GIBSON OF ROTHWELL
Thomas
Gibson (buried 1754) of Rothwell married first, in 1699, Elizabeth Falkenor
(1671-1724/25) and second, in 1725, Alice Lambert (1691-1741). Initially, it appears
likely that he was the Thomas Gibson baptised in 1670 at Rothwell who was a son
of Thomas and Elizabeth (Lund) Gibson. However, investigation of that family
shows that after the death of her first husband, Elizabeth (Lund) Gibson
married Tempest Taylor of Wakefield, and that her son Thomas was buried at
Wakefield in 1673/74 as “Thomas Gibson son in law [stepson] to Tempest Taylor”.
He therefore could not be the Thomas married in 1699.
The
family of the Thomas baptised in 1670 was as follows:
1 WILLIAM GIBSON of Oulton was buried on
27 April 1655 at Rothwell.[1]
He married ELLEN, who died in 1675.[2]
Children of William and Ellen Gibson:
i ANN GIBSON, bap 29 May 1636,
Rothwell;[3]
m 14 May 1656, Rothwell, HUMPHREY MOORE.[4]
2 ii THOMAS GIBSON (1638-1672); m
ELIZABETH LUND.
iii ROBERT GIBSON, bap 15 Aug 1641,
Rothwell,[5]
bur 16 Aug 1641, Rothwell.[6]
2 THOMAS GIBSON of Oulton, yeoman, was baptised
on 18 October 1638 at Rothwell[7]
and buried on 23 December 1672 at Rothwell.[8]
He married on 22 June 1659 at Rothwell, ELIZABETH LUND,[9]
daughter of Richard and Dorothy (Crowder) Lund. Elizabeth was baptised on 29
January 1642/43 at Rothwell[10]
and buried on 6 November 1683 at Wakefield.[11]
After the death of Thomas Gibson, she married, on 3 December 1673 at Rothwell,
Tempest Taylor.[12]
Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Lund)
Gibson:
i ANN GIBSON, bap 26 Aug 1660,
Rothwell.[13]
ii ELLEN GIBSON, b ca 1662;[14]
m 18 Aug 1680, Rothwell, WILLIAM ROBERTS.[15]
iii ELIZABETH GIBSON, bap 9 Mar
1663/64, Rothwell.[16]
iv DOROTHY GIBSON, bap 6 Jun 1666,
Rothwell.[17]
v WILLIAM GIBSON, bap 14 Oct 1668,
Rothwell,[18]
bur 23 Feb 1668/69, Rothwell.[19]
vi THOMAS GIBSON, bap 8 Aug 1670,
Rothwell,[20]
bur 19 Feb 1673/74, Wakefield.[21]
The children and grandchildren
of the Thomas Gibson buried in 1754 feature prominently in the 1759 will of
Marmaduke Gibson of Rothwell. Thomas was therefore evidently the one baptised at Rothwell on 28 January 1674/75, a half-brother
of the testator of 1759, both being sons of an earlier Marmaduke Gibson.
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GIBSON
1 THOMAS GIBSON.[22]
Child of Thomas Gibson:
2 i MARMADUKE
GIBSON (1644-1730); m(1) JANE NAYLER; m(2) ANN FALKENOR.
2 MARMADUKE GIBSON of Rothwell,
Yorkshire, labourer, was baptised on 8 December 1644 at Rothwell[23]
and buried on 17 October 1730 at Rothwell.[24]
He married first, on 4 February 1669/70 at Rothwell, JANE NAYLER.[25]
She was born ca 1644[26]
and buried on 19 May 1693 at Rothwell.[27]
Marmaduke married second, on 6 June 1694 at Rothwell, ANN FALKENOR.[28]
Children of Marmaduke and Jane (Nayler)
Gibson:
i WILLIAM GIBSON, bap 3 Dec 1670,
Rothwell,[29]
bur 22 Jan 1672/73, Rothwell.[30]
ii JOHN GIBSON, bap 13 Feb 1672/73,
Rothwell.[31]
3 iii THOMAS GIBSON (1674/75-1754); m(1)
ELIZABETH FALKENOR; m(2) ALICE LAMBERT.
iv MARY GIBSON, bur 16 Nov 1681,
Rothwell.[32]
v SUSANNA GIBSON, bap 13 Feb
1678/79, Rothwell,[33]
bur 22 Oct 1679, Rothwell.[34]
vi ANN GIBSON, bap 10 Dec 1680,
Rothwell,[35]
bur 31 May 1692, Rothwell.[36]
vii MARMADUKE GIBSON, bap 26 Oct 1682,
Rothwell,[37]
bur 17 Feb 1685/86, Rothwell.[38]
viii JOSEPH GIBSON, bur 20 Feb 1688/89,
Rothwell.[39]
ix JANE GIBSON, bap 28 May 1688,
Rothwell.[40]
Children of Marmaduke and Ann (Falkenor) Gibson:
x ANN GIBSON, bap 10 Apr 1695,
Rothwell.[41]
xi ELIZABETH GIBSON, bap 21 Mar
1696/97, Rothwell,[42]
bur 27 Nov 1763, Rothwell.[43]
xii ELEANOR GIBSON, bap 6 Nov 1699,
Rothwell,[44]
bur 8 Jul 1717, Rothwell.[45]
xiii MARMADUKE GIBSON of Rothwell, basket
maker, bap 3 Mar 1701/02, Rothwell,[46]
bur 2 Sep 1759, Rothwell.[47]
3 THOMAS GIBSON of Rothwell, scuttle
maker, was baptised on 28 January 1674/75
at Rothwell[48]
and buried
on 6 December 1754 at Rothwell.[49]
He married first, on 8 May 1699 at Rothwell, ELIZABETH FALKENOR,[50]
daughter of George and Susanna (Gibson) Falkenor.
Elizabeth was baptised on 1 November 1671 at Rothwell[51]
and buried on 4 January 1724/25 at Rothwell.[52]
Thomas married second, on 9 December 1725 at Rothwell, ALICE LAMBERT,[53]
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Fowler) Lambert (see here). Alice was
baptised on 13 May 1691 at Rothwell and buried on 19 November 1741 at Rothwell.
Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Falkenor) Gibson:
i JOHN
GIBSON of Rothwell, basket maker, bap 1 May 1700, Rothwell,[54]
bur 14 Sep 1746, Rothwell.[55]
ii GEORGE GIBSON of Rothwell, yeoman,
bap 15 Apr 1702, Rothwell,[56]
bur 1 Mar 1782, Rothwell.[57]
iii BENJAMIN GIBSON of Rothwell, bap 9
Feb 1706/07, Rothwell,[58]
bur 6 Feb 1765, Rothwell.[59]
iv THOMAS GIBSON of Rothwell, basket
maker, bap 5 Nov 1709, Rothwell,[60]
bur 22 Mar 1778, Rothwell;[61]
m 7 May 1732, East Ardsley, MARGARET DUNILL.[62]
v JANE GIBSON, bap 26 Mar 1712,
Rothwell,[63]
bur 5 Jun 1774, Rothwell;[64]
m 6 Nov 1735, Rothwell, RICHARD GRAVE.[65]
Children of Thomas and Alice (Lambert)
Gibson:
vi WILLIAM GIBSON of Rothwell, basket
maker, bap 22 May 1727, Rothwell,[66]
bur 15 May 1803, Rothwell.[67]
m 4 Jun 1752, Rothwell, SARAH REVALL.[68]
4 vii SAMUEL GIBSON (1729-1803); m MARY
CRAVEN.
viii ANN GIBSON, bap 11 Mar 1732/33,
Rothwell.[69]
4 SAMUEL GIBSON of Rothwell, yeoman, was
baptised on 28 September 1729 at Rothwell[70]
and buried on 16 December 1803 at Rothwell.[71]
He married on 2 November 1752 at Rothwell, MARY CRAVEN,[72]
daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Stead) Craven (see here). Mary was
baptised on 16 April 1727 at Rothwell and buried on 1 February 1801 at
Rothwell.
Children of Samuel and Mary (Craven)
Gibson:
i SARAH GIBSON, bap 2 Sep 1753,
Rothwell,[73] bur
30 Sep 1831, Rothwell;[74]
m 21 Jul 1774, St Peter, Leeds, THOMAS RHODES[75]
(see here).
ii ANN GIBSON, bap 24 May 1763,
Rothwell,[76]
bur 31 Jan 1766, Rothwell.[77]
[1] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[2] Will dated 11 Sep 1675, proved 19 Oct 1675 (Borthwick Institute). Further evidence would be desirable for the identity of Ellen’s husband, but William Gibson seems the best candidate. The next most likely would be a Thomas Gibson but, although multiple Thomas Gibson marriages are recorded at Rothwell in the relevant period, none of the brides were named Ellen, and the Thomas son of Thomas Gibson who is the best fit chronologically (baptised 1633) appears to have died young (buried 1636). Ellen’s will names her granddaughters Ann, Ellen, Elizabeth and Dorothy Gibson but does not mention her grandson Thomas Gibson, which is consistent with him having been buried in 1673/74.
[3] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[4] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[5] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[6] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[7] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[8] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); will dated 17 Dec 1672, proved 12 Apr 1682 (Borthwick Institute).
[9] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Geoffrey Hamish Mercer’s notes for a history of Oulton, 230, state that in 1672[/73], Elizabeth Gibson, widow, of Oulton, sold property to her father Richard Lund of Oulton.
[10] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). It is possible that Elizabeth’s mother was the Dorothy Heye who married Richard Crowther at Rothwell on 16 May 1625.
[11] Wakefield parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[12] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); John W. Clay, ed., Paver’s Marriage Licences, vol. 2 (Worksop, 1911), 183.
[13] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[14] The 1675 will of Ellen Gibson mentions her grandchildren Ann, Ellen, Elizabeth and Dorothy Gibson.
[15] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[16] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[17] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[18] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[19] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[20] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[21] Wakefield parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[22] There were multiple Thomas Gibson marriages at Rothwell in the first half of the seventeenth century and it is not clear how many individuals of the name were in the area.
[23] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[24] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[25] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[26] Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[27] George Denison Lumb, ed., The Registers of the Parish Church of Rothwell, 3 vols (Leeds, 1906-14), 2:425.
[28] Rothwell bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[29] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[30] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[31] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[32] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[33] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[34] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[35] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[36] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[37] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[38] Rothwell bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[39] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[40] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[41] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[42] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[43] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[44] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[45] Rothwell bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[46] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[47] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); will dated 22 Jan 1759, proved 29 Dec 1760 (Borthwick Institute).
[48] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[49] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[50] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[51] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[52] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[53] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[54] Rothwell bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). In the Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com), the baptism entry for John gives his father’s forename as Marmaduke, but in the bishop’s transcripts, although it was written at first as Marmaduke, it has been changed to Thomas. As Marmaduke Gibson had a daughter baptised on 6 Nov 1699, he is unlikely to have had another child baptised on 1 May 1700, less than six months later.
[55] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[56] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[57] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[58] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[59] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[60] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[61] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[62] East Ardsley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[63] Rothwell bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[64] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[65] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[66] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[67] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[68] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[69] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[70] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[71] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[72] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[73] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[74] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); will dated 22 Aug 1830, proved 9 Nov 1831 (Borthwick Institute).
[75] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Sarah is stated in the entry to be of the parish of Rothwell.
[76] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[77] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).