Matthew Gibbs, II

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Matthew Gibbs, II

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
Death: March 09, 1732 (75)
Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Matthew Gibbs, of Charlestown & Sudbury and Mary Gibbs
Husband of Elizabeth "Mary" Gibbs
Father of Josiah Gibbs; Matthew Gibbs; Matthew Gibbs; John Gibbs; Samuel Gibbs and 2 others
Brother of Mary Frost; Hannah Winch; Thomas Gibbs; Elizabeth Russell; Thomas Gibbs and 1 other

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About Matthew Gibbs, II

Twin to the Thomas Gibbs who died young

From Van Nattan, Laurence J. History of Ashburnham, Massachusetts: from the grant of Dorchester, Canada, to the present time, 1734-1886, with a genealogical register of Ashburnham families. (Ashburnham, Massachusetts: Published by the Town, 1887), 715.

The eldest of seven children of Matthew Gibbs and Mary Bradish was Matthew, b. about 1655. He moved from Sudbury to Framingham where he d. March 9, 1732. He md. 1678 Mary Moore, d/o John Moore and Ann Smith, m. (2) Elizabeth Moore, sister of his first wife.

[Note this is a popular myth that appears to be based on an erroneous marriage record. Every other piece of evidence says he had only one wife, Elizabeth, named as mother of his children, with no Mary, nor heirs of Mary named in will their father.]


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Matthew Gibbs, II's Timeline

1656
December 17, 1656
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1680
March 12, 1680
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1680
1680
Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1682
January 8, 1682
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1685
March 1, 1685
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1687
October 7, 1687
Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1688
1688
Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1732
March 9, 1732
Age 75
Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America