William Darby
In brief
Born 1693 in Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey. He married 1721, in Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey. He died February 26, 1775, in Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey.
Family
Children
- Ephraim Darby · in this lineb. March 6, 1733, in Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jerseym. Rachel Petit, November 8, 1756, at the Luteran Church in Kisketamesy, Greene County, New Yorkd. May 28, 1795, in Kisketamesy, Greene County, New York
- Mary Darbyb. 1742, in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jerseym. ____ Congerd. 1798 in Morris, Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Samuel Darby
- William Darby
- John Darby
- Elias Darby
- Margaretm. ____ Casterline
Life story
Founding Scotch Plains
William Darby was born in 1693 in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, son of the earlier William Darby, and became one of the community's leading citizens: he donated land for its meetinghouse and cemetery in the 1720s, helped found its Baptist church in 1747, serving as its first ruling elder and acting deacon, and later donated land for the town's first school, built on what was then called Darby Road. In his February 1774 will, William divided his considerable landholdings among his sons William and John, with smaller bequests to his other children and grandchildren. He died in Scotch Plains on February 26, 1775.
Sources (1)
- Estate of Edward Burnice Kipp, “Ancestors of Edward Burnice Kipp”; 2024; pdf publication (http://www.kipp-blake-families.ca/publications/Ancestors%20of%20Edward%20Burnice%20Kipp.pdf : accessed 17 January 2025)