Gibbs, Wareham

Birth Name Gibbs, Wareham 1a 2a 1b 2b 3a 4a 5a
Gramps ID I100114
Gender male
Age at Death 58 years, 7 months, 28 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E158842] 1734-05-04 Litchfield,Litchfield,CT  
1c 2c 1d 2d
Birth [E158843] 1734-05-04 Litchfield, Connecticut  
3b 4b 5b
Death [E158844] 1793    
1e 2e 1f 2f
Death [E158845] about 1793 Hebron, New York  
3c 4c 5c

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Gibbs, Zebulon [I129158]1711-08-101803-01-08
Mother Woodruff, Eunice [I129180]1710-04-071793-12-29
         Gibbs, Wareham [I100114] 1734-05-04 1793
    Sister     Gibbs, Sylvia [I129165] 1736 WFT 1737-1830
    Brother     Gibbs, Aaron [I129733] 1735/6-03-01 (Julian) WFT 1737-1826
    Brother     Gibbs, Zebulon [I100116] 1737-10-10 WFT 1738-1827
    Sister     Gibbs, Eunice [I114795] 1739-11-02 WFT 1755-1833
    Brother     Gibbs, Eliakim [I100118] 1745-03-29 WFT 1746-1835
    Sister     Gibbs, Ruth [I100119] 1751-05-09 WFT 1752-1845

Families

    Family of Gibbs, Wareham and Spencer, Eunice [F39830]
Married Wife Spencer, Eunice [I129094] ( * 1738-07-30 + WFT 1770-1832 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E338159] 1756-03-04    
3d 4d 5d
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Gibbs, Darius [I129183]1759-02-091811-01-09
Gibbs, Spencer [I129163]1762-01-26WFT 1763-1852
Gibbs, Dorcas [I129184]1763-07-15WFT 1764-1857
Gibbs, Mariam [I129164]17671767-04-04
Gibbs, Sheldon [I129156]1768-03-271840-07-16

Narrative

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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 4, Ed. 1, Tree #1353, Date of Import: Nov 9, 1998]

Captain Wareham Gibbs, of Litchfield, Connecticut, began his service in the War of the Revolution as a 1st Lt. in 8th Co. of Col. Hinman's
connecticut Troops (4th Regiment). The officers of this company were:
Captain John Sedgewick of Cornwall, 1st Lt. Wareham Gibbs of Litchfield, 2nd Lt. John Thompson of Litchfield, Ensign Matthew Pattterson of Cornwall. This regiment was raised on the first call for troops in April and May, 1775. Upon the surprise of Ticonderoga May 10, 1775, Gov. Trumbull ordered this regiment to march as soon as possible to secure that post and Crown Point against recapture. The regiment reached Ticonderoga in June. It took part in the operations in the expiration of its term of service in December 1775. Also in 1776 the Continental Assembly voted to raise 4 State Battallions to join the Continental Army near New York to serve until March 1777. These Battalions served under General Wooster on the Westchester border and under General Spencer in Rhode Island. Wareham Gibbs was 1st Lt. of one Company. In 1778 he commanded a company of Invasion in July 1779. Wareham Gibbs, ancestor, assisted in estahblishing American Independence, while acting in the capacity of soldier.
Records of Connecticut State Troops
Hinman's Connecticut Settler's 1st Edition, 213
National Numbers 391905, 117204, 169855, 85067
D.A.R. Lineage Book, Vol. 118, 117001, 118000, Page 64.
Wareham was the grandson of Capt. Benjamin Gibbs, original proprietor, Windson (Litchfield, Conn. Kilbourne, p.38.
Wareham's father was Zebulon Gibbs, b. 8/19/1711, Windsor, Conn., d. 1/8/1803, Litchfield, Conn. History of Litchfield, Conn. 1720-1920 by White, p. 43 says Zebulon Gibbs was nine years old when father, Benjamin, brought him to Litchfield in 1720. He died in 1803, age 92. His younger brother, Gershom Gibbs was the first male child born in Litchfield, Conn. Gershom Gibbs b. 7/28/1721, Litchfield, Conn., died in prison ship after having been taken prisoner at Fort Washington 12/19/1776 - White, p. 43.
There is a record of 10 children for Wareham, the last one was born in 1778, no record of Wareham's death. One of the chldren was Sheldon who had 8 children. One of these was Simon whose dughter, Charlotte, was my great-grandmother.

Pedigree

  1. Gibbs, Zebulon [I129158]
    1. Woodruff, Eunice [I129180]
      1. Gibbs, Wareham
        1. Spencer, Eunice [I129094]
          1. Gibbs, Darius [I129183]
          2. Gibbs, Spencer [I129163]
          3. Gibbs, Dorcas [I129184]
          4. Gibbs, Mariam [I129164]
          5. Gibbs, Sheldon [I129156]
      2. Gibbs, Sylvia [I129165]
      3. Gibbs, Aaron [I129733]
      4. Gibbs, Zebulon [I100116]
      5. Gibbs, Eunice [I114795]
      6. Gibbs, Eliakim [I100118]
      7. Gibbs, Ruth [I100119]

Ancestors

Source References

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