Deacon Timothy GIBSON

Deacon Timothy GIBSON

Male 1679 - 1757  (78 years)

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  • Name Timothy GIBSON  [2
    • A son of John & Rebecca (Harrington) Gibson. He married Rebecca Gates on November 17, 1700 at Concord, MA.

      "Timothy Gibson was one of the thirty-one signers of the petition for a church at the west precinct, now the centre of Sudbury, dated January 15, 1706-07. The church at Rocky Point, as Sudbury Centre was then called, was not built until 1723. The original church, where all in the vicinity worshiped from 1639 to 1723, was in East Sudbury, now Wayland, Massachusetts. The first bridge over the Assabet river was built between land of Gibson on one side and Burk on the other, by vote of the town, December 14, 1715. Timothy Gibson also owned land in Cambridge and Lunenburg. The records show that Ephraim Sawtelle sold land to Timothy Gibson about June 25, 1723. Five or six other lots were granted to him. Of his sons, John, Harrington, Isaac and Reuben settled in Lunenburg. They were men of great personal prowess, and they and their descendants were prominent in the town. Timothy Gibson removed to Stow between December 6, 1728, and February 24, 1731-32. He was selectman of Stow, 1734. 1735. 1736 and 1739. He was one of those who dissented from the vote to give Rev. John Gardner sixty pounds May 17, 1736. He was a deacon of the church while Gardner was the pastor. His homestead in Stow lay on the south slope of Pomciticut Hill. He deeded his homestead to his son Stephen ten years before he died, and the place descended in the family in this way until 1823, when it was sold. In 1826 it was bought by the Maynard family, who called it Summer Hill Farm. The northwest part of Sudbury, including Assabet village and the northeast part of Stow, including the hill and the Gibson homestead, were incorporated April 19, 1871, as the town of Maynard."

      Source: "Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity." by Ellery Bicknell Crane, 1907, Vol. 4, pp. 133-134

      Posted on Find A Grave created by: Diana L. race
      Sponsored by Robert Gibson [1]
    Prefix Deacon 
    Birth 1679  Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Jul 1757  Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Lower Village Cemetery, Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I24787  Main Tree
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2022 

    Family 1 Rebekah GATES,   b. 23 Jul 1682, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1754, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1700  Concord, Masachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Abraham GIBSON,   b. Abt 1701, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Nov 1740, Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F04087  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2022 

    Family 2 Submit CLAPP,   b. 2 Aug 1683   d. 19 Jan 1759, Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F5225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1679 - Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Nov 1700 - Concord, Masachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Deacon Timothy Gibson Headstone
    Deacon Timothy Gibson Headstone
    Timothy Gibson is the husband of (1) Rebekah Gates and (2) Submit Clapp. He is buried in the Lower Village Cemetery in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

    Created by: Diana L. Brace
    Photo added by: Amy Levesque

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S02768] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1966, Vol. 120.