Arthur Phillip
During the time that HMS "Sirius" was careened, in June 1789, Governor Arthur Phillip lead an expedition which resulted in the discovery of the Hawkesbury River. From stories that his father had told him, Hibbs' son, Peter Kenney Hibbs Junior, claimed that Hibbs was chosen by Governor Arthur Phillip as a crewman for this expedition, and at that time Hibbs "took a fancy to a piece of land" that he was later granted. There is no primary independent evidence to verify these claims.