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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Kent => England => Kent Lookup Requests => Topic started by: MattD30 on Monday 25 September 17 23:17 BST (UK)
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Hi
Is anyone able to do some look ups in the parish registers of Crundale and Wye. I am looking for a number of people with the surname Gibbs (or Gibbes) who are referred to in a couple of Wills I have.
One of the wills I have is the 1712 will of Lawrence Gibbs. In it he mentions his daughter Margaret and his grandson John Kennett (my ancestor). According to a transcript I've seen online Margaret was born in 1673 to Lawrence and Mary Gibbs, however I cannot find a marriage for Lawrence and Mary. I know that Lawrence had other children who are named in the Will and whose christenings I have, but in these cases the mother is down as Margaret. In his Will Lawrence names his wife as Margaret. Could someone have mis-trancribed or mis-read Margaret (Margt?) as Mary? Or are there two wives.
More to follow
Matt
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www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi
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www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi
Thanks for the link. Unfortunately so far Familysearch hasn't revealed any result.
Matt
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Archersoftware is beyond familysearch,have you read the introduction?
Batch I 010472 shows 76 results for Gibbs 1608-1744.
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There are just two GIBBS marriages in Wye (Ss Gregory & Martin)
No full dates, only the year.
1681
GIBBS Laurence (Notes: Crundale) to MILLS Margaret (Notes: Wye)
1653
GIBBS Lawrence to AUSTIN illegible (W)
Illegible, so annoying!
Betty
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Assuming for the moment that Mrs 'Illegible' Austin was his first wife & died, I've looked for a burial in Wye between 1653 & 1681 for a female GIBBS.
There's only one, Elizabeth in 1680, but she's described as a widow.