John Giberson (1762 - 1842)

Born 1762 in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Brown) Giberson — married about 1788 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick

Descendants

Died 5 Jul 1842 at about age 80 in Perth-Andover, Victoria, New Brunswick

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John Giberson was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:
Date: 1776

Biography

^[1]32. John Giberson Sr. was born in 1762 in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth, New Jersey.109 He lived in Beaver Harbour, Charlotte County, New Brunswick in 1783. He died in March 1842 at the age of 80 in Florenceville, Simonds, NB, Canada (Carleton). (footnote 109) John immigrated. (footnote 109) He was Dutch. (footnote 20) The first of the family to come to Canada was John. He was a Loyalist, who had fought on the English side in the revolutionary war. After the war ended, he was given a grant of land (Aunt Annie said she thought it was on the Nashwaak river) in New Brunswick.

SOUR: S1@The Muster Roll of the 2nd Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers, dated 24

February, 1778, contains the name of a private, John Giberson (Record Group 8, Vol. 1854, page 16)

The Muster Roll of the Kings American Dragoons for 1882-1783 contains the name of John Giberson (Record Group 8, Volume 1901, pages 2,8,35, 57,67,76,77,85.

1816 York County Roll lists John Giberson in Wakefield Parish, according to: "Generations", New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Volume 28, page 8.

Crown Land Grant Index, 1988, lists:

John Giberson as grantee on 6/20/1809 for property located in the Parish of Peel, Carleton County, at 71,72, Presquile Isle, 430 acres; Vol. D. #497

In the transcribed extracts of New Brunswick land petitions, there are the following references to a John Giberson of Carleton County:

1) No. 92 (1805), Petition of John Giberson for an Island called Lower Presque Isle (Manuscript Group 9, A 5, vol. 1-7.)

2) No. 170 (1814), a memorial of a John Giberson, Jr., asking for land on the Manquart River, of 250 acres (MG 9, A 5, vol. 1-7).

3) No. 279 (1820), A John Giberson Sr. served in Kings American Dragoons in the Revolutionary War, petitioned for 10 acres of land to build a grist mill in Wakefield (MG 9, A 5, vol. 1-7). Elizabeth "Betty" Brown and John Giberson Sr. were married about 1788 in New Brunswick. (footnote 109)

Previous research information:

John Giberson a United Empire Loyalist married Elizabeth Brown, daughter of a Loyalist soldier and moved further up the Saint John River to a land grant of 430 acres at Peel, above Woodstock, Carleton County. They had ten children. and 2 adopted Children ,but which Two?

John was born in 1762 in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth, New Jersey. He was the son of William Giberson. SDATE: 1 JUL 1762^[2]

In 1783 John (age about 21) was living in Beaver Harbour, Charlotte County, New Brunswick.

When John was about 26 he married Elizabeth (Brown) Giberson in about 1788 in Fredericton New Brunswick, Canada.^[2]

John died at the age of about 80 on 5 July 1842 in Perth Andover, NB, Canada (Carleton). SDATE: 15 MAR 1842^[2]

Research Notes

Facts with no date

Nationality: Dutch^[3]

Other marriages

Generated by WikiTree AGC. These marriages look like marriages of other people. Usually these are parent marriages.

William "Loyalist" Giberson married an unknown person in about 1760 in New Jersey. The couple had 3 children: John Giberson, William Giberson and Gilbert Giberson.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~abenaki/genealogy/Mike%20Steps%20In%20It%20Walton's%20Maternal%20Ancestors/b1876.htm#P5463
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Death: Abbreviation: R. Crawford Brewer Title: R. Crawford Brewer Subsequent Source Citation Format: R. Crawford Brewer BIBL R. Crawford Brewer. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE R. Crawford Brewer FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE R. Crawford Brewer FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE R. Crawford Brewer. Citing: TMPLT FIELD Name: Page (accessed 26 May 2021)
3. ↑ Nationality: Abbreviation: 1881 Gordon, NB, Canada (Victoria) Title: 1881 Gordon, NB, Canada (Victoria) Subsequent Source Citation Format: 1881 Gordon, NB, Canada (Victoria) BIBL 1881 Gordon, NB, Canada (Victoria). TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE 1881 Gordon, NB, Canada (Victoria) FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE 1881 Gordon, NB, Canada (Victoria) FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE 1881 Gordon, NB, Canada (Victoria). Citing: Page: Dist 32 Sub L Pg 19 HH 80+ TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE Dist 32 Sub L Pg 19 HH 80+ Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 QUAL Information: P (accessed 26 May 2021)

See also:

• http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=g&line=94
• http://inmgroup.net/countycrier/id25.html
• NB Land Grant
• https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS686/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=7862