Mehitable (Wing) Gibbs (abt. 1786 - 1810)

Wife of Frank Gibbs — married 28 Aug 1808 in Livermore, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States

Died 13 May 1810 at about age 24 in Livermore, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth

Mehitable "Hitty" of "Hitty" Wing was born about 1786, based on her age at her death from her gravestone.^[1] The 1928 history of Livermore gives her first name as Mehitable,^[2] but her gravestone and the record of her marriage call her "Hitty" and her marriage intention calll her Hetty. The first child of her husband with his second wife is listed twice in the vital records, once as Hitty Wing Gibbs and once as Mehitable W. Gibbs.^[3] Nothing is known of her ancestry; her marriage intention says she was from Readfield, Maine (then in Massachusetts).^[4]

Marriage

On 28 May 1808, Miss Hetty Wing of Readfield, Maine, and Mr. Frank Gibbs of Livermore, Maine, (both towns were then in Massachusetts) published at Livermore their intention to marry, ^[4] and they married there on 28 Aug 1808.^[5] There are no known children from this marriage.

Death

Mehitable "Hitty" (Wing) Gibbs died on 13 May 1810, and she is buried at the Wyman Cemetery in Livermore, Maine, where her gravestone gives her age at her death as 24.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Photo of gravestone of "Mrs. Hitty, wife of Mr. Frank Gibbs" (Find A Grave: Memorial #181245406)
2. ↑ Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 120
3. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1786-1840," page 197; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 130 of 718
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; "Livermore Vital Records, 1762-1810," unpaginated; FHL Microfilm 11332, image 300 of 718
5. ↑ Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), pages 31-32