William was one of eleven children of Alphonsus and Abigail (Sharpley) Kirk.
His siblings were:
1. Roger, 1694-1762
2. Elizabeth, 1695-?
3. Jonathan, 1697-1735
4. Mary, 1698-1699
5. Deborah, 1699-1704
6. Abigail, 1701-1704
7. Timothy, 1704-1704
8. Alphonsus, 1705-1730
9. Adam, 1707-1774
10. Timothy. 1711-1786
William's grandparents were:
1. Roger & Elizabeth Kirk 2. Adam & Mary Sharpley
On 8 Jun 1733 at the Center meeting in New Castle County, Delaware William married Mary Buckingham. The couple lived in Chester County in E. Nantmeal and Pikeland. (see Mary's memorial for info on children)
After Mary died, William then married Sibilla Davis on 27 Mar 1754.
William fathered a total of 19 children.
From 1754 to 1771 William and Sibilla had 8 children: Isaiah, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Joshua, Ruth, Rachel, Adam & Sibbilla.
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A History of Early Settlers by the name of Kirk, by Rachel Price
Introduction to Descendants of Alphonsus Kirk, by Rachel Price, (dau of Wm & Mary) from the 1872 book by Chas. H. Stubbs, M.D.
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My father informed us of a circumstance which occurred with one of his oldest brothers when a lad: He was sent with a grist to a mill, and there were so many there before him and he was so long detained that he became so extremely hungry that as soon as his grist was commenced he took some meal and made himself a cake, putting it into the ashes to bake. Being urged by hunger, he took it out before it was sufficiently baked, and sunk his teeth into it while it wag in a state of dough. It adhered to his teeth and gums, and was so excessively hot as to scald them and make them extremely sore for a time; but eventually this was thought to be a benefit, supposing that the heat was so severe and stuck so close about them that it destroyed the sensitive nerves in the teeth that they never decayed nor ached afterward.
When my father had arrived at an age that he thought proper to settle himself, he became attached to a young woman in the neighborhood, of respectable family, who were Baptists by profession.
She had previously become convinced of the principles professed by Friends. Her name was Mary Buckingham. Whether she became a member amongst Friends before they married I have no recollection of hearing said on the subject. As we do not find any record of their marriage [Rachel was mistaken in this one point. William Kirk, of Nantmeal, and Mary Buckingham, married at Centre, 1733, 6, 8.--Kennett Records.] it may be supposed they did not accomplish it through meeting, but she must have become united with Friends soon after, as I have often heard my father say that it was a great trial to her father that she should become a Quaker; but she believing it required of her, went, through much opposition. Some of her brothers-in-law were ministers (so-called) in their society, strove hard to reclaim her from her delirium, calling the Quakers by many harsh names, bringing many charges against them of unbelief or deism, and such like.
Sometime after their marriage her father was taken ill, which proved to be his last sickness. She felt it to be her duty to him to go and nurse him and do all in her power to relieve and comfort him on his deathbed-often sitting up with him and watching over him, while her anxious relatives made use of the opportunity of endeavoring to convince her of her error in embracing what they called false opinions; but she was favored to open her views with so much clearness and enabled to give an account of the hope that was in her with so much satisfaction, that, although her father joined not much in their conversation, yet it appeared that he had listened with interest and attention when they were not aware of it, as he took an opportunity with her before his death, telling her with great affection that he was then perfectly satisfied with her views and principles as he bad heard her set them forth, which was a great comfort to him, and that he believed that if she kept close to them, they would be the means of preserving her in her trials through life. The interview was truly consoling to her and my dear father, encouraging them to persevere in the views of religion they had embraced, and to endeavor to live up to them.
I have already mentioned that my father, when he married, settled in East Nantmeal, on a tract of land about one mile from the meeting house, where he farmed and also followed and kept the weaving business, carried on for many years. There he spent a long and useful life. He died in his eightieth year, and was buried in Nantmeal burying. ground, where his two wives and a large number of his children and descendants are laid. He left his property to his only son, Isaiah, who resided on it until the advanced age of his eighty-second year. Deceased 1835, 12 mo., 19th.
He left his property to his sons, Samuel and William Kirk. He was confined to his room one year, which he bore with resignation to the Divine will. He had a paralytic affection, so benumbing his feelings that he was not sensible of extreme sufferings though he had a cancer on his lip increasing fast.
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His siblings were:
1. Roger, 1694-1762
2. Elizabeth, 1695-?
3. Jonathan, 1697-1735
4. Mary, 1698-1699
5. Deborah, 1699-1704
6. Abigail, 1701-1704
7. Timothy, 1704-1704
8. Alphonsus, 1705-1730
9. Adam, 1707-1774
10. Timothy. 1711-1786
William's grandparents were:
1. Roger & Elizabeth Kirk 2. Adam & Mary Sharpley
On 8 Jun 1733 at the Center meeting in New Castle County, Delaware William married Mary Buckingham. The couple lived in Chester County in E. Nantmeal and Pikeland. (see Mary's memorial for info on children)
After Mary died, William then married Sibilla Davis on 27 Mar 1754.
William fathered a total of 19 children.
From 1754 to 1771 William and Sibilla had 8 children: Isaiah, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Joshua, Ruth, Rachel, Adam & Sibbilla.
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A History of Early Settlers by the name of Kirk, by Rachel Price
Introduction to Descendants of Alphonsus Kirk, by Rachel Price, (dau of Wm & Mary) from the 1872 book by Chas. H. Stubbs, M.D.
...
My father informed us of a circumstance which occurred with one of his oldest brothers when a lad: He was sent with a grist to a mill, and there were so many there before him and he was so long detained that he became so extremely hungry that as soon as his grist was commenced he took some meal and made himself a cake, putting it into the ashes to bake. Being urged by hunger, he took it out before it was sufficiently baked, and sunk his teeth into it while it wag in a state of dough. It adhered to his teeth and gums, and was so excessively hot as to scald them and make them extremely sore for a time; but eventually this was thought to be a benefit, supposing that the heat was so severe and stuck so close about them that it destroyed the sensitive nerves in the teeth that they never decayed nor ached afterward.
When my father had arrived at an age that he thought proper to settle himself, he became attached to a young woman in the neighborhood, of respectable family, who were Baptists by profession.
She had previously become convinced of the principles professed by Friends. Her name was Mary Buckingham. Whether she became a member amongst Friends before they married I have no recollection of hearing said on the subject. As we do not find any record of their marriage [Rachel was mistaken in this one point. William Kirk, of Nantmeal, and Mary Buckingham, married at Centre, 1733, 6, 8.--Kennett Records.] it may be supposed they did not accomplish it through meeting, but she must have become united with Friends soon after, as I have often heard my father say that it was a great trial to her father that she should become a Quaker; but she believing it required of her, went, through much opposition. Some of her brothers-in-law were ministers (so-called) in their society, strove hard to reclaim her from her delirium, calling the Quakers by many harsh names, bringing many charges against them of unbelief or deism, and such like.
Sometime after their marriage her father was taken ill, which proved to be his last sickness. She felt it to be her duty to him to go and nurse him and do all in her power to relieve and comfort him on his deathbed-often sitting up with him and watching over him, while her anxious relatives made use of the opportunity of endeavoring to convince her of her error in embracing what they called false opinions; but she was favored to open her views with so much clearness and enabled to give an account of the hope that was in her with so much satisfaction, that, although her father joined not much in their conversation, yet it appeared that he had listened with interest and attention when they were not aware of it, as he took an opportunity with her before his death, telling her with great affection that he was then perfectly satisfied with her views and principles as he bad heard her set them forth, which was a great comfort to him, and that he believed that if she kept close to them, they would be the means of preserving her in her trials through life. The interview was truly consoling to her and my dear father, encouraging them to persevere in the views of religion they had embraced, and to endeavor to live up to them.
I have already mentioned that my father, when he married, settled in East Nantmeal, on a tract of land about one mile from the meeting house, where he farmed and also followed and kept the weaving business, carried on for many years. There he spent a long and useful life. He died in his eightieth year, and was buried in Nantmeal burying. ground, where his two wives and a large number of his children and descendants are laid. He left his property to his only son, Isaiah, who resided on it until the advanced age of his eighty-second year. Deceased 1835, 12 mo., 19th.
He left his property to his sons, Samuel and William Kirk. He was confined to his room one year, which he bore with resignation to the Divine will. He had a paralytic affection, so benumbing his feelings that he was not sensible of extreme sufferings though he had a cancer on his lip increasing fast.
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William was one of eleven children of Alphonsus and Abigail (Sharpley) Kirk.
His siblings were:
1. Roger, 1694-1762
2. Elizabeth, 1695-?
3. Jonathan, 1697-1735
4. Mary, 1698-1699
5. Deborah, 1699-1704
6. Abigail, 1701-1704
7. Timothy, 1704-1704
8. Alphonsus, 1705-1730
9. Adam, 1707-1774
10. Timothy. 1711-1786
William's grandparents were:
1. Roger & Elizabeth Kirk 2. Adam & Mary Sharpley
On 8 Jun 1733 at the Center meeting in New Castle County, Delaware William married Mary Buckingham. The couple lived in Chester County in E. Nantmeal and Pikeland. (see Mary's memorial for info on children)
After Mary died, William then married Sibilla Davis on 27 Mar 1754.
William fathered a total of 19 children.
From 1754 to 1771 William and Sibilla had 8 children: Isaiah, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Joshua, Ruth, Rachel, Adam & Sibbilla.
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A History of Early Settlers by the name of Kirk, by Rachel Price
Introduction to Descendants of Alphonsus Kirk, by Rachel Price, (dau of Wm & Mary) from the 1872 book by Chas. H. Stubbs, M.D.
...
My father informed us of a circumstance which occurred with one of his oldest brothers when a lad: He was sent with a grist to a mill, and there were so many there before him and he was so long detained that he became so extremely hungry that as soon as his grist was commenced he took some meal and made himself a cake, putting it into the ashes to bake. Being urged by hunger, he took it out before it was sufficiently baked, and sunk his teeth into it while it wag in a state of dough. It adhered to his teeth and gums, and was so excessively hot as to scald them and make them extremely sore for a time; but eventually this was thought to be a benefit, supposing that the heat was so severe and stuck so close about them that it destroyed the sensitive nerves in the teeth that they never decayed nor ached afterward.
When my father had arrived at an age that he thought proper to settle himself, he became attached to a young woman in the neighborhood, of respectable family, who were Baptists by profession.
She had previously become convinced of the principles professed by Friends. Her name was Mary Buckingham. Whether she became a member amongst Friends before they married I have no recollection of hearing said on the subject. As we do not find any record of their marriage [Rachel was mistaken in this one point. William Kirk, of Nantmeal, and Mary Buckingham, married at Centre, 1733, 6, 8.--Kennett Records.] it may be supposed they did not accomplish it through meeting, but she must have become united with Friends soon after, as I have often heard my father say that it was a great trial to her father that she should become a Quaker; but she believing it required of her, went, through much opposition. Some of her brothers-in-law were ministers (so-called) in their society, strove hard to reclaim her from her delirium, calling the Quakers by many harsh names, bringing many charges against them of unbelief or deism, and such like.
Sometime after their marriage her father was taken ill, which proved to be his last sickness. She felt it to be her duty to him to go and nurse him and do all in her power to relieve and comfort him on his deathbed-often sitting up with him and watching over him, while her anxious relatives made use of the opportunity of endeavoring to convince her of her error in embracing what they called false opinions; but she was favored to open her views with so much clearness and enabled to give an account of the hope that was in her with so much satisfaction, that, although her father joined not much in their conversation, yet it appeared that he had listened with interest and attention when they were not aware of it, as he took an opportunity with her before his death, telling her with great affection that he was then perfectly satisfied with her views and principles as he bad heard her set them forth, which was a great comfort to him, and that he believed that if she kept close to them, they would be the means of preserving her in her trials through life. The interview was truly consoling to her and my dear father, encouraging them to persevere in the views of religion they had embraced, and to endeavor to live up to them.
I have already mentioned that my father, when he married, settled in East Nantmeal, on a tract of land about one mile from the meeting house, where he farmed and also followed and kept the weaving business, carried on for many years. There he spent a long and useful life. He died in his eightieth year, and was buried in Nantmeal burying. ground, where his two wives and a large number of his children and descendants are laid. He left his property to his only son, Isaiah, who resided on it until the advanced age of his eighty-second year. Deceased 1835, 12 mo., 19th.
He left his property to his sons, Samuel and William Kirk. He was confined to his room one year, which he bore with resignation to the Divine will. He had a paralytic affection, so benumbing his feelings that he was not sensible of extreme sufferings though he had a cancer on his lip increasing fast.
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His siblings were:
1. Roger, 1694-1762
2. Elizabeth, 1695-?
3. Jonathan, 1697-1735
4. Mary, 1698-1699
5. Deborah, 1699-1704
6. Abigail, 1701-1704
7. Timothy, 1704-1704
8. Alphonsus, 1705-1730
9. Adam, 1707-1774
10. Timothy. 1711-1786
William's grandparents were:
1. Roger & Elizabeth Kirk 2. Adam & Mary Sharpley
On 8 Jun 1733 at the Center meeting in New Castle County, Delaware William married Mary Buckingham. The couple lived in Chester County in E. Nantmeal and Pikeland. (see Mary's memorial for info on children)
After Mary died, William then married Sibilla Davis on 27 Mar 1754.
William fathered a total of 19 children.
From 1754 to 1771 William and Sibilla had 8 children: Isaiah, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Joshua, Ruth, Rachel, Adam & Sibbilla.
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A History of Early Settlers by the name of Kirk, by Rachel Price
Introduction to Descendants of Alphonsus Kirk, by Rachel Price, (dau of Wm & Mary) from the 1872 book by Chas. H. Stubbs, M.D.
...
My father informed us of a circumstance which occurred with one of his oldest brothers when a lad: He was sent with a grist to a mill, and there were so many there before him and he was so long detained that he became so extremely hungry that as soon as his grist was commenced he took some meal and made himself a cake, putting it into the ashes to bake. Being urged by hunger, he took it out before it was sufficiently baked, and sunk his teeth into it while it wag in a state of dough. It adhered to his teeth and gums, and was so excessively hot as to scald them and make them extremely sore for a time; but eventually this was thought to be a benefit, supposing that the heat was so severe and stuck so close about them that it destroyed the sensitive nerves in the teeth that they never decayed nor ached afterward.
When my father had arrived at an age that he thought proper to settle himself, he became attached to a young woman in the neighborhood, of respectable family, who were Baptists by profession.
She had previously become convinced of the principles professed by Friends. Her name was Mary Buckingham. Whether she became a member amongst Friends before they married I have no recollection of hearing said on the subject. As we do not find any record of their marriage [Rachel was mistaken in this one point. William Kirk, of Nantmeal, and Mary Buckingham, married at Centre, 1733, 6, 8.--Kennett Records.] it may be supposed they did not accomplish it through meeting, but she must have become united with Friends soon after, as I have often heard my father say that it was a great trial to her father that she should become a Quaker; but she believing it required of her, went, through much opposition. Some of her brothers-in-law were ministers (so-called) in their society, strove hard to reclaim her from her delirium, calling the Quakers by many harsh names, bringing many charges against them of unbelief or deism, and such like.
Sometime after their marriage her father was taken ill, which proved to be his last sickness. She felt it to be her duty to him to go and nurse him and do all in her power to relieve and comfort him on his deathbed-often sitting up with him and watching over him, while her anxious relatives made use of the opportunity of endeavoring to convince her of her error in embracing what they called false opinions; but she was favored to open her views with so much clearness and enabled to give an account of the hope that was in her with so much satisfaction, that, although her father joined not much in their conversation, yet it appeared that he had listened with interest and attention when they were not aware of it, as he took an opportunity with her before his death, telling her with great affection that he was then perfectly satisfied with her views and principles as he bad heard her set them forth, which was a great comfort to him, and that he believed that if she kept close to them, they would be the means of preserving her in her trials through life. The interview was truly consoling to her and my dear father, encouraging them to persevere in the views of religion they had embraced, and to endeavor to live up to them.
I have already mentioned that my father, when he married, settled in East Nantmeal, on a tract of land about one mile from the meeting house, where he farmed and also followed and kept the weaving business, carried on for many years. There he spent a long and useful life. He died in his eightieth year, and was buried in Nantmeal burying. ground, where his two wives and a large number of his children and descendants are laid. He left his property to his only son, Isaiah, who resided on it until the advanced age of his eighty-second year. Deceased 1835, 12 mo., 19th.
He left his property to his sons, Samuel and William Kirk. He was confined to his room one year, which he bore with resignation to the Divine will. He had a paralytic affection, so benumbing his feelings that he was not sensible of extreme sufferings though he had a cancer on his lip increasing fast.
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