Y-Line 30: Jesse Gibbs of Vermont, Eastern Upstate New York, or Connecticut

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Y-Line 30: Jesse Gibbs of Vermont, Eastern Upstate New York, or Connecticut

This page was updated on: 11/5/13

Basic Information for Jesse Gibbs
Born: before 1765 in Vermont, Eastern Upstate New York, or Connecticut
Died: 1821 in Bristol, Morgan County, Ohio

Generation 1 Notes:

Jesse Gibbs first appears as a grantee of donation lands via the Donation Tract of the Ohio Company
Purchase in 1797 in the old Northwest Territory. The only potential trace of him prior to this is a Pay Roll
for a Jesse Gibbs that was a volunteer solider at Fort Pitt in 1791. Given the unique given-surname
combination for a Gibbs in this part of the country during that timeframe, it's likely that solider was the
same Jesse Gibbs.

Jesse Gibbs first settled on his 100 acre donation tract in the late 1790's, which was located in Waterford
Township, Washington County, Ohio. He was a yeoman. He was also a little suit-happy, as he has a few
civil suits found in Washington County's Court of Common Pleas records. He married Sarah. Her maiden
name is unknown, however one of her children's middle names was provide as Nickolson, which could
possibly be her maiden name. The marriage doesn't appear to have occurred in Ohio. It seems it likely
occurred in western Pennsylvania or West Virginia around 1799.

In 1816 he sold his 100 acre tract and took 162.42 acres of land in the Ohio River Survey in present Bristol,
Morgan County, Ohio, and relocated there. He acquired this land via federal land patent through the General
Land Office. He appears to have died in 1821. He is listed on the voter lists, in June 1821 in Bristol, and his
wife is found remarrying a Benjamin Wells Talbott in November 1821. Sarah Gibbs Talbott had one known
surviving child to B.W. Talbott, Nancy Talbott, whom married James Craig Wells and relocated to Missouri.

The 162 acre tract of Jesse Gibbs descended to Jesse's five children via Ohio intestacy law since he left
no will or administration. All five children, Elizabeth², William², Charles², Jesse Jr.², and Levi², sold their
32 acre portions to Benjamin Wells separately. Charles² and Jesse Jr.² backtracked on the pioneer trail,
and settled in Allegheny and Washington County, Pennsylvania respectively in the 1820's and 1830's.

Parents
Father: UNKNOWN GIBBS
Mother: Unknown

Marriage
Married : SARAH ___?___ (possibly Nickolson, based on the middle name of one of her children);
b. ca. 1782 in Pennsylvania; m. bef. 1800 probably in western Pennsylvania or western
Virginia around 1799; d. between 1850 and 1860 in Bristol, Morgan County, Ohio.

Generation No. 2
Children of JESSE¹ GIBBS and SARAH (NICKOLSON ?) GIBBS:
1. ELIZABETH² GIBBS; b. ca. 1800 in Waterford Township, Washington Co, Northwest Territory
2. WILLIAM² GIBBS; b. 24 Aug 1804 in Waterford Township, Washington Co, Ohio
3. CHARLES² NICKOLSON GIBBS; b. ca. 1806 in Waterford Township, Washington Co, Ohio
4. JESSE² GIBBS II; b. ca. 1810 in Waterford Township, Washington Co, Ohio
5. LEVI² GIBBS; b. 11 AUG 1811 in Waterford Township, Washington Co, Ohio

Generation 2 Notes:

CHARLES² NICKOLSON GIBBS was born circa 1806 in Waterford Township, Washington County, Ohio,
and died 15 November 1882 in Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

CHARLES² migrated to Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania around 1825. He married
EMILINE JANE HARDEN "EMILY" HAYS circa 1827. Emily was the daughter of Jacob Hays and Jane
Scott Harden, whom were members of the well known pioneer Hays family of the greater Pittsburgh
area. CHARLES² was a wealthy millwright in the area, living on Streets Run. He was a millwright of flour.

Emily was Presbyterian, the same as her parents, and attended Lebanon Presbyterian Church in
Mifflin Township, and is buried in the Lebanon Presbyterian Cemetery next to her parents in the plot
of her oldest son, ISRAEL³ GIBBS. CHARLES'² religion at this time remains unconfirmed, but is
suspected to have been Methodist. CHARLES² and Emily's children were either Presbyterian, or
Methodist. CHARLES'² burial place is unknown, but is suspected to be Franklin Cemetery in Munhall,
which was the principle burying ground for Methodists in that area. Burial records at Lebanon
Presbyterian Cemetery go back to the time when CHARLES² died, and there is no record of him being
buried there. Franklin Cemetery has no burial records unfortunately, but CHARLES'² daughter JANE³
HAYS GIBBS BURKHART was Methodist, and was buried in Franklin Cemetery per her obituary.

Generation No. 3
Children of CHARLES² NICKOLSON GIBBS and EMILINE JANE HARDEN "EMILY" HAY GIBBS:
1. ISRAEL³ J. H. GIBBS; b. 25 Jan 1828 in Mifflin Township, Allegaheny Co, Pennsylvania
2. BENJAMIN³ F. GIBBS; b. in Dec 1829 in Mifflin Township, Allegaheny Co, Pennsylvania
3. ADALINE³ EMILY GIBBS; b. in Dec 1831 in Mifflin Township, Allegaheny Co, Pennsylvania
4. JANE³ HAYS GIBBS; b. ca. 1833 in Mifflin Township, Allegaheny Co, Pennsylvania
5. THOMAS³ GIBBS; b. ca. 1835 in Mifflin Township, Allegaheny Co, Pennsylvania
6. JAMES³ HAYS GIBBS; b. in Jan 1840 in Mifflin Township, Allegaheny Co, Pennsylvania
7. MARY³ PAINTER GIBBS; b. 22 May 1842 in Mifflin Township, Allegaheny Co, Pennsylvania
8. ELIZABETH³ T. GIBBS; b. ca. 1849 in Mifflin Township, Allegaheny Co, Pennsylvania
9. FRANCES³ ADELLE GIBBS; b. 18 Dec 1852 in Mifflin Township, Allegaheny Co, Pennsylvania

Generation 3 Notes:

JAMES³ HAYS GIBBS was born January 1840 in Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and
died 06 Mar 1908, suddenly from a stroke. He married NANCY JANE STEWART about 1859. Both are
buried in Southside Cemetery off Brownsville Road. They lived next door to the Spencer United Methodist
Church. Nancy's parents were big supporters of the church. James was a carpenter, as were most of his
male descendants.