Lois (Smith) Gibson (1726 - 1816)

Born 1 Nov 1726 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Reuben Gibson — married 13 Nov 1745 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA

Descendants

Died 22 Nov 1816 at age 90 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lois Smith, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Smith, in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, on 1 Nov 1726.^[1][2]

Reuben Gibson married Lois Smith on 13 NOV 1746 at Sudbury.^[1][2] According to Wilson, they had at least the following children:^[2]

• Lois, b. Lunenburg 15 Aug 1747; m. Joshua Billings; d. Ashburnam 27 May 1820
• Reuben, b. Lunenburg 21 Sept 1748
• Abraham
• Thomas
• Arrington
• Bezaleel
• Israel
• Ephraim

Lois Gibson died on 22 NOV 1816 at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^[2][3] She is buried at the South Street Cemetery in Fitchburg. Her gravestone gives her first name as "Louis." Her gravestone is inscribed:

MRS. LOUIS,

wife of

Capt. Reuben Gibson

died Nov. 22, 1816:

Aged 94.

You can see a picture of her double gravestone with her husband Reuben at FindAGrave.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Vital records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. New-England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund Boston, 1903 Accessed at Open Library 15 Oct 2016. Open Library Birth, Page 134; Marriage, Page 200
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Wlson, Mehitable Calef Coppenhagen, compiler John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts and His Descendants, 1634-1899 Press of McGill & Wallace Washington, D.C., 1900. Accessed at Internet Archive on 15 Oft 2016. Internet Archive Page 401
3. ↑ FindAGrave.com; Created by: Jc; Record added: May 30, 2011; Find A Grave Memorial# 70602608

See also:

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