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Status summary

Completed as of April 15, 2021:

• Recruiting direct male-line descendants of Thomas Gibbs for SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

Still to do as of April 15, 2021

• NGS/WGS test multiple descendants of Thomas Gibbs (and preferably of his son Thomas (II)) to place the family clade as well as test descendants to discover any subclades unique to descendants lines

Biography

For more information see Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18 Part III Richard Warren, 5th Generation of Abigail, Nathaniel and Joseph 2001, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA.

First Generation

Thomas Gibbs (II) was born Sandwich 23 Mar 1646/7, son of Thomas Gibbs and died there 7 Jan 1732/3. He married Sandwich 23 Dec 1674 Alice Warren and they had eight children (born Sandwich): Bethiah (1675), Abigail (c1677), Thomas (1678/9), Sarah (c1683), Warren (c1685), Ebenezer (c1687-c1725 unm.), Jabez (c1689-c1725 unm.) and Cornelius (c1691).

Second Generation

Thomas Gibbs (III) was born Sandwich 28 Jan 1678/9 and died there abt 1745. He married twice, first Sandwich 22 Oct 1713 Joanna Swift and second Sandwich 22 Oct 1728 Dorothy ___ Jenkins. By his first wife he had three children (born Sandwich): Experience 1714, Elizabeth 1717 and Joanna 1719. By his second wife he had one more child (born Sandwich): Solomon (1729/30).

Warren Gibbs was born Sandwich abt 1685 and died aft 25 Feb 1764. He married Little Compton (now in RI) Abigail Hilliard and they had eight children (born Little Compton): Phebe (1714), Nathaniel (1715/6 m Elizabeth Taber), Deborah (1717), Thomas (1721 m Temperance Pearce), Ambrose (1722/3 unk if marr), Jabez (1725 m Mary Gifford), John (1727-1735) and Abigail (1731).

Cornelius Gibbs was born Sandwich abt 1691 and died there 31 Dec 1748. He married Sandwich 9 Nov 1716 Meribah Perry^[1] and they had six children: Sarah (1717), Ebenezer (1719/20 nfr), Susannah (1723), Thomas (1727 unk if marr), Nathan (1729 m Hannah Willes) and Eunice (1732).

Third Generation

Solomon Gibbs was born Sandwich 30 Jan 1729/30 and died there 27 Mar 1796. He married Sandwich 8 Mar 1753 Hannah Gibbs and they had twelve children (Sandwich): Thomas (1753-1754), Thomas (1755), Dorothy (1757), Macai (son 1760), Sarah (1762), Warren (1764), Lydia (1767), David (twin 1769), Jonathan (twin 1769), Eunice (1772), Hannah (1774) and Micah (1779).

Nathaniel Warren Gibbs was born Little Compton (now in RI) 13 Jan 1715/6. He married there 3 Jul 1745 Elizabeth Tabor and they had at least: Mercy (1748).

Thomas Gibbs was born Little Compton (now in RI) 15 Jun 1721. He married there 23 Oct 1745 Temperance Pearce and they had at least: Alice (1747).

James Gibbs was born Little Compton (now in RI) 10 May 1725 and died there Mar 1758. He married abt 1747 Mary Gifford and they had three children (Little Compton): John (1748), Elizabeth (1750 likely d.y.) and Mary (1752).

Nathan Gibbs was born Sandwich 22 Apr 1729 and died bef 7 May 1792. He married Norton 1 Apr 1756 Hannah Willis and they had four children: Hannah (1757), Thomas (c1759), Cornelius (c1761) and Warren (c1763).

1. ↑ After Cornelius' death, Meribah married Easton 9 Nov 1757 William Churchill.

DNA results R1b-FT129526

Previous Y-DNA testing

The Gibbs Surname DNA Project Group: The Massachusetts Bay Colony Gibbs Clade - R1b1a2 and the Gibbs Surname DNA Project lists one individual claiming Thomas Gibbs as their Most Distant Known Paternal Ancestor (MDKPA).^[1] This group also had a number of Matthew Gibbs descendants, so it clear Matthew and Thomas were closely related.^[2]

NGS/WGS testing

Two^[3] Matthew Gibbs descendants have taken a Big Y-700 test and found to fall under: R-P312>ZZ11>U152>L2>Z49>Z142>Z51>L562>BY158668>BY66388>FT129526.

Lineage of Y-DNA testers

The Gibbs Surname DNA Project does list the lineage of several testers, including the following descendants of Thomas Gibbs.

 Thomas Gibbs (c1615-1692/3)
   Samuel Gibbs (1639-1732)
     Samuel Gibbs (1688-1772)
       Josiah Gibbs (1729-1780)
         Josiah Gibb (1762-p1850)
           Seth Gibbs (bp1793-1872)
             Seth W. Gibbs (1816-1865)
               William Wesley Gibbs (1841-p1900)
                 William Wesley Gibbs (1873-    )
                   William Stafford Gibbs (1900-1966)
                     father of tester
                       tester
   John Gibbs (1644-1725)
     John Gibbs (1670-1736)
       John Gibbs (1699-p1778)
         Isaac Gibbs (1752-    )
           Leonard Gibbs (1775-1829)
             Isaac Adin Gibbs (1807-1856)
               Charles Rollin Gibbs (1835-1903)
                 Robert Adin Gibbs (1874-    )
                   father of tester
                     tester

Further needed testing

We need additional direct male-line descendants of Thomas Gibbs (and preferably of his son Thomas [II]) to WGS/NGS test to confirm the single Thomas Gibbs line as well as possibly further refine the haplogroup/clade prediction for the family.

1. ↑ But communication with a member of this group reveals where he recruited several descendants of Thomas Gibbs to Y-DNA test.
2. ↑ NGS/WGS testing of multiple descendants may help reveal their exact relationship.
3. ↑ There is a third Big Y-700 test, but it is unknown whether this individual descends from Thomas or Matthew.

References & External Links

• (Phinney) Brownson, Lydia B. and MacLean W. McLean, Thomas¹ Gibbs of Sandwich, Mass. (ca. 1615-1693), "Genealogies of Mayflower Families, Vol. II"
• Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18 Part III Richard Warren, 5th Generation of Abigail, Nathaniel and Joseph 2001, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA.