Elizabeth Gibb (Schaw)

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Elizabeth Gibb (Schaw)

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Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: 1559 (53-54)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir John Schaw
Wife of Robert Gib of Carribber
Mother of Elizabeth "Elspeth" Young (Gibb); John Gib of Knock; James Gib of Carriber; George Gib; Patrick Gib and 3 others

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About Elizabeth Gibb (Schaw)

Not the same as Elizabeth Shaw, Countess of Crawford & probably not the same as Elizabeth Schaw of Sauchie (sister of Sir Alexander Schaw of Sauchie), who is said to have died in 1536:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gibb_(courtier)_

He [John Gib of Knock] was a son of Robert Gibb and Elizabeth Schaw. His mother is sometimes said to have been the Elizabeth Schaw who a mistress of James V of Scotland and mother of James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso, but she died in 1536. He was however a kinsman of the Master of Work, William Schaw and Elizabeth Schaw, Countess of Annandale.

Family

Some time between 1532 and 1535, but probably in 1533, Elizabeth Schaw married Robert Gib of Carribber.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gibb_(courtier)_

Their children included:

  • James Gibb of Carriber
  • George Gibb
  • Robert Gibb, coroner of Edinburgh, (d. 1581).
  • John Gibb (c.1550-1628) of Knock, a bedchamber servant of James VI and I
  • Patrick Gibb, a burgess in Linlithgow
  • Janet Gibb
  • Isobel Gibb
  • Elizabeth Gibb (d. 1595), servant of Anne of Denmark and wife of the courtier and tutor of James VI, Peter Young

References

  • Gibb, George Duncan. The Life and Times of Robert Gib, Lord of Carribber, Familiar Servitor and Master of the Stables to King James V. of Scotland. 1874, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. ("By Sir George Duncan Gibb, Bart. of Falkland and of Carribber, M.A., M.D., LL.D".) (has errors)
  • Mackay, Aeneas J.G. Literature [book review of Gibb's The Life and Times of Robert Gib, Lord of Carribber, Familiar Servitor ... 1874].The Academy, 1874, April 18. 5: p. 417–8 GoogleBooks
  • George Duncan Gibb (MD 1846).” (2019) By David S. Crawford, Emeritus Librarian, McGill University. PDF Reprinted, with minor revisions, from: https://internatlibs.mcgill.ca/Gibb.htm
  • The Baronetcy Of Gibb. (1868). The British Medical Journal, 1(376), 251-251. Retrieved May 29, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25213963
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Elizabeth Gibb (Schaw)'s Timeline

1505
1505
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
1548
1548
Carriber, West Lothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1550
1550
Knock, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1559
1559
Age 54
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