Gibbs Family Tree

Home Search Login  
Print Bookmark

George Gibbs, of Pitt

Male 1604 - 1683  (78 years)


Generations:      Standard    |    Compact    |    Vertical    |    Text    |    Register    |    Tables    |    PDF

Less detail
Generation: 1

  1. 1.  George Gibbs, of Pitt was born on 3 Nov 1604 in Clyst St George, Devon; died on 18 Jul 1683 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 19 Jul 1683 in Clyst St George, Devon.

    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.

    Family/Spouse: 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]

    Children:
    1. 2. John Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1637; died in 1643; was buried on 10 Oct 1643 in Clyst St George, Devon.
    2. 3. Anstice Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1640; died in 1640; was buried on 1 Nov 1640.
    3. 4. George Gibbs, of Pytt  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1641 in Clyst St George, Devon; died on 7 Aug 1723 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 9 Aug 1723 in Clyst St George, Devon.
    4. 5. John Gibbs, of Exeter  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1644 in Clyst St George, Devon; died in 1677/78.
    5. 6. Sarah Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1646 in Clyst St George, Devon; died in May 1697 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 27 May 1697 in Clyst St George, Devon.
    6. 7. Abraham Gibbs, of Topsham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Aug 1649; died in 1718; was buried on 26 Aug 1718 in Topsham, Devon.
    7. 8. Elizabeth Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1652 in Clyst St George, Devon; died after 1721.
    8. 9. Samuel Gibbs, of Woodbury  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1654 in Clyst St George, Devon; died in 1686 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 4 Aug 1686 in Clyst St George, Devon.
    9. 10. Anstice Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1658 in Clyst St George, Devon; died in Apr 1675 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 8 Apr 1675 in Clyst St George, Devon.


Generation: 2

  1. 4.  George Gibbs, of Pytt Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born in 1641 in Clyst St George, Devon; died on 7 Aug 1723 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 9 Aug 1723 in Clyst St George, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 19 Dec 1641, Clyst St George, Devon

    Notes:

    Memorial Inscription in the church at Clyst St. George. Will dated 18 July 1721, proved 11 October 1723 in Devon.

    In 1708 he raised in Clyst St. George church the mural monument to his father George and grandfather John which bears the battle axe arms of Gibbs of Fenton, with arm and battle axe for crest. (Concerning these arms see Preface of the Third Edition of 'Gibbs of Fenton' and entry for George Gibbs of London). A print of the monument is in Ellacombe's Clyst St. George and is reproduced in the previous editions of the Gibbs Pedigree and in Lord Hunsdon's 'Gibbs of Fenton'.

    This George founded perpetual charities for the benefit of the poor of Clyst St. George and Clyst St. Mary, charging them on land in the latter which, as is recorded on a tablet under the above monument, he bought for £310. The land in Clyst St. Mary is referred to in his will as 'part of the Manor of Ashmore', and was 15 acres in extent (see 'Gibbs of Fenton'). For his properties in Clyst St. George see entry for George Abraham Gibbs of Pytte.

    In the entry of his death in the Clyst St. George Parish Register, he is described as 'Vir nulli pietate secundus'. His will, dated 18 July 1721 and sealed with an anchor, mentions his sister Elizabeth Brinley, and Rev. Francis Pease, rector of Clyst St. George, who was his brother-in-law.

    George married Hannah Smith, of Heavitree on 14 Dec 1711 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. George Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct 1719; died in Mar 1720/21.

  2. 6.  Sarah Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born in 1646 in Clyst St George, Devon; died in May 1697 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 27 May 1697 in Clyst St George, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 5 Sep 1646, Clyst St George, Devon

    Notes:

    Sarah had two sons, Henry and James. She is mentioned in the Will of her father, George Gibbs of Pitt.

    Sarah married Henry Goldsworthy on 30 May 1672. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Henry Goldsworthy  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 13. James Goldsworthy  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 7.  Abraham Gibbs, of Topsham Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born on 16 Aug 1649; died in 1718; was buried on 26 Aug 1718 in Topsham, Devon.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 14. George Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1685; died in 1688; was buried on 15 Nov 1688 in Clyst St George, Devon.
    2. 15. Abraham Gibbs, of Topsham  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 16. Typhaena Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 17. Anna Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1694; died in 1694; was buried on 2 Aug 1694 in Clyst St George, Devon.
    5. 18. Elizabeth Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1695 in Clyst St George, Devon; died after 1727.
    6. 19. Mary Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1698 in Topsham, Devon; died on 18 Jun 1746.

  4. 8.  Elizabeth Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born in 1652 in Clyst St George, Devon; died after 1721.

    Elizabeth married Benjamin Brinley, of Exeter in 1675 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 9.  Samuel Gibbs, of Woodbury Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born in 1654 in Clyst St George, Devon; died in 1686 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 4 Aug 1686 in Clyst St George, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 15 Jun 1654, Clyst St George, Devon

    Notes:

    Memorial Inscription in the church at Clyst St. George.

    Administration of Will 3 November 1686 in Principal Registry of Bishop of Exeter to wife Elizabeth mentions Robert of Woodbury, and Abraham of Clyst St. George, yeoman.

    Samuel married Elizabeth Gibbs on 7 Dec 1683 in Clyst St George, Devon. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Gibbs, of Ebford and Dorothea Crosse) was born in 1641 in Woodbury, Devon; died after 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 15.  Abraham Gibbs, of Topsham Descendancy chart to this point (7.Abraham2, 1.George1) 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.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Gentleman and Heir at law to Pytte
    • Birth: Feb 1687
    • Baptism: 8 Mar 1687, Clyst St George, Devon

    Notes:

    Heir at law to Pytte, but did not succeed to it. His baptism in the Parish Register of Clyste St. George is the first entry in which the surname is clearly spelt Gibbs. For a conjectural portrait of him bought in 1912 see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs. His will, proved by his widow, mentions sons George Abraham, John and daughter Anna.

    Abraham married Mary Moncke on 7 Mar 1710 in Topsham, Devon. Mary (daughter of Nehemiah Moncke and Mary Baker) was born on 31 Dec 1686 in Clyst St George, Devon; died on 14 Aug 1722; was buried on 14 Aug 1722. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. George Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born after 1711; died in 1713; was buried on 9 Dec 1713 in Topsham, Devon.
    2. 21. George Abraham Gibbs, of Pytte  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1718 in Pytte, Clyst St George, Devon; died on 10 Nov 1794 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 17 Nov 1794 in Clyst St George, Devon.
    3. 22. Anna Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1720 in Topsham, Devon; died in 1811; was buried on 18 May 1811.

    Abraham married Sarah Lyle on 4 Mar 1724/25 in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon. Sarah (daughter of Robert Lyle and Mary Downe) was born on 9 Dec 1701 in Topsham, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Captain John Gibbs, of Topsham  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1725 in Topsham, Devon; died on 20 Jul 1774 in At Sea.

  2. 18.  Elizabeth Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (7.Abraham2, 1.George1) was born about 1695 in Clyst St George, Devon; died after 1727.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: Abt 1696, Topsham, Devon

    Elizabeth married Mr Pett about 1717 in Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 19.  Mary Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (7.Abraham2, 1.George1) was born about 1698 in Topsham, Devon; died on 18 Jun 1746.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • will: 18 Jun 1746

    Mary married Nicholas Peters on 15 Mar 1719 in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon. Nicholas was born in 1694 in Topsham, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 21.  George Abraham Gibbs, of PytteGeorge Abraham Gibbs, of Pytte Descendancy chart to this point (15.Abraham3, 7.Abraham2, 1.George1) was born in 1718 in Pytte, Clyst St George, Devon; died on 10 Nov 1794 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 17 Nov 1794 in Clyst St George, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Surgeon

    Notes:

    George Abraham Gibbs of Pytte succeeded in 1744 to Pytte and other property in Clyst St. George as heir at law (after his father) to his great uncle George Gibbs, by arranging for the ending of a tenancy to the family of Rev. F. Pease, rector of the parish, created under dispositions made by the said George. In 1749 that family also transferred to him 15 acres in Clyst St. Mary (part of the "Manor of Ashmore") which were subject to the charitable charges which the same George had imposed on them. He bought Court Place in Clyst St. George, made 100 acres in that parish.
    He was a Presbyterian in the early part of his life. In October 1745 he was enrolled in an Association of Exeter men in support of the King against the Young Pretender. He was one of the surgeons (eventually chief surgeon) of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter from 1747 to 1781, and thereafter on its standing committee. His residence in Exeter during his married life was in Palace Yard, Cathedral Close.
    Becoming bankrupt in 1789 through the failure of business in which he was engaged with his son Antony, he lost all his property in Clyst St. George and Clyst St. Mary, including Pytte, which was bought in 1790 by his son-in-law, Rev. Charles Crawley. He used the arms of Gibbs of Fenton like his great uncle George and his cousins of Exeter.

    Buried:
    Register of Clyst St George, Devon, 1565-1812, Vol 25

    George married Anne Vicary, of Dunkeswell on 22 Dec 1747 in St Petrock's, Exeter, Devon. Anne (daughter of Anthony Vicary, Esq. and Elizabeth Munckley) was born on 4 Nov 1722 in Exeter, Devon; died on 11 Aug 1803 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. George Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Sep 1748 in Exeter, Devon; died in Sep 1750 in St. Leanard's, Exeter, Devon; was buried on 24 Sep 1750 in Exeter, Devon.
    2. 25. Elizabeth Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Apr 1750 in Exeter, Devon; died in 1780 in Plymouth, Devon.
    3. 26. Right Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Oct 1751 in Cathedral Close, Exeter, Devon; died on 8 Feb 1820 in 67 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London; was buried in Feb 1820 in St Mary the Virgin, Hayes, Kent.
    4. 27. George Gibbs, of Redland  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 May 1753 in Bristol, Gloucestershire; died on 16 Aug 1818 in Redland, Green, Bristol, England; was buried on 22 Aug 1818 in Redland, Green, Bristol, England.
    5. 28. Abraham Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Aug 1754; died in May 1782; was buried on 30 May 1782 in Clyst St George, Devon.
    6. 29. Antony Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Mar 1756 in Exeter, Devon; died on 10 Dec 1815 in 2 Powis Place, Holborn, London; was buried in Dec 1815 in St Mary the Virgin, Hayes, Kent.
    7. 30. Anne Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jun 1757 in Exeter, Devon; died on 25 Mar 1828 in Exwick House, Exwick, Devon; was buried in Exeter, Devon.
    8. 31. Mary Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jan 1759 in Exeter, Devon; died on 31 Oct 1819 in Stowe-nine-Churches, Northamptonshire; was buried on 8 Nov 1819 in Stowe, England.
    9. 32. Sibella Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jul 1760 in Exeter, Devon; died on 25 Dec 1841 in Long Ashton, Somerset; was buried on 4 Jan 1842 in Wraxall, Somerset.
    10. 33. Sarah Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Apr 1763; died in Jan 1785 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 19 Jan 1785 in Clyst St George, Devon.
    11. 34. Catherine Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Dec 1767 in Exeter, Devon; died on 16 Mar 1820.

  2. 22.  Anna Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (15.Abraham3, 7.Abraham2, 1.George1) was born about 1720 in Topsham, Devon; died in 1811; was buried on 18 May 1811.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: Abt 1718, Topsham, Devon

    Notes:

    Unmarried in 1746. However, she produced an only son, Robert Remmett, by John Remmett of Crediton. There is some doubt of this, and the doubt only arises from the fact that certain deeds call his mother Susanna, but evidence mentioned in the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs, p. 17, n3, almost proves that she and Anna were one and the same.

    Anna married John Remmett, of Crediton after 1746 in Crediton, Devon. John was born about 1711 in Topsham, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Dr. Robert Butler Remmett  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1746 in Plymouth, Devon; died in 1822.

  3. 23.  Captain John Gibbs, of Topsham Descendancy chart to this point (15.Abraham3, 7.Abraham2, 1.George1) was born in 1725 in Topsham, Devon; died on 20 Jul 1774 in At Sea.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Sea Capitain
    • Baptism: 19 Jan 1726, Topsham, Devon

    Notes:

    Baptised at Topsham 19 January 1725. Died at sea 20 July 1774. Will dated 22 June 1773, proved 3 November 1778 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Doctors Commons, London.

    His home after marriage was in Shapter Street, Topsham. Will proved by Elizabeth his widow; George Abraham Gibbs and Antony Gibbs certify. Party to a deed with his wife, her neice Elizabeth Roper, and Nathaniel George Petre, 11 December 1765.

    John married Elizabeth Meachin on 13 Jan 1751/52. Elizabeth (daughter of William Meachin and Elizabeth Bury) was born before 1731; died in 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Elizabeth Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1752; died on 19 Apr 1840 in Ilfracombe, Devon.
    2. 37. John Meachin Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1755; died after 1789.
    3. 38. Captain William Gibbs, of Topsham  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1757 in Topsham, Devon; died in 1830 in Topsham, Devon; was buried in 1830 in Topsham, Devon.
    4. 39. Abraham Gibbs, of Palermo  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Sep 1758 in Topsham, Devon; died on 15 Jul 1816 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy; was buried in Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    5. 40. George Gibbs, Lieut.  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1761 in Topsham, Devon; died in 1793 in Jamaica.
    6. 41. Lyle Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1761 in Topsham, Devon; died in Feb 1839 in Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy; was buried on 11 Feb 1839 in Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy.
    7. 42. Thomas Gibbs, 2nd Lieut. RN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1767 in Topsham, Devon; died in 1796 in West Indies.


 

This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding v. 14.0.2, written by Darrin Lythgoe © 2001-2024.

Maintained by Michael Gibbs. | Data Protection Policy.