• Born: 11 Oct 1813, Wethersfield CT
• Marriage (1): Lucretia Coan Bartlett on 26 Feb 1851
• Marriage (2): Mary Ann Thomas Burgis on 11 Feb 1841 in Wethersfield CT
• Died: 13 Feb 1888, New Haven CT

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• He was a partner in 1834-1850 with George B. Brown in New Haven CT as BROWN & KIRBY, with a shop at 76 Chapel Street. ¹⁴

• Watch paper, c 1835
  American Antiquarian Society
  

• He worked in 1850-1880 as a silversmith in New Haven CT as JOHN B. KIRBY & Co. ¹⁴

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at New Haven CT, listed as a jeweler.

• Advertised in the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor ME), 18 May 1861, as part of a group endorsement of the Waltham Watch Company.

• Advertised in the Yale Literary Magazine, Jul 1868,

• He was a partner circa 1870 with Samuel Hubbard Kirby in New Haven CT as KIRBY & SON.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at New Haven CT, listed as a jeweler.

• Tradecard, c 1875
  Winterthur Library
  

• Tradcard, c 1875
  Private Collection
  For KIRBY & SON.

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at New Haven CT, listed as a dry goods merchant.

John married Lucretia Coan Bartlett on 26 Feb 1851. (Lucretia Coan Bartlett was born on 5 May 1824 in Richmond MA.)

John next married Mary Ann Thomas Burgis on 11 Feb 1841 in Wethersfield CT. (Mary Ann Thomas Burgis was born on 11 Jan 1817 in Wethersfield CT and died on 11 Sep 1848.)