Elizabeth Gibbs

Evidence needed to support as the same person as Elizabeth Andrews, daughter of Francis Andrews, of Hartford & Fairfield

Disputed Origins

Elizabeth Andrus Gibbs

• BIRTH 1635 - Exeter, City of Exeter, Devon, England
• DEATH 13 Jan 1696 (aged 60–61) Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
• BURIAL Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 152717633 · View Source

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152717633/elizabeth-gibbs

Elizabeth Andrews, daughter of Francis Andrews and Anna, was mentioned in the 1662 will of her father.[1] She was born perhaps in Hartford, about 1643 based on baptism of brother in 1646. Jacobus has no further records.

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gibbs-847

This profile is part of the Gibbs Name Study.

Jacob was the son and eldest child of Giles Gibbs and Kathern Carwithe - he was baptized on 28 March 1629/30 at St. Sidwell, Exeter, England.[1]

An island in the Windsor Rivulet, at a place the Indians called Matumpsech, opposite the point called 'Indian Neck', was deeded to Jacob Gibbs 26 May 1670 by the Indian owner, Sepanquet, son of Sassohegan.

He married Elizabeth Andrus/Androus/Andrews 4 Dec 1657 - their children were:[2]

1. Mary, - born April 21 Apr 1659
2. Abigail, - born 7 Jan 1661/2
3. Jacob, born 1 Dec 1664. Died an infant.
4. Jacob, Jr., born 22 Jun 1666. First wife, Elizabeth, Second wife, Abigail Osband.
5. Sarah, born 23 Feb1668/9. Married Samuel Bronson.
6. Elizabeth, born 1 Apr 1670. Died an infant.
7. Elizabeth, born 13 Sep 1672.

Jacob died 1 Mar 1708/9 at Windsor, Connecticut. "[3]

Sources

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gibbs-847

1. Rasmussen, James A. The Gibbs Family of Windsor CT, The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1985), page 33. View with NEHGS membership.
2. Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1930) Page 43-4.
3. Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Volume: Windsor, Page: 112. [Original: 2:236][1]
4. Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995), page 578. View with NEHGS Membership.
5. CT Marriages, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
6. CT Death & Burials Index
7. CT Wills & Probate Records
8. Find A Grave: Memorial #54824493