George Gibson (1517 - 1590)

Born 1517 in Goldingstones, Fife, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Cranston) Gibson — married 1542 in Fife, Scotland

Descendants

Died 1590 at about age 73 in Goldingstones, Fife, Scotland

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gibson Name Study.

• Lord George Gibson II (1517-1590) Second son of George, he was chartered Third Baron, County Judge, and George was a Free Baron under Charter by Mary I, Queen of Scots.

• He married Lady Mary Cranston in 1542, the daughter of Lord Alexander Cranston of Roxburgh, a descendant of Thomas de Cranstoun, Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1425, 1438 and 1449.

• 1. Thomas Gibson (1543-1621) married in 1564, and raised at five children. Three grandsons were early settlers in Jamestown, VA with many descendants.

• 2. George Gibson (1545-1644) Lord George, married in 1565, raised six sons and three daughters, lived a long life and was the heir to the Barony and the family estate.

• 3. William b. 1548 - 1596 Catholic Bishop, William the Martyr, was hanged, drawn and quartered at York, on Nov 29, 1596, with fellow martyrs William Knight and George Errington.4./5./6.+

• and at least three daughters

[Many early Gibsons were devout Catholics until the Protestant Reformation initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and in Scotland by John Knox around 1660.

• Here is a superb website of old world Gibsons prepared by the Rev. Dr. Gary Stewart Gibson of Devon, UK, and his father, John Robert Gibson (1896-1991).]

Sources

• http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/gibson.htm

• http://www.haygenealogy.com/hay/gibson.html