Rebecca (Howland) Gibbs (1718 - 1745)

Born 13 Sep 1718 in Freetown, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Elisha Gibbs II — married 7 Apr 1737 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island,

Descendants

Died 4 Feb 1745 at age 26 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

Biography

This profile is part of the Howland Name Study.

When Rebecca Howland was born on September 13, 1718, in Freetown, Massachusetts, her father, John, was 38 and her mother, Rebecca, was 33. She married Elisha Gibbs on April 7, 1737, in Newport, Rhode Island. They had four children during their marriage. She died as a young mother on February 4, 1745, in Newport, Rhode Island, at the age of 25.

Birth

Rebecca Howland was born to John and Rebecca Howland on September 13, 1718 in Freetown, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1]

Marriage

Rebecca Howland married Elisha Gibbs on April 7, 1737 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island,^[2] but the Newport Town Records recorded her name Elizabeth Howland who married Elisha Gibbs on April 7, 1737. Also the burial record of Common Burying Ground of Newport, Rhode Island, showed that her name was Rebecca Gibbs who was buried next to her parents, John and Rebecca Howland and her sister, Penelope Howland as well.

Burial

Gravestone of Rebecca Gibbs

Rebecca Gibbs died on February 4, 1745, and she was buried at Common Burying Ground in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. She was buried next to her parents, John and Rebecca Howland, and her sister, Penelope Howland.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Freetown, Massachusetts, Volume 1, Births, Deaths, 1686 - 1793, copied from City Clerk's office records, Fall River, Massachusetts, page 18.
2. ↑ The Rhode Island Historical Magazine, Volume 2, Newport, Rhode Island: The Newport Historical Publishing Company, 1882, page 212. Note: Howland, Elizabeth to Elisha Gibbs. Apr. 7, 1737.
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 15 September 2017), memorial page for Rebecca Howland Gibbs (1718 - 1745), Find A Grave Memorial no. 123082951, citing Common Burying Ground, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island; no photograph provides a legible image of the inscribed data yet.

See also:

• Howland, Franklyn. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland: And Their Descendants of the United States and Canada: Together with an Account of the Efforts Made in England to Learn of Their English Ancestry, Etc. New Bedford, MA: F. Howland, 1885, p. 86. (Secondary Source).