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John Gibbs (abt. 1600 - 1659)

John Gibbs
Born about in Dorset, Englandmap
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Died at about age 59 in Charles City County, Virginiamap
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Biography

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John Gibbs was a Virginia colonist.

Descendants claim John Gibbs was born about 1602 in Dorsetshire, England. According to a deposition in 1635, he was born about 1600.[1] He is the son of Gregory Gibbes and his first wife.[2]

He emigrated to America in 1620/21. The Lists of the living and dead in Virginia 16th Feb 1623, recorded one John Gibbs who resided at Jordan's Journey was among the living.[3][See Foot Note 1] According to the Virtual Jamestown 1624/25 Muster Record Muster of Christopher Safford, the John Gibbs living at Jordans Journey on 21st of January 1624/25, arrived on the Supply in 1619 and was enumerated with his partner Christopher Safford, who had arrived on the ship Treasurer in 1613.[4][5] Although the Muster Record shows the year 1619, The Records of the Virginia Company of London recorded "Iohn Gibbes" was among the 56 persons who were shipped in the good ship called the Supply this p'sent xviijth [18th] day of September 1620 from the port of Bristoll for "plantaconin" Virginia.[6] A certificate of the arrival of fifty persons out of England at Barclay in Virginia was recorded the 29th of January 1620/21 by George Yeardley and IO:Porry Secr.[6]

"Flower the Hundred," Charles City County, Virginia, 1670

On 16 June 1635, John Gibbs of Floure de Hundred in Virginia, a planter, aged about 35, gave a deposition concerning the cargo of the ship Robert Bonadventure of London, and the cargo for a Mr. Lawrence Evans of London.[1] In the deposition, Gibbs noted he was returning to London, and delivered the cargo to Evans.

This John Gibbs served as a Justice of the court of Charles City County, Virginia in 1655.[7]

John Gibbs died before the 3rd of June 1659. At a court held at Merchants Hope, Charles City County, Virginia on the 3rd of June 1659, "Robert Evanses" was granted administration of the Estate of Mr. John Gibbs, dec'd.[8]

The transcribed Charles City County court records show two abstracts concerning the estate of John Gibbs, dec'd.:

  • Page 206.[Court 3 Oct 1659] "Robt Evans a/c of est of Mr. John Gibbs approved. Quietus est, he paying debts and the widow her thirds."[9]
  • Page 278. Dated 11 May 1660. Robert Wynne, being entrusted by Mr. Steph: Hamlin, agent for the relict of Mr. John Gibbs, to settle and a/c with Robert Evans of - thousand six hundred lb tobo, comes to an agreement that paymt be made in 1661 and 1662, signed Robert Wynne, Consented to by S. Hamlin, Consented to By Robert Evanes.[10]

The name of his wife was not found in the court records.

Foot Notes

  1. Jordan's Journey was located on the south side of the James River in the northern portion of present-day Prince George County. Prince George County was created in 1703 from Charles City County.

Research Notes

According to the import of the profile, John Gibbs was born 1602 in South Perrott, Dorsetshire. No John Gibbs born in 1600 or 1602 was found in the South Perrott BAPTISMS 1538 TO 1812, or the South Perrot Weddings 1539 – 1812.

Virginia Colonial records recorded several persons by the name JOHN GIBBS imported into the Colony of Virginia. A Blogger writes about the three John Gibbs in Virginia. The Lieutenant, The Partner, and the Servant - See: The Lives of Serfs and City Folk. The Tale of Three John Gibbs. 28 September

"The Partner": According to the Virtual Jamestown 1624/25 Muster Records, the John Gibbs living at Jordans Journey on the 16 February 1623/24 census, arrived on the Supply in 1619 and was enumerated with his partner Christopher Safford, who had arrived on the ship Treasurer in 1613, on the Muster of Christopher Safford taken 21 January 1624/25.[11]

  • The Partner is this John Gibbs who is the subject of this profile.

"The Lieutenant" - This is the Lieutenant Gibbes that served in the First Legislative Assembly in America, sitting at Jamestown, Virginia, 1619.[12] “Here following is set downe a true list of the names of all those that were massacred by the treachery of the Savages in Virginia, the 22nd March last." Among the names of those that were massacred in 1623 was John Gibbes at "Lieutenant Gibs his Dividend."[3] [Note: Do not link wikipedia information to this profile as the information is incorrect. A man aged about 19 did not serve in the First Legislative Assembly.]

"The Servant" - Another John Gibbs (Givvs) came to Virginia in 1621 on the Abigail as a Virginia Company servant, and was living on the south side of the Elizabeth River in Sergeant William Berry's household about 1625.[13]

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Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Library of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Examinations; Author: Public Record Office Class: H.C.A. 13/51.; Description: Records of the High Court of Admiralty (Search Department 1960); Survey Report: SR 04003, page 5, citing John Gibbs; Film Number: Not Filmed, Digital images: Ancestry.com. Virginia Colonial Records, 1607-1853 [database on-line], image 5 of 5 citing John Gibbs. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
  2. MacDonald, Jack E; The Gibbs Family of England and Virginia. Powell Wyoming. White Ink Printing. 2018. Page 1, citing John Gibbs. Digital images: Rootsweb.com. Accessed 3 August 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Jamestown Society, Lists of the living & Dead in Virginia February 16th, 1623, Colonial Records of Virginia”, R.F. Walker, Superintendent Public Printing, Richmond, VA, 1874, Clemmitt & Jones, Printers, pp 38 – 68.,
  4. Virtual Jamestown, 1624/25 Muster Records, citing John Gibbs.
  5. Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873. The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England. London. Hotten. 1874. pages 171, 211, citing The Muster of Christopher Safford, John Gibbs. Digital images: Archives.org.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Kingsbury, Susan Myra. Records of The Virginia Company of London. Washington, Volume III. United States Government Printing Office. 1933. Page 405, citing Certificate for Sailing of the Ship "Supply', line 36, "Iohn Gibbes;" Page 426, citing Certificate of Arrival of the Ship Supply. Digital images: Internet Archive. Accessed 24 April 2022.
  7. Fleet, Beverley, Charles City County court orders, 1655 - 1658. Volume 10. Baltimore, Maryland. Genealogical Publishing Company. 1961. Pages 1, 7, 16, 18, citing Mr. John Gibbs. Digital images: Ancestry.com. Accessed 2 Aug 2021.
  8. Fleet, Beverley, 1883-1950, Virginia colonial abstracts, Volume 11, Charles City County court records, 1658-1661, page 35, citing Robt. Evanses, Mr. John Gibbs, decd.
  9. Fleet, Beverley, 1883-1950, Virginia colonial abstracts, Volume 11, Charles City County court records, 1658-1661, page 52, citing John Gibbs, Rovert Evans,
  10. Fleet, Beverley, 1883-1950, Virginia colonial abstracts, Volume 11, Charles City County court records, 1658-1661, page 97, citing John Gibbs, Rovert Evans, Stephen Hamlin
  11. Virtual Jamestown, 1624/25 Muster Records, citing John Gibbs.
  12. W. W. Henry. “The First Legislative Assembly in America: Sitting at Jamestown, Virginia, 1619.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 2, no. 1, 1894, pp. 55–67. Page 61, citing Lieutenant Gibbes. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4241795. Accessed 2 Aug. 2021.
  13. McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants & Adventurers, 1607 – 1635. Baltimore, Maryland. Genealogical Publishing. 2007. page 326, column 1 entry 1, John Gibbs (Gibbes, Gybs)

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You removed the link to Lt John Gibbs, I think this was a mistake. There should be a debate on the which John Gibbs you are applying which sources to which John Gibbs. I have a wikitree page with some of the questions that have been asked by me and others. [[1]]
posted by Rose Edwards
I removed the "See Also" source with the link you added the link underneath since it appeared you were suggesting that source does not apply to this John Gibbs. If you will take the time to look at the research notes, you will see I had already put a link to the Lt. John Gibbs so another link was not necessary.
I think the 1619 arrival date is in error. Using the same website that listed Gibbs having arrived on the Supply in 1619, I searched for everyone listed in the Muster of 1624 who arrived on the Supply and the Suply and all but Gibbs had the listed year 1620. Here is a link to one of the searches: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/Muster/search.muster.cgi?start_page=0&search_type=basic&database=muster_1624&last=&first=&muster=&age-op=&age1=&age2=&ship=Supply&month=&year=&date=

Also, in the book Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635 by Martha W. McCartney she states on page 325 that Gibbs, "left Bristol, England on September 10, 1620, on the Supply..." And he, "arrived at Berkeley Hundred on January 29, 1621."

And, of course, we all know that back then Jan 1620 would be 1621. So, everything seems to fall in line apart from the 1619 listing on the muster for this John Gibbs alone, apparently.

posted by E Borgman
Thank you! I added info from original source.
Anyone have the location of John’s gravesite? Is it in Charles City?
posted by Steven Gibbs
Hi Steven,

As the Profile Manager, I have not found any record in my research to prove where he was buried. I have added a link to the history of Merchant's Hope Church in Martin's Brandon Parish to the biography where the court was held in 1659 addressing his estate which might help you in your quest to find his place of burial.

Also, keep in mind "Charles City County" was in Virginia, and Charles City was in Maryland.

Thank you, Brenda. So many Gibbses! Have you traced any of John’s decedents? I’m trying to connect him to Frank Gibbs, b. 1866-d. 1966.
posted by Steven Gibbs
I have researched a little on the linked son, Gregory, but have not found any document to link him to John Gibbs in Charles City County. Gregory's profile shows Middlesex County which was created from Lancaster County in 1673. Lancaster was formed in 1651 from the counties of York and Northumberland.

There was one Elizabeth Gibbs daughter of John Gibbs who was granted land in New Kent County, Virginia in 1655, but I cannot determine which John Gibbs that might be. New Kent was formed from the counties of York and James City in 1654.

In the process of attempting to locate a profile for the John Gibbs who represented Captain Warde's Plantation as Burgess at the Virginia Assembly of 1619, I reviewed this profile. Because there are three men of the name John Gibbs in Virginia at the appropriate time, it is difficult to determine which one was the Burgess. I've noted a couple of changes in the Research Notes section and am hoping more information comes to light so we can sort out the three John Gibbs.
Your question added to the research notes might be better answered on a G2G forum rather than adding that information to this John Gibbs. I added the research notes hoping people would quit adding information to this profile concerning the other two John Gibbs.
I probably won't add anything to this profile unless it's relevant to him. Was really hoping for more direct info that would help identify the other two John Gibbs.
If you have anything to add, please post it in the comment section, and I will review it.
I don't know how much you have researched the Gibbs family tree but I need some help. I am trying to find out what happened to James Cockram (b.~1664) that was sold as an indentured servant to Nicholas Gibbs in 1685 in Barbadoes. James and his brother John were transported out of England due to their participation in the Monmouth Rebellion. Johns indenture was purchased by William Currier.

In the S. Andrews parish register of 1679 in Barbadoes I have found land owners of Lieutenant Bassill Gibbs and Captain John Gibbs. I am wondering how they are related to Nicholas Gibbs and how they may be related to your John Gibbs profile.

It is my theory that Nicholas Gibbs may have emigrated to America and brought his servant, James Cockram, with him.

Ultimately, I am looking for the parents of William Cochran b. 1805 who is my GGG grandfather. James and John also had a brother, William, that may not have been captured during the Monmouth Rebellion.

Do you have any information that might assist me? [email address removed]


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