George Gibbs

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Bristol Merchant
• Residence: Bristol, Gloucestershire
• Death: 15 Aug 1818, England

Notes:

He was apprenticed before 1770 to his mother's first cousin, Samuel Munckley (d. 1801), a West India merchant of Bristol, and became partner with him in 1789, the firm being Munckley Gibbs and Richards. From 1802 till April 1818 (when he retired) he was head of the firm, which was styled Gibbs Richards & Gibbs, 1802-8, George Gibbs & Son 1808-18. (Search index for Richards, and Munckley who was half-brother of Sir John Duntze Bart). He was warden for 1777, Master for 1790, of the Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol. A Dissenter till 1814, when he joined the Church of England. Resided in Bristol up to 1807, thereafter in the neighbouring Redland. For his life in more detail see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs. No portraits.

George married Esther Joanna Farr on 16 Oct 1776 in Bristol, Gloucestershire. Esther (daughter of Richard Farr and Joanna Portlock) was born on 25 Oct 1748 in Coombe House, Bristol, Gloucestershire; died on 29 Oct 1787 in Bristol, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Bristol, Gloucestershire
• Baptism: 8 Nov 1748, Bristol, Gloucestershire

Notes:

Her father Richard (1708-82) was Warden for 1748 and 1759, Master for 1762 of the Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol. For the Farr family see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs, p.14, n2 and for note of portraits, p. 434.

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Nov 1722, Exeter, Devon

Notes:

Believed to belong to the family of Vicary of Dunkeswell, Devon, but proof lacks other than that papers exist sealed by her husband, and by her sister's husband, Hugh Mallett, with their own arms impaling the Vicary arms, or (after the death of the last of her brothers) bearing them on an escuthcheon of pretence (see G.A.Gibbs's will and a letter of 1793 in Aldenham Genealogical Cols, Vol. A, p.223 and Vol. C,1 p.383; also Gibbs Ped. 1904 edn p.xvii and its Preface of 1903). Her husband's house in Palace Yard, Exeter, continued to be her home till her death. Her first cousin Samuel Munckley was the founder of the Bristol house of business which later became Gibbs Bright & Co.

Birth:
Mint Chapel

Richard married Joanna Portlock on 10 Jun 1728 in St Stephen, Bristol. Joanna was born in 1686 in Bristol, Gloucestershire; died in 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary Monk
• Name: Mary Monke
• Baptism: 31 Dec 1686, Topsham, Devon
• Christening: 31 Dec 1686, Topsham, Devon

Notes:

Second daughter of Nehemiah Moncke of Topsham. Her mother, Mary Baker, was baptised 10 March 1655-6 at Clyst St. George and married there 11 December 1681. For a belief that Mary Monke descended from the family of Monke of Potheridge, Devon (that of General Monk, 1st Duke of Albemarle) see Gibbs Pedigree 1904, p. xvii and Additions of 1927 to the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs. Lord Aldenham had in 1932 a portrait, bought in 1912, believed to be of her.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 20 Aug 1717, Exeter, Devon
• Residence: 23 Mar 1730, Exeter, Devon

Anthony married Elizabeth Munckley on 9 Nov 1713 in St. John, Exeter, Devon. Elizabeth (daughter of Nicholas Munckley and Elizabeth Bowden) was born on 31 May 1691 in Exeter, Devon; was christened on 14 Jun 1691 in Exeter, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]