John Gibbe

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Tenant of Pytte in Clyst St. George
• Residence: Pytte, Clyst St George, Devon

Notes:

Taxed 1524, 1543 and 1546.

There are 13 men at the beginning of this Gibbs Family Tree: John Gibbe, Henry Gibbe, Richard Gybbe, Thomas Gybbe, John Gybbe, Rev. William Gybbe, Geroge Gybbe, Walter Gybbe, Andrew Gybbe, George Gibb, Richard Gibbe, Robert Gibbe and Thomas Gibbs who are set down as the first three generations. The connection between these 13 men is conjectural. In the 1903 edition of the 'Gibbs Pedigree' there were only two conjecturally arranged generations but they embraced the same men, except that Richard and John Gibbe were not brought in, though the latter was mentioned under John the buyer of Pytte. The new arrangement follows Appendix XIII of Lord Hunsdon's 'Gibbs of Fenton'. His Chapter III must be read to appreciate the full force of the arguments for relationship between these persons and between them and the Gibbs family of Fenton, but the following short - though incomplete - statement may be useful.

It is not very likely that among these 13 men living in the contiguous parishes of Clyst St. George and Woodbury there would be any of an unrelated family of the same surname, and there is actual evidence of relationship in some cases. Thus, John Gibbe renting Pytte and John Gybbe succeeding him (first as a renter, afterwards as owner) declares them to be relations and with little doubt father and son, while George Gibb, who is known to be father of John of Pytte must also have owned Pytte and have succeeded John as his son as shown in the Chart, or perhaps as his nephew. Again, there is evidence pointing to relationship between Henry of Woodbury, William, the rector and George of Claypitt, and between the last named and John of Pytte.

The name, not having been found in the parishes concerned at a period earlier than that of the first generation suggests that the family had recently come from outside to settle there. This is consistent with the tradition that the family was an offshoot from that of Fenton in Dartington (near Totnes and under 30 miles from Clyst St. George), a tradition till recently mainly only supported by an unofficial Ordinary of Arms of about 1689 in the College of Arms which quoted the Dartington family's arms as belonging to both families, and to the actual use of those arms by members of the Clyst family from at least 1691 onwards. Now, however, that Lord Hunsdon has produced other evidence for the connection, and especially evidence that William, the rector, was some relation of that family (and if he, then all the Clyst family), little doubt remains of the truth of the tradition. The pedigree of Gibbs of Fenton, embodying Lord Hunsdon's surmise that John Gybbe of Pytte was a son of William Gibbs of Fenton who died before October, 1487, is therefore inserted before Chart 1.
In the Lay Subsidy Roll of 15 Henry VIII, quoted on p. 80 of 'Gibbs of Fenton', he appears as 'John Gybbe at Pytte asessed for his goods at 100s tax 2s.6d.' Pytte, the cradle of our Clyst St. George family, is the house, 300 yards north of the church, which remained in the family till 1790, was restored to it in 1839. John probably died before 1543, the year of the next subsidy ('Gibbs of Fenton', p.54).

The tax dates referred to are those of the Lay Subsidies ordered by Henry VIII respectively (see 'Gibbs of Fenton', pp. 54-5). Later Clyst St. George assessments to subsidies were in 3 Edward VI, 13, 23 (1580-1), and 31, Elizabeth; and 21 James I; all, together with the earlier ones, extracted on pp. 76-88 of 'Gibbs of Fenton'. In a case such as No. 4 it cannot be quite certain that the Henry Gibbs taxed in 1524 was the same Henry as he who died and made his will in 1549. In such cases the tax date is inserted in the Chart with a ?.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Taxed there 1524, 1543 and 1546, bought Claypitt there 1560; buried at Clyst St. George 1562.

Claypitt, which no longer exists, was situated near to and South of the church at Clyst St. George. For George's purchase of it from Lord Wentworth through William, the rector, see entry for Rev. William Gybbe. The agreement shows that it was '1 messuage, 1 garden, 20 acres of land, 1 acre of meadow and 2 acres of marshland'.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Clyst St George, Devon
• Birth: 1520, Devon

Notes:

There are 13 men at the beginning of this Gibbs Family Tree: John Gibbe, Henry Gibbe, Richard Gybbe, Thomas Gybbe, John Gybbe, Rev. William Gybbe, Geroge Gybbe, Walter Gybbe, Andrew Gybbe, George Gibb, Richard Gibbe, Robert Gibbe and Thomas Gibbs who are set down as the first three generations. The connection between these 13 men is conjectural. In the 1903 edition of the 'Gibbs Pedigree' there were only two conjecturally arranged generations but they embraced the same men, except that Richard and John Gibbe were not brought in, though the latter was mentioned under John the buyer of Pytte. The new arrangement follows Appendix XIII of Lord Hunsdon's 'Gibbs of Fenton'. His Chapter III must be read to appreciate the full force of the arguments for relationship between these persons and between them and the Gibbs family of Fenton, but the following short - though incomplete - statement may be useful.

It is not very likely that among these 13 men living in the contiguous parishes of Clyst St. George and Woodbury there would be any of an unrelated family of the same surname, and there is actual evidence of relationship in some cases. Thus, John Gibbe renting Pytte and John Gybbe succeeding him (first as a renter, afterwards as owner) declares them to be relations and with little doubt father and son, while George Gibb, who is known to be father of John of Pytte must also have owned Pytte and have succeeded John as his son as shown in the Chart, or perhaps as his nephew. Again, there is evidence pointing to relationship between Henry of Woodbury, William, the rector and George of Claypitt, and between the last named and John of Pytte.

The name, not having been found in the parishes concerned at a period earlier than that of the first generation suggests that the family had recently come from outside to settle there. This is consistent with the tradition that the family was an offshoot from that of Fenton in Dartington (near Totnes and under 30 miles from Clyst St. George), a tradition till recently mainly only supported by an unofficial Ordinary of Arms of about 1689 in the College of Arms which quoted the Dartington family's arms as belonging to both families, and to the actual use of those arms by members of the Clyst family from at least 1691 onwards. Now, however, that Lord Hunsdon has produced other evidence for the connection, and especially evidence that William, the rector, was some relation of that family (and if he, then all the Clyst family), little doubt remains of the truth of the tradition. The pedigree of Gibbs of Fenton, embodying Lord Hunsdon's surmise that John Gybbe of Pytte was a son of William Gibbs of Fenton who died before October, 1487, is therefore inserted before Chart 1.
In the Lay Subsidy Roll of 15 Henry VIII, quoted on p. 80 of 'Gibbs of Fenton', he appears as 'John Gybbe at Pytte asessed for his goods at 100s tax 2s.6d.' Pytte, the cradle of our Clyst St. George family, is the house, 300 yards north of the church, which remained in the family till 1790, was restored to it in 1839. John probably died before 1543, the year of the next subsidy ('Gibbs of Fenton', p.54).

Taxed 1524, 1543 and 1546; bought Peytt in Clyst St. George 1560, buried at Clyst St. George 24 May 1573.

His birth in 1510 is established in 'Gibbs of Fenton', pp. 54-5.

His purchase of Pytte is recorded as follows in Rev. Dr. G. Oliver's 'Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon' (pub. 1839-42), Vol. I, p. 151: 'On 1 May (2 Elizabeth) 1560 John Gybb or Gybbs of St. George's Clyst purchased of Thomas Lord Wentworth for £110 the Fee Simple of all that messuage .... called Peytt of which the said John Gybb was the tenant and occupier'. The agreement for this purchase (abstracted in 'Gibbs of Fenton', pp. 140-1) shows that the property bought was '1 messuage, 1 guarden, 40 acres of land and 2 acres of meadow'. See also entry for Rev. William Gybbe who acted for John in the agreement.

Family/Spouse: Anne Joanes. Anne was born in 1510 in England; died in Jun 1584 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried on 5 Jun 1584 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Taxed at Clyst St. George 1581, buried there 14 December 1593. Will dated 10 October, proved 20 December 1593 in the Consistory Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter or the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter. Monumental Inscriptions in Clyst St. George church.

Succeeded his father at Claypitt. His Monumental Inscriptions are on a brass on the south wall of Clyst St. George church and a tile on the nave floor. Both give December 1594 for his burial, which is obviously wrong, no such burial being in the Register. His will mentions his wife Cecily, son William, daughters Margaret, Christian, and Jane the wife of Baker. Residuary legatee of William, the rector, Rev. William Gybbe.

John married Cecily Coade in 1565 in Clyst St George, Devon. Cecily was born before 1545; died after 1585. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

George married Marie Loveringe on 8 Nov 1583 in Devon. Marie was born in 1564 in Exmouth, Devon; died on 23 Oct 1643; was buried on 23 Oct 1643 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried at Clyst St. George 7 May 1618. Administration of the Will 1 May 1619 in the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter. This Administration mentions his widow Joan, mentions John Gibbe.

Richard married Thomasine on 23 Feb 1578 in Clyst St George, Devon. Thomasine was born in 1557 in Clyst St George, Devon; died in Jan 1600; was buried on 13 Jan 1600. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Joan Symes on 23 Sep 1602 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 24 Jan 1662, Topsham, Devon

Robert married Margaret Oxenbeare on 10 May 1586 in Woodbury, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas Gibbs of Woodbury aforesaid and Clyst St. George, husbandman, buried at Clyst St. George 3 September 1629. Will proved 1629 in the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter.

His Will mentions wife Joan and daughters Agnes and Joan. Witness Robert Gibbe.

Thomas married Joan [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Feb 1567/68, Clyst St George, Devon

Family/Spouse: Tristram. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Nov 1582, Clyst St George, Devon

Notes:

Aged '40' or more in 1631.

Family/Spouse: Baker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

George Gibbs of Heifield in Woodbury aforesaid, baptised at Clyst St. George 30 December 1586; buried there 19 April 1659. Administration November 1660 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Doctors Commons, London.

The Administration of his Will mentions his wife Susanna and son George. The Clyst St. George parish register describes him as of Heifield, no doubt the same as Hethfelde of No. 4 above.

George married Susanna Man in 1616 in Clyst St George, Devon. Susanna died in 1662. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Husbandman

Notes:

John Gibbe the Younger of Clyst St. George, husbandman, baptised at Clyst St. George 16 December 1587. Will proved April 1644 in the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter. Will mentions daughters Anstis and Mary Gibbins, and her husband, son Richard. Witness Robert.

John married Joan Trapnell in 1614 in Woodbury, Devon. Joan was born in 1576 in Woodbury, Devon; died in 1640 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An Andrew Gibbs was assessed to church rate at Clyst St. George in 1650 (Aldenham General Collections, Vol. A, p. 397).

Family/Spouse: Alice ?. Alice died in Feb 1692; was buried on 28 Feb 1692/93 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Gibbe of Clyst St. George. Administration 24 January 1662 (in the Consistory Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter or the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter, where he is said to be of Topsham. The Will of Robert Gibbs of Topsham, proved 1619 (in the Consistory Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter) is perhaps his.

Family/Spouse: Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]