Gershom GIBBS

Birth:
28 Jul 1721
Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Death:
29 Dec 1776
"Grosvenor", Convict Ship, New York
Marriage:
1749
Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Sources:
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Ancestry World Tree Project
Internet IGI, Sep 2008
Pedigree Resource File
New.familysearch.org, Aug 2011
Notes:
                       The first white male born in Litchfield.
    Gersham Gibbs, his brother Benjamin, his sons Isaac and Moore, were enlisted in a company of volunteers organized in Litchfield, CT. Gershom Gibbs was a soldier in the Revolution, was taken prisoner and died of starvation and disease on the British prison ship "Grosvenor" in New York Harbor, 29 Dec 1776.  His son, Isaac, died aboard the same ship two weeks later.
Tabitha MOORE
Birth:
16 Aug 1722
Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Death:
Sep 1807
Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Burial:
Milton Burying, Litchfield, Connecticut
Sources:
Universal Genealogy, ALIAS: 5203-3548, GENDB
Notes:
                       Ref:A Genealogical Register-Town of Litchfield, Conn.
    "Litchfield & Morris Inscriptions"-Pg 182
Children
Marriage
1
Gershom GIBBS
Birth:
18 Jul 1750
Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Death:
22 Sep 1843
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
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    S15144,CT & Cont Line,appl 5 Apr 1832
    Litchfield Co,CT aged 80, sol enl at Rutland,MA. Sol cousin Solomon Gibbs of
    Litchfield was 73 in 1833. Dau Elizabeth Gibbs of Litchfield stated sol left
    no widow but did leave 3 children; Horace A Gibbs of Norwalk CT, Huldah Roberts
    of Winchester IL, and Elizabeth Gibbs.  A Willy Gibbs was also mentioned in the
    Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files, Page 1337.
2
Ruth GIBBS
Birth:
25 May 1752
Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Death:
Timothy CROSBY 
Marr:
20 Nov 1777
 
3
Moore GIBBS
Birth:
12 Jan 1757
Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Death:
5 Apr 1834
Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Notes:
                       Ref:A Genealogical Register-Town of Litchfield, Conn.1720 - 1800 Pg 90
    "Litchfield & Morris Inscriptions"-Pg 181

    Abstracts of Rev War Pension Files  pg 1339
    W25628 & S36546 CT & Cont Line
4
Isaac GIBBS
Birth:
18 May 1759
Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Death:
15 Jan 1777
"Grosvenor", Convict Ship, New York
 
Marr:
 
5
Oliver GIBBS
Birth:
23 May 1762
Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Death:
 
Marr:
 
6
Lovell GIBBS
Birth:
23 Aug 1763
Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
Death:
Feb 1819
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Gershom Gibbs - Tabitha Moore

Gershom Gibbs was born at Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut 28 Jul 1721. His parents were Benjamin Gibbs and Abigail Marshall.

He married Tabitha Moore 1749 at Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut . Tabitha Moore was born at Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut 16 Aug 1722 daughter of Benjamin Moore and Eunice Phelps .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Gershom Gibbs born 18 Jul 1750.
Ruth Gibbs born 25 May 1752.
Moore Gibbs born 12 Jan 1757.
Isaac Gibbs born 18 May 1759.
Oliver Gibbs born 23 May 1762.
Lovell Gibbs born 23 Aug 1763.

Gershom Gibbs died 29 Dec 1776 at "Grosvenor", Convict Ship, New York .

Tabitha Moore died Sep 1807 at Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut .