Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAlphonsus KIRK 
Birth Date14 May 1659
Birth PlaceCounty Louth, Ireland
Death Date7 Sep 1745 Age: 86
Death PlaceCenterville, New Castle County, Delaware
Burial PlaceCenterville, New Castle County, Delaware, Centre Friends Meeting Cemetery
ReligionQuaker
Spouses
Birth Date1670
Birth PlaceIreland
Death Date1748 Age: 78
Death PlaceNew Castle County, Delaware
Burial PlaceCenterville, New Castle County, Delaware, Centre Friends Meeting Cemetery
ReligionQuaker
Family ID9237
Marr Date23 Feb 1692
Marr PlaceMaryland, Society Of Friends
ChildrenElizabeth (1695-)
Notes for Alphonsus KIRK
Alphonsus, son of Roger Kirk and Elizabeth Duck of Lurgan, County Louth, Ireland came to America in 1689, then settled in New Castle Co. Centre Twp., near Brandywine Creek. He was married to Abibail Sharpley of Shilpot Creek having been born in Ireland also,on the 23'rd day of 12'th month, (that is not Dec), 1692 at Brandywine Hundred, New Castle. They were married at her parents home.
They settled on a farm a half mile from Centre Meeting House, where they would reside the rest of their lives.
They were some of the early settlers of Delaware. He had become a Quaker or Society of Friends before emigrating to the colonies as an unmarried man.
per the following parental release "we are willing our son Alphonsus should take this journey, and if it be his portion to marry we do give our consent, provided it be to a Friend, and in unity with Friends, according to the order of the Truth".
It is reported that he set ashore in Jamestown, but settled in Delaware, then part of PA. First he and his wife were members of Newark Meeting house, but later he and his wife helped establish Centre Meeting house nearer their home.
The photo for the cemetery, is the Centre Meeting house
father of Alphonsus: Roger Kirk 1624 Neshag, Skelton, York, England D. 24 Mar 1698 Lurgan province, Ulster, Co Armagh, Ireland. His mother was Elizabeth Richards, est. 1626, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland.
father of Roger Kirk: was Alphonsus Kirk est. 1602 Skelton Parish Yorks, England. died, 1665 Skelton Parish, Yorkshire, England. now wife given
Father of Alphonsus: Kirk Thomas Kirk 1548 Scotland, died, 1635 Englandand mother Margarett Thorne,
father of Thomas: was Robert (Church) Kirk 1514, Yorkshire, England and his wife was Ellen Wallis 1530 Bedfordshire, England.
On Find A Grave.
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They settled on a farm a half mile from Centre Meeting House, where they would reside the rest of their lives.
They were some of the early settlers of Delaware. He had become a Quaker or Society of Friends before emigrating to the colonies as an unmarried man.
per the following parental release "we are willing our son Alphonsus should take this journey, and if it be his portion to marry we do give our consent, provided it be to a Friend, and in unity with Friends, according to the order of the Truth".
It is reported that he set ashore in Jamestown, but settled in Delaware, then part of PA. First he and his wife were members of Newark Meeting house, but later he and his wife helped establish Centre Meeting house nearer their home.
The photo for the cemetery, is the Centre Meeting house
father of Alphonsus: Roger Kirk 1624 Neshag, Skelton, York, England D. 24 Mar 1698 Lurgan province, Ulster, Co Armagh, Ireland. His mother was Elizabeth Richards, est. 1626, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland.
father of Roger Kirk: was Alphonsus Kirk est. 1602 Skelton Parish Yorks, England. died, 1665 Skelton Parish, Yorkshire, England. now wife given
Father of Alphonsus: Kirk Thomas Kirk 1548 Scotland, died, 1635 Englandand mother Margarett Thorne,
father of Thomas: was Robert (Church) Kirk 1514, Yorkshire, England and his wife was Ellen Wallis 1530 Bedfordshire, England.
On Find A Grave.
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Notes for Abigail (Spouse 1)
Abigail was born in Ireland, she immigrated here with her father and mother, sister Rachel, Brother William in 1682. They arrived in New Castle County, Delaware.
Her parents were Adam Sharpley and Mary Pierson. She married Alphonsus Kirk, see his site for that information and their children.
On Find A Grave.
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Her parents were Adam Sharpley and Mary Pierson. She married Alphonsus Kirk, see his site for that information and their children.
On Find A Grave.
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