Y-Line 17: William Gibbs/Elizabeth Loring - m. October 27, 1774 in Boston, MA

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Y-Line 17: William Gibbs/Elizabeth Loring - m. October 27, 1774 in Boston, MA

As Submitted By: Mike Keller

This page was updated on: 11/17/07

Basic Information

Born: In England (date unknown)

Arrived in Boston, MA; in December, 1773 (per family tradition)

Died: Not Stated

Parents
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Siblings
Believed (per family tradition) to have arrived in Boston with one brother (JOHN) who is said to have returned
to England.

Marriages
Married : ELIZABETH LORING on October 27, 1774 at Kings Chapel, Boston, MA.

Notes

Generation No. 1

WILLIAM¹ GIBBS was born in England and is believed to have immigrated to Boston, MA with his brother, JOHN,

on (according to unproven family lore) December16, 1773, the night of the Boston Tea Party. Per the tradition,

the brothers had a disagreement that resulted in JOHN returning to England (date unknown) while WILLIAM

stayed in Boston and married ELIZABETH LORING on October 27, 1774 at Kings Chapel in Boston, MA (proven

fact). No other documented record of the couple has been found until the birth of their second child, Catherine,

on December 16, 1787 as recorded in the Helderbergh Reformed Church registry inGuilderland, NY. After that, the

couple is more or less documented in different counties of New York State for the first half of the 1800s. There is

also a history of chairmaking seen throughout the family.

Due to the Revolutionary War ferver around Boston at the time of their marriage, it is possible that WILLIAM and

ELIZABETH left that city for somewhere safer (such as Canada, New York City, or possibly even England for a

time). They had four known children.

Generation No. 2
Children of WILLIAM¹ GIBBS and ELIZABETH LORING are:
i. WILLIAM² GIBBS, Jr. (son); b. ca 1775-1785 (location unknown); m. MEHITABEL (DOWIN/DOANE ?)
1801 in Half Moon, Saratoga County, NY;
ii. CATHERINE² GIBBS, (dau); b. December 16, 1787 in Guilderland, NY;
iii. JOHN² GIBBS, (son); b. May 16, 1790 in NY;
iv. JAMES² GIBBS, (son); b. abt 1792-93 in NY

Generation No. 3
Children of WILLIAM² GIBBS, Jr. and MEHITABEL (DOWIN/DOANE ?) are:
i. WILLIAM³ GIBBS, (son); b. 1802 in NY;
ii. JOHN³ D. GIBBS, (son); b. 1804 in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY; m. EUNICE COOK ca. 1820 in NY;
iii. JAMES³ H. GIBBS, (son); b. 1806 in NY;
iv. BENJAMIN² L. GIBBS, (son); b. 1808 in NY;
v. SARAH² GIBBS, (dau); b. 1810 in NY

Generation No. 4
Children of JOHN³ D. GIBBS and EUNICE COOK are:
i. NANCY⁴ P. GIBBS, (dau); b. 1821 in NY;
ii. GEORGE⁴ W. GIBBS, (son); b. 1823 in NY;
iii. BENJAMIN⁴ H. GIBBS, (son); b. 1824 in NY;
iv. ALFRED⁴ C. GIBBS, (son); b. 1825 in NY; m. MARY S. WILSON 1854 in WI;
v. WILLIAM⁴ F. GIBBS, (son); b. 1828 in NY;
vii. JOHN⁴ R. GIBBS, (son); b. 1833 in NY;
viii. SARAH⁴ F. GIBBS, (dau); b. 1836 in NY;
ix. EMMA⁴ E. GIBBS, (dau); b. 1839 in WI

Generation No. 5
Children of ALFRED⁴ C. GIBBS and MARY S. WILSON are:
i. ALFRED⁵ W. GIBBS, (son); b. abt 1855 in WI; m. MARY ANN McELROY 1877 in WI;
ii. MILTON⁵ GIBBS, (son); b. abt 1864 in WI;
iii. MARY⁵ E. GIBBS, (dau); b. abt 1875 in WI;
iv. IDA⁵ M. GIBBS, (dau); b. abt 1874 in WI
v. MILO⁵ DELEVAN GIBBS, (son); b. 1860 in WI

Generation No. 6
Children of ALFRED⁵ W. GIBBS and MARY ANN McELROY are:
i. JOHN⁶ MILTON GIBBS, (son); b. 1879 in MI; m. JESSE MARGARET HILLARD 1905 in OH;
ii. ALFRED⁶ JOSEPH GIBBS, (son); b. 1881 in MI;
iii. MARY⁶ CHARLOTTE GIBBS, (dau); b. 1886 in MI;
iv. CLEMENT⁶ CORNELIUS GIBBS, (son); b. 1888 in MI

Generation No. 7
Children of JOHN⁶ MILTON GIBBS and JESSE MARGARET HILLARD are:
i. CLEMENT⁷ W. GIBBS, (son); b. 1906 in PA; m. GLORIA MARIE WILSON;
ii. JOHN⁷ FRANK GIBBS, (son); b. 1907 in TN; m. LOLA __?__;
iii. PAUL⁷ THOMAS GIBBS, (son); b. 1908 in TN;