The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-01

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formation regarding tho Gibbs. OF
Gibbes. family Of Virginia.
Though no direct arms are ascribet
to the Virginia Gibbeses. yet the,
came early to the colony. and from
similarity OF arms of tho South Caro-
lima and Massachusetts families o
Gibbes with the Gibbeses Of England
there is reason to believe that they are
all Of the same English stock.
Burke gives tho family az first set
tied In somersetshire 1900. From then
descended Philip Gibbes. created bar
onet 1774, through whom the family in
America arc found.
The Gibbeses of Massachusetts emil
grated from Warwick, England. 1860.
Robert Gibbs being tho first: his son
Robert being Governor OF the State OF
South Carolina. 1909. and from him
the Hon. w. II. Gibbes. OF Columbia
S. G. Both the Massachusetts, and South
Carolina Gibbeses (and Gibbses) beat
the same English coat Of arms. de-
scribed as follows: ~ shield sable,
bearing three battle axes. argent. Crest
An endowed arm in armor, holding
a battle ak. argent. Motto: TenaS
propositi," the only difference between
the two being the Massachusetts fam
lily bearing three broken fitting spears,
or, while the South Carolina family
retain tho three battle axes. as of Eng
| land.
The motto. "Tenax propositi" (irm
oI,..a l,.,I1 las,
both branches. 1t Is family tradi-
ton in Virginia that three brothers,
who Were carpenters, came over and
settled In Virginia between the six
teenth and seventeenth centuries, and
we find among the first adventurers
to Virginia. 1920, the name OF "Thomas
Gibbs, ESQ., Hsning mentions William
Gibbs quite carly. and we also find In
Tho Cradle OF the Republic" mention
made Of Lieutenant John Gibbs, who,
with Captain John Ward, represented
Wards Creek" in the first General
Assembly of the Colony. about that
the three first emigrants spoken of.
Next the family arc found in Chess
terfeld county. and eventually many
moved to Spotsylvania and the upper
counties. Their names arc also enroll
cd among the early militia Francis
Gibbs being II. Captain Hogg's com
pany of Rangers In the French andS1n-
dian Wars receiving bounty and being
discharged 1858. Joseph Gibbs was in
Captain Stobs's company with Wash
Eington at Great Meadows. 1854. and
received bounty money.
Thomas Gibbs had died 1863, as Pc
ter NIarye. of Spotsylvania. was his
administrator that year.
In 1888 there were living in Spot
sylvania, st. Marks Parish. zachariah
Gibbs. and James Gibbs, who was still
living 1872
There is no doubt but the Gibbs, or
Gibbes, family were among the first
to settle in the state. and their con-
nection with Wards Creek" next to the
Harrison estate. which was named for
Captain John Ward, who patented 1900
acres along James River and the lands
east Of the creek, being represented by
Lieutenant John Gibbs In the drst AS
sembly at Jamestown, gives evidence
that he was among the royal peers OF
England, who enlisted so earnestly in
the cause of tho colony. 'Ward's
Creek" afterwards was included In the
Hoor estate.
We find the name also OF John Gibbs
In Westmoreland county, doubtless a
descendant of the above. who married
a Miss Pinston G. Askins on October
4. 1917. Charles Gibbs was living there