Matthew Gibbs^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1631 - 1697  (65 years)

• Name	Matthew Gibbs  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	29 Sep 1631	Lenham, Kent, England   [7]
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  Gender	Male
  Probate	1697	, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  Death	1697	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [5, 7]
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  Person ID	I1470	Master
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	William Gibbs,   b. 1595, Lenham, Kent, England d. 21 Mar 1680, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Ann Thomas,   b. 1602, , , , England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Bradish,   b. 29 Nov 1632, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England d. 20 Feb 1691, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	1651	Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 7]
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  Children	1. Mary Gibbs,   b. 1652, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Feb 1691, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 39 years) + 2. Hannah Gibbs,   b. 17 Nov 1653, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 Aug 1718, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 64 years)   3. Thomas Gibbs,   b. 17 Dec 1656, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1657, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years) + 4. Matthew Gibbs,   b. 17 Dec 1656, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 Mar 1732, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years)   5. Elizabeth Gibbs,   b. 1658, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1672, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 14 years)   6. Thomas Gibbs,   b. 10 Apr 1660, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Mar 1688, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 27 years) + 7. John Gibbs,   b. 10 Apr 1662, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Apr 1718, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Sep 1631 - Lenham, Kent, England Marriage - 1651 - Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Probate - 1697 - , Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Death - 1697 - Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

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