When Anthony Kirk was born from 1769 to 1780, in Lancaster, Virginia, United States, his father, James Kirk, was 30 and his mother, Judith, was 32.
Scottish, English, and Danish: from Middle English, Danish kirk ‘church’ (Old Norse kirkja), a topographic name for someone who lived near a church. This name has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century or earlier.
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