f the family of Joan (Kirby) Hale our
information is little... Her mother Joan Kirby, described in the
records as of Little Munden, widow, made a noncupative (oral)
will, 29 Oct 1640, in the presence of her three children, Francis
Kirby, Joane Bides and Ruth Browne... small legacies to... her
grandchild Richard Kirby. [Gary Boyd Roberts, English Origins of
New England Families, Second Series, Vol. 2, 1985]