Site Title - John Gibbs

John Gibbs

M, b. circa 1565, d. 1609

Home of John Gibbs - Courtesy of "British Listed Buildings"

John was born circa 1565 in County Norfolk, England. John married Alice Elmy, daughter of Richard Elmy and Margaret Lawrence. John Gibbs lived. He is found on a tax certificate in county Norfolk in 1602.¹ John made his will in 1609. He mentions his daughter, "Merraba Folger".² John departed this life in 1609 in Diss, County Norfolk, England, at Frenze Hall.

Family

Alice Elmy b. c 1570

Children

Merribah Gibbs+ b. c 1593, d. b 18 Oct 1664
John Gibbs b. c 1595
Henry Gibbs b. c 1597
Sarah Gibbs b. c 1600
Thomas Gibbs b. c 1604
Ann Gibbs b. c 1608, d. 14 Feb 1671

Citations

[S989] National Archives of the United Kingdom: Certificate of residence showing John Gibbs to be liable for taxation in Norfolk.
[S1495] Andrews Moriarty, Miscellaneous Records of Various Families, page 257 - [John Folger] . . . was from Diss, co. Norfolk; and his wife, Meribah Gibbs, was the daughter of John Gibbs of Freudes Hall in that neighborhood, as is proved by the will of John Gibbs, 1609, in which he mentioned his daughter "Merraba Folger".