnest desire to come to N: England." It seems Kirby was friendly with both the father and son Winthrop through his first marriage to Susan Downing - Susan's brother, Emmanuel Downing was married to Winthrop's sister.[2]
Her son, Joseph, returned to London about 2 years later and lived with Elizabeth and her husband at "the signe of the three pidgeons in Bishops-gate-street prior to his marriage."[2]
Elizabeth was not listed in her husband's will, dated July 24, 1660, so it is assumed she died before that date. The three daughters of her son Joseph and his wife are listed in Kirby's will, they are: "...Eunice Rachel, Sarah Carter, daughters of Joseph Carter, deceased..."[1]
Research Notes
- Elizabeth, by her 2nd husband, Francis Kirby, had step-children: Joshua and Sarah. (Kirby had an additional son, Francis, by this first wife who died on the day of his birth.)[1]
- Francis Kirby's Will gives legacy to "Elizabeth Turfett, daughter of George Turfett, the grandchild of his late wife Elizabeth, deceased"[1]which has led some to belifve Kirby's wife's surname was Turfett. However, the granddaughter's mother may have been the daughter and George Turfett the son-in-law; thus Elizabeth's surname remains unknown.
- Francis Kirby not listed in Savage's Genealogical Dictionary.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Vol. 35 (1881) p. 371 - 375. "Thomas Hale of Newbury, Mass., 1637. His English Origins and Connections." by Robert S. Hale.subscribers$
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Susan Hardman Moore. "Abandoning America, Life-Stories of Early New England" Boydell Press (Woodbridge) 2013. pp 75, 76.
See also:
- Ancestral File Number: H0H6-CR
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The will of Francis Kirby gives bequest "to Elizabeth Turfett, daughter of George Turfett, the grandchild of his late wife Elizabeth, deceased." However George Turfett may have been a son-in-law, and his wife the daughter of Elizabeth wife of Francis Kirby. I found no indication of Elizabeth Kirby's surname in the source, so think it should be LNAB: Unknown; CLN: Kirby; OLN Carter.
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