Elizabeth Mary Remmett: Gibbs Family Tree

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Abt 1835 - 1880 (45 years)

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Generation: 1

1. Elizabeth Mary Remmett was born about 1835 (daughter of Henry Gibbs Remmett and Sarah Anne Higgs); died in 1880.

Generation: 2

Henry Gibbs Remmett was born on 7 Mar 1817 (son of Robert Remmett and Elizabeth Tozer); died on 24 Oct 1849 in Marylebone, London; was buried in Kensington and Chelsea, London.

Henry married Sarah Anne Higgs on 28 Aug 1841. Sarah was born in 1824 in Binfield, Berkshire; died on 1 May 1913 in Yorkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sarah Anne Higgs was born in 1824 in Binfield, Berkshire; died on 1 May 1913 in Yorkshire.
Children:

1. Elizabeth Mary Remmett was born about 1835; died in 1880.

Generation: 3

4.	Robert Remmett was born on 30 Aug 1778 in Plymouth, Devon (son of Dr. Robert Butler Remmett and Elizabeth Gibbs); died in Sep 1825. Robert married Elizabeth Tozer on 8 Jul 1814. Elizabeth was born on 5 Nov 1786 in Devon; died on 10 Jan 1864 in Kensington, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Tozer was born on 5 Nov 1786 in Devon; died on 10 Jan 1864 in Kensington, London.

Children:

Robert Remmett was born on 1 May 1815; died in Oct 1852; was buried on 16 Oct 1852 in Kensington and Chelsea, London.
2. Henry Gibbs Remmett was born on 7 Mar 1817; died on 24 Oct 1849 in Marylebone, London; was buried in Kensington and Chelsea, London.

Generation: 4

Dr. Robert Butler Remmett was born about 1746 in Plymouth, Devon (son of John Remmett, of Crediton and Anna Gibbs); died in 1822.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: Plymouth, Devon

Notes:

Dr. Robert B. Remmett is frequently mentioned in the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs and practised as a doctor in Plymouth. He was founder (1794) and President of the Plymouth Medical Society and Physician Extraordinaire to the Plymouth Public Dispensary. Author of two books for which see Allibone's 'Dictionary of English Literature' (1894). He is not known to have had issue by his second wife. His children by Elizabeth (Gibbs) were: George, the eldest son, living 1792, who was drowned whilst at school at Eton College; John who died whilst at school at Eton College; and Robert, who was born at Plymouth 30 August 1778, died September 1825, married 8 July 1814 Elizabeth Tozer. She, who was born 5 November 1786 and died 10 January 1864, was of the same family as Bishop Tozer. Her husband was at one time Solicitor to the Customs in London. See the book 'Antony & Dorothea by J.A. Gibbs' for some details of his life. His grandson, Robert Remmett, born 1850, murdered in Mexico, 1901, unmarried, was the last male of the family, which is now represented by descendants of that Robert's sisters, viz., of Fanny Henrietta (of Teignmouth, 1915) who married John Collins Baker (died 1901) one of whose sons, Charles Henry Collins Baker, was for many years up to 1932 keeper and secretary of the National Gallery, London, - Ada Mary Massey who married the late Major Henry G. C. Burmingham, of Froye House, Hampshire, and Lena Elizabeth who married Edward Gallop, of Sydney, New South Wales.

For references to pedigrees of the Remmett family, see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs, p. 375, n; and for note of portraits of Dr. Remmett, see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs by J. A. Gibbs, p. 434.

Robert married Elizabeth Gibbs on 26 Mar 1776 in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon . Elizabeth (daughter of George Abraham Gibbs, of Pytte and Anne Vicary, of Dunkeswell) was born on 18 Apr 1750 in Exeter, Devon; died in 1780 in Plymouth, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Gibbs was born on 18 Apr 1750 in Exeter, Devon (daughter of George Abraham Gibbs, of Pytte and Anne Vicary, of Dunkeswell); died in 1780 in Plymouth, Devon.

Notes:

See the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs.

Children:

George Remmett died on Drowned at Eton.
John Remmett died on Died at Eton.
4. Robert Remmett was born on 30 Aug 1778 in Plymouth, Devon; died in Sep 1825.