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- GIBSON, Richard of G4, in 1656 per Thompson. Probably the same as Richard Gibbs.
Richard an original patentee came from Oyster Bay on Long Island
12 Dec 1667 Middletown, Monmouth, NJ elected constable, Justice of Peace.
Farm near Nut Swamp, 500 Acres at Lot 7, Middletown. NJ
GIBBINS or GIBBINE, RIGHARD, G4 in 1651 and 1656 schout or sheriff in 1651 and '53, as per p. 131 Cal. of NY. This Dutch man was one of the patentees or purchasers of Middletown, NJ in 1669, as per p. 73 of Vol. I of Raum's NJ.
Signed his name "Richard Gibbine."
. Richard Gibson, aged 25, as transported to Barbaddoes in 1635, as per Hotten's Emigrants.
Patentee of Monmouth County
(That is, besides the King,) the first land owners in Monmouth Co., NJ were: Richard Hartborn, Richard Stout, Sr. & Jr., Peter Tilton, Richard Gibbons, Capt. William Lawrence, &
John Wilson, 249 Acres, 1676 Jan 10, £164, plus yearly Quit Rent, 10 shillings 4.5 pence.
. 1664 Aug - the Dutch at New Amsterdam surrendered to the English, the Gravesend men made another & a successful effort to purchase land of the Indians & within a few months made 2 other purchases... from Popomora, chief of the Neverink Indians to James Hubbard, John Bowne, John Tilton, Jr., Richard Stout, Wm. Goulding & Samuel Spicer, all of Gravesend.
The interpreters were John Tilton, Sr., James Bowne, John Horabin, Randall Huet & John Wilson. The fact of these men being interpreters shows that they previously had had considerable intercourse with the Indians.
. 1655 Oct 20 - Gravesend was surrounded by hostile Indians; the residents sent a letter to the Governor asking for protection, & in response 20 men were sent from New Amsterdam.
(Because Richard Gibbons had treated the natives honestly, they had been forewarned by some other friendly natives. All along Long Island the natives attached settlements because of being ill treated. - PJA)
Ref: This Old Monmouth of Ours, Wm. S. Horner, Moreau Brothers of Freehold, NJ., 1932.
. 1664 Aug - the Dutch at New Amsterdam surrendered to the English, the Gravesend men made another & a successful effort to purchase land of the Indians & within a few months made 2 other purchases... from Popomora, chief of the Neverink Indians to James Hubbard, John Bowne, John Tilton, Jr., Richard Stout, Wm. Goulding & Samuel Spicer, all of Gravesend.
The interpreters were John Tilton, Sr., James Bowne, John Horabin, Randall Huet & John Wilson. The fact of these men being interpreters shows that they previously had had considerable intercourse with the Indians.
. 1670 - Along with Capt. Wm. Lawrence ... John Willson one of the original purchasers of land of the Indians named 1667. He was awarded Town Lot 3 at Middletown & also outlands.
In 1670 he was chose deputy. He is frequently named subsequently.
. 1675, Oct. 9 - Thomas Applegate, Sr., of the Falls, bought of Richard Gibbons, one hundred acres, in Nutswamp, Middletown, "where he doth build his house."
. 1678. John Crawford, Gentlemen, from Ayrshire, Scotland, bought a house and lot, in Middletown, N. J., from Richard Gibbons and his wife. (He was a mariner & a member of the Whale Fishing Company His wife's name was Abigail. )
. 1684-5, Mar. 30. John Crawford, of Middletown, sold to Richard Hartshorne, 100 acres of land, on the South side of said town, adjoining the home lots of Richard Stout, Richard Gibbons & John Smith.
. 1687, Dec. 3. John Crawford, of Middletown, Gentleman, received a grant of land from the Proprietors, bounded by Richard Gibbons & John Wilson, the elder, containing 200 acres, & lying in Nutswamp. This property is still occupied by his descendants (1910).
. 1693, Aug. S. John Crafford, Sr., of Middletown, sold to Richard Hartshorne the 16 acre home-lot, bought of Richard Gibbons, in 1678.
. 1684 Aug. 24. WILL of GIBBINS, Richard, of Middletown. Letters of administration on the Estate of, granted to Elizabeth GIBBINS, widow, & Mordicah GIBBINS, planter, both of Middletown.
. 1684 Aug. 24. Bond of Mordicah GIBBINS as administrator of the Estate of Richard Gibbons,
William WHITELOCKE of Middletown, planter, fellow bondsman. Monmouth Wills.
. SERGEANT RICHARD GIBBONS, Patentee, came here from Oyster Bay. He is said to have sometimes written his name "Gibbine:
He was Constable, & filled other offices. Lot No. 7 was awarded to him at Middletown. He lived near Nut Swamp, & his farm is said to have been of 500 acres. He was a Justice of the peace. His death took place in the summer of 1684.
The Christian name of his wife was Elizabeth.
Their children were: Mordecai, (1), who married Rebecca Grover & had children . Richard, Benjamin, who married Mary & it supposed, James & Johanna; a son whose name is not known; (2),
Johanna,(3), who married Thomas Applegate, &, it is believed,
Ruth,(4), who married, 6-24-1686, William Lawrence.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - - [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
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1620 - 1684 (64 years)