Reverend John Gibson, Minister of the Gospel at Evie

REVEREND JOHN GIBSON

Minister of the Gospel at Evie in Orkney

Biographical Summary

The Reverend John Gibson is the son of Alexander Gibson, Minister of Bower, and Archdeacon of Caithness. He was recommended while a student of divinity by the General Assembly 8 January 1697. Called 19 March, and ord. 8 May 1700. He died between 1 July and 11 Nov. 1724. He married Jean, daughter of Francis Sinclair of Stirkoke, she survived him, and had issue — John ; Alexander, overseer of Ackerness ; William ; Charles ; Katherine (married 1729, William Watt, merchant, Kirkwall) [their son John Gibson Watt, surgeon, London, was founder of Watt's Hospital there. Fasti VII: p. 215

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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[1701]: Petition to Treasury by Mr. John Gibson, minister of Evey and Rendall, for money to pay for repair of his kirk and manse. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Scarth Family of Breckness, Orkney, reference GD217/1109

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10 March 1718: Extract discharge by David Sinclair of Southdun to Mr. John Gibson, minister at Evie, and Patrick Dunbar of Bowermadden, of all bygone rents. Reg. S.C. books of Caithnes, 12 March 1718. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Scarth Family of Breckness, Orkney, reference GD217/550

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6 July 1739: Extract assignation by Katherine Gibson, only surviving daughter of the deceased Mr John Gibson, sometime minister at Evie in Orkney, and Jean Sinclair, his spouse, to Alexander Gibson, her brother, of her third part of the principal sum (4000 merks) contained in a heritable bond (26 November 1723) by George Sinclair, 3rd of Brabster, furth of the lands of Brabstermyre, Slickly, Scullary and fields of Brabster. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Sutherland family of Forse, Sutherland, reference GD139/208

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17 September 1755: Discharge thereof by Mr Alexander Gibson to George Sinclair, 3rd of Brabster National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Sutherland family of Forse, Sutherland, reference GD139/208

Genealogy

Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. VII, page 215