Josiah Gibbs

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: September 1705

Matthew married Mary Moore on 12 Nov 1678 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of John Moore and Anne Smith) was born on 4 Dec 1655 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Sep 1705 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 1697, , Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

FROM: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gibbs-191

Mathew was listed as a "Planter" in Charlestown. Accord to [Savage] he "was of Charlestown, Suffolk Co, MA prior to 1654" He relocated his family to Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA Lived the balance of his life in greater Sudbury. He and his sons were Soldiers in the King Philip's war (1675-78).

Mathew Gibbs was born in about 1615 in an unknown, unproven location. He is NOT listed in the Lenham, Kent, England Parish Records.

Mathew was a deponent in a Middlesex Co., Massachusetts case in 1673 where he stated that he was 58 years of age, so Mathew was born about 1615. (from Gibbs researcher David Charles Gibbs)

Possible parents: Are Unknown and not confirmed. (Gibbs researcher David Charles Gibbs, has a posted Rant on these errors, and why he can't have Five dads) Listed as Henry, William, Stephan, Thomas and John.

Note: There is some evidence to indicate his father was Henry, a manservant of Edmund Hobart (also a direct descendant of John Putnam). At this time, I do not have enough evidence to conclude this. JEP 1-1999

Immigration and Residences
We do not have any proof or records to confirm his immigration. [Farmers] claimed a Mathew Gibbs was in New Haven in 1639, he is first recorded in a Charlestown Land record in 1650 and relocated to Sudbury. Middlesex Co in Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Was in Charlestown, MA between 1650-54, when he moved to Sudbury, MA. Received grant of land in 1659 and 1670 which he called "Lanham". In 1673 and 1678, he purchased additional land to add to his farm.

Mathew Gibbs married Mary Bradish about 1651 at Sudbury / Charlestown / Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mary Bradish's parents were Robert Bradish (d.1659) and Mary (Howe) Bradish who died at Cambridge in September 1638. Robert remarried by 1639 Vashti (unknown) Morrill, widow. In the probate of Robert Bradish's will is recorded his daughter Mary and her husband Mathew Gibbs who she married by 1652. Based upon this record Mathew Gibbs was admitted to Charlestown church 23 September 1652.

Children:
Mary
Hannah
Matthew Jr. a Twin
Thomas a Twin
Elizabeth
Thomas 3rd son
John - last child.

Mathew Gibbs and Mary Bradish's known children were:

Elizabeth, whose birth is not documented who is mentioned in her father's will as being the wife of John R______ of Duxbury, MA.
John , b. abt 1662, Sudbury, MA; d. 2 Apr 1718 in Lanham, MA; m. 27 Apr 1688 Anne Gleason who was b. abt 1668 at Sherborn, MA and d. 1692.

Death
He died about 1666 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Massachusetts.

5 Jul 1697: "Agreement of "ye Widow and Children of Mathew gibbs Sen'r late of Sudbury in ye County of Midd'x in ye Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England husband man dece'd", mentioning "ye widow Mary Gibbs", "her Son in Law John Russell of Duxbury in ye County of Plimouth who married w'th Elisabeth one of ye Daughter of ye s'd Dece'd", "her two Sonnes Mathew Gibbs & John Gibbs", "Sam'll Winch who married w'th Hanah another of ye Daughters of s'd Dece'd", "Thomas ffrost who married w'th Mary another of ye Daughters of ye s'd Mathew Gibbs Dece'd", signed and acknowledged by Mary Gibbs, Mathew Gibbs, John Gibbs, John Russell, Sam'll Wwinch & Thomas ffrost." (Massachusetts Probate Court, 1648-1967)

Mathew Gibbs died in 1697. His Will was probated 5 July 1697 at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. In his will he mentions his widow Mary Gibbs; son-in-law John Ru__ew(?) of Duxbury who married daughter Elizabeth.

Gibbs is large family from England and Scotland dating back to the Norman Conquest and in Normandy a long history too. The name is a diminutive of the Norman Guiselbertus which was shortened first to Gilbert and then to Gibbs.

A Gibbs family came from Fenton Manor in Darlington Parish, Devonshire, England.


Estate dispute court case- 17 April 1673

Suffolk County Court, Cambridge, Massachusetts Case No. 1214 - Testimony of Mathew Gibbs 17 April 1673 Testimony of Mathew Gibbs in 1673 court case started filed by Joseph Bradish (full brother of Mathew’s wife, Mary Bradish Gibbs), against John Bradish (Mary and Joseph’s half-brother) and others. The Court proceedings appear to have been filed because Robert Bradish (Joseph and Mary’s father), following the death of his first wife, married a second time to Vashti Bradish. When Robert died, Vashti was left a life estate in his land, with the balance of the estate to be split between Robert’s children. Somewhere along the way, the Court (or Executors) apparently allowed her to tap into the value of the principle of the estate to the extent that the cash flow from the estate did not cover her needs, or the executors of her Estate sold Robert’s land. The end result was the likelihood that all of the proceeds of the remaining estate would go to Vashti’s only surviving son (by Robert), John. When Joseph went to the Executor of Vashti’s estate, Thomas Savage (Thomas Savage is listed as an Executor of Vashti’s estate - it is unclear whether he was also an executor for the remainder of Robert’s estate), he was advised that he had sold the land. This triggered Joseph’s action. It appears that Joseph’s action was filed on his own behalf, as well as on behalf of his brothers and sisters. Mathew Gibbs’ testimony was a small part of the action, and is one of half a dozen recorded testimonies in the court records. Mathew Gibbs’ testimony indicates that he was 58 years old when the testimony was taken on 17 April 1673, giving him a birth year of 1615. Source: Suffolk County Court Documents - 1673 - Case #1214

Birth:
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4785228382:62476?ssrc=pt&tid=196577703&pid=152560335363

Died:
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2165988:9069?ssrc=pt&tid=196577703&pid=152560335363

Matthew married Mary Bradish in 1651 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Robert Bradish and Mary Howe) was born on 29 Nov 1632 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England; died on 20 Feb 1691 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1640-1847, , Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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Married:
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/50481:3824?ssrc=pt&tid=196577703&pid=152560335363

Notes:

Birth:
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4305748899:62476?ssrc=pt&tid=196577703&pid=152560327609

Died:
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1828105:61157?ssrc=pt&tid=196577703&pid=152560327609

William married Ann Thomas. Ann was born in 1602 in , , , England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 12 Mar 1657, , Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Robert married Mary Howe on 1 May 1620 in St James Parish, Bury St Edmonds, Soffolk, England. Mary was born in 1596 in , , , England; died on 23 Sep 1638 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Alice Elmye on 5 May 1588 in , Norfolk, England. Alice (daughter of Richard Elmye and Margaret Lawrence) was born in 1574 in Toppesfield, Braintree, Essex, England; died in 1658 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roberti married Margaret Denham. Margaret was born in 1575 in Suffolk, England; died in , , , England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married Margaret White in 1564 in , , , England. Margaret was born in 1551 in Horsham, Sussex, England; died on 15 Jun 1634 in Latton, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Margaret Lawrence in 1576 in Suffolk, Suffolk, England. Margaret was born in 1543 in South Elmham, Suffolk, England; died on 6 Apr 1625 in Palgrave, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]