Samuel Gerrish1

(Registrar) Land Transfer1 May 1734Thomas Willis and Susanna Willis witnessed the signature of Nathaniel Bolton, husbandman, of Bridgewater, Plymouth County on 1 May 1734 in his sale of land in Stoughton, Suffolk County, to David Leach, husbandman, of Kingston, Plymouth County. Josiah Edson Esq., Justice of the Peace, verified that Nathaniel Bolton had personally appeared before him and acknowledged the instrument to be his act and deed on 20 August 1734, and the document was recorded in Suffolk County on 23 August 1734 by Samuel Gerrish, Registrar.1 
(Registrar) Land Transfer22 August 1734Daniel Johnson and Mary Perkins witnessed the mark of Nicholas Bolton, labourer, of Bridgewater, Plymouth County on 22 August 1734 in his sale of land in Dorchester to David Leach, yeoman, of Kingston, Plymouth County. Isaac Johnson, Justice of the Peace, verified that Nicholas Bolton had personally appeared before him and acknowledged the instrument to be his act and deed, and the document was recorded in Suffolk County on 23 August 1734 by Samuel Gerrish, Registrar.1 
(Registrar) Land Transfer23 August 1734Thomas Howland and Rebeckah Johnson witnessed the signature of Elisha Bolton, husbandman, of Bridgewater, Plymouth County on 23 August 1734 in his sale of land in Stoughton to David Leach, husbandman, of Kingston, Plymouth County. Isaac Johnson, Justice of the Peace, verified that Elisha Bolton had personally appeared before him and acknowledged the instrument to be his act and deed on 20 August 1734, and the document was recorded in Suffolk County on 23 August 1734 by Samuel Gerrish, Registrar.1 

Citations

  1. [S633] Records of deeds, 1639-1885; indexes to deeds, 1639-1920 (Suffolk County, Massachusetts). Microfilm of original records in the Registry of Deeds, Boston, Massachusetts on 1128 microfilm reels. Includes indexes to grantors, 1639-1920; indexes to grantees, 1639-1920; and indexes to persons other than grantors and grantees, 1639-1799: Film# 493951, Volume 49 dated 1734, pages 17-L, 17-R and 18-L, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Records of deeds 1639-1885, Suffolk County.

Sarah Gerrish1

Family
Marriage*31 October 1736She married John Frost, son of Honorable John Frost and Mary Pepperell, on 31 October 1736.1 

Family

 John Frost b. 12 May 1709, d. 1770

Citations

  1. [S1009] Cecil Hampden Cutts Howard, The Pepperrells in America, downloaded from the Open Library Project at www.openlibrary.org. (Salem, Massachusetts: printed for the Essex Institute, 1906), page 6. Hereinafter cited as The Pepperrells in America.

Ann Susan Gerwig1

b. 22 February 1832, d. 5 June 1914
Family
Father*Mathias Gerwig2,1 b. 30 Sep 1803, d. 4 Aug 1852
Mother*Elizabeth Geckle3,1 b. 4 May 1808, d. 4 Jun 1878
Birth*22 February 1832Ann Susan Gerwig was born on 22 February 1832.1 
Name VariationShe was often called Susan.4 
Marriage*3 March 1846She married first William E. Coffman on 3 March 1846 in Braxton County, Virginia.1,5,6 
(Daughter) Census US 185031 August 1850She was enumerated without her husband as Susan Gerwig on the 1850 census taken on 31 August 1850 in the household of her parents in District 4, Braxton County, Virginia. She was 22 years of age and, we suspect, had been widowed.4 
Marriage*20 April 1854She married second, as his second wife, Jonathan Young on 20 April 1854.1,7 
(Married Daughter) Census US 18603 August 1860Susan was enumerated with her husband and four children on the 1860 census taken on 3 August 1860 in the household of her mother and stepfather, Elizabeth and Michael Acerman, near the Braxton Court House Post Office, Braxton County, Virginia. Susan was 28 years of age and her husband, Jonathan, was 43 years of age with a personal estate valued at $100. Their young daughter, Elizabeth, was 4 years old. Jonathan's three children from his first marriage, twin sons John and William, and daughter, Sabina, were also enumerated in the household. John and William were 16 years old and Sabina was age 12.8,9 
Census US 1870*16 August 1870Susan, who was recorded as Susannah, and Jonathan Young were enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 16 August 1870 near the Braxton Court House Post Office, Lincoln, Braxton County, West Virginia. Jonathan was 52 years of age and farming, with real estate valued at $500 and a personal estate valued at $1,175, and Susan was 38 years of age and keeping house. Their daughters, Elizabeth and Josephine, ages 14 and 9, respectively, were enumerated with them, as was a James Young, who was 13 years old and whose relationship to the family has not been identified.10 
(Wife) Death6 March 1873Susan became a widow when Jonathan Young died on 6 March 1873 at about age 56.11 
Death*5 June 1914She died on 5 June 1914 at age 821 
Burial* and was buried in Hudkins Cemetery, Little Otter, Braxton County, West Virginia.1 

Family 1

 William E. Coffman

Family 2

 Jonathan Young b. 1817, d. 6 Mar 1873
Children 1.Elizabeth Young8 b. 1856
 2.Josephine Young10 b. 1861

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Susan Ann (Gerwig) Young, Memorial# 203981820. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mathias Gerwig, Memorial# 256785873.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth Ackerman, Memorial# 203981854.
  4. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Mathias and Elizabeth Gerwig, (their surname spelled "Garwick" by the census taker), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 4, Braxton, Virginia; Roll: 937; Page: 201a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S1387] West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of William E Coffman and Ann S in 1846 in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Hereinafter cited as West Virginia Marriages Index 1785-1971.
  6. [S1404] Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of William E. Coffman and Ann S. Gerwig on 2 March 1846 in Braxton County, Virginia, USA, referencing Dodd, Jordan R., Et Al.; Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850; Publication Place: Bountiful, UT, USA; Publisher: Precision Indexing Publishers. Hereinafter cited as Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850.
  7. [S2532] Family History Library, West Virginia, County marriage records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1776-1971. Marriage records, available online, compiled from abstracts, transcriptions, and originals of West Virginia county marriage records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed: marriage on 20 April 1854 in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, of Jonathan Young, age 35, born about 1819, son of Bazel and Agnes N Young, and Ann S Coffman, age 22, born about 1832, daughter of Mathias and Elizabeth "Garwick", referencing "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-Q3XM : Fri Aug 18 16:01:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Jonathan Young and Ann S Coffman, 20 Apr 1854; digital images, viewed online at www.familysearch.org, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as West Virginia, County marriage records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1776-1971.
  8. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Michael and Elizabeth Acerman, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Braxton, Virginia; Roll: M653_1336; Page: 423; Family History Library Film: 805336. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  9. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Lewis and Susan Perkins, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Braxton, Virginia; Roll: M653_1336; Page: 423; Family History Library Film: 805336.
  10. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jonathan and Susannah Young, Year: 1870; Census Place: Lincoln, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1685; Page: 442A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  11. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Jonathan Young, Memorial# 203981842.

Mathias Gerwig1

b. 30 September 1803, d. 4 August 1852
Family
Birth*30 September 1803Mathias Gerwig was born on 30 September 1803 in Germany.1,2 
Marriage*3 May 1827He married, as her first husband, Elizabeth Geckle on 3 May 1827 in Wurttemberg, Germany.3,1,2 
Census US 1850*31 August 1850Elizabeth and Mathias Gerwig were enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 31 August 1850 in District 4, Braxton County, Virginia. Mathias was 47 years of age and a farmer, and Elizabeth was age 42. The couple's daughter, Susan, who had married in 1854, was enumerated with her parents in 1850. Susan was 22 years of age and, we suspect, had been widowed.4 
Death*4 August 1852He died on 4 August 1852 in Chapel, Braxton County, Virginia, at age 481 
Burial* and was buried in Old Otter Cemetery, Little Otter, Braxton County, Virginia.1 

Family

 Elizabeth Geckle b. 4 May 1808, d. 4 Jun 1878
Child 1.Ann Susan Gerwig+1,5 b. 22 Feb 1832, d. 5 Jun 1914

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Mathias Gerwig, Memorial# 256785873. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S2563] Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 3 May 1827 in Evangelisch, Herrenalb, Schwarzwaldkreis, Wuerttemberg, of Matthaeus Gerwig, age 23, born on 30 September 1803 in Neusaz, son of Christoph Adam Gerwig and Regine Jakobine Ruff, married Elisabete Christine Geckle, age 18, born on 24 May 1808 in Kullenmuehl, daughter of Ludwig Friedrich Geckle and Christine Martha Roth, referencing FHL Film# 1056834. Hereinafter cited as Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth Ackerman, Memorial# 203981854.
  4. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Mathias and Elizabeth Gerwig, (their surname spelled "Garwick" by the census taker), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 4, Braxton, Virginia; Roll: 937; Page: 201a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Susan Ann (Gerwig) Young, Memorial# 203981820.

Mary Gettings1

b. 28 July 1867
Family
Father*Oacar Gettings1
Mother*Ann Allen1
Birth*28 July 1867Mary Gettings was born on 28 July 1867 in Illinois.2,1 
Marriage*14 April 1897She married Aaron A. Page, son of William Aaron Page and Harriet Miller, on 14 April 1897 in Madison County, Illinois.1 
Census US 1900*2 June 1900Mary and Aaron A. Page were enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 2 June 1900 at 211 Market Street, Ward 3, Alton, Madison County, Illinois. Aaron was 25 years of age, worked as a lime stone quarryman, although he had been unemployed for five months of the census year, and Mary was 32 years of age and worked in a boarding house. They rented their house, were both able to read, write and speak English, had been married for three years and Mary had given birth to one child, a daughter Flossie who was not quite 2 years old, and was enumerated with her parents in 1900. Five members of the couple's extended family were also enumerated in their household in 1900. Aaron's widowed grandmother, Mrs. Celia Murphy, was 68 years of age, had given birth to seven children, three of whom were living, and was not able to write, although she was able to read and speak English. Aaron's brothers, Herman E. Page, William F. Page and Ernest F. Page, were all single and able to read, write and speak English. Herman was 22 years of age and worked the full census year as a lime stone quarryman; William was 20 years old, had been unemployed for one month of the census year and worked as a gas works laborer; and Ernest was 18 years old, had been unemployed for three months of the census year and worked as a gas works laborer. Aaron's 1st cousin, William Dabbs, was 30 years of age, was able to read, write and speak English, had been unemployed for three months of the census year and worked as a lime stone quarryman. William had been married for five years, although he was enumerated without his wife. The final member of the Page household in 1900 was a lodger. Morris Callahan was 41 years of age, a widower, had been born in Ireland and immigrated to the United States when he was 10 years old, was not able to write, although he was able to read and speak English. Morris had been unemployed for one month of the census year and worked as a lime stone quarryman.2 

Family

 Aaron A. Page b. 21 Mar 1875
Child 1.Flossie A. Page2 b. 18 Jun 1898

Citations

  1. [S1701] Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Aaron A Page, age 23, born about 1874, son of William Page and Harriet Miller, and Mary Gettings, age 30, born about 1867, daughter of Oscar Gettings and Ann Allen, on 14 April 1897 in Madison County, Illinois, USA. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Aaron A. and Mary Page, Year: 1900; Census Place: Alton Ward 3, Madison, Illinois; Roll: 325; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0035; FHL microfilm: 1240325. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Oacar Gettings1

Family
Marriage*He married Ann Allen.1 

Family

 Ann Allen
Child 1.Mary Gettings+2 b. 28 Jul 1867

Citations

  1. [S1701] Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Aaron A Page, son of William Page and Harriet Miller, and Mary Gettings, daughter of Oscar Gettings and Ann Allen, on 14 April 1897 in Madison County, Illinois, USA. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940.
  2. [S1701] Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Aaron A Page, age 23, born about 1874, son of William Page and Harriet Miller, and Mary Gettings, age 30, born about 1867, daughter of Oscar Gettings and Ann Allen, on 14 April 1897 in Madison County, Illinois, USA.

Benjamin H. Getts1

b. 17 November 1915, d. 6 October 1928
Family
Father*Samuel T. Getts1 b. 26 Jan 1877, d. 1 Apr 1946
Mother*Lillian P. Farr1 b. 25 Oct 1890, d. 22 Feb 1937
Birth*17 November 1915Benjamin H. Getts was born on 17 November 1915 in Sun River, Cascade County, Montana.1 
Relationship Note*Benjamin and Reuben P. Getts were twins.1,2 
Name VariationHe was called Bennie.1 
Death*6 October 1928He died on 6 October 1928 in Sun River at age 121 
Burial* and was buried in Sun River Cemetery, Sun River, Cascade County, Montana.1 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Benjamin H. “Bennie” Getts, Memorial# 41965259. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Reuben Perry Getts, Memorial# 132667280.

Charles Herbert Getts1

b. 9 March 1914, d. 19 April 1988
Family
Father*Samuel T. Getts1 b. 26 Jan 1877, d. 1 Apr 1946
Mother*Lillian P. Farr1 b. 25 Oct 1890, d. 22 Feb 1937
Birth*9 March 1914Charles Herbert Getts was born on 9 March 1914 in Sun River, Cascade County, Montana.1 
Marriage*26 June 1943He married Mary Eileen Baxter on 26 June 1943 in Great Falls, Cascade County. Charles was 29 years of age and Mary Eileen was age 19.1 
Death*19 April 1988He died on 19 April 1988 in Sun River, Cascade County, Montana, at age 74.1 

Family

 Mary Eileen Baxter b. 1924

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles Herbert Getts, Memorial# 150190492. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.

Fredrick Samuel Getts1

b. 7 June 1912, d. 31 October 1993
Family
Father*Samuel T. Getts1 b. 26 Jan 1877, d. 1 Apr 1946
Mother*Lillian P. Farr1 b. 25 Oct 1890, d. 22 Feb 1937
Birth*7 June 1912Fredrick Samuel Getts was born on 7 June 1912 in Sun River, Cascade County, Montana.1 
Marriage*1934He married Mayme Bess Gordon in 1934.2,1 
Death*31 October 1993He died on 31 October 1993 in Sun River at age 811 
Burial* and was buried in Sun River Cemetery, Sun River, Cascade County, Montana.1 

Family

 Mayme Bess Gordon b. 1 Sep 1912, d. 11 Sep 2006

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Fredrick Samuel Getts, Memorial# 43028573. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mayme Bess “Dolly” (Gordon) Getts, Memorial# 43028581.

Larry David Getts1

b. 14 October 1937, d. 7 June 2016
Family
Father*Leo J. Getts1 b. 7 May 1910, d. 21 Jan 1982
Mother*Evelyn R. Hansen1 b. 11 May 1918, d. 1 Jan 2009
Birth*14 October 1937Larry David Getts was born on 14 October 1937 in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana.1 
(Grandson) Census US 19403 April 1940He was enumerated as Lawrence D. Getts on the 1940 census taken on 3 April 1940 in the household of his maternal grandparents, Ida and Andrew Hansen, in Vaughn, Cascade County, Montana. Lawrence was 2 years old. His parents were divorced, and his mother was enumerated in 1940 in Great Falls, Cascade County, in the household of her married sister, Frances (Hansen) Kalanick, and his father was enumerated in Sun River, Cascade County, as a lodger on a farm where he worked as a farm hand.2 
(Son) Divorcebefore 5 April 1940He was about 2 years old when his parents divorced before 5 April 1940.3,4 
Death*7 June 2016He died on 7 June 2016 in Kennewick, Benton County, Washington, at age 78.5 

Citations

  1. [S2093] Montana, U.S., Birth Records, 1897-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Larry David Getts on 14 October 1937 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA, to Leo John Getts and Evelyn Ruth Getts, citing Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Helena, Montana, Montana, Birth Records, 1919-1986. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., Birth Records, 1897-1988.
  2. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew and Ida Hansen, (their surname spelled "Hanson" by the census taker), Year: 1940; Census Place: Vaughn, Cascade, Montana; Roll: m-t0627-02215; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 7-87. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S2148] U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, online at www.ancestry.com, record for Leo J Getts, Private, Divorced, without dependents (Divorced), born in 1910 in Montana, Citizen, enlisted on 6 January 1942 at Missoula, Montana, Height: 71", Weight: 191 lbs., Residence: Cascade, Montana, Education: Grammar school, Civil Occupation: Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor, enlisted on 6 January 1942 at Missoula, Montana, Service Number: 19070410, Branch: Air Corps, Component Note: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of, Source; Civil Life, referencing National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland, USA, Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946, NAID 1263923, Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-ca. 2007, Record Group: 64, Box Number: 03053, Reel: 27. Hereinafter cited as U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.
  4. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Leo J. Getts as a lodger in the household of Felix Sherman, Sun River, Cascade, Montana; Roll: m-t0627-02215; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 7-30.
  5. [S2149] U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current, online at www.ancestry.com, record for Larry D. Getts of Vaughn, Montana, age 78, born on 14 October 1937 in Great Falls, Montana, son of Evelyn (Hansen) Getts and Leo J. Getts, married Lou Jean Pepper on 22 June 1960, died on 7 June 2016 in Kennewick, Washington, referencing Life Tributes Cremation Center, Kennewick, WA, USA, http://www.lifetributescenter.com/obituary/Larry-D.-Getts/…. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current.

Leo J. Getts1

b. 7 May 1910, d. 21 January 1982
Family
Father*Samuel T. Getts1 b. 26 Jan 1877, d. 1 Apr 1946
Mother*Lillian P. Farr1 b. 25 Oct 1890, d. 22 Feb 1937
Birth*7 May 1910Leo J. Getts was born on 7 May 1910 in Sun River, Cascade County, Montana.1,2,3,4 
(Son) Census US 19305 April 1930Leo J. was enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 5 April 1930 in the household of his parents in Sun River, Cascade County, Montana. He was 19 years old.5 
Marriage*1 October 1936He married second, as her first husband, Evelyn Ruth Hansen, daughter of Andrew Hansen and Ida Matthews, on 1 October 1936 in Vaughn, Cascade County, Montana. Leo was 26 years of age and divorced, and Evelyn, who had not been married before, was 18 years old. Witnesses to their marriage were Evelyn's sister, Frances Hansen, and Leo's brother, Reuben P. Getts who would become Evelyn's second husband.6,1 
Divorce*before 5 April 1940Leo and Evelyn Ruth (Hansen) Getts were divorced before 5 April 1940, the date they each were enumerated separately on the 1940 census, in two different locations, and each reporting their marital status as divorced. Their young son was about 2 years old.7,8 
Census US 1940*5 April 1940Leo was enumerated on the 1940 census taken on 5 April 1940 in Sun River, Cascade County, Montana. He was a lodger in the household of Felix Sherman, who rented his farm. Leo was 30 years of age, divorced, had completed his education through the 8th grade of Elementary School, and worked as a hired farm hand. He had lived in Sun River on 1 April 1935, although not in the same house. His son, Lawrence D. Getts, who was 2 years old, was enumerated in 1940 in the household of his maternal grandparents, Ida and Andrew Hansen, in Vaughn, Cascade County, and his son's mother, Evelyn Ruth (Hansen) Getts, was enumerated in 1940 in Great Falls, Cascade County, in the household of her sister, Frances (Hansen) Kalanick, who had married John J. Kalanick Jr. about four months before the census was taken.8 
World War II*6 January 1942Leo J. Getts enlisted in the Army as a Private in the Army Air Corp during the second World War on 6 January 1942 in Missoula County, Montana. He had a grammar school education, had worked as a semi-skilled driver, was 5'11" tall, weighed 191 lbs., and stated he was divorced with no dependents. His son, Lawrence D. Getts, whom he may have had no relationship with, was 4 years old at the time.7 
(Brother) Marriage8 September 1945Leo's brother, Reuben P. Getts, married Leo's former wife, Evelyn Ruth (Hansen) Getts, on 8 September 1945 in Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana.9 
Marriage*8 July 1950He married third, as her second husband, Sarah Watson, daughter of John Watson and Elizabeth MacKenzie, on 8 July 1950 in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho. Both Leo and Sarah stated they were single on their marriage license, although there were places to identify widowed or divorced, and Sarah indicated "Milledge" was her maiden name, although her maiden name was Watson.10,11 
Death*21 January 1982He died unmarried on 21 January 1982 in Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Montana, at age 712,4 
Burial* and was buried with his third wife in Plot A0087 of Riverside Cemetery, Fort Benton.4,10 

Family 1

 Evelyn R. Hansen b. 11 May 1918, d. 1 Jan 2009
Child 1.Larry David Getts12 b. 14 Oct 1937, d. 7 Jun 2016

Family 2

 Sarah Watson b. 13 Oct 1912, d. 19 Nov 1959

Citations

  1. [S2094] Montana U.S. County Marriage Records, 1865-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 1 October 1936 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA of Evelyn Ruth Hansen, age 18, daughter of Andrew Hansen and Ida Matthews, married Leo J Getts, age 26, son of Samuel T. Getts and Lillian Farr, referencing Film# 001940171, DGS# 004351414. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1993.
  2. [S2095] Montana, U.S., State Deaths, 1907-2016, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Leo John Getts, age 71, unmarried , son of Samuel Getts and Lillian Getts nee Farr, born on 7 May 1910 in Montana, died on 21 January 1982 in Fort Benton, Chouteau, Montana, USA, citing certificate# 82 0078, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Helena, Montana, Montana Death Records. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., State Deaths, 1907-2016.
  3. [S2145] Montana, U.S., County Marriages, 1865-1987, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 1 October 1936 in Vaughn, Cascade, Montana, USA, for Leo J. Getts, divorced, age 26, born about 1910 in Sun River, Montana, son of Samuel T. Getts and Lillian Farr, married Evelyn Ruth Hansen, age 18, her first marriage, daughter of Andrew Hansen and Ida Matthews, citing Certificate# 17123, , Helena, Montana, Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., County Marriages, 1865-1987.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Leo J Getts, Memorial# 75016815. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel T. and Lillian P. Getts, Sun River, Cascade, Montana; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 2340988. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S2145] Montana, U.S., County Marriages, 1865-1987, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 1 October 1936 in Vaughn, Cascade, Montana, USA, for Leo J. Getts of Sun River, divorced, age 26, born about 1910 in Sun River, Montana, son of Samuel T. Getts and Lillian Farr, married Evelyn Ruth Hansen of Vaughn, age 18, her first marriage, daughter of Andrew Hansen and Ida Matthews, citing Certificate# 17123, Montana State Historical Society, Helena, Montana, Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950.
  7. [S2148] U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, online at www.ancestry.com, record for Leo J Getts, Private, Divorced, without dependents (Divorced), born in 1910 in Montana, Citizen, enlisted on 6 January 1942 at Missoula, Montana, Height: 71", Weight: 191 lbs., Residence: Cascade, Montana, Education: Grammar school, Civil Occupation: Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor, enlisted on 6 January 1942 at Missoula, Montana, Service Number: 19070410, Branch: Air Corps, Component Note: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of, Source; Civil Life, referencing National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland, USA, Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946, NAID 1263923, Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-ca. 2007, Record Group: 64, Box Number: 03053, Reel: 27. Hereinafter cited as U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.
  8. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Leo J. Getts as a lodger in the household of Felix Sherman, Sun River, Cascade, Montana; Roll: m-t0627-02215; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 7-30. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  9. [S2146] Montana, U.S., Divorce Records, 1943-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, divorce of Evelyn R Getts, plaintiff, and Rueben P Getts, defendant, married on 8 September 1945 at Lewistown, Montana, divorced for non-support on 24 September 1947 at Harlowton, Wheatland, Montana, USA, no children, citing Certificate# Wh. 42, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Helena, Montana, Montana State Divorce Records, 1943-1986, Certificate Number Range: Wh 1 - Wh 79. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., Divorce Records, 1943-1988.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah (Watson) Getts, Memorial# 75016769.
  11. [S2147] Idaho, U.S., Marriage Records, 1863-1967, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Leo J. Getts of Fort Benton, Montana, age 40, born Sun River, Montana, "single", and Sara Milledge of Fort Benton, Montana, age 37, born Fort Benton, Montana, "single", on 8 July 1950 in Kootenai, Idaho, USA, citing Certificate# 03993, Idaho State Department of Health, Boise, Idaho, Idaho Marriage Index, 1861-1968. Hereinafter cited as Idaho, U.S., Marriage Records, 1863-1967.
  12. [S2093] Montana, U.S., Birth Records, 1897-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Larry David Getts on 14 October 1937 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA, to Leo John Getts and Evelyn Ruth Getts, citing Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Helena, Montana, Montana, Birth Records, 1919-1986. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., Birth Records, 1897-1988.

Reuben P. Getts1

b. 17 November 1915, d. 26 December 1980
Family
Father*Samuel T. Getts2 b. 26 Jan 1877, d. 1 Apr 1946
Mother*Lillian P. Farr2 b. 25 Oct 1890, d. 22 Feb 1937
Birth*17 November 1915Reuben P. Getts was born on 17 November 1915 in Sun River, Cascade County, Montana.2,3 
Relationship Note*Reuben and Benjamin H. Getts were twins.4,3 
Name VariationHis full name was Reuben Perry Getts.3 
(Son) Census US 19305 April 1930Reuben P. was enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 5 April 1930 in the household of his parents in Sun River, Cascade County, Montana. He was 14 years old and had attended school within the census year.2 
(Brother) Marriage1 October 1936Reuben signed as a witness to the marriage of his brother, Leo J. Getts, and Evelyn Ruth Hansen on 1 October 1936 in Vaughn, Cascade County, Montana. Reuben, himself, would marry Evelyn 11 years later.5,6 
Marriage*8 September 1945He married first, as her second husband, Evelyn Ruth (Hansen) Getts, daughter of Andrew Hansen and Ida Matthews, on 8 September 1945 in Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana. Evelyn's first husband was Reuben's brother, Leo J. Getts.1 
Divorce*24 September 1947Reuben P. Getts and Evelyn R. Hansen were divorced on 24 September 1947 in Harlowton, Wheatland, Montana.7 
Marriage*25 May 1953He married second, as her third husband, Artybelle (Fordham) Smart Mallo, daughter of Charles E. Fordham and Myrtle M. Tiffany, on 25 May 1953 in Cascade County, Montana. Reuben was 37 years of age and was recorded as single, with no previous marriage, and Artybelle was 32 years of age and was recorded as divorced with only one previous marriage.8 
Death*26 December 1980He died on 26 December 1980 in Dupuyer, Pondera County, Montana, at age 653 
Burial* and was buried in Dupuyer Cemetery, Dupuyer.3 

Family 1

 Evelyn R. Hansen b. 11 May 1918, d. 1 Jan 2009

Family 2

 Artybelle Fordham b. 7 Sep 1920, d. 25 May 1986

Citations

  1. [S2146] Montana, U.S., Divorce Records, 1943-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, divorce of Evelyn R Getts, plaintiff, and Rueben P Getts, defendant, married on 8 September 1945 at Lewistown, Montana, divorced for non-support on 24 September 1947 at Harlowton, Wheatland, Montana, USA, no children, citing Certificate# Wh. 42, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Helena, Montana, Montana State Divorce Records, 1943-1986, Certificate Number Range: Wh 1 - Wh 79. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., Divorce Records, 1943-1988.
  2. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel T. and Lillian P. Getts, Sun River, Cascade, Montana; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 2340988. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Reuben Perry Getts, Memorial# 132667280. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Benjamin H. “Bennie” Getts, Memorial# 41965259.
  5. [S2145] Montana, U.S., County Marriages, 1865-1987, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 1 October 1936 in Vaughn, Cascade, Montana, USA, for Leo J. Getts of Sun River, divorced, age 26, born about 1910 in Sun River, Montana, son of Samuel T. Getts and Lillian Farr, married Evelyn Ruth Hansen of Vaughn, age 18, her first marriage, daughter of Andrew Hansen and Ida Matthews, citing Certificate# 17123, Montana State Historical Society, Helena, Montana, Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., County Marriages, 1865-1987.
  6. [S2094] Montana U.S. County Marriage Records, 1865-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 1 October 1936 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA of Evelyn Ruth Hansen, age 18, daughter of Andrew Hansen and Ida Matthews, married Leo J Getts, age 26, son of Samuel T. Getts and Lillian Farr, referencing Film# 001940171, DGS# 004351414. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1993.
  7. [S2146] Montana, U.S., Divorce Records, 1943-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, divorce of Evelyn R Getts, plaintiff, and Rueben P Getts, defendant, married on 8 September 1945 at Lewistown, Montana, divorced on grounds of non-support on 24 September 1947 at Harlowton, Wheatland, Montana, USA, no children, citing Certificate# Wh. 42, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Helena, Montana, Montana State Divorce Records, 1943-1986, Certificate Number Range: Wh 1 - Wh 79.
  8. [S2144] Montana, U.S., Marriage Records, 1943-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 25 May 1953 in Cascade County, Montana, USA, of Artybelle Mallo of Cut Bank, Montana, age 32, divorced, this her "2nd marriage", born on 7 September 1920 in Kalispell, Montana to Charles E Fordham and Myrtle M Tiffany, married Rueben P Getts of Cut Bank, Montana, age 37, "single, no previous marriages", born on 17 November 1915 in Sun River, Montana to Samuel T. Getts and Lillian Farr, citing Certificate# 53 070212, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Helena, Montana, Montana State Marriage Records, 1943-1986. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., Marriage Records, 1943-1988.

Samuel T. Getts1

b. 26 January 1877, d. 1 April 1946
Family
Birth*26 January 1877Samuel T. Getts was born on 26 January 1877 in Falls Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.2 
Name VariationHis full name was Samuel Tilden Getts.2 
Marriage*1908He married Lillian P. Farr in 1908.1,3,2 
Census US 1930*5 April 1930Lillian and Samuel T. Getts were enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 5 April 1930 in Sun River, Cascade County, Montana. Samuel was 53 years of age and worked as a rural mail carrier, and Lillian was 39 years of age. They owned their house which was valued at $500, and also owned a radio set. Four sons were enumerated with their parents in 1930. Leo J. was 19 years old; Fred S. was 18; Charles H. was 16; and Reuben P. was 14 years old. Everyone in the household could read and write and only Charles and Reuben had attended school within the census year.4 
(Husband) Death22 February 1937Samuel became a widower when Lillian Pearl (Farr) Getts died on 22 February 1937 at age 46.3 
Death*1 April 1946He died on 1 April 1946 in Sun River, Cascade County, Montana, at age 692 
Burial* and was buried in Sun River Cemetery, Sun River.2 

Family

 Lillian P. Farr b. 25 Oct 1890, d. 22 Feb 1937
Children 1.Leo J. Getts+1 b. 7 May 1910, d. 21 Jan 1982
 2.Fredrick Samuel Getts5 b. 7 Jun 1912, d. 31 Oct 1993
 3.Charles Herbert Getts6 b. 9 Mar 1914, d. 19 Apr 1988
 4.Reuben P. Getts4 b. 17 Nov 1915, d. 26 Dec 1980
 5.Benjamin H. Getts7 b. 17 Nov 1915, d. 6 Oct 1928

Citations

  1. [S2094] Montana U.S. County Marriage Records, 1865-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 1 October 1936 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA of Evelyn Ruth Hansen, age 18, daughter of Andrew Hansen and Ida Matthews, married Leo J Getts, age 26, son of Samuel T. Getts and Lillian Farr, referencing Film# 001940171, DGS# 004351414. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1993.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Samuel Tilden Getts, Memorial# 41965261. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lillian Pearl (Farr) Getts, Memorial# 150203759.
  4. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel T. and Lillian P. Getts, Sun River, Cascade, Montana; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 2340988. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Fredrick Samuel Getts, Memorial# 43028573.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles Herbert Getts, Memorial# 150190492.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Benjamin H. “Bennie” Getts, Memorial# 41965259.

Margery Geyton1

Family
Marriage*She married Thomas Ussher.1 

Family

 Thomas Ussher
Child 1.Arland Ussher+1 b. c 1552, d. 10 Aug 1598

Citations

  1. [S1630] Reverend William Ball Wright, The Ussher Memoirs : Genealogical Memoirs of the Ussher Families in Ireland, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (London, England: Mitchell & Hughes, 1889), Chapter VIII. Arland Ussher, the Chancery Registrar and his Family, pages 79-86. Hereinafter cited as The Ussher Memoirs.

Charlotte Elizabeth Gibbs1

b. 21 January 1847, d. 24 October 1914
Family
Father*Robert Gibbs2
Mother*Rebecca __?__2
Birth*21 January 1847Charlotte Elizabeth Gibbs was born on 21 January 1847 in Lynnville, Morgan County, Illinois.1 
Marriage*29 November 1867She married James Benton Gordon II, son of James Benton Gordon and Mary Graham, on 29 November 1867 in Scott County, Illinois.2,3 
Census US 1870*24 July 1870Charlotte and James Benton Gordon II were enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 24 July 1870 in Lynnville, Morgan County, Illinois. James was 32 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $4,000 and a personal estate of $500. Charlotte was 22 and keeping house. Their baby Mary was 1 year old and enumerated with her parents, and James's mother, Mary (Graham) Gordon, also resided with the family in 1870. She was 65 years of age, helping with the housekeeping and reported real estate valued at $1,200 and a personal estate of $2,000.4 
(Wife) Death9 November 1899Charlotte became a widow when James Benton Gordon II died on 9 November 1899 at age 61.5 
Death*24 October 1914She died on 24 October 1914 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, at age 671 
Burial* and was buried in Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville.1 
Obituary25 October 1914Her obituary appeared on page 15 of the Jacksonville Daily Journal on 25 October 1914 and, copied as it was found online, read:

"Mrs. Charlotte Gibbs Gordon died at her home, 310 West College Street, Jacksonville, IL at 7 a.m. Saturday morning, October 24th. Her death as due to a stroke of apoplexy which came upon her shortly before the noon house on Friday. At that time she was discovered by her son, Freling, seated at a table with her head resting on one of her arms. She was unconscious when discovered and remained in that condition until claimed by death. She was to all appearances in her usual health an hour previous to her discovery by her son, and had not been complaining of ill health so far as is known. Charlotte Gibbs was a daughter of Robert and Rebecca Gibbs who were born and grew to man and womanhood in Yorkshire, England, and who, after their marriage at their home October 13, 1830, came to America and settled in the vicinity of Utica, New York, where three of the ten children born of this union were born. After a residence at that place of four years, the family came west and found a temporary home near where how stands the town of Riggston, in Scott County. Later they purchased a farm southeast of Winchester where they remained until after the birth of their daughter, Charlotte, on January 21, 1847. Six years later the family removed to a farm 2 1/2 southwest of Lynnville, IL which had been purchased by Mr. Gibbs, and which continued to be the family home until November 29, 1867 when the daughter, Charlotte, was united in marriage to James Benton Gordon who preceded his wife in death November 9, 1899. Of the five brothers and four sisters of Mrs. Gordon, but one now survives. That one is Charles Gibbs residing in the Point neighborhood west of this city. There was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon eight children: Mrs. Virginia Bell of Chicago, Miss Frances Gordon of Jacksonville, Mrs. L.R. Day of Winchester, Felix Gordon of Murrayville, Mrs. George T. Cass of Danville, Carl O. Gordon of Spokane, Washington, Mrs. Earl May of Danville, and Freling Gordon of Jacksonville, all of whom survive to mourn the death of a loving and much loved mother and friend.
Shortly after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon took up their residence in Lynnville where they continued to live until three years since when the family removed to Jacksonville to reside.
Mrs. Gordon was a member of the Christian Church at Lynnville, IL and a consistent Christian, who was beloved by a large circle of friends and neighbors who will sincerely mourn her sudden passing from their midst. The sympathy of a host of friends will go out to the members of the family and the brother who are bereft of their loved one.
Funeral services will be held in the Central Christian Church at 2 p.m. Monday afternoon. Interment will be in Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, IL."2 

Family

 James Benton Gordon II b. 27 Jul 1838, d. 9 Nov 1899
Child 1.Mary Gordon4 b. 1869

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Charlotte Elizabeth (Gibbs) Gordon, Memorial# 37870635. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S1708] Obituary: Mrs. Charlotte Gibbs Gordon, Jacksonville Daily Journal, Jacksonville, Illinois, Sunday, October 25, 1914, page 15. Discovered, with many thanks and much gratitude to another family researcher, online at: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/750393/person/…. Hereinafter cited as Obituary: Mrs. Charlotte Gibbs Gordon.
  3. [S266] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, online at https://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp, J. B. Gordon and Charlotte Gibbs, Scott County, 29 November 1867, referencing page 0158 and license number 00002085. Hereinafter cited as Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900.
  4. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James B. and Charlotte Gordon, Lynnville, Morgan, Illinois; Roll: M593_263; Page: 575B; Family History Library Film: 545762. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, James Benton Gordon II, Memorial# 176653106.

Elizabeth Gibbs1

d. 1776
Family
Marriage*1717She married William Hayward of Mendon, son of William Hayward and Esther Harbor, in 1717.1 
Death*1776She died in 1776.1 

Family

 William Hayward b. 1694
Children 1.William Hayward1 b. 1718
 2.Hepzibah Hayward1 b. 1719
 3.Beulah Hayward1 b. 1719
 4.Joseph Hayward1 b. 1721
 5.Elizabeth Hayward1 b. 1726
 6.Josiah Hayward1 b. 1729
 7.Elijah Hayward1 b. 1732, d. 1808

Citations

  1. [S869] Marcus Taft Jones, Hayward-Howard genealogy and family history: descendants of William and Margery Hayward of Braintree, Massachusetts, 1648; earlier of Weymouth. Microfilm of typescript at the Rhode Island Historical Society in Providence, Rhode Island. Hayward genealogy 1648-1690: pages 133-150; FHL Film# 22344, Item 2, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Hayward-Howard genealogy and family history.

Martha Gibbs1

d. 1 February 1756
Family
Marriage*15 May 1746She married as his first wife Willis Hall of Sutton, Worcester County, son of Percival Hall and Jane Willis, on 15 May 1746 in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 
Death*1 February 1756She died on 1 February 1756.1 

Family

 Willis Hall b. 7 Mar 1718/19

Citations

  1. [S1037] Charles Brooks and James M. Usher, History of the town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: from its first settlement in 1630 to 1855, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Sources are not provided, and some of the information may not be correct, especially if it was obtained from descendants recalling from family stories and aging memories. (Boston, Massachusetts: Rand, Avery, & Company, The Franklin Press, 1886), Hall, pages 538-549. Hereinafter cited as History of the town of Medford, 1630-1855.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Sutton Marriages, Volume 1, page 273. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Mary Gibbs1

b. 28 May 1699
Family
Father*Robert Gibbs2 b. 20 Sep 1665, d. 7 Dec 1702
Mother*Mary Shrimpton2
Birth*28 May 1699Mary Gibbs was born on 28 May 1699 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2,3 
Marriage*19 February 1718She married Reverend John Cotton, son of Reverend Rowland Cotton and Elizabeth Saltonstall, on 19 February 1718 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England). Their marriage was performed by the Presbyterian minister Reverend Dr. Increase Mather.1,4 

Family

 Reverend John Cotton b. 1690
Child 1.Martha Cotton+5 b. 30 Nov 1739, d. c 1809

Citations

  1. [S337] Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, online at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850.
  2. [S1024] John Farmer, Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Carter, Andrews, & co., 1829), Gibbs, pages 120-121. Hereinafter cited as First Settlers of New England.
  3. [S979] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  4. [S180] Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809, online at www.Ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Boston Marriages, 1700-1809.
  5. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Newton Births, page 45. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Mary Gibbs1,2,3

d. 8 September 1644
Family
Marriage*She married, as his first wife, Reverend John Sherman, son of Edmund Sherman and Grace Makin. They probably married in New Haven Colony, Connecticut.4,5,6 
Death*8 September 1644She died on 8 September 1644 at Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.3,7 

Family

 Reverend John Sherman b. 26 Dec 1613, d. 8 Aug 1685
Children 1.Mary Sherman3
 2.Bezaliel Sherman3 b. 15 Nov 1640
 3.Daniel Sherman3 b. 16 Mar 1642
 4.Samuel Sherman3 b. 14 Apr 1644

Citations

  1. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1985 and 1992), page 669, noting the place of their marriage as "Watertown/New Haven//Milford CT". Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages: Prior to 1700.
  2. [S1324] Henry Bond M.D., Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston; to which is appended the Early History of the Town, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Second Edition; two volumes in one. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1860), Sherman, pages 429-432. Hereinafter cited as Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts.
  3. [S1326] Charles Pomeroy Sherman, Sherman Genealogy in the Direct Line from Thomas Sherman, I (c1443-1493) through Rev. John Sherman, VII (1613-1685) to John Sherman, XII (1796-1869) and all his Descendants: also all children of the direct line who came to or were born in New England, and many of their descendants: also mention of other Sherman lines, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Atlantic City, New Jersey: Brooks & Idler, 1922), VII. John Sherman, Minister, pages 19-24. Hereinafter cited as Sherman Genealogy in the Direct Line from Thomas Sherman, I (c1443-1493).
  4. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700, page 669, noting the place of their marriage as "Watertown/New Haven//Milford CT" and her surname as "GIBBS."
  5. [S1326] Charles Pomeroy Sherman, Sherman Genealogy in the Direct Line from Thomas Sherman, I (c1443-1493), VII. John Sherman, Minister, pages 19-24, noting her name as only "Mary _______."
  6. [S1327] Michael Johnson Wood, "The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and their Wives", New England Historical & Genealogical Register. Note: This article, in 6 Parts, spans six issues of the Register. It is thoroughly researched and fully sourced, and includes a wealth of knowledge on the Shermans and their extended families. Only a very small amount of the information available in Mr. Wood's article is included in this researcher's website project. Volumes 166 - 168 (October 2012 - January 2014): Part 6: The Family of Edmund Sherman, Volume 168, pages 16-33, reporting her surname as "GIBBS?". Hereinafter cited as "The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex."
  7. [S1327] Michael Johnson Wood, "The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex", Part 6: The Family of Edmund Sherman, Volume 168, pages 16-33.

Mercy Gibbs1

d. 18 December 1744
Family
Marriage*15 July 1732She married Reverend Benjamin Prescott, son of Captain Jonathan Prescott and Elizabeth Hoar, on 15 July 1732 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 
Death*18 December 1744She died on 18 December 1744.1 

Family

 Reverend Benjamin Prescott b. 16 Sep 1687, d. 27 May 1777
Children 1.Henry Prescott3 b. 19 Jul 1735, d. 19 Jan 1736
 2.Henry Prescott3 b. 25 Jul 1737, d. 10 Sep 1816

Citations

  1. [S1044] William Prescott M.D., The Prescott Memorial or a Genealogical Memoir of the Prescott Families in America, In Two Parts, downloaded from the Open Library Project at www.openlibrary.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1870), pages 46-47. Hereinafter cited as The Prescott Memorial.
  2. [S979] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, date transcribed as 15 Jun 1732. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  3. [S1044] William Prescott M.D., The Prescott Memorial, page 52.

Robert Gibbs1

b. 20 September 1665, d. 7 December 1702
Family
Birth*20 September 1665Robert Gibbs was born on 20 September 1665 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1 
Marriage*19 May 1682He married Mary Shrimpton on 19 May 1682 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,2 
Death*7 December 1702He died on 7 December 1702 in Boston at age 37.1 

Family

 Mary Shrimpton
Child 1.Mary Gibbs+1 b. 28 May 1699

Citations

  1. [S1024] John Farmer, Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Carter, Andrews, & co., 1829), Gibbs, pages 120-121. Hereinafter cited as First Settlers of New England.
  2. [S979] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.

Robert Gibbs1

Family
Birth*Robert Gibbs was born in Yorkshire, England.1 
Marriage*13 October 1830He married Rebecca __?__ on 13 October 1830 in Yorkshire.1 

Family

 Rebecca __?__
Child 1.Charlotte Elizabeth Gibbs+1 b. 21 Jan 1847, d. 24 Oct 1914

Citations

  1. [S1708] Obituary: Mrs. Charlotte Gibbs Gordon, Jacksonville Daily Journal, Jacksonville, Illinois, Sunday, October 25, 1914, page 15. Discovered, with many thanks and much gratitude to another family researcher, online at: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/750393/person/…. Hereinafter cited as Obituary: Mrs. Charlotte Gibbs Gordon.

Eliza Gibney1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Michael Gibney1 d. Mar 1804
Mother*Anne Gerrard1 d. 6 May 1818
Birth*Eliza Gibney was born in Dormstown Castle, Dormstown, County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Child) Will13 December 1817Eliza's mother made her will dated 13 December 1817 naming her deceased husband Michael, their children, William, Mary Anne, Frances Eliza, Eliza and James, and her husband's trustees Thomas Hinds and Michael's brother John Gibney. A transcription of Anne's will read:

"In the name of God Amen! I Anne Gibney, widow of Michael Gibney, late of Dormstown in the County of Meath do make this my last will and testament. Whereas by a certain deed of settlement hearing date the fourth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four my said beloved husband did agree to invest the sum of three thousand pounds, part of my fortune therein mentioned in Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, therein mentioned, and the survivor of them, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns to, for and upon such uses, trusts, and purposes as therein mentioned. And by said deed, it is agreed that in case the said Michael should die in my life time, leaving more than one child living of our marriage, that it should be lawful for me to devise said three thousand pounds or the rents, interest or produce thereof to and among such children, in such shares as I should appoint and for want of such appointment to be equally divided among such children. And whereas the said Michael Gibney disposed of said sum of three thousand pounds to such uses as he thought proper, without handing over the same to the said trustees, or either of them. And in order, as far as in him lay, to secure the said sum of three thousand pounds pursuant to the intent of said recited settlement, did by deed, dated the eighth of October, eighteen hundred and three, assign all his interest in and to the lands and premises therein mentioned to said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, and the survivor of them, his executors, administrators and assigns, for the terms of lives and years by the leases thereof, granted to, and for the uses and purposes therein particularly mentioned. And whereas the said Michael Gibney is since dead, having made and published his last will and testament (all in his own handwriting) and after mentioning therein, that he had not handed over said three thousand pounds to the before named trustees. He after desiring his lawful debts to be paid, devised to me all his freehold and leasehold interests, as also all his personal property, to be disposed of, to and among myself and children as therein mentioned but by said will made no specific appointment of said three thousand pounds.

Now, I therefore, in case of the property so left, and devised shall extend thereto, give and devise onto my eldest son William Gibney M.D. twenty pounds, to purchase some trifle to remind him of me. It is not from want of the greatest affection for him, he ever and always deserved my warmest love and approbation, but he knows, and approves of the disposal of my property amongst the rest of my children. I give and bequest to my beloved Mary Anne Gibney five hundred pounds there out and to my beloved Francis Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved son James Gibney, three hundred pounds thereout. But, if before I die, he the said James Gibney, should procure (thro: the interest of his Uncle Gibney or other relatives) a permanent situation so as to enable him to do without it, I devise him (like his brother William) to give up all right to what I leave him to his three sisters, Maryanne, Francis Eliza and Eliza Gibney, said respective legacies to be paid my sons and daughters, upon their attaining the age of twenty one years, or days of marriage, which shall first happen, And it is my will and desire that in case the property, wherein of my said husband has died possessed of, shall not extend to the entire sum of three thousand pounds, the share, or proportion of each of my said children, shall bear a proportion of such diminution, thereof as may happen. And it is also my will that in case any of my children shall die before attaining his, her or their respective ages, as aforesaid, or being married, then the share of his, her or them so dying shall go and be divided amongst such survivors and share alike and I do hereby constitute my said three daughters Maryanne, Frances Eliza and Eliza Gibney or the survivors of them as the case may be, residuary legates of all such worldly substance as I shall possessed of. And I do also nominate my brother-in-law John Gibney Esq. M.D. and my son William Gibney Esq. M.D. Executors of this my will. In (page part torn off) witness whereof I set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventeen."

Her will was signed and sealed by Anne Gibney; and her sister Catherine (Gerrard) Small, her sister's husband John Small, and J. Byrne all signed and sealed as witnesses.1 
Administration*25 August 1826Eliza was granted administration of her mother's estate on 25 August 1826.2 

Citations

  1. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the National Archive of Ireland, T/1435+6, and stating that the envelope reads: Michael Gibney, Grazier and Farmer 1803; and also: Gibney, Anne, widow, 1817
    (Jameson – 4 Dec 1935 – possibly solicitors office from where they submitted). Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  2. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, from email dated 22 February 2018 noting that "Admin with will annexed of Anne Gibney was granted to Miss Eliza Gibney on 25 August 1826" was written in pencil at the end of her will.

Frances Eliza Gibney1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Michael Gibney1 d. Mar 1804
Mother*Anne Gerrard1 d. 6 May 1818
Birth*Frances Eliza Gibney was born in Dormstown Castle, Dormstown, County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Child) Will13 December 1817Frances's mother made her will dated 13 December 1817 naming her deceased husband Michael, their children, William, Mary Anne, Frances Eliza, Eliza and James, and her husband's trustees Thomas Hinds and Michael's brother John Gibney. A transcription of Anne's will read:

"In the name of God Amen! I Anne Gibney, widow of Michael Gibney, late of Dormstown in the County of Meath do make this my last will and testament. Whereas by a certain deed of settlement hearing date the fourth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four my said beloved husband did agree to invest the sum of three thousand pounds, part of my fortune therein mentioned in Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, therein mentioned, and the survivor of them, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns to, for and upon such uses, trusts, and purposes as therein mentioned. And by said deed, it is agreed that in case the said Michael should die in my life time, leaving more than one child living of our marriage, that it should be lawful for me to devise said three thousand pounds or the rents, interest or produce thereof to and among such children, in such shares as I should appoint and for want of such appointment to be equally divided among such children. And whereas the said Michael Gibney disposed of said sum of three thousand pounds to such uses as he thought proper, without handing over the same to the said trustees, or either of them. And in order, as far as in him lay, to secure the said sum of three thousand pounds pursuant to the intent of said recited settlement, did by deed, dated the eighth of October, eighteen hundred and three, assign all his interest in and to the lands and premises therein mentioned to said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, and the survivor of them, his executors, administrators and assigns, for the terms of lives and years by the leases thereof, granted to, and for the uses and purposes therein particularly mentioned. And whereas the said Michael Gibney is since dead, having made and published his last will and testament (all in his own handwriting) and after mentioning therein, that he had not handed over said three thousand pounds to the before named trustees. He after desiring his lawful debts to be paid, devised to me all his freehold and leasehold interests, as also all his personal property, to be disposed of, to and among myself and children as therein mentioned but by said will made no specific appointment of said three thousand pounds.

Now, I therefore, in case of the property so left, and devised shall extend thereto, give and devise onto my eldest son William Gibney M.D. twenty pounds, to purchase some trifle to remind him of me. It is not from want of the greatest affection for him, he ever and always deserved my warmest love and approbation, but he knows, and approves of the disposal of my property amongst the rest of my children. I give and bequest to my beloved Mary Anne Gibney five hundred pounds there out and to my beloved Francis Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved son James Gibney, three hundred pounds thereout. But, if before I die, he the said James Gibney, should procure (thro: the interest of his Uncle Gibney or other relatives) a permanent situation so as to enable him to do without it, I devise him (like his brother William) to give up all right to what I leave him to his three sisters, Maryanne, Francis Eliza and Eliza Gibney, said respective legacies to be paid my sons and daughters, upon their attaining the age of twenty one years, or days of marriage, which shall first happen, And it is my will and desire that in case the property, wherein of my said husband has died possessed of, shall not extend to the entire sum of three thousand pounds, the share, or proportion of each of my said children, shall bear a proportion of such diminution, thereof as may happen. And it is also my will that in case any of my children shall die before attaining his, her or their respective ages, as aforesaid, or being married, then the share of his, her or them so dying shall go and be divided amongst such survivors and share alike and I do hereby constitute my said three daughters Maryanne, Frances Eliza and Eliza Gibney or the survivors of them as the case may be, residuary legates of all such worldly substance as I shall possessed of. And I do also nominate my brother-in-law John Gibney Esq. M.D. and my son William Gibney Esq. M.D. Executors of this my will. In (page part torn off) witness whereof I set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventeen."

Her will was signed and sealed by Anne Gibney; and her sister Catherine (Gerrard) Small, her sister's husband John Small, and J. Byrne all signed and sealed as witnesses.1 

Citations

  1. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the National Archive of Ireland, T/1435+6, and stating that the envelope reads: Michael Gibney, Grazier and Farmer 1803; and also: Gibney, Anne, widow, 1817
    (Jameson – 4 Dec 1935 – possibly solicitors office from where they submitted). Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."

James Gibney1

(Relative) Relationship NoteMichael Gibney and John Gibney were brothers, and their relationship with James Gibney has still not been identified.2,3 
Occupation*1788James was a merchant in Navan, County Meath, in 1788.4 
(Trustee) Will24 December 1788Reverend Singleton Harpur, Robert Waller and James Gibney were appointed trustees by the will of William Gerrard dated 24 December 1788 at Dormstown, County Meath. They were tasked, primarily, with holding the lands of Dormstown and managing the execution of the testator's directives for the benefit of his heirs. William's will named his three unmarried daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine, his two natural sons, William and Thomas, his housekeeper at Tankardstown, Mary Glascum, his two married daughters, Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds and Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, his granddaughters, Johanna Hinds and Annabella Hinds, his son-in-law, Matthew Hinds, and his three natural daughters, Bridget, Mary and Agnes at Tankardstown.

Our transcription has not altered the content of the abstract, although we have made minimal edits to clarify places with current day spellings and to complete sentences or modify punctuation. Our transcription follows:

I, William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, Gentleman...

     Trustees -- Reverend Singleton Harper of the city of Dublin, Clerk, Robert Waller of Allenstown, County Meath, Esq., and James Gibney of Navan in County Meath, Merchant -- to hold the lands of Dormstown, County Meath, in trust for testator's three daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard, who are to enjoy the house and lands of Dormstown and to receive the rents and profits thereof equally, and if they marry, as they marry, to have £500, and the last of them to marry, or who is unmarried, to have the house and lands of Dormstown. And on her death, whether married or unmarried, said trustees are to allow testator's two natural sons, William and Thomas, sons of testator's housekeeper at Tankardstown, Mary Glascum, to have the house and rents of Dormstown equally between them for life, and then to their issue male, lawfully begotten, and in default of such issue, said lands are to go to testator's daughter Rebecca Hinds, widow, and to her sons, and failing whom to testator's daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard, testator's residuary legatees, and the survivor or survivors of them

     Legacy to testator's daughter Sarah Hinds, which is not to be in the control of Matthew Hinds, her present husband, or any after taken husband, and at her death to go to her children

     Legacy to testator's son-in-law Matthew Hinds

     Legacy to testator's two granddaughters Johanna and Annabella Hinds

     Testator leaves his dwelling house and 30 acres of land at Tankardstown, County Meath, to his housekeeper Mary Glascum, and if the lease thereof expires before she dies, then she is to have an annuity of £20

     Legacies to Bridget, Mary and Agnes, three daughters of the said Mary Glascum

     Testator leaves the lands of Tankardstown (subject as aforesaid), Betaghstown, and Castlemartin, all in County Meath, to his daughter Sarah Hinds

     Residue to Testator's three daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard

     Executors -- Daughters Rebecca Hinds and Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard

Dated 24 December 1788 and witnessed by William Dickson, David Thompson and Michael Gibney.4,5,1 
(Witness to Memorial) Deed Memorial8 October 1803James Gibney of Violet Hill, County Meath, witnessed a memorial of an indentured deed of conveyance on 8 October 1803 made between Michael Gibney, also of Violet Hill, and his trustees, Thomas Hinds of the city of Dublin, attorney-at-law, and John Gibney of Navan, County Meath, doctor of Physics.6,3 

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1814; Film number 545070; Volume 672; Pages 321-323; Deed number 464033. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  2. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1794; Film number 535733; Volume 500; Pages 21-22; Deed number 308065.
  3. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1804; Film# 545029, Volume 557, page 539, Deed Number 372959.
  4. [S1725] William Gerrard will (24 December 1788), Abstract of the Will of William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, Ireland Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1788 Will of William Gerrard.
  5. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, William Gerrard, will dated 24 December 1788, probated 11 January 1794. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  6. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing Ireland's Registry of Deeds, 1804, Book 557, page 539, Memorial of Transcript 372959. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."

James Gibney1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Michael Gibney1 d. Mar 1804
Mother*Anne Gerrard1 d. 6 May 1818
Birth*James Gibney was born in Dormstown Castle, Dormstown, County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Child) Will13 December 1817James's mother made her will dated 13 December 1817 naming her deceased husband Michael, their children, William, Mary Anne, Frances Eliza, Eliza and James, and her husband's trustees Thomas Hinds and Michael's brother John Gibney. A transcription of Anne's will read:

"In the name of God Amen! I Anne Gibney, widow of Michael Gibney, late of Dormstown in the County of Meath do make this my last will and testament. Whereas by a certain deed of settlement hearing date the fourth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four my said beloved husband did agree to invest the sum of three thousand pounds, part of my fortune therein mentioned in Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, therein mentioned, and the survivor of them, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns to, for and upon such uses, trusts, and purposes as therein mentioned. And by said deed, it is agreed that in case the said Michael should die in my life time, leaving more than one child living of our marriage, that it should be lawful for me to devise said three thousand pounds or the rents, interest or produce thereof to and among such children, in such shares as I should appoint and for want of such appointment to be equally divided among such children. And whereas the said Michael Gibney disposed of said sum of three thousand pounds to such uses as he thought proper, without handing over the same to the said trustees, or either of them. And in order, as far as in him lay, to secure the said sum of three thousand pounds pursuant to the intent of said recited settlement, did by deed, dated the eighth of October, eighteen hundred and three, assign all his interest in and to the lands and premises therein mentioned to said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, and the survivor of them, his executors, administrators and assigns, for the terms of lives and years by the leases thereof, granted to, and for the uses and purposes therein particularly mentioned. And whereas the said Michael Gibney is since dead, having made and published his last will and testament (all in his own handwriting) and after mentioning therein, that he had not handed over said three thousand pounds to the before named trustees. He after desiring his lawful debts to be paid, devised to me all his freehold and leasehold interests, as also all his personal property, to be disposed of, to and among myself and children as therein mentioned but by said will made no specific appointment of said three thousand pounds.

Now, I therefore, in case of the property so left, and devised shall extend thereto, give and devise onto my eldest son William Gibney M.D. twenty pounds, to purchase some trifle to remind him of me. It is not from want of the greatest affection for him, he ever and always deserved my warmest love and approbation, but he knows, and approves of the disposal of my property amongst the rest of my children. I give and bequest to my beloved Mary Anne Gibney five hundred pounds there out and to my beloved Francis Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved son James Gibney, three hundred pounds thereout. But, if before I die, he the said James Gibney, should procure (thro: the interest of his Uncle Gibney or other relatives) a permanent situation so as to enable him to do without it, I devise him (like his brother William) to give up all right to what I leave him to his three sisters, Maryanne, Francis Eliza and Eliza Gibney, said respective legacies to be paid my sons and daughters, upon their attaining the age of twenty one years, or days of marriage, which shall first happen, And it is my will and desire that in case the property, wherein of my said husband has died possessed of, shall not extend to the entire sum of three thousand pounds, the share, or proportion of each of my said children, shall bear a proportion of such diminution, thereof as may happen. And it is also my will that in case any of my children shall die before attaining his, her or their respective ages, as aforesaid, or being married, then the share of his, her or them so dying shall go and be divided amongst such survivors and share alike and I do hereby constitute my said three daughters Maryanne, Frances Eliza and Eliza Gibney or the survivors of them as the case may be, residuary legates of all such worldly substance as I shall possessed of. And I do also nominate my brother-in-law John Gibney Esq. M.D. and my son William Gibney Esq. M.D. Executors of this my will. In (page part torn off) witness whereof I set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventeen."

Her will was signed and sealed by Anne Gibney; and her sister Catherine (Gerrard) Small, her sister's husband John Small, and J. Byrne all signed and sealed as witnesses.1 

Citations

  1. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the National Archive of Ireland, T/1435+6, and stating that the envelope reads: Michael Gibney, Grazier and Farmer 1803; and also: Gibney, Anne, widow, 1817
    (Jameson – 4 Dec 1935 – possibly solicitors office from where they submitted). Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."

John Gibney1

Family
Father*______ Gibney
Relationship Note*John Gibney and Michael Gibney were brothers, and their relationship with James Gibney has still not been identified.1,2 
(Groom's Relative) Marriage Settlement4 July 1794A memorial of an indented deed of settlement dated 4 July 1794 was made between Michael Gibney of Dormstown, County Meath, gentleman, and Anne Gibney otherwise Gerrard, his wife, of the first part, Thomas Hinds of the city of Dublin, gentleman, attorney-at-law, and John Gibney of Navan in the county of Meath, gentleman, physician, of the second part, and Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds, widow, Elizabeth Gerrard and Catherine Gerrard, spinsters of the third part.

Whereby reciting among other things that the said Anne was, under the will of her father, William Gerrard, entitled to £5,000, and that a marriage was had between said Michael and Anne Gibney, said deed witnessed that said Michael and Anne Gibney, at the requisition of her sisters, Rebecca Hinds, Elizabeth Gerrard and Catherine Gerrard, executors of their father William Gerrard's estate, and as a previous condition to their paying over said £5,000, and in consideration of 5 shillings apiece to them paid by the said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, and in order to secure a provision for said Anne and the issue of said marriage, the said Michael and Anne granted, sold, assigned and made over to the said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney and the survivor of them, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns £3,000 secured by the bonds and judgments set forth in a schedule to said deed annexed.

To have, hold, receive and take said £3,000 to said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney and the survivor of them, and the heirs, executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor, with the consent upon trust, to lay or continue the same out at interest or to lay out the same in the purchase of such real freehold or leasehold estates or interests as they, or the survivor of them, or the heirs, executors, administrators or assigns of such survivor, with the consent of said Michael Gibney, should think proper, and that they should suffer said Michael and his assigns during his life to receive such rents, interest, money or produce as same should yield, and after the death of said Michael, to suffer the said Anne during her life to receive such rents, interest or produce, and it was thereby agreed that if there should be more than one child living of said marriage at the death of said Michael, that he might by his will, or by any deed to be duly attested to, devise or dispose of said £3,000, or the rents, issues, interest or produce thereof in such shares among such children if more than one, as he shall appoint, and for want of such appointment to be divided equally, provided such children attain their age of 21 or day of marriage. And if there be but one child of said marriage, such only child, on the death of said Michael and Anne, to take said £3,000 or the produce thereof. And it was thereby agreed that if said Michael should die in the life time of Anne, she was vested with a like power of appointment and that if said Michael or Anne should die in the life time of the other of them, leaving no child or children at his or her decease, then the survivor of them, his or her executors, administrators or assigns, should take to his or their own use and behoof said £3,000 and all interest to be had thereby to be disposed of as he, she or they should think proper.

The execution of the deed and memorial were witnessed by Francis Beatty Whitehead of the city of Dublin, gentleman, and Robert Johnson, servant to Thomas Hinds, and signed and sealed by Michael Gibney. Robert Johnson made an oath that he saw all the parties, Michael Gibney, Anne Gibney, Thomas Hinds, John Gibney, Rebecca Hinds, Elizabeth Gerrard and Catherine Gerrard, respectively, execute the deed and saw Michael Gibney duly execute the memorial. It was registered on 1 Aug 1794.3 
Occupation*John was physician in at Navan, County Meath.4 
(Brother) Will1 June 1803John's brother Michael Gibney made his will dated 1 June 1803 at Violet Hill, County Meath, naming his wife Anne (Gerrard) Gibney, Thomas Hinds and his brother John Gibney, his trustees, and William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, the two illegitimate sons of his deceased father-in-law William Gerrard, late of Dormstown, County Meath. A transcription of Michael's will reads:

"In the name of God Amen! I Michael Gibney, late of Dormstown now living at Violet Hill in the County of Meath, Grazier and Farmer being of sound mind and disposing mind do make this my last will and testament revoking all others hitherto made first (if acceptable) I give my soul to the Almighty God who gave ___ (undecipherable). I next desire, that my body be interred (if I die in Ireland) with my friends at Ardmulchan, but if I die in any other part of the world it is my will to be buried in the next common place of burial – and whereas – sometime in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four I did perfect articles of intermarriage settlements on my dearest Ann Gerrard, now Gibney, wherein there is mention of my having handed over securities to the trustee therein names (viz. Thomas Hinds of Dublin Esq. and my brother Doctor Gibney) to the amount of three thousand pounds and whereas from circumstances from which I am at present unable to account, I never handed over to the said trustees, the said sum of three thousand pounds or any part thereof… And I make this particular mention of the circumstances lest my children should at any future period demand from said trustees the said sum of three thousand pounds or any part thereof--

My will and desire is that the award respecting the lands of Dormstown, which is at this moment, in a very unsettled way be carried into effect.

The state of the affair is thus –

William and Thomas Gerrard, natural children to my late father in law William Gerrard being under his will in remainder to said lands have agreed to pay me, all that said property was in my debt, which amounted to something more than sixteen hundred pounds, and also to pay me eight hundred and eighty pounds as a compensation for my interest in said lands, in all about two thousand five hundred pounds. My will and desire is that all my lawful debts be paid as soon as conveniently after my decease.

I will and bequeath to my dearest wife Ann Gerrard, now Gibney, the whole of my freehold in lease hold interests, also all my personal property of what kind so ever it may be, to be by her disposed of among herself and my children by her in whatever manner she may think proper with the condition that if she should choose to marry again that that part belongs to the children be vested in my brother as my trustee for my children, and that she, if she thinks proper may take her dividend of my property to her own sole use, first settling the children’s property.

I appoint my brother John Gibney and Thomas Hinds and Ann Gibney my wife as executors to this my last will and I appoint my said wife Guardian to my children."

His will was signed and sealed by Michael Gibney; and G.W. Forster, Thomas Dickson, and Patt Delany all signed and sealed as witnesses.4 
(Brother) Deed Memorial8 October 1803A memorial of an indentured deed of conveyance dated 8 October 1803 was made between Michael Gibney, late of Dormstown but now of Violet Hill, County Meath, Esq. of the one part and Thomas Hinds of the city of Dublin, attorney-at-law, and John Gibney of Navan in County Meath, doctor of physics, of the other part.

Reciting as therein is recited, and witnessing that the said Michael Gibney for the considerations therein mentioned did grant, bargain, sell, remise, release and confirm, assign, transfer, and make over to his trustees, the said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, in their actual possession then being by virtue of the deed and statute therein mentioned, and to their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, all that and those that part of the lands of Oldtown which lies on the north side of the great road leading from Kilcarn to Gerrardstown consisting of 140 acres, 3 roods and 29 perches Irish plantation measure, and did grant, assign and set over to the said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney all that and those that part of the lands of Allenstown and Harbourstown therein mentioned having 383 acres, 2 roods, together with the appurtenances in as full and ample manner as same was granted and devised by the respective leases thereof in said deed recited and all the estate rights, title and interest of said Michael Gibney of, in and to the same. To hold said part of said lands of Oldtown for the lives of the cestui que vies (the three people whose lives measured the duration of this type of lease or trust) in the said therein recited lease thereof named, and the survivor of them, and for the residue of a term of 29 years mentioned in the lease thereof therein recited, subject however to the rents, covenants and agreements in the said leases reserved, mentioned and contained upon trust to said for the intents and purposes in said deed previously mentioned, expressed and declared.

The deed and memorial were signed by Michael Gibney and witnessed by Bryan Farley of the city of Dublin, servant to the above mentioned Thomas Hinds, and James Gibney of Violet Hill, County Meath, gentleman. It was registered on 20 January 1804.5,2 
(Witness to Deed) Deed Memorial26 March 1804He witnessed a memorial of an indented deed of mortgage dated 26 March 1804 made between William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, both of Tankardstown, County Meath gentleman, of the one part, and Thomas Hinds of the city of Dublin, gentleman, attorney-at-law, of the other part.

Reciting as therein is recited, and witnessing that said William and Thomas Gerrard, for the considerations therein mentioned, granted, bargained and sold, remised, released and confirmed to said Thomas Hinds (in his possession then being by virtue of the deed and statute therein mentioned) unto his heirs and assigns all that part of the town and lands of Dormstown in as full and ample a manner as the same were formerly in possession of William Gerrard Esq. deceased. Containing by estimation 86 acres, 2 roods and 26 perches situate in the county of Meath aforesaid. To hold from the first day of May then last for the life and lives of the cestui que vies (the three people whose lives measured the duration of this type of lease or trust) in the lease therein of said deed mentioned, and for the lives of all such other persons as should forever be added to the said lease pursuant to the covenant for renewal therein contained, subject to the renewal fines in said lease reserved.

The deed and memorial were signed and sealed by William and Thomas Gerrard, and witnessed by John Gibney of Navan in the county of Meath, physician, and Anne (Gerrard) Gibney of Violet Hill in said county, widow. They were registered on 7 April 1804 at about half after 11 o'clock in the forenoon.6 
(Brother) Will13 December 1817Anne Gibney made her will dated 13 December 1817 naming her deceased husband Michael, their children, William, Mary Anne, Frances Eliza, Eliza and James, and her husband's trustees Thomas Hinds and Michael's brother John Gibney. A transcription of Anne's will read:

"In the name of God Amen! I Anne Gibney, widow of Michael Gibney, late of Dormstown in the County of Meath do make this my last will and testament. Whereas by a certain deed of settlement hearing date the fourth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four my said beloved husband did agree to invest the sum of three thousand pounds, part of my fortune therein mentioned in Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, therein mentioned, and the survivor of them, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns to, for and upon such uses, trusts, and purposes as therein mentioned. And by said deed, it is agreed that in case the said Michael should die in my life time, leaving more than one child living of our marriage, that it should be lawful for me to devise said three thousand pounds or the rents, interest or produce thereof to and among such children, in such shares as I should appoint and for want of such appointment to be equally divided among such children. And whereas the said Michael Gibney disposed of said sum of three thousand pounds to such uses as he thought proper, without handing over the same to the said trustees, or either of them. And in order, as far as in him lay, to secure the said sum of three thousand pounds pursuant to the intent of said recited settlement, did by deed, dated the eighth of October, eighteen hundred and three, assign all his interest in and to the lands and premises therein mentioned to said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, and the survivor of them, his executors, administrators and assigns, for the terms of lives and years by the leases thereof, granted to, and for the uses and purposes therein particularly mentioned. And whereas the said Michael Gibney is since dead, having made and published his last will and testament (all in his own handwriting) and after mentioning therein, that he had not handed over said three thousand pounds to the before named trustees. He after desiring his lawful debts to be paid, devised to me all his freehold and leasehold interests, as also all his personal property, to be disposed of, to and among myself and children as therein mentioned but by said will made no specific appointment of said three thousand pounds.

Now, I therefore, in case of the property so left, and devised shall extend thereto, give and devise onto my eldest son William Gibney M.D. twenty pounds, to purchase some trifle to remind him of me. It is not from want of the greatest affection for him, he ever and always deserved my warmest love and approbation, but he knows, and approves of the disposal of my property amongst the rest of my children. I give and bequest to my beloved Mary Anne Gibney five hundred pounds there out and to my beloved Francis Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved son James Gibney, three hundred pounds thereout. But, if before I die, he the said James Gibney, should procure (thro: the interest of his Uncle Gibney or other relatives) a permanent situation so as to enable him to do without it, I devise him (like his brother William) to give up all right to what I leave him to his three sisters, Maryanne, Francis Eliza and Eliza Gibney, said respective legacies to be paid my sons and daughters, upon their attaining the age of twenty one years, or days of marriage, which shall first happen, And it is my will and desire that in case the property, wherein of my said husband has died possessed of, shall not extend to the entire sum of three thousand pounds, the share, or proportion of each of my said children, shall bear a proportion of such diminution, thereof as may happen. And it is also my will that in case any of my children shall die before attaining his, her or their respective ages, as aforesaid, or being married, then the share of his, her or them so dying shall go and be divided amongst such survivors and share alike and I do hereby constitute my said three daughters Maryanne, Frances Eliza and Eliza Gibney or the survivors of them as the case may be, residuary legates of all such worldly substance as I shall possessed of. And I do also nominate my brother-in-law John Gibney Esq. M.D. and my son William Gibney Esq. M.D. Executors of this my will. In (page part torn off) witness whereof I set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventeen."

Her will was signed and sealed by Anne Gibney; and her sister Catherine (Gerrard) Small, her sister's husband John Small, and J. Byrne all signed and sealed as witnesses.4 

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1794; Film number 535733; Volume 500; Pages 21-22; Deed number 308065. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  2. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1804; Film# 545029, Volume 557, page 539, Deed Number 372959.
  3. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1794; Film number 535733; Volume 500; Pages 21-22; Deed number 308065, images 339-340.
  4. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the National Archive of Ireland, T/1435+6, and stating that the envelope reads: Michael Gibney, Grazier and Farmer 1803; and also: Gibney, Anne, widow, 1817
    (Jameson – 4 Dec 1935 – possibly solicitors office from where they submitted). Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  5. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing Ireland's Registry of Deeds, 1804, Book 557, page 539, Memorial of Transcript 372959.
  6. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1804; Film# 545032, Volume 562, page 372, Deed Number 374724, image 195.

Mary Anne Gibney1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Michael Gibney1 d. Mar 1804
Mother*Anne Gerrard1 d. 6 May 1818
Birth*Mary Anne Gibney was born in Dormstown Castle, Dormstown, County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Child) Will13 December 1817Mary Anne's mother made her will dated 13 December 1817 naming her deceased husband Michael, their children, William, Mary Anne, Frances Eliza, Eliza and James, and her husband's trustees Thomas Hinds and Michael's brother John Gibney. A transcription of Anne's will read:

"In the name of God Amen! I Anne Gibney, widow of Michael Gibney, late of Dormstown in the County of Meath do make this my last will and testament. Whereas by a certain deed of settlement hearing date the fourth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four my said beloved husband did agree to invest the sum of three thousand pounds, part of my fortune therein mentioned in Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, therein mentioned, and the survivor of them, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns to, for and upon such uses, trusts, and purposes as therein mentioned. And by said deed, it is agreed that in case the said Michael should die in my life time, leaving more than one child living of our marriage, that it should be lawful for me to devise said three thousand pounds or the rents, interest or produce thereof to and among such children, in such shares as I should appoint and for want of such appointment to be equally divided among such children. And whereas the said Michael Gibney disposed of said sum of three thousand pounds to such uses as he thought proper, without handing over the same to the said trustees, or either of them. And in order, as far as in him lay, to secure the said sum of three thousand pounds pursuant to the intent of said recited settlement, did by deed, dated the eighth of October, eighteen hundred and three, assign all his interest in and to the lands and premises therein mentioned to said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, and the survivor of them, his executors, administrators and assigns, for the terms of lives and years by the leases thereof, granted to, and for the uses and purposes therein particularly mentioned. And whereas the said Michael Gibney is since dead, having made and published his last will and testament (all in his own handwriting) and after mentioning therein, that he had not handed over said three thousand pounds to the before named trustees. He after desiring his lawful debts to be paid, devised to me all his freehold and leasehold interests, as also all his personal property, to be disposed of, to and among myself and children as therein mentioned but by said will made no specific appointment of said three thousand pounds.

Now, I therefore, in case of the property so left, and devised shall extend thereto, give and devise onto my eldest son William Gibney M.D. twenty pounds, to purchase some trifle to remind him of me. It is not from want of the greatest affection for him, he ever and always deserved my warmest love and approbation, but he knows, and approves of the disposal of my property amongst the rest of my children. I give and bequest to my beloved Mary Anne Gibney five hundred pounds there out and to my beloved Francis Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved son James Gibney, three hundred pounds thereout. But, if before I die, he the said James Gibney, should procure (thro: the interest of his Uncle Gibney or other relatives) a permanent situation so as to enable him to do without it, I devise him (like his brother William) to give up all right to what I leave him to his three sisters, Maryanne, Francis Eliza and Eliza Gibney, said respective legacies to be paid my sons and daughters, upon their attaining the age of twenty one years, or days of marriage, which shall first happen, And it is my will and desire that in case the property, wherein of my said husband has died possessed of, shall not extend to the entire sum of three thousand pounds, the share, or proportion of each of my said children, shall bear a proportion of such diminution, thereof as may happen. And it is also my will that in case any of my children shall die before attaining his, her or their respective ages, as aforesaid, or being married, then the share of his, her or them so dying shall go and be divided amongst such survivors and share alike and I do hereby constitute my said three daughters Maryanne, Frances Eliza and Eliza Gibney or the survivors of them as the case may be, residuary legates of all such worldly substance as I shall possessed of. And I do also nominate my brother-in-law John Gibney Esq. M.D. and my son William Gibney Esq. M.D. Executors of this my will. In (page part torn off) witness whereof I set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventeen."

Her will was signed and sealed by Anne Gibney; and her sister Catherine (Gerrard) Small, her sister's husband John Small, and J. Byrne all signed and sealed as witnesses.1 

Citations

  1. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the National Archive of Ireland, T/1435+6, and stating that the envelope reads: Michael Gibney, Grazier and Farmer 1803; and also: Gibney, Anne, widow, 1817
    (Jameson – 4 Dec 1935 – possibly solicitors office from where they submitted). Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."

Michael Gibney1

d. March 1804
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*______ Gibney
Relationship Note*Michael Gibney and John Gibney were brothers, and their relationship with James Gibney has still not been identified.1,2 
(Witness to Will) Will24 December 1788Michael was a witness to the will of his future father-in-law, William Gerrard, dated 24 December 1788 at Dormstown, County Meath.3,4,5 
Marriage*He married Anne Gerrard, daughter of William Gerrard and Anne Cosby.1 
Marriage Settlement*4 July 1794A memorial of an indented deed of settlement dated 4 July 1794 was made between Michael Gibney of Dormstown, County Meath, gentleman, and Anne Gibney otherwise Gerrard, his wife, of the first part, Thomas Hinds of the city of Dublin, gentleman, attorney-at-law, and John Gibney of Navan in the county of Meath, gentleman, physician, of the second part, and Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds, widow, Elizabeth Gerrard and Catherine Gerrard, spinsters of the third part.

Whereby reciting among other things that the said Anne was, under the will of her father, William Gerrard, entitled to £5,000, and that a marriage was had between said Michael and Anne Gibney, said deed witnessed that said Michael and Anne Gibney, at the requisition of her sisters, Rebecca Hinds, Elizabeth Gerrard and Catherine Gerrard, executors of their father William Gerrard's estate, and as a previous condition to their paying over said £5,000, and in consideration of 5 shillings apiece to them paid by the said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, and in order to secure a provision for said Anne and the issue of said marriage, the said Michael and Anne granted, sold, assigned and made over to the said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney and the survivor of them, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns £3,000 secured by the bonds and judgments set forth in a schedule to said deed annexed.

To have, hold, receive and take said £3,000 to said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney and the survivor of them, and the heirs, executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor, with the consent upon trust, to lay or continue the same out at interest or to lay out the same in the purchase of such real freehold or leasehold estates or interests as they, or the survivor of them, or the heirs, executors, administrators or assigns of such survivor, with the consent of said Michael Gibney, should think proper, and that they should suffer said Michael and his assigns during his life to receive such rents, interest, money or produce as same should yield, and after the death of said Michael, to suffer the said Anne during her life to receive such rents, interest or produce, and it was thereby agreed that if there should be more than one child living of said marriage at the death of said Michael, that he might by his will, or by any deed to be duly attested to, devise or dispose of said £3,000, or the rents, issues, interest or produce thereof in such shares among such children if more than one, as he shall appoint, and for want of such appointment to be divided equally, provided such children attain their age of 21 or day of marriage. And if there be but one child of said marriage, such only child, on the death of said Michael and Anne, to take said £3,000 or the produce thereof. And it was thereby agreed that if said Michael should die in the life time of Anne, she was vested with a like power of appointment and that if said Michael or Anne should die in the life time of the other of them, leaving no child or children at his or her decease, then the survivor of them, his or her executors, administrators or assigns, should take to his or their own use and behoof said £3,000 and all interest to be had thereby to be disposed of as he, she or they should think proper.

The execution of the deed and memorial were witnessed by Francis Beatty Whitehead of the city of Dublin, gentleman, and Robert Johnson, servant to Thomas Hinds, and signed and sealed by Michael Gibney. Robert Johnson made an oath that he saw all the parties, Michael Gibney, Anne Gibney, Thomas Hinds, John Gibney, Rebecca Hinds, Elizabeth Gerrard and Catherine Gerrard, respectively, execute the deed and saw Michael Gibney duly execute the memorial. It was registered on 1 Aug 1794.6 
Will*1 June 1803Michael made his will dated 1 June 1803 at Violet Hill, County Meath, naming his wife Anne (Gerrard) Gibney, his trustees Thomas Hinds and his brother John Gibney, and the two illegitimate sons, William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, of his deceased father-in-law William Gerrard. A transcription of Michael's will reads:

"In the name of God Amen! I Michael Gibney, late of Dormstown now living at Violet Hill in the County of Meath, Grazier and Farmer being of sound mind and disposing mind do make this my last will and testament revoking all others hitherto made first (if acceptable) I give my soul to the Almighty God who gave ___ (undecipherable). I next desire, that my body be interred (if I die in Ireland) with my friends at Ardmulchan, but if I die in any other part of the world it is my will to be buried in the next common place of burial – and whereas – sometime in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four I did perfect articles of intermarriage settlements on my dearest Ann Gerrard, now Gibney, wherein there is mention of my having handed over securities to the trustee therein names (viz. Thomas Hinds of Dublin Esq. and my brother Doctor Gibney) to the amount of three thousand pounds and whereas from circumstances from which I am at present unable to account, I never handed over to the said trustees, the said sum of three thousand pounds or any part thereof… And I make this particular mention of the circumstances lest my children should at any future period demand from said trustees the said sum of three thousand pounds or any part thereof--

My will and desire is that the award respecting the lands of Dormstown, which is at this moment, in a very unsettled way be carried into effect.

The state of the affair is thus –

William and Thomas Gerrard, natural children to my late father in law William Gerrard being under his will in remainder to said lands have agreed to pay me, all that said property was in my debt, which amounted to something more than sixteen hundred pounds, and also to pay me eight hundred and eighty pounds as a compensation for my interest in said lands, in all about two thousand five hundred pounds. My will and desire is that all my lawful debts be paid as soon as conveniently after my decease.

I will and bequeath to my dearest wife Ann Gerrard, now Gibney, the whole of my freehold in lease hold interests, also all my personal property of what kind so ever it may be, to be by her disposed of among herself and my children by her in whatever manner she may think proper with the condition that if she should choose to marry again that that part belongs to the children be vested in my brother as my trustee for my children, and that she, if she thinks proper may take her dividend of my property to her own sole use, first settling the children’s property.

I appoint my brother John Gibney and Thomas Hinds and Ann Gibney my wife as executors to this my last will and I appoint my said wife Guardian to my children."

His will was signed and sealed by Michael Gibney; and G.W. Forster, Thomas Dickson, and Patt Delany all signed and sealed as witnesses.7 
Deed Memorial3 October 1803A memorial of an indented deed of conveyance dated 3 October 1803 was made between Michael Gibney of Violet Hill, County Meath, gentleman of the one part and William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, both of Tankardstown, County Meath, gentlemen of the other part.

Reciting as therein is recited and witnessing that said Michael Gibney for the considerations therein mentioned granted, bargained, sold, remised, released and confirmed to said William and Thomas Gerrard in their actual possession then being by virtue of the deed and statute therein mentioned, and their heirs and assigns, all that part of the town and lands of Dormstown in as full and ample manner as the same were lately in possession of said Michael Gibney, containing by estimation 86 acres, 2 roods and 26 perches situate in the county of Meath aforesaid. to hold from the first day of May then last for the life and lives of the cestui que vies (the three people whose lives measured the duration of this type of lease or trust) in the lease thereof in said deed recited and any renewals thereof and for the lives of all such other persons as should forever be added to said lease pursuant to the covenant for renewal there contained, subject to the rent and renewal fines in said lease reserved.

The deed and memorial were signed and sealed by Michael Gibney and witnessed by Thomas Hinds and by Patrick Delany.

After Michael Gibney's death in March 1804, the above named Thomas Hinds, one of Michael's trustees, delivered the deed to the registrar and made an oath that he was a subscribing witness to the deed whereby the above writing was a memorial, and also to said memorial, and that he saw the same duly executed by the parties thereto. The deed and memorial were registered on 6 April 1804 at near 12 o'clock in the afternoon.8,9 
Deed Memorial*8 October 1803A memorial of an indentured deed of conveyance dated 8 October 1803 was made between Michael Gibney, late of Dormstown but now of Violet Hill, County Meath, Esq. of the one part and Thomas Hinds of the city of Dublin, attorney-at-law, and John Gibney of Navan in County Meath, a doctor, a physician, of the other part.

Reciting as therein is recited, and witnessing that the said Michael Gibney for the considerations therein mentioned did grant, bargain, sell, remise, release and confirm, assign, transfer, and make over to his trustees, the said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, in their actual possession then being by virtue of the deed and statute therein mentioned, and to their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, all that and those that part of the lands of Oldtown which lies on the north side of the great road leading from Kilcarn to Gerrardstown consisting of 140 acres, 3 roods and 29 perches Irish plantation measure, and did grant, assign and set over to the said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney all that and those that part of the lands of Allenstown and Harbourstown therein mentioned having 383 acres, 2 roods, together with the appurtenances in as full and ample manner as same was granted and devised by the respective leases thereof in said deed recited and all the estate rights, title and interest of said Michael Gibney of, in and to the same. To hold said part of said lands of Oldtown for the lives of the cestui que vies (the three people whose lives measured the duration of this type of lease or trust) in the said therein recited lease thereof named, and the survivor of them, and for the residue of a term of 29 years mentioned in the lease thereof therein recited, subject however to the rents, covenants and agreements in the said leases reserved, mentioned and contained upon trust to said for the intents and purposes in said deed previously mentioned, expressed and declared.

The deed and memorial were signed by Michael Gibney and witnessed by Bryan Farley of the city of Dublin, servant to the above mentioned Thomas Hinds, and James Gibney of Violet Hill, County Meath, gentleman. It was registered on 20 January 1804.10,2 
Death*March 1804He died in March 180411 
Burial* and was buried in the Gibney Family Plot, Ardmulchan, County Meath.11 

Family

 Anne Gerrard d. 6 May 1818
Children 1.William Gibney M.D.7
 2.Mary Anne Gibney7
 3.Frances Eliza Gibney7
 4.Eliza Gibney7
 5.James Gibney7

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1794; Film number 535733; Volume 500; Pages 21-22; Deed number 308065. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  2. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1804; Film# 545029, Volume 557, page 539, Deed Number 372959.
  3. [S1725] William Gerrard will (24 December 1788), Abstract of the Will of William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, Ireland Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1788 Will of William Gerrard.
  4. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, William Gerrard, will dated 24 December 1788, probated 11 January 1794. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  5. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1814; Film number 545070; Volume 672; Pages 321-323; Deed number 464033.
  6. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1794; Film number 535733; Volume 500; Pages 21-22; Deed number 308065, images 339-340.
  7. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the National Archive of Ireland, T/1435+6, and stating that the envelope reads: Michael Gibney, Grazier and Farmer 1803; and also: Gibney, Anne, widow, 1817
    (Jameson – 4 Dec 1935 – possibly solicitors office from where they submitted). Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  8. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing Ireland's Registry of Deeds, 1804, Book 562, page 361, Memorial of Transcript 374714.
  9. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1804; Film# 545032, Volume 562, page 361, Deed Number 374714.
  10. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing Ireland's Registry of Deeds, 1804, Book 557, page 539, Memorial of Transcript 372959.
  11. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, from email dated 22 February 2018.

William Gibney M.D.1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Michael Gibney1 d. Mar 1804
Mother*Anne Gerrard1 d. 6 May 1818
Birth*William Gibney M.D. was born in Dormstown Castle, Dormstown, County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Eldest Son) Will13 December 1817William's mother made her will dated 13 December 1817 naming her deceased husband Michael, their children, William, Mary Anne, Frances Eliza, Eliza and James, and her husband's trustees Thomas Hinds and Michael's brother John Gibney. A transcription of Anne's will read:

"In the name of God Amen! I Anne Gibney, widow of Michael Gibney, late of Dormstown in the County of Meath do make this my last will and testament. Whereas by a certain deed of settlement hearing date the fourth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four my said beloved husband did agree to invest the sum of three thousand pounds, part of my fortune therein mentioned in Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, therein mentioned, and the survivor of them, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns to, for and upon such uses, trusts, and purposes as therein mentioned. And by said deed, it is agreed that in case the said Michael should die in my life time, leaving more than one child living of our marriage, that it should be lawful for me to devise said three thousand pounds or the rents, interest or produce thereof to and among such children, in such shares as I should appoint and for want of such appointment to be equally divided among such children. And whereas the said Michael Gibney disposed of said sum of three thousand pounds to such uses as he thought proper, without handing over the same to the said trustees, or either of them. And in order, as far as in him lay, to secure the said sum of three thousand pounds pursuant to the intent of said recited settlement, did by deed, dated the eighth of October, eighteen hundred and three, assign all his interest in and to the lands and premises therein mentioned to said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, and the survivor of them, his executors, administrators and assigns, for the terms of lives and years by the leases thereof, granted to, and for the uses and purposes therein particularly mentioned. And whereas the said Michael Gibney is since dead, having made and published his last will and testament (all in his own handwriting) and after mentioning therein, that he had not handed over said three thousand pounds to the before named trustees. He after desiring his lawful debts to be paid, devised to me all his freehold and leasehold interests, as also all his personal property, to be disposed of, to and among myself and children as therein mentioned but by said will made no specific appointment of said three thousand pounds.

Now, I therefore, in case of the property so left, and devised shall extend thereto, give and devise onto my eldest son William Gibney M.D. twenty pounds, to purchase some trifle to remind him of me. It is not from want of the greatest affection for him, he ever and always deserved my warmest love and approbation, but he knows, and approves of the disposal of my property amongst the rest of my children. I give and bequest to my beloved Mary Anne Gibney five hundred pounds there out and to my beloved Francis Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved son James Gibney, three hundred pounds thereout. But, if before I die, he the said James Gibney, should procure (thro: the interest of his Uncle Gibney or other relatives) a permanent situation so as to enable him to do without it, I devise him (like his brother William) to give up all right to what I leave him to his three sisters, Maryanne, Francis Eliza and Eliza Gibney, said respective legacies to be paid my sons and daughters, upon their attaining the age of twenty one years, or days of marriage, which shall first happen, And it is my will and desire that in case the property, wherein of my said husband has died possessed of, shall not extend to the entire sum of three thousand pounds, the share, or proportion of each of my said children, shall bear a proportion of such diminution, thereof as may happen. And it is also my will that in case any of my children shall die before attaining his, her or their respective ages, as aforesaid, or being married, then the share of his, her or them so dying shall go and be divided amongst such survivors and share alike and I do hereby constitute my said three daughters Maryanne, Frances Eliza and Eliza Gibney or the survivors of them as the case may be, residuary legates of all such worldly substance as I shall possessed of. And I do also nominate my brother-in-law John Gibney Esq. M.D. and my son William Gibney Esq. M.D. Executors of this my will. In (page part torn off) witness whereof I set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventeen."

Her will was signed and sealed by Anne Gibney; and her sister Catherine (Gerrard) Small, her sister's husband John Small, and J. Byrne all signed and sealed as witnesses.1 
(Eldest Son) Deed Memorial4 May 1818William was a witness to a memorial of an indented deed of lease dated 4 May 1818 made between his mother Anne Gibney of Paradise Row, Dublin, widow of the one part and Richard Gore of............. in the county of Kings (now County Offaly) Esq. of the other part.

Whereby the said Anne Gibney for the considerations therein mentioned, devised, granted and set unto the said Richard Gore all that and those the lot of ground situate in the northeast side of Paradise Row in the Lordship of St. Mary’s Abbey in the county of the city of Dublin with the dwelling house built thereon by one James McDermott containing in breadth in the front to said Row 16 feet one inch and a half, in breadth in the rear 21 feet 2 inches and in depth from front to rear 124 feet, be the same more or less, bounded on the southwest by Paradise Row aforesaid, on the northeast by a pasture and stable lane, on the northwest by a house and garden now or lately belonging to Daniel Ryan, and on the southeast by ground belonging to the Right Honorable John Viscount Mountjoy.

To hold said devised premises with the appurtenances to the said Richard Gore, his executors, administrators and assigns from the first day of May just past for and during the term and space of 992 years, from thence forth fully to be completed and ended subject to the rent of £30 sterling payable as therein mentioned, which said deed of lease contains the usual covenants between landlord and tenant.

The deed and memorial were signed by Anne Gibney and witnessed by Samuel P. Barrett of the city of Dublin, attorney-at-law, and William Gibney M.D. of said city, gentleman, eldest son of the said Anne Gibney. It was registered on 5 May 1818 between the hours of one and two o'clock.2,3,4 

Citations

  1. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the National Archive of Ireland, T/1435+6, and stating that the envelope reads: Michael Gibney, Grazier and Farmer 1803; and also: Gibney, Anne, widow, 1817
    (Jameson – 4 Dec 1935 – possibly solicitors office from where they submitted). Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  2. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing Ireland's Registry of Deeds, 1818, Book 598, page 206, Memorial of Transcript 408245.
  3. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1818; Film# 545061, Volume 598, page 206, Deed Number 408245. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  4. [S1421] FamilySearch: Family History and Genealogy Records, online at www.familysearch.org, Kings County, Ireland was renamed County Offaly in 1920 and it became part of the Republic of Ireland on its formation in 1921. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch Online.