Captain William Gibbs, of Topsham

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Officer in the Navy
• Baptism: 19 Jun 1757, Topsham, Devon

Notes:

Officer in the Navy, baptised at Topsham 19 June 1757. Died 1830 and buried there.

His home after marriage was in Shapter Street., Topsham, but a different house to his father's. He and his brother John and their father are described as 'mariners' in a deed of 1788 ('Aldenham Genealogical Collections, p. 165) and he and his brothers John and Thomas in the deed of 1789 referred to below under Lieutenant George Gibbs. He certainly was a trading ship-captain, but the evidence is missing on which (following the old editions) he is described in the chart as an officer in the navy. His death in 1830 ended the family connection of five generations with Topsham.

Family/Spouse: Susanna Ley. Susanna (daughter of Thomas Ley, Rev) was born in 1766; died on 3 May 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Heny Gibbs was born on 3 Jun 1791 in Bristol, Gloucestershire; died on 9 Dec 1858 in Clyst St George, Devon; was buried in Clyst St George, Devon.
2. John Ley Gibbs was born on 15 Jun 1793 in Bristol, Gloucestershire; died on 8 Nov 1837 in Manchester, Lancashire; was buried on 13 Nov 1837 in St Peters, Blackley, Lancashire.
3. Frances Gibbs was born on 3 Apr 1797; died on 16 Jan 1847; was buried in Tiverton, Devon.
4. Thomas Lyle Gibbs was born in 1799 in Topsham, Devon; died on 4 Mar 1814; was buried in Topsham, Devon.
5. Mary Matilda Gibbs was born on 1 Apr 1801 in Topsham, Devon; died on 8 Jan 1877; was buried in Tiverton, Devon.
6. Abraham Gibbs was born in Aug 1805; died in Jan 1806; was buried in Topsham, Devon.
7. Charles Gibbs, of Genoa was born on 23 May 1808 in Topsham, Devon; died on 7 Dec 1857 in Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy; was buried on 14 Dec 1857 in Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy.

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]

Notes:

Younger daughter and husband of William Meachin by Elizabeth, daughter of .... Bury. Will dated 29 October 1778, proved 28 July 1779 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Doctors Commons, London.

For the Meachin family and pedigree see 'Aldenham Genealogical Collections', Vol. A, p. 439 and Vol. CI. p. 427. Her portrait was supposed to be in a picture bought by Lord Aldenham in 1912 (by Sir Godfrey Kneller) of three children, which was labelled 'Mary, Elizabeth, and William, children of William Meachin', but, as she is only known to have had sisters Catherine and Margaret, and no brother is recorded, the identity is doubtful. Her will was proved by George Abraham Gibbs and William Gibbs; power reserved to John her eldest son.

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 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]

Notes:

Daughter and coheir of Robert Lyle of Topsham, by Mary, daughter of Nicholas Downe. She married a third time to Robert Framingham.

William married Elizabeth Bury. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Dec 1657, Shobrooke, Devon
• Christening: 6 Dec 1657, Clyst St George, Devon
• Death: 1733, Topsham, Devon

Notes:

The Rowe family was Presbyterian. Her will mentions daughters Mary Peters and Elizabeth; grand-children George Abraham, Anna, John. For notes on and pedigrees of the Rowe family, see the MS. Genealogical Collections of Henry Lord Aldenham, Vol. E, pp. 564-97. See also 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' pp. 3, n3; 6, n5; 458, nl.

Died:
Of Topsham

Other Events and Attributes:

• Christening: 7 Oct 1672, Topsham, Devon

Robert married Mary Downe. Mary (daughter of Nicholas Downe and Frances Pearce) was born in 1677 in Topsham, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Christening: 8 Oct 1677, Topsham, Devon