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Margaret Appleton (Gibbs)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Death: January 17, 1771 (71)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. Henry Gibbs of Watertown and Mercy Gibbs
Wife of Rev. Nathaniel Appleton
Mother of Mehitable Haven; Reverend Nathaniel Appleton, Jr.; John Appleton, Sr. and Samuel Appleton
Sister of Mercy Prescott; Mehitabel Marston and Henry Gibbs
Half sister of Elizabeth Parlow; Sarah Gibbs; John Gibbs and Henry Gibbs

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About Margaret Appleton

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Mary Winslow and James Chilton



Margaret Gibbs b. July 3, 1699; died Jan 17, 1771. Married 1719/20, Nathaniel Appleton, D.D. of Cambridge, Mass., and had six children. (see Farmer.)

Notes

  1. This painting (Freake-Gibbs Painter: Portrait of Henry Gibbs) remained in the donor's family for three centuries. Henry Gibbs' daughter, Margaret, married Rev. Nathaniel Appleton. The painting remained with five generations of Appletons, a respected and historical Boston family.(2)

Children of Margaret Gibbs and Rev. Nathaniel Appleton D. D.

  1. Margaret Appleton3 b. 29 Nov 1720, d. 15 Nov 1768
  2. Jose Appleton2 b. 9 Mar 1723
  3. Nathaniel Appleton2 b. 22 Feb 1725, d. 1 Dec 1726
  4. Elizabeth Appleton3 b. 16 Dec 1726, d. 17 Nov 1756
  5. Mehitable Appleton+3 b. 6 Dec 1728, d. 9 Sep 1777
  6. John Appleton2 b. 23 Mar 1730, d. 22 May 1730
  7. Nathaniel Appleton+ b. 5 Oct 1731, d. 26 Jun 1798
  8. Mercy Appleton2 b. Jan 1733, d. 3 Jul 1733
  9. Mercy Appleton2 b. 24 Aug 1734, d. 12 Sep 1734
  10. (?) Appleton2 b. 8 Nov 1735
  11. Henry Appleton+3 b. 24 May 1737, d. 5 Sep 1768
  12. John Appleton+ b. 29 Mar 1739, d. 4 Mar 1817
  13. Samuel Appleton2 b. 6 May 1740, d. 25 Jun 1741

Sources

  1. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Mass. by Henry Bond, M.D. Boston, 1860. page 236.
  2. Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia - Portrait of Henry Gibbs
  3. International Genealogical Index (IGI) (, 1999).
  4. William Sumner Appleton, A rough sketch of the Appleton genealogy, Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & Son, (1873) , p. 9.
  5. Isaac Appleton Jewett, Memorial of Samuel Appleton, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Boston: (1850) , p. 31-34.

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Margaret Appleton's Timeline

1699
July 3, 1699
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1728
1728
Ipswich, Essex, MA, United States
1731
October 5, 1731
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1739
March 30, 1739
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1740
1740
1771
January 17, 1771
Age 71