The GIBBS Family of Charlestown and Sudbury in Massachusetts

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First Generation

MATTHEW GIBBS of Charlestown and Sudbury

Parents: Unknown

Matthew Gibbs married Mary Bradish. [Ref, p. 714]

Matthew was a planter in Charlestown. [Ref, p. 714] In 1654 he moved to Sudbury. [Ref, p. 714]

Children of Matthew Gibbs and Mary Bradish:

1. Matthew Gibbs, Jr. died on 9 Mar 1731/2 in Sudbury. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Unknown. She died on 20 Jan 1733/4 in Sudbury. [Ref]
   He is on a list from 25 Nov - 3 Dec 1675 of men in King Philip's War from Watertown. [Ref]
2. John Gibbs was born about 1662 in Sudbury. He died on 2 Apr 1718 in Sudbury. He married first Ann Gleason. He married second Sarah Unknown
3. Thomas Gibbs died on 14 Mar 1689/90 in Sudbury. [Ref]
4. Hannah Gibbs married Samuel Winch on 11 Feb 1672 in Sudbury. [Ref]
5. Mary Gibbs died on 20 Feb 1690/1 in Sudbury. [Ref, p. 255] She married first John Goodridge on 23 Mar 1674 in Sudbury. [Ref][Ref, p. 255] John was the son of John Goodrich. [Ref, p. 255] She married second Thomas Frost on 12 Nov 1678 in Sudbury. [Ref, p. 255] Thomas was the son of Edmund and Thomasine Frost. [Ref, p. 255] He was born in Mar 1637 in Cambridge. [Ref, p. 255] He died in 1724 in Framingham. [Ref, p. 255] He married second Hannah (Grose) Johnson on 9 Jul 1691 in Sudbury. [Ref, p. 255] Hannah was the widow of Solomon Johnson. [Ref, p. 255] He married third Sarah Singletary on 12 Dec 1712. [Ref, p. 255]
6. Joseph Gibbs (possible son) married Mercy Unknown. She died on 28 Feb 1733/4 in Sudbury. [Ref]
   

Second Generation

JOHN GIBBS (c. 1662 - 1718) of Sudbury

Parents: Matthew Gibbs and Mary Bradish [Ref][Ref, p. 19]

John Gibbs was born about 1662 in Sudbury. [Ref, p. 31] He died on 2 Apr 1718 in Sudbury. [Ref] He married first Ann Gleason on 27 Apr 1688 in Sudbury. [Ref] He married second Sarah Unknown. She died on 31 Aug 1725 in Sudbury. [Ref]

Thomas Gleason left five shillings to his "son-in-law John Gibbs, who married [his] daughter Ann Gleason". [Ref, p. 19]

Children of John Gibbs and Ann Gleason:

1. Mercy Gibbs was born on 3 Aug 1691 in Sudbury. She married James Aikens.
2. John Gibbs is mentioned in the will of his grandfather Thomas Gleason. [Ref, p. 19]

Children of John Gibbs and Sarah Unknown:

1. Jacob Gibbs was born on 25 Jun 1704 in Sudbury. [Ref]
2. Israel Gibbs was born on 11 Jul 1706 in Sudbury. [Ref]
3. Ephraim Gibbs was born on 12 Jun 1710 in Sudbury. [Ref] He died on 15 Aug 1710 in Sudbury. [Ref]

Third Generation

MERCY GIBBS (b. 1691)

Parents: John Gibbs and Ann Gleason

Mercy Gibbs was born on 3 Aug 1691 in Sudbury. [Ref][Ref] She married James Aikens on 15 Oct 1718 in Brookfield, MA. [Ref]

Mercy united with the church in Hardwick on 29 May 1737. [Ref]

References

Bodge, George, "Soldiers in King Philip's War," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, many volumes.

Gates, Horatio, The Aikens Monograph, privately printed, no date.

Linzee, John William, The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and their ancestors and descendants, Boston, Samuel Usher, 1913.

Paige, Lucius R., History of Hardwick, Massachusetts: with a genealogical register, Boston, Houghton-Mifflen, 1990.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.

Stearns, Ezra S., History of Ashburnham, Massachusetts: From the grant of Dorchester Canada to the present time, 1734-1886: With a genealogical register of Ashburnham families, Ashburnham, MA, The town, 1887.

Ward, A. H., "Sudbury Records," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 17, 1863, 254-260, 311-315; 18, 1864, 45-48, 139-141.

Wilson, Lillian May, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass., 1607-1909, unknown, John Barber White, 1909.

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