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       Daniel/3 Libby was born circa 1678 at Scarborough, ME.² He married Elizabeth Kirke, "a sister of his brother John's wife."² "He was a carpenter at an unknown place , and died a young man, shortly before June 1712."²

       Elizabeth Kirke married (1) Daniel/3 Libby, son of John/2 Libby and Agnes (–?–).¹ He died a young man, shortly before June 1712.¹ She married (2), 10 Nov 1724, Daniel Meader, "a friend," and died before Oct 1735.¹

       John/2 Libby was born in 1636, probably in England.² He married Agnes (–?–).³
     "He was reared in an unknown place , [ME]. In August 1668, probably soon after his marriage, he bought fifty acres of land adjoining his father’s plantation. This was no doubt his residence while he lived at Black Point, although he afterward received several grants from the town. He took quite an active part in the public matters of the town, and served as selectman in the years 1670, 1674, 1683, and 1687.²
     "The settlement at Black Point was still in rather poor condition, when the Indians, instigated by the French, again began to disturb the quiet of the settlers all along the coast of Maine, and became more and more aggressive until May 1690, when Fort Loyal, on Casco Neck, a few miles north of Black Point, was attacked by a large body of Indians with their French allies. After a siege of five days, the fort was surrendered, and the inhabitants of Scarborough, without waiting to be attacked themselves, immediately deserted their homes and fled to safer localities.²
     "John Libby with his whole family fled to Portsmouth, N.H. His youngest son, Jeremiah, was then ten months old. In Portsmouth, where he lived until his death, he followed the calling of miller, and during the earlier years of his residence there, was frequently chosen to fill the minor town offices.² He lived to very old age; how old, is not known, but as late as 1719–20 he made a deposition about early Scarborough matters. He probably died soon after. His wife was living in March 1717, but probably died before her husband. Their children were all born in Scarborough."²
     See Charles T. Libby, The Libby Family in America, 1882.⁴