George Abraham Gibbs, of Pytte

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]

1. George Gibbs 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. Elizabeth Gibbs was born on 18 Apr 1750 in Exeter, Devon; died in 1780 in Plymouth, Devon.
3. Right Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 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. George Gibbs, of Redland 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. Abraham Gibbs was born on 19 Aug 1754; died in May 1782; was buried on 30 May 1782 in Clyst St George, Devon.
6. Antony Gibbs 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. Anne Gibbs 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. Mary Gibbs 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. Sibella Gibbs 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. Sarah Gibbs 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. Catherine Gibbs was born on 27 Dec 1767 in Exeter, Devon; died on 16 Mar 1820.

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]

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• 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:

• 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]

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• 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

Nehemiah married Mary Baker on 11 Dec 1681 in Clyst St George, Devon. Mary (daughter of John Baker and Mary Baker) was born about 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mariam Baker
• Baptism: 10 Mar 1655/56, 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.

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:

• Name: John Tilby
• Name: John Tilby

William married Tryphaena Whiteham on 10 Dec 1635 in Challock, Kent. Tryphaena (daughter of John Worceter and Mildred) was born about 1616 in Kent; was christened on 23 Feb 1605/06 in Challock, Kent; died in 1727. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Shobrooke, Devon
• Name: Elizabeth Worceter
• Name: Tryphena Whiteham
• Name: Tryphoena Whiteham
• Birth: Abt 1663

John married Mary Baker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]