The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for John Kirby, clerk
Generation No. 1
  1. John Kirby, clerk He was born 1780 to 1785 at Sussex
  He married Louisa on c 1815. She was born c 1790. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 18th Nov 1816; christened 9th Sep 1817 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
2 iiReverend Henry Thomas Murdoch who was born 20th May 1818 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 13th Oct 1818 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  iiiCharlotte Ruth Louisa who was born 1820; christened 28th Feb 1820 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  ivJulia Philadelphia Rivers who was born 1822 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 2nd Nov 1822 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  vMichael Baker who was born 20th Jun 1823; christened 13th Sep 1824 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viCaroline Augusta who was born 1824; christened 13th Sep 1824 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viiAugusta Jane Caroline who was born 1827 at Sussex; christened 20th Jun 1827 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viiiReginald who was born 22nd Apr 1828 at Sussex; christened 20th May 1829 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  ixHoratia Maria Farndon who was born 1830 at Sussex; christened 20th May 1830 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  xLouisa Ruth Charlotte who was born 1832 at Sussex; christened 15th Dec 1834 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  xiCaroline Georgiana who was born 1834 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 15th Dec 1834 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Reverend Henry Thomas Murdoch Kirby was the son of John Kirby, clerk and Louisa Kirby. He was born 20th May 1818 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 13th Oct 1818 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Hannah Jane Thompson on 14th Oct 1847 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, Witnesses were Reginald Kirby, G. Grey and Mary Bering.. She was born 5th May 1829 at Isle of Wight. They had the following children:
3 iJohn Henry Reginald who was born 8th Jun 1849 at Mayfield, Sussex
4 iiHenry Grey who was born 26th Apr 1851 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 8th Jun 1851 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 1932 Canada
  iiiEmily Caroline who was born 22nd Dec 1852 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 6th Feb 1853 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, sponsers: Lady Thompson, Aunt Julia and Uncle Reginald Kirby
5 ivAdmiral Francis George who was born 18th Aug 1854 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1st Oct 1854 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  vConstance Louisa who was born 26th Jul 1856 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 7th Sep 1856 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, sponsers: Aunt Louisa Kirby, Cara Monteith (Houston), Rev. Lamotte
  viHannah Georgina Mary who was born 6th Mar 1858 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 25th May 1858 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viiElizabeth Julia Evelyn who was born 5th Sep 1859 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1st Nov 1859 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
6 viiiMurdoch Charles who was born 20th May 1861 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 31st Jul 1861 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  ixAgnes Dorothy Rivers who was born 14th Jul 1862 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 7th Sep 1862 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
7 xLt. Colonel Norborne who was born 19th Sep 1863 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 3rd Nov 1863 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 1922 Oxfordshire
  xiMurdoch William who was born 23rd Jun 1865 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 9th Aug 1865 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  xiiHenrietta Caroline who was born 21st Aug 1868 at 14 Beaumont Street, Marylebone, London; christened 1st Oct 1868 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  3. John Henry Reginald Kirby was the son of Reverend Henry Thomas Murdoch Kirby and Hannah Jane Kirby [Thompson]. He was born 8th Jun 1849 at Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Caroline Jane Drake on 21st Jan 1886 at Patrixbourne, Kent. She was born c 1850. They had the following children:
  iCaroline Frances who was born 10th Nov 1887
  iiHenry Richard who was born 19th Mar 1889
   
  4. Henry Grey Kirby was the son of Reverend Henry Thomas Murdoch Kirby and Hannah Jane Kirby [Thompson]. He was born 26th Apr 1851 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 8th Jun 1851 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 1932 at Canada
  He married Alicia Matilda Hastings Burroughs on 7th Oct 1875 at Kilbeacon, Ireland. She was born 1853 at Waterford, Ireland. They had the following children:
  iMargaret Hannah who was born 26th May 1878 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 25th Jun 1878 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  iiEmily Maude who was born 7th Nov 1879 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 26th Dec 1879 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  iiiDorothy Frederika who was born 22nd Aug 1882 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 25th Sep 1882 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  ivHenry Gore Reginald who was born 5th Nov 1883 at Mayfield, Sussex
  vCharles Frederick Grey who was born 29th May 1885 at Mayfield, Sussex
  viEleanor Constance who was born 17th Jul 1887 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 24th Aug 1887 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viiAugusta Ruth who was born 8th Sep 1888 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 8th Oct 1888 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viiiJohn Murdoch who was born 8th Nov 1891 at Mayfield, Sussex
  ixIsobel Hastings who was born 3rd Feb 1894 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 9th Mar 1894 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
   
  5. Admiral Francis George Kirby was the son of Reverend Henry Thomas Murdoch Kirby and Hannah Jane Kirby [Thompson]. He was born 18th Aug 1854 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1st Oct 1854 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Mary Grey Burn-Murdoch on c 1885 at Doune, Scotland. She was born 25th Mar 1858 at Edinburgh, Scotland. They had the following children:
  iDorothy Janet who was born 12th May 1889; died Jun 1889; buried 15th Jun 1889 Mayfield, Sussex
   
  6. Murdoch Charles Kirby was the son of Reverend Henry Thomas Murdoch Kirby and Hannah Jane Kirby [Thompson]. He was born 20th May 1861 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 31st Jul 1861 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Gertrude Frances Bligh on 6th Aug 1889 at Hampton Hill, Middlesex. She was born c 1865. They had the following children:
  iEva Elizabeth Murdoch who was born 24th Apr 1890
  iiHannah Jean Grey who was born 4th Mar 1891 at Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
  iiiEmma Frances Armytage who was born 12th Mar 1892 at Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
  ivBessie Gertrude Henrietta who was born 10th Nov 1893 at Fort William, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada; died 1894 Canada
  vIsabel Caroline Bligh who was born 24th Nov 1894 at Fort William, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
  viGertrude Eleanor Harriette who was born 16th Mar 1898 at Mayfield Vicarage, Mayfield, Sussex
  viiUnnamed who was born 29th Mar 1901 at Mayfield, Sussex, Stillborn
  viiiCharles Henry Stuart who was born 29th Mar 1901 at Mayfield, Sussex
   
  7. Lt. Colonel Norborne Kirby was the son of Reverend Henry Thomas Murdoch Kirby and Hannah Jane Kirby [Thompson]. He was born 19th Sep 1863 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 3rd Nov 1863 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 1922 at Oxfordshire
  He married Evelyn Rivers on 3rd Dec 1898 at Cantonment Church, Rangoon, India. She was born c 1870. They had the following children:
  iMary Elizabeth who was born 23rd Sep 1899 at Rangoon, India
  iiFrancis Hamilton who was born 1901
  iiiReginald Murdoch who was born 16th Apr 1905
  ivNorborne George who was born 1906
   

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