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Question

On 3 Mar 2024 Bradley Bure wrote on Gibbs-7654:

1. It looks like three brothers moved from Sandwich, Barnstable, Mass to Northampton, NY after independence...Jabez Gibbs (with who?), Benjamin Gibbs (with Deborah Pope?) and Elisha Gibbs (with Betsey Burgess?). Looks like their parents were Jabez Gibbs and Susan Cornish. 2. Who was Jabez's first wife? Later he re-married and had three more children with a woman named Mehitable (?). The name Harlow started appearing as a first or middle name in this branch of the Gibbs family circa 1820. Is there a Harlow connection back to Sandwich? 3. Per the Compendium of Early Mohawk Valley Families... Present at his probate in 1826 were children of first wife Elisha Gibbs(eldest), William Gibbs, Sarah Gibbs Redway, Anna Gibbs Lewis, Susannah Gibbs Redway, Lemira Gibbs Seamans and Betsey Gibbs Bowton. Children of second wife Mehitable are Jabez Gibbs Jr, Charlotte Gibbs Seamons and Ruth Gibbs. Any ideas appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi Bradley,

I went to Jabez Gibbs profile and ran WikiTree Sourcer!  It came up with a different death date. The profile shows 1826 as death date, where Family Search shows it as 1857,

Family Search

Parents:

Jabez Gibbs

Male1727–1802 •96SD-4SF

Susannah Cornish

Female1729–1809 •LCZ6-W4T

• Marriage

  8 February 1749Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Comments

Thank you so much.  But I think 1857 is when his son died.  Billion Graves has Jabez Jr born 18 Jan 1808 and died 1 Jun 1857.