Capt. Charles Gibbs
- Born: 19 May 1756, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 314
- Marriage (1): Lucy Smith about 1785 314
- Marriage (2): Mary [Unknown] about 1802 314
- Died: 6 Nov 1825, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA at age 69 314
General Notes:
Capt. Charles5 Gibes (Barnabas,4 Barnabas,3 John,2 Thomas1), born 19 May 1756, died in Sandwich 6 Nov. 1825 (Frederick Freeman, History of Cape Cod, vol. 2, p. 147).
He married, first, about 1785, Lucy5 Smith, daughter of Isaac4 and Hannah Smith, born in Sandwich 1 Dec. 1765, baptized 19 Jan. 1766, died there 10 Oct. 1800 "aet. 34" (Sandwich Church Records). She was admitted to full communion in the Sandwich Church 29 Sept. 1800. On the same day their children: Charles, Barnabas, Rufus, Hannah, Catherine, and Alvin "children of Charles & Lucy Gibbs" were baptized.
He married, secondly, about 1802, Mary [?Briggs] who has not been positively identified.
Charles Gibbs served various enlistments in the Revolutionary War. In a muster roll dated 28 July 1780 he is described as "ae. 25, stature: 5'9", Complexion: light".
He was head of a Sandwich family in the 1790 Census, with one male over 16, three under 16, and one female. The Sandwich Town Deed Books (Barnstable Registry of Deeds) contain several abstracts of conveyances describing this man as a "mariner, of Sandwich".
The will, dated 3 Nov., proved 13 Nov. 1825, of "Charles Gibbs of Sandwich" gives "to my well beloved wife Mary" all real estate and personal estate while she remains his widow. After her death or remarriage he ordered the estate "divided equally between my two sons Isaac and Philip Briggs Gibbs" whom he named co-executors, they to pay the following legacies: "To my daughter Catherine $50. To my daughter Lucy Smith $50. To my daughter Sarah Delia $50, To the children of my son Rufus, deceased, $15 each. To the child of my daughter Hannah, deceased, $5." Witnessed by David L. Hunn, Pelham Gibbs, Elizabeth Freeman (Barnstable County Probates, vol. 45, p. 328-9). [Thomas1 Gibbs of Sandwich, Mass. (ca. 1615-1693) by Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, NEHGR 123, 1969]
Noted events in his life were:
• Will, 3 Nov 1825, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. 314
Charles married Lucy Smith, daughter of Isaac Smith and Hannah [Unknown], about 1785.314 (Lucy Smith was born on 1 Dec 1765 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 314, christened on 19 Jan 1766 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 314 and died on 10 Oct 1800 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA 314.)
Charles next married Mary [Unknown] about 1802.314
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