1758 Robert Kirkbride, of Lower Makefield Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, married Hannah Bidgood, daughter of William Bidgood of Bristol Twp on 22 of month 3, at the Falls meeting. [1] [2]
1783 The will of Mary Kirkbride, widow of Mahlon named children and grandchildren. Sons Robert Kirkbride and Jonathan Kirkbride were executors. Robert Kirkbride's children; Mary, Esther, Hannah, Sarah, and Letia, were named. [3]
Research Notes:
Robert Kirkbride, born Jan. 23, 1737-8; died Oct. 1, 1798; m. (first) Hannah Bidgood; (second) in 1786, Hannah Wilson; lived and died on the Kirkbride plantation at Doylestown, Bucks County; left issue; [4]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, Falls Monthly Meeting Bucks County, PA, Marriages, Births, Deaths 1693-1788, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Anna Miller Watring and F. Edward Wright, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Church Records of the 17th & 18th Centuries, V2, Quaker Records: Falls and Middletown Monthly Meetings (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2003, ISBN 1-58549-270-1), 43-44.
[3] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Bucks, Will 4-297, abstract 394, FHL film 172929, [FamilySearchImage].
[4] John W. Jordan, Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Vol. 1 (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), 554, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].