Carlos Gibbons

Carlos Gibbons was the son of Jedidiah How Gibbons and Elisabeth (Cowdery) Gibbons of Granville, Massachusetts, USA, as recorded in Granville Vital Records, 40. Two birthyears were given, 1791/1793. Carlos was married to Almira Tinker 27 February 1815. They were enumerated in the 1850 census with six others in the household. When I visited the library at Granville, there was a family group photo hanging there that resembled the same hanging in the stairwell of my great-aunt Evelyn (Coe) Parsons. A collection of individual photos arranged with Carlos and Almira Gibbons in the center and each of their children in a family circle around them provided a family to be remembered. Carlos Gibbons was accepted as an eighth generation descendant of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren in 2001. Although the birth and marriage dates were approved from Granville Vital Records by the Mayflower historians, the death date was not verified.

Carlos Gibbons of Granville was an eighth generation descendant of Richard Warren who came to America on the ship Mayflower in 1620. Although there has been some disputation concerning his birthdate, in 2001 the Historian General (Society of Mayflower Descendants) chose to accept the public record of 17 March 1791, making Carlos the first born child, rather than the private record of 12 July 1793. See Granville Vital Records, pages 40, 86, and 119.