Sarah was born 1 May 1667[1]
"The children of Richard Kirby and Patience Gifford were :
" i. Sarah Kirby, b. May i, 1667 (" One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families ");
m. Samuel Merihew [b. 1667] of Dartmouth, son [should be brother] of Jonathan Merihew.
He was constable of Dartmouth in 1719.
Cautionary Note: Kirby Genealogy is in error this Will is that of Samuel Merithew b. 1710, who is not Sarah Kirby's husband. His will, dated Sept. 29, 1733, makes no mention of wife or children. He names his father Jonathan " Merithew," his sister Mary Merithew, his sister Grace Burlingham, " my sisters Desire, Susanna and Dinah," his brother Roger Merithew, and his brother Jeremiah Merithew. He gives to his father all his real and personal property. It may therefore be assumed that his wife was dead and that he had no children. " The Kirbys of New England ... page 237 https://archive.org/details/kirbysofnewengla00dwig/page/n506/mode/1up?view=theater&q=Merihew
by Dwight, Melatiah Everett
New England Historic Genealogical Society (99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. 02116)
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The dates seem to be off, so it may need more work, If 1710 is Samuel's date of birth.
It appears the Kirby Genealogy is in error. Samuel Merithew is JONATHAN MERITHEW'S brother born about the same year as Sarah Kirby, not Samuel born 40 years later
edited by Adrian Stanley