Abraham Gibbs, of Topsham

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Yeoman
• Baptism: 18 Aug 1649, Topsham, Devon

Notes:

Will mentions wife Tryphaena; daughters Elizabeth, Mary, son Abraham; brothers-in-law William Rowe, gent, and Benjamin Brinley, grocer; and (1st cousin) Philip Gibbs, yeoman.

Abraham married Tryphaena Rowe on 28 Dec 1683. Tryphaena (daughter of William Rowe, of Shobrooke and Tryphaena Whiteham) was born on 6 Dec 1657; died in 1727 in Topsham, Devon; was buried in Topsham, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Gibbs was born in 1685; died in 1688; was buried on 15 Nov 1688 in Clyst St George, Devon.
2. Abraham Gibbs, of Topsham was born on 8 Mar 1686 in Clyst St George, Devon; died on 20 Sep 1726 in Topsham, Devon; was buried on 20 Sep 1726 in Topsham, Devon.
3. Typhaena Gibbs was born in 1692 in Clyst St George, Devon; died on 30 Sep 1712 in Topsham, Devon; was buried on 20 Oct 1712 in Topsham, Devon.
4. Anna Gibbs was born in 1694; died in 1694; was buried on 2 Aug 1694 in Clyst St George, Devon.
5. Elizabeth Gibbs was born about 1695 in Clyst St George, Devon; died after 1727.
6. Mary Gibbs was born about 1698 in Topsham, Devon; died on 18 Jun 1746.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Yeoman
• Baptism: 3 Nov 1604, Clyst St George, Devon
• Death: 11 Jul 1681, Holsworthy, Devon

Notes:

Monumental Inscription in the church at Clyst St. George. Will dated 6 March 1682-3 proved 1 August 1683 in Devon. Rated for a moiety of Court in Clyst St. George in 1650.

Among the title deeds of William Carnegie Barnes there is (1930) one of 1 October 1633 in which this George is described as 'George Gibbe of Pitt yeoman brother of John son of John Gibbs of Pitt'. And one of 20 April 1634 in which he is 'George Gibbes brother and heir of John Gibbe deceased late son of John Gibbe of Pitt yeoman'. In this last deed Philip, son of the last named John, is mentioned also. George was also 'party to deeds of 1666-7 concerning Pytt' (Gibbs Pedigree, 1904). He was assessed in 1650 to church rate for a moiety of Court Farm in Clyst St. George, fo which the other moiety had been held by William Gibbe of Claypitt, and after him by his nephew John Baker which facts Lord Hunsdon regarded as indicating that this George and William had a common ancestor and thereafter as evidence that George of Claypitt and John of Pytte were related; see 'Gibbs of Fenton', pp. 56 and 156. Court or Court Place, now Courtbrook, likes about half a mile northward of the church. George's great-grandson George Abraham Gibbs owned (by purchase) the whole of Court.

George was a Collector of the Poor, 1646; an 'Overseer', 1660 and 1671 (Clyst St. George 'Booke of Accomptes' - copied in Aldenham General Collections', Volume A, 397 in which also is the assessment of 1650 referred to above); Churchwarden, 1652-1659 (Clyst St. George Registers). His will mentions brother Robert, sons George, Abraham, Samuel, daughters Elizabeth Brinley and Sarah Goldsworthy, and sons of the latter (Henry and James). The Memorial Inscription to him and his wife, and their children Samuel and Anstice, is on the floor of the North aisle of the church.

George married Alice ?. Alice was born on 3 Jan 1612 in Holsworthy, Devon; died on 26 Apr 1674 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 26 Apr 1674 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Agnes Bond
• Name: Alice Wilmote
• Christening: 3 Jan 1612, Holsworthy, Devon

Notes:

Memorial inscription in the church at Clyst St. George

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Yeoman, Churchwarden of Clyst St. George
• Baptism: 19 Sep 1570, Clyst St George, Devon
• will: 16 Apr 1644

Notes:

Memorial Inscription in the church at Clyst St. George. In a deed of 17 March 1624-5 (among title deeds of William Carnegie Barnes of Exeter (formerly of Great Duryard there ) - in 1930) he "John Gibbe of Pitt in Clyst St. George yeoman' leased property in Ebford, Woodbury, from Sir Thomas Prideaux of Nutwell, Woodbury for 99 yrs., paying £110 down and 10s yearly. The Memorial Inscription to John and his wife is on the floor of the N. aisle of the church.

John married Anstice Culliford on 19 Sep 1603 in Ottery St Mary, Devon. Anstice (daughter of John Culliford and Alice Gould) was born in 1583 in Devon; died on 20 Sep 1638; was buried on 20 Sep 1638 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ansteis Culliford
• Name: Anstes Culliford
• Birth: 1580

Notes:

Memorial Inscription in the church at Clyst St. George.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: George Gibb
• Name: George Gybbe
• Birth: Abt 1545, Clyst St George, Devon
• Burial: 20 Aug 1606, Clyst St George, Devon

Notes:

Taxed at Clyst St. George 1581; buried there 25 August 1606. Will dated 24 February 1605-6, proved 29 August 1606 in the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter.

He is the earliest actually proved ancestor of the family. The pedigree from this George and his wives was recorded in the books of the College of Arms in 1858; see p. xvi, 1 of the Additions of 1927 to 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs. George's will, proved by his widow Mary, mentions his sons John the elder, John the younger, Edward, Andrew, and George, daughter Catherine, grandson George, son of John the elder, also his brother-in-law Andrew Loveringe. John Gib a witness, William Gib an overseer of the will.

George married Gwenllian Welthean on 10 Jul 1569 in Clyst St George, Devon. Gwenllian was born about 1549 in Clyst St George, Devon; died on 20 Apr 1583 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 20 Apr 1584 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Gwenllian Gibb

Notes:

Married at Clyst St. George 10 July 1569; buried there 20 April 1584.

John married Alice Gould about 1584 in Dorset. Alice was born about 1547 in Fordington, Dorset, England; died in Dorset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1547, Dorchester, Dorset