Margaret (Catlett) Gibson (abt. 1702 - abt. 1765)

Born about 1702 in , Essex County, Colony and Dominion of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Gibson Jr. — married [date unknown] in , , Colony and Dominion of Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1765 at about age 63 in , Orange County, Colony and Dominion of Virginia

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Biography

Margaret was born about 1702 in Essex County, Virginia, the daughter of John Catlett and Elizabeth Gaines.

At an unknown date and place in Virginia, she married Jonathan Gibson and bore him two known children, a son and a daughter:

1. Rachel Gibson
2. Jonathan Gibson.

In 1765, when she was probably in her mid-sixties, Margaret died of unknown causes in Orange County, Virginia .

Most of the first two generations of Catlett children in Virginia are fairly well documented, but there is a frustrating cloud of confusion over John Catlett II and Elizabeth Gaines's' daughter Margaret. No date of birth has been found, but was probably in the late 1690s or early 1700s; and no date of her marriage "late in life" to a John/Jonathan Gibson.

Neither Stubbs nor Hauk have much to offer other than the unusual bequeath Margaret's father made by passing his Green Hill estate to his seventh child and fourth daughter, provided she remain unmarried. William Fitzhugh Catlett said, "She preferred matrimony to patrimony and forfeited her right..." ^{[1] [2]}

The Taylor-Gibson family tradition has it that Margaret's husband was the Jonathan Gibson of Caroline County where he was a representative in the House of Burgesses 1736-41, and clerk of Orange County in 1740; ^[3] but further research showed that these were two different Jonathan Gibsons, and Margaret's husband was the latter (see Jonathan Gibson, Jr.'s profile).

Another Taylor-Gibson researcher believes that Margaret's husband was the Jonathan Gibson who was sheriff of King George County and died in 1729; ^[4] but that was Jonathan Gibson, Sr., the father of Jonathan Gibson, Jr. whom Margaret married.

To confuse matters even further...

Margaret's niece Mary Catlett (daughter of Margaret's brother John Catlett III), married a Jonathan Gibson of King George County where he was sheriff in 1736, patented land in 1748, and served as a tobacco inspector for warehouses on the Rappahannock River; and...

Margaret's nephew John Catlett IV married Alice Gibson (d. 3/15/1761 in Orange Co.), daughter of her husband's parents, Jonathan Gibson and Elizabeth Thornton.

Further research has demonstrated with reasonable certainty that Margaret married the Jonathan Gibson, Jr. (abt. 1700-1745) who was the son of Jonathan Gibson, Sr. (abt. 1670-abt.1729) and Elizabeth Thornton (1674-1732); and that Margaret had a daughter Rachel who married Col. George Taylor of Orange County. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

From Findagrave.com

Margaret Catlett Gibson

Birth: 1702 Essex County, Virginia; Death: unknown; Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial. Memorial #: 93846906.

Bio: Margaret was born around 1702, the daughter of John 2nd and Mary (Gaines) Catlett of Essex (now Caroline) Co., Virginia. (Her mother is often erroneously identified as Elizabeth Gaines.) She married Jonathan Gibson 2nd ca. 1725. (His wife is often erroneously identified as Mary Catlett; Mary, Margaret's sister, in fact married John Taliaferro.) Jonathan Gibson was a burgess of Caroline County during the 1730s and then second clerk of Orange County, where they moved ca. 1740. (Bio by Mark Hale)

Family Members: Parents: John Catlett (1658-1724), Mary Gaines Catlett ( ?-?): Spouse: Jonathan Gibson (1700-1745); Siblings: John Catlett (1685-1739); Half Siblings: Rebecca Catlett Conway Unknown-1760), Elizabeth (?-?), Catlett Thornton (1689-1751), Mary Catlett Taliaferro (1691-1771), Thomas Catlett (1707-1739); Children: Jonathan Gibson (1729-1791)^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Stubbs, Dr. & Mrs. William Carter, A History of Two Virginia Families transplanted from County Kent, England: Thomas Baytop, Tenterden, 1638 and John Catlett, Sittingbourne, 1622. Published in New Orleans, LA, 1918
2. ↑ Hauk, Carol A. Descendants of John Catlett of Virginia. Anderson, Indiana: Hauk Data Services, 1996
3. ↑ from Jouett Taylor Prisley and Sarah McIntosh Taylor family history and genealogy papers
4. ↑ Boyajian, Ned. No connect. between Jonathan GIBSON and the Bishop of London?, 11 June 2005, from a now-defunct GenForum.com web site
5. ↑ Espy, Willard R., Oysterville: Roads to Grandpa's Village, University of Washington Press, Aug 1, 1992
6. ↑ Stubbs, Dr. & Mrs. William Carter, A History of Two Virginia Families transplanted from County Kent, England: Thomas Baytop, Tenterden, 1638 and John Catlett, Sittingbourne, 1622. Published in New Orleans, LA, 1918
7. ↑ Hauk, Carol A. Descendants of John Catlett of Virginia. Anderson, Indiana: Hauk Data Services, 1996
8. ↑ Mark Hale (47665760), “Margaret Catlett Gibson,” Findagrave.com. Record added 19 Jul 2012. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93846906. Accessed 27 April 2018.

See also:

• RootsWeb: Jonathan Gibson (1700-1745), by Janet Ariciu, 12 Apr 2015
• RootsWeb: Catlett-L Archives, "Catlett, Gibson, Taylor," by Lorraine Loudenslager, 30 Oct 1999
• The Taylor Family of Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri: Information about Rachel Gibson, by Donna Hook
• Find A Grave Memorial# 93846906, Created by: Mark Hale, Record added: Jul 19, 2012
• Fall, Ralph Emmett, ed. The Diary of Robert Rose: A View of Virginia by a Scottish Colonial Parson, 1746-1751 (Verona, Va., 1977)
• Fall, Ralph Emmett. Hidden Village: Port Royal, Virginia 1744-1981 (McClure Printing; 1st Edition, 1982)
• Hale, Mark (47665760). “Margaret Catlett Gibson,” Findagrave.com. Record added 19 Jul 2012. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93846906. Accessed 27 April 2018.
• Taylor, Francis Diary, 1786-1799, University of North Carolina Library
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