Gibbs, John (b. 16 APR 1735, d. BEF 21 AUG 1787)

Note: BIOGRAPHY: John5 Gibbs (Silvanus,4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Thomas1) was born 16April 1735; he died before 21 Aug. 1787.

BIOGRAPHY: He married 11 Jan. 1763 Jerusha Thacher, daughter of the Rev. Rowland5 Thacher and Abigail (Crocker) Thacher of Wareham, born in Wareham 3 April 1743, died in Sandwich after 25 Feb. 1817 and before 2 Jan. 1819.

BIOGRAPHY: This John Gibbs is named in the will, dated 1757, of his grandUfather Benjamin3 Gibbs (q.v.). It is of interest to note that the stepUmother of his wife was Hannah (Swift) (Fearing) Thacher. The latter's first husband had been Israel4 Fearing and the two children she had by him also are named in Benjamin Gibbs' will because he was their grandfather also.

BIOGRAPHY: As eldest son of Silvanus4 Gibbs, John probably received a major share of his deceased father's property in Sandwich, and very likely also a share of the real estate there left to him and his siblings under his grandfather Gibbs' will. In view of this likelihood, it seems strange that neither the births nor the baptisms of his many children are of record at Sandwich, In fact the only clue to his occupation comes about through the unusual fact that in a suit brought before the Supreme Court at Boston, he is called John Gibbs of Sandwich, "Innholder" (Docket 89,893-Suffolk Court House Annex, Boston).

BIOGRAPHY: It is possible that he may have accompanied his mother to Connecticut if, as we believe, she became the second wife of Amasa West of Tolland. Possibly his children were recorded somewhere in that province.

BIOGRAPHY: However, this John Gibbs died intestate in Sandwich, and his real estate was set off 21 August 1787 to his widow and administratrix, Jerusha Gibbs. The Court appointed Thomas Burges, Silvanus Gibbs, his brother (#31 below), and Thomas Foster to distribute the estate (Barnstable County Probates, 24:325 & 27:101-4). A deed dated 30 June 1788 shows that "Jerusha Gibbs of Sandwich widow of John Gibbs yeoman, deceased", sold some of her late husband's lands in Plymouth (PLCD, 68:197-8). In the Census of 1790 the widow Jerusha Gibbs of Sandwich appears as head of a family conUsisting of 3 males under 16 and 5 females. But in the following year "Jerusha Gibbs of Sandwich" married, secondly, 13 Aug. 1791 Eleazer Ellis "of Plymouth" (Plymouth Vital Records, May. Desc., 30:75), a widower and father of nine children by his first wife, Deborah (Gibbs) (The Register, vol. 120, p. 272, Oct. 1966). He died in Sandwich 4 Aug. 1806 leaving a will in which he names his wife Jerusha. She survived him by more than a decade. Her own will, dated 25 Feb. 1817, proved 2 Jan. 1819, reads: "Jerusha Ellis of Sandwich To my daughter Abigail Perry my gold beads. To my daughter Lucy one bed, three teaspoons & 3 chairs and the looms & tackling belonging thereunto. To my four daughters: Abigail, Elizabeth, Lucy and Salome, all my wearing apparrell also one share to the heirs of my daughter Haskell, deceased ... to my son Heman, $5 ... To my son John $5 ... To my sons Caleb and Henry" [all the residue]. Henry to be sole executor (Barnstable County Probates, 41:168-9). [Thomas1 Gibbs of Sandwich, Mass. (ca. 1615-1693) by Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, NEHGR 123, 1969]

Source: (Name)
Title: GEDCOM File : ~ATF1.ged
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Data:
Text: 4 DEC 2002

Note: 1860: Census, living with daughter Mary E

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Note: Occupation: Representative in the Legislature from Falmouth

BIOGRAPHY: The county was entitled to nine representatives b\- this act, and the commissioners divided the towns as follows: The First district included Barnstable, Sandwich and Falmouth. and was to elect three representatives: the Second included Yarmouth, Dennis, Harwich and Chatham, with three; the Third, Brewster, Orleans and Eastham. one; and the Fourth, Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown, with two.
,1s each person elected represented the district in which he lived,
.znd the residence being indicated with the name, the following lists are believed to be explicit as showing the district and years in which each man served:

BIOGRAPHY: ....1863. Charles Marston, Barnstable; Elisha G. Burgess, Falmouth;
Zebedee Green, Sandwich: Isaac B. Young, Chathnm; Marshall S. Un-
derwood, Dennis; Danforth S. Steel, Harwich; Truman Deane, Or-
leans; Smith K. Hopkins, Truro; Benjamin Oliver, TVellfleet.
1564. Charles Marston, Barnstable, E. G. Burgess, Falmouth; Ezra
T. Pope, Sandwich; Isaac B. Young, Chatham; 11. S. vnderwood,
Dennis; David G. Eldridge, Yarmouth: Sylvanus Smith, Eastham;
David Wiley, Wellfleet; Henry Shortle, Provincetown.

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Falmouth, Barnstable, MA

Note: # married Duncan MacGilbert, 1st Earl of Carrick

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Data:
Text: 4 DEC 2002

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Note: 2 DATE 4th Earl of Angus
2 PLAC

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Title: GEDCOM File : ~ATF1.ged
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Data:
Text: 4 DEC 2002

Note: Died at age 71 years, 1 month, 19 days. Wife of Anson Burgess (1791-1862).

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Data:
Text: 4 DEC 2002