GIBBS Family*
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It is not known by this researacher where the Gibbs originally hailed from before coming to America, but in 1805 the progenitor for the Pee Dee family line was born in North Carolina. Capt. Cannon Gibbs moved to South Carolina before 1820, and he took for his wife a Welthy Hyman who was not long widowed from a marriage to John Eaton Hyman (son of John Hyman of North Carolina). Cannon Gibbs was 19 and widow Wealthy, 34. There were three children from the previous Hyman marriage: William, Elizabeth and John.
Here is the first Gibbs family in South Carolina:
Husband: Gibbs, Captain Cannon
Born: 1805, North Carolina
Died: 1857, South Carolina
Wife: Unknown Maiden, Welthy
Born: About 1790, North Carolina?
Died: About 1871, South Carolina
Child 1: Gibbs, John W.
Born:
Died: 1859,
Spouse: McNeil, Sarah Frances (1830-1905)
Child 2: Gibbs, Gideon Thomas
Born: 1830, South Carolina
Died: 1865,
Spouse: Cain, Mary (Polly) (1827-)
Child 3: Gibbs, Joseph S.
Born: 1824, South Carolina
Died: 1891, South Carolina
Spouses: Cain, Mary (1831-1867)
Hyman, Frances Eleanor (1840-?)
Child 4: Gibbs, Martha Ann Caroline
Born: 1829, South Carolina
Died: 1890, South Carolina
Spouse: Cain, William E. (1820-1864)
Child 5: Gibbs, Henrietta
Born: 1837, South Carolina
Died: 1905, South Carolina
Spouse: Kirton, Henry Phillip (1829-1906)
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