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About Robert Gibbs, Sr.
Biography
Robert Gibbs was the son of Sir Henry Gibbs of Honington, Warwickshire, England. He was born 3 February, baptised 10 February 1634/5, Honington, Warwickshire.[1]
He married in Boston, Mass. 7 Sep 1660 Elizabeth SHEAFE, b. Guilford, CT 1 Oct 1644, d. 29 Aug 1718, the daughter of Jacob Sheafe and Margaret Webb.
Robert arrived in New England about 1658 and became a merchant. He amassed significant wealth, and built a stone house on the south waterfront of Boston at Fort Hill, said to cost 3000 pounds. In 1663, the English gentleman, John Jocelyn, visiting Boston from London, called it a "stately edifice...built by the shore by Mr. Gibs, a merchant".
He died young at the age of 30 and is buried at Kings Chapel Burying Ground in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts [2]; after which Elizabeth m. (2) Salem, Mass. 20 March 1675/6 Hon. Jonathan Corwin, b. Salem 14 Nov 1640, d. Salem June 1718 (death notice 9 June), son of George Corwin and Elizabeth (Herbert) White. Jonathan was a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, and a lead figure in the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Of the ten children that Elizabeth bore with Jonathan, only two reached adulthood. In total, Elizabeth bore 14 children over a period of 27.5 years, with her last child born when she was 46 years old.
Portraits were made of Robert's three older children in 1670, and may still exist today. Following Robert's death, his widow m. (2) Salem, Mass. 20 March 1675/6 Hon. Jonathan Corwin, b. Salem 14 Nov 1640, d. Salem 25 July 1718, son of George Corwin and Elizabeth (Herbert) White. Jonathan was a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, and a lead figure in the Salem Witch Trials in 1692.
Family
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191403178/elizabeth-corwin
Children of Elizabeth Sheafe with her first husband, Robert Gibbs, all likely born in Boston:
- Margaret, b. 13 May 1663, d.y.
- Robert, b. 20 Sep 1665, d. 8 Dec 1702, m. 19 May 1692 Mary SHRIMPTON
- Henry, b. 8 Oct 1668, d. 21 Oct 1723, graduated from Harvard 1686, m. 9 June 1692 Mercy GREENOUGH, d. 26 Jan 1716, dau of William and Elizabeth Greenough. They had seven children born from 1696 to 1709. Henry and Mercy share a large slab (low table stone) in the Old Burying Place in Watertown.
- Jacob, b. 18 Feb 1672, d. c. Jan 1675
References
- Baptism 10 February 1634/5. Honington parish register image FamilySearch Image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XKGN-KM
- Name: Robert Gibbs Birth Year: abt 1634 Arrival Year: 1659 Arrival Place: Boston, Massachusetts Age: 25 Source Publication Code: 1219.4 Primary Immigrant: Gibbs, Robert Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Complete Book of Emigrants: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1607-1660. 1988. 600p. Page: 420 Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
- Marriage Name: Elizabeth Sheaffe Gender: Female Birth Place: MA Birth Year: 1644 Spouse Name: Robert Gibbs Spouse Birth Place: EN Spouse Birth Year: 1636 Marriage Year: 1660 Marriage State: MA Number Pages: 8 Source Citation Source number: 23948.006; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 8 Source Information Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records Name: Robert Gibbs Event Type: Death Birth Date: abt 1639 Death Date: 1673 Death Place: Boston, Massachusetts Death Age: 34 Source Information Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 April 2020), memorial page for Robert Gibbs, Sr (1634–Dec 1674), Find a Grave Memorial no. 191405074, citing Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Stan Arnold (contributor 48121400) . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191405074/robert-gibbs Note: no burial record has been found for Robert, but he is most likely buried here where his in-laws are buried, and where his son Robert, Jr. is buried. His wife is not buried here because she remarried and spent the bulk of her adult life in Salem with her second husband, and is buried with him.
- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1865, By NEHGS Staff. Page 208.
- Gibbs family papers, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Robert Gibbs was a successful merchant in colonial Boston. "The first Gibbs in Massachusetts, Robert, emigrated from England during the Great Migration and through his commercial endeavors rose rapidly to lofty social heights and great wealth."
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wolfordsh... (dead link)
- re: Gibbs in Honington Estates (dead link)
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gibbs-2984
- The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants. Gary Boyd Roberts. Genealogical Publishing, 2004 - Dates & locations are generaly not given in the table. Page: 534-536
- A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. Savage. Note: Ancestry.com. Page: 248; 261
- "Memoir of the Gibbs family of Warwickshire, England, and United States of America" by Josiah Willard Gibbs. Page 13. < Archive.Org >
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Robert Gibbs, Sr.'s Timeline
| 1635 |
February 3, 1635
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Honington, Warwickshire, England
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| 1660 |
1660
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Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1663 |
May 3, 1663
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Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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| 1665 |
September 20, 1665
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Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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| 1668 |
October 8, 1668
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Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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| 1672 |
February 18, 1672
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Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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| 1673 |
December 7, 1673
Age 38
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Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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