John
Gibbs
Born [date unknown] [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Hannah (Punderson) Slawson
— married
27 Oct 1670 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony
Father of
Margaret (Gibbs) Holmes
Died before
in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
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Biography
This profile is part of the New Haven Colony One Place Study.
4 Mar 1637/8 Jo: Gibbs was a "committee" member (ie. representative) at the General Court of Connecticut.[1]
24 Mar 1640 John Gibbs recorded his holdings in Wethersfield: a house, barn and 4 acres of land bordered by High Street on the west; the Great meadow, east, Rev. John Serman north and John Reynolds south. He sold this land to Lt John Hollister in 1645. He and about a dozen men left Wethersfield to join the Colony at New Haven about 1640. [2]
John Gibbs was on the freemans list dated 1643, but estimated to be from 1641, he having been admitted to the court in 1640. John Gibbs signed the New Haven Fundamental Agreement, not at the first signing in 1639, but in one of the years afterward. In 1644 he signed the Oath of fidelity. He got fined for neglecting watch and his gun not working. He was granted land and bought land, served on committees, and was chosen a deputy to the New Haven Court and had seats assigned in the meeting house.[3] Will dated Nov. 27, 1685, inventory Jan. 1, 1690, names wife Hannah and only daughter Margaret Gibbs. "Cousin (nephew?) Daniel Shearman" and his eldest daughter Abigail Sherman
Family
Sister?: Mary, the first wife of of Rev. John Sherman was probably a sister of John Gibbs[4]
Wife 1: He married twice. His first wife, whose name is unknown died in New Haven in Oct 1668.[4]
Wife 2: He married, secondly, Hannah Punderson, bpt May 1642 in New Haven, daughter of John and Margaret Punderson. She married after Gibbs' death ______ Slauson of Stamford.[4]
Children:
- Margaret Gibbs, b. 29 Jan 1683, New Haven; m. Stephen Holmes of Stamford.[4]
His will is dated 27 November 1685 and his inventory was taken on 1 January 1690/91 and recorded at New Haven.[5][6]
Research Notes
GMD= Unknown 1637; Wethersfield, NH [NHCR 1:44; fanh 641; wethersf Hist 1:271. (The John Gibbs granted land at Cambridge was actually John Gibson.
Sources
- ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond. (transcriber). The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony May 1665. (Hartford: Brown and Parsons, 1850.) AKA Colonial Records of Connecticut. Volume I. 1636-1665 Google Books p 13
- ↑ Stiles, Henry Reed. and Sherman W. Adams. The History of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut... Vol I – History, Part 1. (New York: The Grafton Press., 1903.) p 271
- ↑ Hoadly, Charles J, MA. (editor) Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649. (Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857.) 9 (freeman's list), p. 18, 44 (admitted court), 126 (view land), 136 (view land), 138 (oath of Fidelity), 151 (Dec 1644 neglecting watch), 232 (1646 defective arms), 233 (bought land), 302 (1646 5th row middle seats), 325 (adjoiner), 404 (committee re hog damage), 458 (1649, liberty to depart court); deputy for plantation court at New Haven. 274 (Oct 1647), 354 (Oct 1648), sister Gibbs 303 (fifth row middle seas).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. (Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932). p. 641
- ↑ “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9JH-7 : 12 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 302. New Haven Probate Record, 1668-1703, Vol. 2, Part 1, page 76-77.
- ↑ Sherman, Roy. The New England Shermans (Sherman, Palo Alto, Calif., 1974) Page 42 [Abstract of will]
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Profile reports no date of birth, however, he was serving in an official capacity as early as 4 Mar 1637/8, and registered land holdings 24 Mar 1640. Then, "freemans list dated 1643, but estimated to be from 1641," and he sold land in 1645.
While it would make for quite a difference between his age and that of wife Hannah, could we provide some guidance to his age by suggesting he was at least age 21 by 1640, thus born no later than 1619?
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