Elisha FOSTER was christened on 24 Aug 1653 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 16 Oct 1682 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. He was buried in Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Elisha married Sarah PAYSON on 10 Apr 1678 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Sarah PAYSON was christened ¹ on 16 Jul 1648 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died ² on 21 Jun 1714 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Sarah married Elisha FOSTER on 10 Apr 1678 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

WISWALL, Ebenezer

Timothy COOPER was born ¹ in 1651 in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died ² in Dec 1731 in Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. He was buried in Dec 1731 in Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. Timothy married ³ Sarah MORSE on 2 Jun 1669 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Sarah MORSE was born ¹ on 2 Jun 1649 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died ¹ in 1711 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Sarah married ² Timothy COOPER on 2 Jun 1669 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

PATTEN, Nathaniel

Josiah CLARK was born in 1649 in of Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 27 Sep 1691 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Josiah married ¹ Mercy BOYNTON on 14 Dec 1670 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Mercy BOYNTON was born ¹ on 5 Oct 1651 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 22 Dec 1730 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Mercy married ² Josiah CLARK on 14 Dec 1670 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

HOVEY, John
GOODHUE, Joseph

Joseph GOODHUE was born in 1639 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 21 Sep 1697 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He was buried in 1697 in Essex, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Joseph married ¹ Mercy BOYNTON on 4 Jul 1692 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Mercy BOYNTON was born ¹ on 5 Oct 1651 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 22 Dec 1730 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Mercy married ² Joseph GOODHUE on 4 Jul 1692 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

HOVEY, John
CLARK, Josiah

Samuel GIBSON was born ¹ on 28 Oct 1644 in of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Samuel married ^{1, 2} Elizabeth STEDMAN on 14 Jun 1679 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:

PEMBERTON, Sarah

Son of John Gibson:

JOHN GIBSON
ORIGIN: Unknown.
MIGRATION: 1634.
FIRST RESIDENCE: Cambridge.

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Cambridge church prior to 17 May 1637 implied by freemanship. In the list of Cambridge church members compiled in January 1658/9 are "John Gibson & Rebecca his wife both members in full communion. Their children: Rebeccah, now joined in full communion with the church at Watertowne, Mary, Martha, John, Samuel," the last four listed as "baptized in this church" [CaChR 14].
FREEMAN: 17 May 1637 [MBCR 1:373].
OFFICES: Cambridge fenceviewer, 9 March 1662/3, 26 March 1666 [CaTR 143, 161]. Field driver, 15 March 1676/7, 11 March 1677/8 [CaTR 233, 239].
EDUCATION: Signed his deeds.
ESTATE: On 4 August 1634, "John Gibson" was granted six acres in the West End in Cambridge [CaTR 9]. Received a proportional share of one in the undivided meadow, 20 August 1635 [CaTR 13]. In the 8 February 1635/6 list of "those men who have houses in the town at this present, " "John Gibson" is credited with one house in the West End [CaTR 19].

In the Cambridge land inventory on 10 October 1635, "John Gibson" held one parcel: "in West End one house with planting ground about six acres" [CaBOP 35]. In the 1639 land inventory, "John Gibson" held one parcel: "in the new lots next Manotomie three acres of planting ground," and had bought of Edward Elmer "in the West End three acres of land" [CaBOP 55, 62]. In the 6 September 1642 land inventory, "John Gibson" held two parcels: "in West End one dwelling house with nine acres land"; and "in the Fresh Pond Meadow five acres" [CaBOP 95].

By 1642, John Gibson had sold to Nathaniel Sparrowhawk five acres in the Fresh Pond Meadow [CaBOP 124].

In 1648, "Jno. Gibson" was granted sixty acres "on the rocks on the north side the river," and, by 9 October 1648, had sold this land to Thomas Danforth [CaBOP 135, 138]. In the Shawsheen grant of 4 June 1652, "John Gibson" received Lot #52, eighty acres [CaTR 98].

On 30 November 1668, "John Gibson Senior of Cambridge" deeded to "John Gibson Junior his son the westerly end of or part of his now dwelling house with the chimney thereto appertaining ..., also three acres of land being part of the lot adjoining thereto," provided the father and son work in equal partnership all the land of the father, "and at the decease of the said John Gibson Senior all the said lands with all the houses & buildings thereon to be & remain to the said John Gibson Junior," with further provisions for maintenance if the grantor's wife outlives him [MLR 3:330].

On 26 May 1679, "John Gibson Senior of Cambridge ..., yeoman," sold to "Edm[ond] Angier of the same place, woollendraper, ... one parcel of land" in Cambridge "on the south side of Charles River, & containeth by estimation three acres"; acknowledged by "Joanna my wife" [MLR 7:352]. On 15 April 1687, "John Gibson of Cambridge" sold to "Deacon Walter Hastin of the aforesaid town ..., tanner, ... a small parcel of land containing one acre & a half ... in Cambridge West Field in the Great Swamp" [MLR 10:68].

BIRTH: about 1601 (deposed in 1688 "aged about 87" [Hutchinson 1:312]).
DEATH: In or after 1688 [Hutchinson 1:312]. (Secondary sources say he died in 1694, but the evidence for this has not been found.)
MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1634 Rebecca _____. She died at Roxbury on 1 December 1661 [RChR 177].
(2) Cambridge 24 July 1662 Joanna (_____) Prentice, widow of Henry Prentice [Wyman 773].
CHILDREN:
With first wife
i  REBECCA GIBSON, b. say 1634; m. Cambridge 22 June 1654 Charles Stearns.
ii  MARY GIBSON, b. Cambridge [blank] March 1637 [NEHGR 4:56]; m. Roxbury 3 April 1655 John Ruggles.
iii  MARTHA GIBSON, b. Cambridge [blank] April 1639 [NEHGR 4:56]; m. Roxbury 3 November 1657 Jacob Newell.
iv  JOHN GIBSON, b. about 1641 (d. Cambridge 15 October 1679 aged 48 years) [sic]; m. Cambridge 9 December 1668 Rebecca Errington.
v  SAMUEL GIBSON, b. 28 October 1644; m. (1) Cambridge 30 October 1668 Sarah Pemberton; m. (2) Cambridge 14 June 1679 Elizabeth Stedman.

COMMENTS: On 8 May 1637, it was "agreed with John Gibson to keep 100 cows at our direction all this summer" [CaTR 28]. On 11 December 1648, it was "granted by the townsmen to John Gibson the use and profit of the weir and weir land for two years ensuing, upon condition, that he serve the town with fish, at ninepence per thousand, and if he afford help for loading them to be allowed ten pence per 1000" [CaTR 78].

The year of birth of son John would be about 1631 based on the age at death on his tombstone as published, but this must be incorrect. The list of church members of January 1658/9, when describing a family, enters the children in birth order, and for this family John is placed between Martha and Samuel, strongly suggesting that the age at death has been misread, and should be 38 rather than 48. This is consistent with his date of marriage.

In 1659 various members of the family of John Gibson accused Winifred and Mary Holman, wife and daughter of WILLIAM HOLMAN , of witchcraft, but there is no record of a trial resulting from these charges. Early in 1660, Winifred and Mary charged John Gibson Senior and his wife, Rebecca (Gibson) Stearns, and John Gibson Junior with defamation. Winifred was unsuccessful in her suits against the first three, but Mary Holman won her suit against John Gibson Junior. This defamation suit generated many documents, some of them long and detailed, which are very revealing about the characters involved and about daily life in Cambridge at the time [Parker-Ruggles 237-54; Witchhunting 134-46].

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1900 Mehitable Calef Coppenhagen Wilson compiled a genealogy of John Gibson and his descendants [Gibson Gen 1-11, 19-23].

Elizabeth STEDMAN ¹ died in 1680 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth married ^{1, 2} Samuel GIBSON on 14 Jun 1679 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

John BURGE was born ¹ about 1615. He died ¹ in 1678 in of Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. John married ¹ Rachel on 24 Nov 1678 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:

STEARNS, Mary
GURNEY, Grizzell
GORNELL, Jane

Rachel ¹. Rachel married ¹ John BURGE on 24 Nov 1678 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

John BURGE was born ¹ about 1615. He died ¹ in 1678 in of Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. John married ¹ Grizzell GURNEY on 3 Jul 1667 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:

STEARNS, Mary
, Rachel
GORNELL, Jane

Grizzell GURNEY was born ^{1, 2} about 1619 in of Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She died ¹ in 1669 in of Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Grizzell married ¹ John BURGE on 3 Jul 1667 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

John BURGE was born ¹ about 1615. He died ¹ in 1678 in of Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. John married Jane GORNELL on 6 Sep 1677 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:

STEARNS, Mary
, Rachel
GURNEY, Grizzell

Jane GORNELL was born about 1648. She died ¹ in 1678 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Jane married John BURGE on 6 Sep 1677 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Edward PALMER was born in 1569 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Edward married ^{1, 2} Elizabeth BRIGHAM on 20 Sep 1590 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

Edward was baptized ^{3, 4} on 27 Jun 1567 in Howden, Yorkshire, England.

Elizabeth BRIGHAM [Parents] was born ¹ in 1571 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. She was buried ² on 22 Sep 1644 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth married ^{1, 2} Edward PALMER on 20 Sep 1590 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

Nathaniel KETTELL ¹ was born ¹ on 11 Oct 1644 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died ² in 1723 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Nathaniel married ^{1, 3, 4} Hannah EVELETH on 13 Jan 1669 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

KIDDER, Hannah

NATHANIEL, b. Charlestown 11 October 1644 [ChVR 1:9]; m. (1) Charlestown 13 January 1669[/70] Hannah Eville [ChVR 1:71]; m. (2) Sudbury (but recorded at Charlestown) 30 October 1672 Hannah Kidder [ChVR 1:86].

Hannah EVELETH was christened ¹ in 1643 in of Boston, Suffok, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died ¹ in 1670 in of Boston, Suffok, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Hannah married ^{2, 3, 4} Nathaniel KETTELL on 13 Jan 1669 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.