Isaac Gibbs Jr. (1728 - 1799)

Born 28 Jan 1728 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lois (Townsend) Gibbs — married 2 Jan 1755 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1799 at age 71 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Isaac was a private in Captain Jesse Emes's company which marched on the Lexington alarm of 19 April 1775.^[1]

The 1881 History of Marlborough, New Hampshire ^[2] has an entry for Isaac Gibbs which gives the following information:

Isaac Gibbs, son of Isaac and Thankful (Wheeler) Gibbs, born in Sudbury, Massachusetts Jan. 28, 1728. Married 1755 Lois Townsend. He first settled in Sudbury. About 1759 he moved to Framingham where he remained until 1787 when he came to Marlborough. He probably resided on the Temple place, now owned by Elias A. Thatcher. He died Nov 1799. Mrs. Gibbs died in GIlsum, June 23, 1825. At that time, her children and grandchildren numbered one hundred, and great-grandchildren one hundred and twenty. There are nine children listed.

Lois Townsend and Isaac Gibbs married in Hopkinton, Massachusetts on 2 Jan 1755. ^[3]

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Sources

1. ↑ Coburn, Frank Warren Muster Rolls of the Participating Companies of American Militia and Minute-Men in The Battle of April 19, 1775 Eastern National Park & Monument Association (1995) p.20
2. ↑ History of the Town of Marlborough - Cheshire County, New Hampshire Charles A, Bemis, 881 by Geo. H Ellis Press, Boston, Mass, new edition by Frost Free Library, New England History Press, c. 1974. (p.506)
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRY-4M8 : 24 January 2020), Lois Townsend in entry for Isaac Gibbs, 1755.

• Mayflower Families Vol. 13 p 102
• Sudbury, MA Vital Records and Marlborough, MA Vital Records.