Josiah Gibbs (1729 - bef. 1780)

Born 1 Oct 1729 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Cornish) Gibbs — married 16 Apr 1752 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 18 May 1780 before age 50 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Josiah, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Swift Gibbs, was born at Sandwich in 1729.^[1] He married Mercy Cornish there in 1752^[2] and they had five children together. Josiah died intestate before May 18, 1780.^[3]

Children

1. Stephen b 15 Apr 1753; died 1755^[4]
2. Stephen b 15 Feb 1755^[5]
3. Eleakim b 25 Jul 1757^[6]
4. Mercy b 3 Dec 1759; m Abner Hall^[7]
5. Josiah b 29 Dec 1762^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RHJF : 18 February 2020), Josiah Gibbs, 01 Oct 1729; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934221.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC96-TJM : 24 January 2020), Josiah Gibbs, 1752.
3. ↑ Brownson, Lydia B. Phinney. "Thomas Gibbs of Sandwich, Mass. (c 1615-1693)." New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 123, July 1969. Page 209. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11620/209/0
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DDMX-5S2M : 10 November 2020), Josiah Gibbs in entry for Stephen Gibbs, 1753.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DDMX-53MM : 10 November 2020), Josiah Gibbs in entry for Stephen Gibbs, 1755.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RZK1 : 10 November 2020), Josiah Gibbs in entry for Eliakim Gibbs, 24 Jul 1757; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934221.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RZ2K : 10 November 2020), Josiah Gibbs in entry for Mercy Gibbs, 5 Dec 1759; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934221.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RZL7 : 10 November 2020), Josiah Gibbs in entry for Josiah Gibbs, 29 Dec 1762; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934221.