Individual Details

Baptism

Baptism: 28 May 1783 St Michael, Cockerham, Lancashire, England
James Kirkby - son of William Kirkby
    Abode: Cockm.

Marriage

Marriage bond says he lived at Cockerham Hall and she lived in Ellel. He was 21 and she was 22. Archivecat.lancashire.gov.uk.

Marriage: 31 Jul 1804 St Michael, Cockerham, Lancashire, England
James Kirkby - Husbandman, this parish
Elisabeth Makinson - Spinster, Ellel in this parish
    Witness: Betty Kirby; Edward Makinson; Nanny Kirkby; William Kirkby
    Married by Licence by: J. Widditt, Vicar
    Source: LDS Film 1278859

Miscellaneous

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Lancaster Records: Or Leaves from Local History, Comprising an Authentic
"December 31. Mr. James Kirkby, of Heysham, farmer, had a narrow escape from being drowned. He was going to his father's house at Cockerham for some seed barley, and had called at Conder Green public house. He left there very much intoxicated, and laid down in his cart, and it appears that when the horse got over Conder Bridge, instead of going forward to Cockerham, it had turned down to Glasson, where it had been accustomed to cross the river, when fordable. The tide was not more than half out when Matthew Dickinson, of Overton, who was looking after his nets at Basil Point, discovered the horse swimming towards him, and found Kirkby fast asleep in the cart."
The Lancaster Gazette 10 Jan 1807
"An almost miraculous instance of preservation from a watery grave occurred in this neighbourhood on the evening of the 31st ult. -- as Matthew Dickinson, of Overton, was looking at his nets in the river Lune, near Basil Point, between eight and nine o'clock, he thought he heard the sound of oars, and called out, but received no answer. The noise continue to approach, and he supposed it proceeded from a porpoise, or other large fish : -- Judge of his surprise, when he held up the light which he had in a lanthorn, on seeing a horse swimming towards him, and nearly exhausted. He shouted to it, to cherish it, and in a few minutes it reached the shore, when he found a cart body attached to it, in which was the body of a man, who he was astonished to find alive, and proved to be Mr. James Kirkby, of Heysham, farmer. -- It appeared, that he had come through this town, with his cart, that afternoon, and had called at Conder Green, on his way to his father's, at Cockerham, from whence he was going to fetch some seed barley. He left the public-house, where some companions had stopped, between seven and eight o'clock, being much intoxicated, and got into the cart : -- On the green, he lost his hat, which was found the next morning. The cart being small, when he lay down in it, his head was considerable raised at the fore part of it. The horse, having no guide, when it got over Conder Bridge, instead of going forwards to Cockerham, turned off towards Glasson, where it had been accustomed sometimes to cross the river at low water, when fordable : -- The tide, however, was scarcely half out, and the horse took the river, and must have swam, with the body of the cart, above a quarter of a mile, to the place where Dickinson discovered it, whose light most probably it made for. Kirkby was asleep during this time, and awakened by the fisherman, tho' not to a sense of the imminent danger which he had so providentially escaped from. The cartwheels were found the next morning, near Sunderland.

Death

The Lancaster Gazetter 16 Jul 1814
Died
On Monday last, after a short illness, Mr. James Kirkby, of Heysham, near this town.

Burial

Burial: 14 Jul 1814 St Michael, Cockerham, Lancashire, England
James Kirkby -
    Age: 31
    Abode: Heysham
    Buried by: J. Widditt, Vicar
    Register: Burials 1813 - 1843, Page 13, Entry 98
    Source: LDS Film 1278859

Monumental Inscription-shared

Page 14: Sacred to the memory of William Kirkby, of Cockerham Hall, who died June 16th, 1829, aged 71 years. Also of Nanny, his wife, who died February 4th, 1806, aged 48 years. Also of four of their infant children, Deborah who died September 8th 17.2 aged 9 months. John who died January 16th 1795 aged 18 months. Molly who died on the same day aged 6 years and Richard who died February 2nd 1795 aged 4 years. Also of James, son of the above named William and Nanny Kirkby, who died July 12th 1814 aged 31 years. William Kirkby, son and brother to the above, who died October 16th 1837 aged 50 years. Also Rebecca, wife of the above last named William Kirkby, who died February 26th 1848 aged 58 years. Agnes, wife of John Kirkby of Forton Bank, died March 3rd 1869 in her 65th year. Also of John Kirkby, husband of the above Agnes Kirkby of Forton Bank, who died 6th day of November 1875 aged 76 years. Also of Joseph, their son, who died August 30th 1884 aged 53 years.