Thomas Gibson (1469 - 1515)

Born 1469 in Goldingstones, Fife, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Erskine) Gibson — married 1490 in Scotland

Descendants

Died 1515 at about age 46 in Goldingstones, Fife, Scotland

Biography

This profile is part of the Gibson Name Study.

Lord Thomas Gibson 1469-1515 Born at Goldingstones, County Fife, Scotland, he was the second son of Andrew and chartered First Baron by King James IV.

• Married Lady Elizabeth Erskine 1471-1551 He was a chartered Free Baron by King James IV and appointed Clerk of Session of the Parliament of Scotland.

* George 1491 - 1538 George was chartered Second Baron and Clerk of Session of the Parliament of Scotland after the death of his father. (ref.)

* William 1495 - 7 July,1542 Lord William was Vicar of Garvock, Rector of Inverarity, Dean of Restalrig, Lord of Session & the Scottish Ambassador to the Pope in Rome.

* Andrew 1498 - 1567 Andrew, married in 1517, raised two sons and at least two daughters.

* Thomas 1503 - 1562 Thomas, married in 1521, raised three sons and three daughters.

* and at least two daughters Unfortunately, very little is recorded of the female side of our early Gibson ancestors. [This branch descends from the Royal Houses of York and Stuart.]

*"The life of Ambassador, Lord William Gibson was recorded in a charter by Sir John Moubray, of Barnbougle, knight, in favour of his son, William de Moubray, in 1511."

• Thomas Gibson, who lived in the reign of King James the Fourth, and is particularly mentioned, with several other barons of the county of Fife, in a charter by Sir John Moubry, of Barnbougle, knight, in favour of his son, William de Moubry, in 1511. He left two sons, George his heir, and William, successively vicar of Garvock, rector of Inverarity, and dean of Restalrig.

Sources

• http://www.haygenealogy.com/hay/gibson.html

• http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/gibson.htm

• http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/Scottish%20Monarchs(400ad-1603)/TheStewarts/JamesIV.aspx

• E-mail address is GibsonFamily at mayflowerman.com

Tom is a Professor at York College of Pennsylvania, Museum Curator, Telecommunications Manager, Radio Engineer, Summer Camp Director, IBS Corporate Vice President, and founder of SAMMA, the Society of Americans with Multiple Mayflower Ancestors.