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Y-Line 19: Jeremiah Gibbs - b. ca 1769 in the Rhode Island Colony

As Submitted By: Mary Gibbs DeRemer

This page was updated on: 7/2/08

Married DEBORAH COVEY (dau. of SAMUEL COVEY and SUSANNA __?__ ). She was b. 1790 in Alburgh, Grand Isle
Co, VT;

Parents
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Siblings/Kinfolk
Unknown. This line is genetically very close to other Gibbs lines with roots in England; particulary the GILES GIBBS line
of Dorset and Somerset counties, England.

Notes

Generation No. 1
JEREMIAH¹ GIBBS married DEBORAH COVEY ca. 1802 (no marriage record yet found). She was the dau. of
SAMUEL COVEY and SUSANNA __?__ of Alburgh, Grand Isle Co, VT. DEBORAH died after 1851. In 1851 she
was living with her daughter, MELVINA, and her husband, WILLIAM WHEELER, in Russeltown, Quebec. (ref: Rootsweb)
JEREMIAH¹ and DEBORAH GIBBS had ten children.

Generation No. 2
Children of JEREMIAH¹ GIBBS and DEBORAH (COVEY) GIBBS are:
i. OLIVER WILIE² GIBBS (son); b. May 15, 1809, Caldwell Manor, Missiquoi Co, Quebec.
ii. SAMUEL² GIBBS (son); b. 1803, Caldwell Manor, Missiquoi Co, Quebec; d. May 18, 1885.
iii. SUSANNAH² GIBBS (dau); b. 1805, Caldwell Manor, Missiquoi Co, Quebec.
iv. RUSSELL² GIBBS (son); b. May 25, 1807, Caldwell Manor, Missiquoi Co, Quebec
v. DEBORAH² YEARNS GIBBS (dau); b. Aug 16, 1810, Caldwell Manor, Missiquoi Co, Quebec; d. Nov 10, 1844
vi. MELVINA² (GIBBS) WHEELER (dau); b. Jan 22, 1811, Caldwell Manor, Missiquoi Co, Quebec
vii. ROZELLA² GIBBS (dau); b. Feb 9, 1813, Caldwell Manor, Missiquoi Co, Quebec; Bpt. Jul 16, 1815
Clarenceville Anglican Church, Quebec. Residence: 1850 - Bangor, Franklin Co, NY
viii. JOHN² YOUNG GIBBS (son); b. Feb 13, 1815, Caldwell Manor, Missiquoi Co, Quebec
ix. ELIZABETH² GIBBS (dau); b. Feb 17, 1817, Caldwell Manor, Missiquoi Co, Quebec; Bpt. May 11, 1817
Clarenceville Anglican Church, Quebec.
x. PHEBE² ROXANA GIBBS (dau); b. Mar 20, 1819, Caldwell Manor, Missiquoi Co, Quebec; Bpt. Sep 2, 1819
Clarenceville Anglican Church, Quebec.
NOTES on Generation No. 2: By 1840 all of the sons had moved to Bangor, NY (per the 1840 US Census). By 1870 all
of the sons had moved to Waushara Co, WI except SAMUEL² (who remained in Bangor). It appears that the daughters
were all married and stayed in Quebec.
OLIVER WILIE² GIBBS (JEREMIAH¹) married CATHERINE BROWN on Jan 1, 1832 in Bangor, Franklin Co, NY; dau. of
JAMES BROWN and LUCRETIA __?__. She was b. Apr 17, 1816 in Noyan, Quebec, Canada; bpt. Jan 15, 1826 - Caldwells
Manor/Christies Manor Anglican Records, Canada. She died Nov 7, 1890 in Salem, Dent Co, MO while visiting her sister,
Mehitable.
OLIVER WILIE² GIBBS is found on the 1825 Census in St. George, Caldwell Manor, Quebec. Per US Census Returns,
other residences are: Jun 1, 1840 - 1860: Bangor, Franklin Co, NY, USA; 1870 - 1880: Oasis, Waushara Co, WI, USA

Generation No. 3
Children of OLIVER WILIE² GIBBS and CATHERINE (BROWN) GIBBS are:
i. SYDNEY³ L. GIBBS (son); b. Jun 29, 1834 in Bangor, Franklin Co, NY; d. May 9, 1915 in Hancock,
Waushara Co, WI.
ii. MICAJAH³ GIBBS (son); b. Jun 11, 1836 in Bangor, Franklin Co, NY; d. Feb 24, 1909 Brighton, Macoupin Co, IL
iii. MCDONOUGH³ GIBBS (son); b. Sep 20, 1839 in Bangor, Franklin Co, NY; d. 1911 in Plainfield,
Waushara Co, WI.
iv. LEANDER³ GIBBS (son); b. Oct 19, 1847 in Bangor, Franklin Co, NY; d. Jan 13, 1874.
NOTES on Generation No. 3: MICAJAH³ GIBBS m. SARAH J. BEAMAN Jan 18, 1858, dau. of ELIAS BEAMAN and SUSAN
STARK. She was b. Feb 20, 1840 and d. Nov 26, 1916 in Brighton, Macoupin Co, IL. MICAJAH³ served in the military Sep 2,
1862 - Jun 3, 1865. He enlisted in Belmont, NY; Mustered out Foster Gen Hosp, New Berne, NC.
MICAJAH³ GIBBS is found on the 1840 USCensus in Bangor, Franklin Co, NY, USA; Per US Census Returns,
other residences are: 1900: Brighton, Macoupin Co, IL, USA
More information is available in the Shared Research area of this website. See: Descendants of JEREMIAH GIBBS
by Mary Gibbs DeRemer.