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Gibson Ancestry
Gibson Family History and Genealogy
I am interested in learning more about the Gibson Ancestry and Heritage. I have accumulated a lot of information so far via my Great Aunt Izabel. I have a family tree including Thomas and David Gibson. I have recently traveled to Edinburgh and was fascinated by some of the additional information and sources I discovered. I have a number of boxes of old photos although I think most of them are from my mother’s side of the family (Looper and Luster). I am looking forward to sharing what I have and learning more.
William Parlee Gibson 1783-1966 Born in Ada,MI Wife Charlotte Aileen Meigs !877 Kansas-1966 Lamont,MI.
Daugther Jane Gibson 1903 MI. Married Oscar Ward Lusby 1933
Son Victor Ward Gibson Name change 1945
Please Help William was on ancestry in 2012
Trying to trace a few things related to Colin Gibson:
This is where I started, but want to know more, like what happened to Janet? What happened to the Ship? Where is he burried? Who were his parents? Etc.
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Colin Gibson
by
Stefan Bielinski
Revolutionary War era Albany resident and tailor Colin Gibson probably was born prior to 1750. Perhaps he was the same-named tailor who came from Paisley (in Scotland) to New York with his wife Janet (age 23) in February 1774. That Colin Gibson was then twenty-five years old.
A number of marriage and family senarios are documented for Colin Gibson in Albany and its environs. This particular individual may have married three times. The first may have been to the Scottish woman named Janet. However, in January 1778, the son of Colin Gibson and Ellen Story was christened at the Albany Dutch church. In October 1807, a seventy-year-old Colin Gibson married eighteen-year-old Peggy Miller of Cambridge. One-time Albany resident Jesse Fairchild officiated that ceremony.
In March 1779, his lot in the first ward was valued on the city assessment roll. In 1781, he was among those newcomers who purchased the freedom of Albany. He was identified as a tailor.
In June 1780, he was identifed as an Albany city tailor when he posted a bond for good behavior with the Albany Commissioners.
Otherwise, we seek information on his wartime activities. After the war, he was among those accorded a land bounty right in conjunction with the Albany militia regiment.
In 1788, his house and property were listed on the tax list. In 1790, his first ward houshold included a couple and two boys. After that, his name seems to have dropped from Albany rolls.
Colin Gibson is said to have been one of the early settlers of Washington County and to have died there at a “good old age.” Also, that same family-based source stated that he came from Scotland as a young man, was a United Presbyterian, and was married three times. We leave this sketch having raised a number of questions.
biography in-progress
notes
the people of colonial AlbanySources: The life of Colin Gibson is CAP biography number 8176. This sketch is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources.
Notes: online; more thoughts
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