Matthew GIBBS

                   Carpenter by trade.

Massachusetts Genealogy  Vol. 4  p 2102  by Cutter & Adams; vol 2 Savage's Gen. Dict. p 246-7; Gleason Gen; Main Gen. Vol 3 p 1579
Submitted by Alice S. Hansen, Joseph City, Arizona.


GIBBS
from "History of Ashburnham," Massachusetts -  Genealogical Register -  page 714


	The Gibbs families of America are of English origin.  The Ashburnham families are descendants of Matthew Gibbs who was a planter in Charlestown at an early date, and where he md. about 1650, Mary Bradish, dau. of  Robert Bradish of Cambridge.  In 1654 he sold his house and land in Charlestown and removed to Sudbury.  He was chosen one of a committee in 1655 and subsequently was frequently mentioned in the Sudbury and county records. He d. previous to 1697.  He removed from Sudbury to Framingham, where he d. March 9, 1732.  He md. 1678, Mary Moore, b. in Lancaster 1655. dau. of John and Ann (Smith) Moore of Lancaster and Sudbury.  He md (2nd) Elizabeth Moore, b. 1657, a sister of his first wife.  She d. in Framingham Jan. 20, 1733 - 4.
	Joseph Gibbs, the fourth of the six children of Matthew Gibbs, Jr., was b. Oct 7 1687.  He md. July 1, 1712, Mercy Clark, b. in Cambridge Dec. 18, 1690 dau. of James and Sarah (Champney) Clark.  He resided in Framingham until about 1717, when he removed to Sudbury, where his wife d. Feb. 28, 1733-4.  Joseph and Mercy (Clark) Gibbs had six children, of whom Joseph Gibbs, Jr., the second child and eldest son, was b. in Framingham, where he was bap. Sept. 13, 1719.  He md. Hannah Howe and resided in Rutland and Princeton.  He d. in Princeton May 12, 1774.  His wife d. May 22, 1772.  Two of the sons of Joseph Gibbs, Jr., settled in Ashburnham.