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Joseph A Gibbs

(c 1831-)
FatherLinus Gibbs (1791-1868)
MotherPolly Sackett (1795-1872)
Joseph A Gibbs, farmer, son of Linus Gibbs and Polly Sackett, was born in Blandford, Hampden County, MassachusettsG, in about 1831.1,2 He married in Westhampton, Hampshire County, MassachusettsG, on 24 November 1857, Hannah A Fish, daughter of John Fish and Mercy ___.3 Hannah was born in BlandfordG in about 1834.2
     In 1850 Joseph was living in BlandfordG in the household of his parents Linus and Polly, and was recorded in the census as Joseph Gibbs, aged 19 and born in Massachusetts.4
     Joseph was named in his father's will made at Blandford on 18 June 1867. He was to inherit equally with her siblings after their mother's death.

 Notes & Citations

  1. Census.
  2. Marriage record.
  3. "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840–1915" (Ancestry image), "24 Nov 1857, Westhampton, MA, Joseph A Gibbs, of Blandford, 24, farmer, b. Blandford, father Linus Gibbs, mother Polly Gibbs; and Hannah A Fish, 23, of Westhampton, b. Blandford, father John Fish, mother Mercy Fish. Both 1st m. By Rev Roswell Foster, Congl Clergyman, Westhampton."
  4. 1850 United States Federal Census, Roll 318, p 124a
    Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, 26 Aug 1850
    Gibbs, Linus, 60, farmer, real estate $5000, b. MA
    Gibbs, Polly, 57, b. MA
    Gibbs, Nelson, 22, laborer, b. MA
    Gibbs, Joseph, 19, laborer, b. MA
    Gibbs, Ellen, 14, b. MA
    Gibbs, Arthur, 13, b. MA.
Sackett line6th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Generation.Tree7O.3
Last Edited8 Mar 2022
See also Thurmon King's New Sackett Family Database
4953 Joseph A Gibbs
 

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