Kilby, Thomas, 1699-1746.

Canso, N.S., merchant and justice of the peace; commissary at Louisbourg.

A Boston, Mass., native educated at Harvard, Kilby moved in 1729 to Canso, where he had been granted land, and served as agent for Boston merchant, Peter Faneuil. In 1742, Kilby investigated the strength of the French garrison at Louisbourg for his cousin, Massachusetts' London agent, Christopher Kilby, and wrote a report which provided the details for the latter's 1744 proposal for the capture of Louisbourg. Kilby was rewarded in 1745 with an appointment as commissary of the Louisbourg royal stores, a position ill health prevented him from assuming until the late spring of 1746. He died soon after.

From the description of Rec[eive]d into His Majesties stores of provisions for this garrison of Mr. Jacob Sheafe commissary to the province of New Hampshire the several provisions hereafter mentioned ... : Louisbourg, [N.S.], receipt, 1746 May 29. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38561905