{"id":804,"date":"2022-03-11T12:23:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T12:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janehart.com\/jackkirby\/?page_id=804"},"modified":"2023-01-16T22:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T22:25:18","slug":"joseph-kirby-and-anne-clements-my-4-x-great-grandparents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/janehart.com\/jackkirby\/joseph-kirby-and-anne-clements-my-4-x-great-grandparents\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph KIRBY and Anne Clements (my 4x great grandparents)"},"content":{"rendered":"

JOSEPH: Jack’s youngest<\/strong> brother (my 4x great-grandfather) (born 1772) married Anne Clements<\/strong> at St Cosmus, Blean on\u00a013 October 1796.\u00a0Joseph became a pork butcher.<\/p>\n

They had 12 children, and when we take a closer look at their life stories, you can see the inter-connectedness of the Blean families.<\/p>\n

(1) Joseph <\/strong>(1797-1864)<\/p>\n

Joseph was born in 1797. He followed the family profession and became a woodman. In 1818 he married Mary Ann Matam, and they had three children. Mary died in 1848 (age 46). Joseph died in 1864 died (age 66).<\/p>\n

(2) Mary Ann (<\/strong>1800-1818)<\/p>\n

Mary was born in 1800. In 1817 she married George Fordred. Their son, also called George, was born in May 1818, at which time Mary Ann also died in childbirth, age 18.<\/p>\n

(3) William<\/strong> (1802-1886)<\/p>\n

William was born in 1802. He became a woodman too. In 1825 he married Sarah Sammers and they had nine 9 children. \u00a0Sarah died in 1881 (age 76). William died in 1886 died (age 84).<\/p>\n

(4) Sarah Ann<\/strong> (1802-1868)<\/p>\n

Sarah Ann was born in 1804. In 1824 she married John Wraight (a labourer) and they had 6 children. Sarah died in 1868 (age 64). John died in 1874 (age 78).<\/p>\n

(5) Thomas <\/strong>(1806-1865)<\/p>\n

Thomas was born in 1806. He too was an agricultural labourer. In 1826 he married Mary Ann Sammers (Her sister, Sarah, had married his older brother, William). They had eight 8 children. Mary died in 1842 (age 35). Thomas died in 1865 died (age 58).<\/p>\n

(6) Samuel<\/strong> Kirby<\/strong> (1808-)<\/p>\n

Samuel was born in 1808. In 1836 he married Mary Davis in Blean.<\/p>\n

However, the 1841 census shows Samuel (35) as a gardener living in St Dunstan Street, Canterbury in the house of Charles Wood (also a gardener) and his wife<\/p>\n

Mary (35) is living in the house of Lady Harriet Bagot in the Deanery, Canterbury, where she is undoubtedly a servant. Lady Harriet\u2019s husband Richard Bagot was the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral (1827\u20131845).<\/p>\n

Also working in Lady Harriet\u2019s household is Jane Kirby. It is not clear who she is, but one possibility is she is Mary\u2019s (illegitimate) daughter, who took the name, Kirby on Mary\u2019s marriage.<\/p>\n

Also working in Lady Harriet\u2019s household is Jesse Davis (36), probably Mary\u2019s brother, and Elizabeth Davis (her sister) is working in the King\u2019s School Canterbury.<\/p>\n

No further subsequent records have been found for either Samuel or Mary<\/p>\n

(7) Susannah<\/strong> was born in 1811. In 1828 she married Thomas SANDY<\/strong> (an agricultural labourer).<\/p>\n

Thomas Sandy was born in 1804, the son of John Sandy and Elizabeth Parnell.<\/p>\n

John Sandy\u2019s father was Thomas Sandy (born 1728) who had married Sarah ANDERSON.<\/strong><\/p>\n