General Notes

Gyles Gibbes came to America in 1630 with his wife, Katherine Gibbes.  They were part of the company of one hundred and forty Puritans from the counties of Devon, Dorset and Somersetshire, England, who sailed with Rev. John Warham and Rev. John Maverick as pastors, in the ship "Mary and John," from Plymouth, England on March 20, 1630.  They arrived at Nantasket on May 30, 1630 and all the passengers first settled at Mattapan which was renamed Dorchester (Massachusetts).  He was a freeman and grantee of land at Dorchester in 1633 and a selectman there in 1634. 

He moved to Windsor, Connecticut early and was buried there on May 21, 1641.  His will directed that his eldest son should be apprenticed to some godly man for 5 years, and he "would have the lot over the Great River", if he faithfully served out his time.  To his children Samuel, Benjamin, and Sarah he gave 20 pounds each; to Jacob his house, home-lots, and all lots west of the River, after the demise of his mother.  His estate was valued at 76 pounds, 18s., 8d. and his widow Katherine was appointed his executor.  She died October 24, 1660

(Families of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut - Stiles, Henry R. - 1892 - Vol. II, page 287)
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A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, BEFORE 1692 - Vol. 2 - Savage, James - 1860-62:

GIBBS, GILES, Dorchester 1630, prob. came in the Mary and John, freem. 4 Mar. 1633, was selectman 1634, rem. to Windsor, there d. 21 May 1641. His will, of three days bef. names w. Catharine, and ch. Gregory, b. 1640, Samuel, Benjamin, Sarah, and Jacob, all minors; and perhaps all b. on our side of the ocean. Sarah m. John Share, it is said; but wh. he was, is undiscov.


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