Person:Ichabod Kirby (2)

The biography and family information for Ichabod Kirby was summarized in the book "The Kirbys of New England" by Melatiah Everett Dwight, published in 1898.

Ichabod Kirby lived in that part of Dartmouth which afterward became the town of Westport.

In 1737 he was surveyor of highways, and in 1744 was chosen constable, but declined to serve.

He died probably in 1794. His will, dated March 29, 1788, mentioned his wife Rachel, his son John Kirby, his son David Kirby, his daughter Ruhamer Wilbor, and his daughter Rachel Kirby; mentions also "my three grandsons Humphrey Kirby and Robert Kirby, sons of my son John Kirby, and Ichabod Wilbor the son of my dau. Ruhamer Wilbor." He also left to his five granddaughters (names not mentioned) a small bequest apiece. The witnesses were Elijah Gifford, Richard Kirby, and Richard Kirby, Jr.

What is believed to have been Ichabod Kirby's house in Westport is still standing, although somewhat altered. "The stone fire-place formerly occupied the whole of the north end of the house. There was a door on either side near the fire-place so that they could take a horse and draw a log into the house and put one end in the fire-place, and then, when it was burned off, move the log in again until it was consumed."