1575 "The xijth day of Aprill Alice Clarke the daughter of Richard Clarke was baptized" in Moulton, Northamptonshire. [1]
1595 "Thomas Gibson" and "Alice Clarke" were married on "the xxixthe daye" of September at St. Sepulchre, Northampton, Northamptonshire. [2]
1601 "The xiijth day of September was Martha Gibson the daughter of Thomas Gibson of Northampton, baptized" in Moulton, Northamptonshire. [3]
1604 "Elizabeth filia Thome Gybson baptizat fuit ixo die" of September at All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire. [4]
1609/10 "Alice uxor Thome Gybson sepult fuit xxijo die" of January at All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire. [5]
1610 "Thomas Gybson et Ellin Allin nupt fuer xxvjo die" of November at All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire. [6]
1626 "Ellin vxor Thome Gibson sepult fuit vijo die" of October at All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire. [7]
1646 A "Thomas Gibson Gunsmith sepult fuit 28th die" of November at All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire. [8]
Research Notes:
The following two families are possible families for Thomas Gibson:
1. Father: William Gibson of Moulton:
1565 "Item the xvth day of August Henry Gibson the son of William Gibson was baptized in Moulton, Northamptonshire." [9]
1567 "Item the xvth day of August Henry Gibson the son of William Gibson was baptized in Moulton, Northamptonshire." [10]
1569 "Item the xxiiijth day of March Thomas Gibson the son of William Gibson was baptized" in Moulton, Northamptonshire. [11]
1602 The will of William Gibson, yeoman of Moulton, was proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Northampton. [12]
2. Father: William Gibson, rector of Great Houghton:
1574 "Thomas Gibson ye sonne of Sir William Gibson was baptised ye xxvth of September" in Great Houghton, Northamptonshire. [13]
1577 "Martha Gibson ye daughter of Sir William Gibson was baptised ye vijth of April" in Great Houghton, Northamptonshire. [14]
1580 "Joseph Gibson ye sonne of Sir William Gibson was baptised ye first of September" in Great Houghton, Northamptonshire. [15]
1582/83 "Marie Gibson ye daughter of Sir William Gibson was baptised ye 4 of Januarie" in Great Houghton, Northamptonshire. [16]
1593 "Jesper Gibson ye sonne of William Gibsonne ye vickar of preston was buried ye 17 of December" in Great Houghton, Northamptonshire. [17]
1597 "William Gibson vickar of preston was buried ye iiijth of November" in Great Houghton, Northamptonshire. [18]
1597 "Marie Gibson ye daughter of William Gibson being the vicker of preston, was burie ye xth of November" in Great Houghton, Northamptonshire. [19]
1625/26 "Katherina Gybson vidua sepult' fuit xix die" of January at All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire.[20]
Longden provides a biographical sketch of William Gibson, [21]
Gibson (Gybson), Sir William.-- Clerk. (Br. j. 382). C. Great Houghton, Northants, oc. 30 Aug. 1561 (Bishop's Vis.. V. of Preston Deanery, inst. 8 Sept. 1564. Aged 45 in 1576 (L.C.. bur. 4 Nov. 1597 at Great Houghton.
m. Katharine.
Issue:
1 s. Thomas, chr. 25 Sept. 1574 at Gt. H.
2 s. Joseph, chr. 1 Sept. 1580 at Gt. H.
3 s. Jesper, bur. 17 Dec. 1593 at Gt. H.
4 s. Arthur.
1 d. Martha, chr. 7 April 1577 at Gt. H.
2 d. Mary, chr. 4 Jan. 1583 (perhaps 1582-3) at Gr. H., bur. there 16 Nov. 1595.
Will as William Gibson of Great Houghton, clerk, dated 29 Sept. 1597. To be buried in the par. church of Great Houghton or churchyard.
To my dau. Martha £3 6s. 8d., to my son Thomas 40s. to son Joseph 40s. each at 21, to my dau. Mary Gibson 40s. at 22. To son Arthur certain monies due but unpaid in 1595, £10 14s. 0d. to be paid by Mr. Hartwell of Preston "before my entrance to be Vicar of Preston."
Rest to my wife Katherine, exec., by me William Gibson, Vicar of Preston.
Wit. Francis Smith, minister.
Pr. 28 Jan. 1597-8 by exec. Invent. £82. (Arch. North. 1st S. w 20)
Witness to will of Rowland Southwicke of Great Houghton 1 June 1562 as curate.
[Addendum:] Non-graduate, ordained by Nicholas, Bishop of Lincoln, 20 Nov. 1560, Scholar. [22]
There were two men named Thomas Gibson whose children were baptized in Moulton in the early 1600s. One record calls the father Thomas Gibson of Northampton (see above, 1601). The other records do not.
1595/96 "The sixt day of March Geffry Gibson the sonne of Thomas Gibson was baptized" at Moulton, Northamptonshire. [23]
1600 "The same day [xiijth day of January] Jane Gibson the daughter of Thomas Gibsn was baptized" in Moulton, Northamptonshire. [24]
1601 "The same day [the viijth of March] Jane Gibson the daughter of Thomas Gibson was baptized" in Moulton, Northamptonshire. [25]
1603 "The viijth day of day of May Will'm Gibson the sonne of Thomas Gibson was baptized" in Moulton, Northamptonshire. [26]
1605 "The xxviij day of Aprill Susanna Gibson ye daughter of Thomas Gibson was baptized" in Moulton, Northamptonshire. [27]
1606 "The same day [the xxvijth day of July] Grace Gibson the daughter of of Thomas Gibson was baptized" in Moulton, Northamptonshire. [28]
1609 "Sarah Gibson the daughter of Thomas Gibson was bap. the same day [26 day of March]" in Moulton, Northamptonshire. [29]
1613/14 "Alice Gybson daughter of Thomas Gybson was bapt. ye 27th of Feb:" in Moulton, Northamptonshire. [30]
1615-1616 Thomas Gibson witnessed the Moulton parish register as churchwarden, following baptism records dated September 1615 and March 1615/16 and following a burial entry dated February 1615/16. [31] [32] [33]
1616 "Thomas Gibson the sonne of Thomas Gibson & of Alice his wife was baptized the eleventh day of August" in Moulton, Northamptonshire. [34]
1622 "Grace Gibsone Daughter of Thomas Gibsone was buryed September 26" in Moulton, Northamptonshire. [35]
1622 Sara Gibsone Daughter of Thomas Gibsone was buryed November 12" in Moulton, Northamptonshire. [36]
There was also a Thomas Gibson and wife Alice whose children were baptized in Easton Maudit.
1597 "Thoas Gibson et Alica Houghton matrimonium contraxt 12o die Septembris" in Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire. [37]
1598 "Elizabeth Gibson daughter of Thoas & Alice Gibson was baptised x of Julie" in Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire. [38]
1600/01 "Decimo tertio die Januarij Ao pto. baptizatus erat Jacobus Gibson filius Thomae Gibson et Aliciae uxoris euis" in Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire. [39]
1603 "Decimo quarto die Augusti Ao pd. baptizatus erat Thomas Gibson filius Thome Gibson et Aliciae uxoris euis" in Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire. [40]
1613 "Thomas Gibson Teylor(?) sepultus erat xxiiijto" die Aprilis Ao pd." in Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire. [41]
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[2] Northamptonshire Record Office, 241p/1, Northampton St Sepulchre Parish Register, 1566-1723, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] Northamptonshire Record Office, 223p/1, Northampton All Saints Parish Register, 1559-1722, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] Northamptonshire Record Office, 223p/1, Northampton All Saints Parish Register, 1559-1722, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] Northamptonshire Record Office, 223p/1, Northampton All Saints Parish Register, 1559-1722, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] Northamptonshire Record Office, 223p/1, Northampton All Saints Parish Register, 1559-1722, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[8] Northamptonshire Record Office, 223p/1, Northampton All Saints Parish Register, 1559-1722, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[10] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[11] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[12] Northamptonshire And Rutland Probate Index, Northamptonshire Family History Society, Findmypast.com, [URL].
[13] Northamptonshire Record Office, 175p/1, Great Houghton Parish Register, 1558-1667, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[14] Northamptonshire Record Office, 175p/1, Great Houghton Parish Register, 1558-1667, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[15] Northamptonshire Record Office, 175p/1, Great Houghton Parish Register, 1558-1667, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[16] Northamptonshire Record Office, 175p/1, Great Houghton Parish Register, 1558-1667, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[17] Northamptonshire Record Office, 175p/1, Great Houghton Parish Register, 1558-1667, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[18] Northamptonshire Record Office, 175p/1, Great Houghton Parish Register, 1558-1667, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[19] Northamptonshire Record Office, 175p/1, Great Houghton Parish Register, 1558-1667, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[20] Northamptonshire Record Office, 223p/1, Northampton All Saints Parish Register, 1559-1722, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[21] Henry Isham Longden, Northamptonshire and Rutland Clergy From 1500, 15 vols. (Northampton: Archer & Goodman, 1938-1943), V:223.
[22] P. I. King and J. Hotine, eds., Northamptonshire and Rutland Clergy From 1500 to 1900, Indexes, Addenda & Corrigenda to 1942, Vol. 16 (Northampton: The Northamptonshire Record Society, 1952), 63.
[23] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[24] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[25] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[26] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[27] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[28] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[29] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[30] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[31] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage].
[32] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage].
[33] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage].
[34] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[35] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[36] Northamptonshire Record Office, 214P/13, Moulton Parish Register, 1565-1740, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[37] Northamptonshire Record Office, 111P/1, Easton Maudit Parish Register, 1539-1812, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[38] Northamptonshire Record Office, 111P/1, Easton Maudit Parish Register, 1539-1812, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[39] Northamptonshire Record Office, 111P/1, Easton Maudit Parish Register, 1539-1812, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[40] Northamptonshire Record Office, 111P/1, Easton Maudit Parish Register, 1539-1812, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[41] Northamptonshire Record Office, 111P/1, Easton Maudit Parish Register, 1539-1812, Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].