Katharine Gibbs

Will: 12 SEP 1660 Witness by John Moore,Phillip X (Drake)?

Note:

In her will, dated 12 September 1660 and proved 6 December 1660, "Catharine Gibbs of Windsor" bequeathed to "my eldest son Jacob my dwelling house, barn & orchard, with the land whereon they stand, & all the land adjoining thereunto, which is my proper right by purchase," but if he dies without an heir living to the age of twenty-one then this land to go to "my second son Samuell"; to "my son Benjamin ... my lot on the other side the Great River, the which I purchased of Gregory Gibbs my son-in-law [i.e., stepson]"; her moveables to "my son Jacob ... & to my daughter-in-law his wife," to "my son Benjamin," to "my son Jacob's daughter Mary," and to "my youngest son and executor Benjamin"; the residue to be divided among "my three youngest children," with specific reference to "my son Samuel's part" and "my daughter Sarah's part" [Hartford PD Case #2148; Manwaring 1:116-18].

The inventory of the estate "left by the widdoe Gibbs Deceased" was taken 21 November 1660 and totalled œ220 7s., including real estate valued at œ160: "one home lot, seven acres," œ30; "one meadow lot, ten acres," œ50; "one lot of upland, forty-eight acres," œ20; "the dwelling house with barn & land added to the homelot by the said widow's purchase," œ30; and "one lot over the great River," œ30 [Hartford PD Case #2148].

Considerable mention appears in the Suffolk deeds regarding the estate of Katherine Gibbs in Windsor and Wethersfield, particularly as it related to her son, Benjamin, who died in Boston [SLR 11:192, 197, 252, 369].

BIRTH: By about 1600 based on estimated date of first marriage.

DEATH: Buried Windsor 21 May 1641 [WiVR].

MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1625 _____ _____; she died by 1629.

(2) St. Sidwell, Exeter, 13 April 1629 Katherine Carwithe [TAG 61:33]; she died Windsor 24 October 1660 [TAG 61:32].

Sources:

Title: Ancestery .com

Title: New England Marriages prior to 1700 by Clarence Almon Torrey

Page: p 299

Text: Gibbs, Giles (-1641) & 2/wf Kattherine_?_ (-1660, Windsor,Ct.) abt 1633; Dorchester/ Windsor,Ct.

Title: Ancestery .com - A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records 1635 to 1650

Page: Katharine Gibbs' Will, p 143-4-5

Text: I, Cratherine Giggs, of Windsor, being sick,& weake off boddy but off perfect memory, doe ffor Dyverse ConsiderationsMake & ordayne this my last Will & Testament In Manner as ffollowing:

Title: Ancestery .com - A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records 1635 to 1650

Title: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620 - 1633

Page: CD

Text: MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1625 _____ _____; she died by 1629.

(2) St. Sidwell, Exeter, 13 April 1629 Katherine Carwithe

Burial: First Congregational Church,Windsor,CT

Reference Number: 12924

Note:

Will of Katharine Gibbs

Gibbs, Widow Katharine, Windsor. Invt. ú220-07-00. Taken 21 Nov., 1660/1, by William Gaylord and John Moore. Will dated 12 Sept., 1660:

In the Name of God, Amen. I, Catharine Gibbs. off Windsor, being sick & Weake off boddy But off perfect Memory, Doe ffor Dyverse Considerations Make & ordayne this my Last Will & Testament In Manner as ffollowing: Imprmis. I Bequeath My sowle unto God yt gave itt, hopeing With him to Inioy Eternall Rest & Pece; & secondly, my Boddy to Convenyent Cristyen Bewryall; & whereas, itt hath Plesed God to Bestow on Mee some part off this Worlds Goods, my Will Concerning yt yt Itt be disposed off In Manner as ffolloweth, Namely: Ett ye end off 1/2 yeare affter my decese to enter Possession; I Give & Bequeath unto my Eldest sonne Jacobb my Dwelling Howse, Barne & Orchard, with ye Land Whereon they Stand, & all ye Land Adioyneing thereunto, Wich is my Proper Right by Purchas, With all vnmoveables thereunto belonging, with ffence or ffences, viz., to him & his heares ffor ever.

Provided he has An heir off his owne body Begotten yt lives to ye Age of twenty &

one yeares, then the sd. Aeyre to Inioy ye sume affter the ffather's decese; Butt in Case he want such An heire, then affter his decese I give & Bequeath All the Aforesd. vnmoveables with ffences or Licke Apertyneces unto my second sonne Samuell, & to his Owne Propper yowce; & unto my sonne Beniamin I Give & Grant & Sett over my Lott on ye other syde ye Great River, the which I purchassed off Gregory Gibbs my son In Law ffor sattisffacktion off ye twenty pounds which his ffather gave att his Decees, viz., to his Owne propper yowce & Acct, only in Case he doth Ethere By ye yeare of ffor Terme off yeare Lett ye sd. Land or yt he sett he sd. Land to Sale, then my Will is that my son Samuell have the ffirst tender & Refuse off ye same; and my will ffurther is That in ye ffirst Place all Just Debts Be Payde & Sattisfyed according to ye Spesya, & yt Being Performed I dispose of my Moveables as ffol: viz., I Give & Bequeath unto my Sonne Jacobb my Greate Chest; & to my daffter in Law his wife my hatts; & unto my sone Beniamin I give & Bequeath the twoe Gilt Lether Cosyens yt are in he Abovesd. Chest & whatt Else he hath Bestowed on Mee as ffore Gifft; & unto My sone Jacob's Daffter Mary I Give twenty Shill to be Improved ffor hir Advantage att ye Discresten off my Exeeckters & to be Payde hir att ye Day of her meryadge or att ye Age of one & Twenty years In Case she Marry nott Before;

But In Case she live nott to yt Age, then I Give & Bequeath ye Same unto My yongest sone & Xseckter Beniamin; & Concerning ye Rest of my Estate my Will is that Affter An Inventory is taken & everything vallewed as equally as may Bee, thatt itt Bee Equally dyvided Between my thre yongest Children, only my Will is yt my sone Samuell's Part Bee in ye Plow & Cart Instruments unless he Refuseitt, & my daffter Sarah's Part Bee in or yt ffore her Part she have ye Refuse off my Aperell & part of howsehold stuff; & ffor ye Exseckters off this My Last Will & Testament I Mack Choice off, ordayne & Appoint my twoe sons Samuell & Beniamin, home the Lord dyreckt to Ackt ye up sd. (Amen)

Katharine Gibbs Ls.

Witness: John Moore,

Philip X (Drake)?

Sources:

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Note: Will of Katharine Gibbs

Gibbs, Widow Katharine, Windsor. Invt. ú220-07-00. Taken 21 Nov., 1660/1, by William Gaylord and John Moore. Will dated 12 Sept., 1660:

Title: See Husbands sources

Author: same as husband

Title: A Genealogical Dict' of the First Settlers of New Eng- Savage

Author: James Savage

Publication: Genealogical Pub. Co.

Note: "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England" by James Savage; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1981 (929.274 S264 LAPL) (NE Sec. SR)

Page: pg 246 Vol II

Title: Pioneers of Massachusetts - Chas Pope

Author: Charles Henry Pope;

Publication: Genealogical Publishing Company

Note: "Pioneers of Massachusetts" by Charles Henry Pope; Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc; Baltimore, Maryland; 1900 (974.4 P81P ACPL) 1635, March 4:

Page: pg 185

Title: Planters of the Commonwealth

Author: Charles Edward Banksd

Publication: GPC

Page: pg 88

Katherine CARWITHE Birth 1604 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Death 24 Oct 1660 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Family Members Parents

Roger CARWITHE

Elizabeth WESTCOTT

Show siblings Spouse & Children GILES GIBBS 1602 – 1641 Mary GIBBS 1617 – 1644

Cutbury Gibbs 1628 – 1667

Jacob Gibbs 1630 – 1708

Sarah Gibbs 1631 – 1689

Samuel Gibbs 1635 – 1719

Benjamin Gibbs 1637 – 1676

( View details ) 1604 Birth Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States 1 source citation 1629 13 Apr Age: 25 Marriage to GILES GIBBS Exeter, Devon, , England 2 source citations 1660 24 Oct Age: 56 Death Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States