Saturday, October 13, 2018

Surname Saturday -- GIBSON (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2169 who is Rebecca GIBSON (1634-????). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this GIBSON family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

134.  Jeremiah Knowlton (1745-1785)
135.  Abigail Peirce (1750-1775)

270.  Samuel Peirce (1712-1772)
271.  Abigail Stearns (1715-1798)


542.  George Stearns (1690-1760)
543.  Hannah Sanderson (1689-1770)

1084.  John Stearns (1647-1722)
1085.  Judith Lawrence (1660-1713)

2168.  Charles Stearns, born before 07 January 1616 in Fordham, Essex, England; died about 1695 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4336. Charles Stearns and 4337. Martha Lasall.  He married  22 June 1654 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2169.  Rebecca Gibson, born about 1634 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Charles Stearns and Rebecca Gibson are:
*  Shubael Stearns (1655-1734), married 1682 Mary Upton (1665-????).
John Stearns (1657-1722), married (1) 1681 Judith Lawrence (1660-1713), (2) 1713 Mary Norcross (1663-????).
*  Isaac Stearns (1658-1692), married 1684 Hannah Beckett (1660-1694).
*  Charles Stearns (1660-1695).
*  Rebecca Stearns (1661-1746), married 1693 Thomas Traine (1653-1739).
*  Martha Stearns (1663-1708), married 1690 Francis Hutchinson (1620-1702).

4338.  John Gibson, born about 1601 in England; died after 1688 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1634 in probably Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
4339.  Rebecca LNU, born about 1613 in England; died 01 December 1661 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Gibson and Rebecca are:

Rebecca Gibson (1634-????), married 1654 Charles Stearns (1616-1695).
*  Mary Gibson (1638-1674), married 1655 John Ruggles (1633-1713).
*  Martha Gibson (1639-1727), married 1657 Jacob Newell (1634-1678).
*  John Gibson (1641-1679), married 1668 Rebecca Errington (1650-1713).
*  Samuel Gibson (1644-1710), married (1) 1668 Sarah Pemberton (1638-1676); (2) 1679 Elizabeth Remington (1648-1680); (3) 1690 Abigail LNU (1647-1710).

Information about the Gibson family was obtained from:

*  Frederick Clifford Pierce, "
The Gibson Family of Cambridge," New England Historic Genealogical Register, Volume 37, number 4 (October 1883), pages 388 ff.  

I have done no original research for this surname line.


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