The Gibbons Family

Town Records

Name:    Elisabeth Baldwin
Event Type:    Death
Death Date:    25 Apr 1696
Death Place:    Springfield, Massachusetts

Name:    William Warriner
Event Type:    Death
Death Date:    2 Jun 1676
Death Place:    Springfield, Massachusetts

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Church Records

Name:    John Gibbins
Event Type:    Baptism
Baptism Date:    7 Sep 1634
Baptism Place:    Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, England
Parish:    Fenny Compton
Father:    William Gibbins
Mother:    Ursula Gibbins

Christening record of John Gibbins

Source: Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1040; Document Reference: DR 103; Ancestry.com. Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Warwickshire Anglican Registers. Warwick, England: Warwickshire County Record Office.

Freemanship Records

Name:    Joseph Baldwin
Date:    11 May 1670
Residence:    Hadley
Original Source:    C. R., Vol. IV. p. 651.

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Paige, Lucius R.. List of Freemen of Massachusetts. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1849.

Probate Records

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Gibbons, William, Hartford. Invt. £1499-14-05. Taken 2 December, 1655, by John White, Andrew Bacon, Nathaniel Ward. Will dated 26 February, 1654-5 :
I, William Gibbins, of Hartford, upon ye River of Connecticutt, yeoman, being of perfect memory and soundness of mind, — make and ordayne this my last will & testament: Imp. I give unto my wife Ursula Gibbons her full thirds of ye proffitts, rents and revenues of all my houses & Lands in Hartford, Wethersfield & Pequett, during her naturall lyfe, except A prsell of swamp bought of Robert Bates, lying in Wethersfield, & a prcell of Land lying in Pennywise, which I bequeath by this my will as followes: As alsoe I give and bequeathe unto my wife Ursula the whole proffits & revenues of ye foresd houses & Landes, viz., the whole of my houses & landes in Wethersfield both of ye East & West side of ye river, untill my daughter Mary Gibbons shall be married or untill shee bee of ye age of eighteen years ; Alsoe the whole of my houses & Landes at Hartford & Pequett, until my daughter Sarah shall bee married or 18 years of age; (and after this age) my will is that my sd wyfe shall yet have Interest in the free and full use of one of the sellers, the Parlor & ye roomes over the Parlor, for & during her naturall life, as also her thirds of ye orchard & Garden. I give to my daughter Mary Gibbons, at her Marriadge or at 18 years of age, the full & sole propriety in all my Houses & Lands in Weathersfield, both on ye East and west side of ye River, to bee to her and her heirs forever. Except the thirds of ye Revenewes or Rents of yt to her mother during her life & ye prsell of Swampe bought of Robt Bates & the Land at Pennywise, wch sd. thirds given to her Mother shall after her decease be to my sd. daughter Mary & her heirs forever. Item. I give unto my daughter Sarah Gibbons, at her marridge or when shee shall attayne ye age of 18 years, the full & sole Propriety in all my Houses & Lands at Hartford & Pequett, to bee to her & her heirs forever, except the one thirds of ye profitts & revenewes thereof unto my sd. wife Ursula during her naturall lyfe, & ye Use of ye Seller, the parlor, & ye Roomes above ye Parlor, wch after her decease shall bee to my sd. daughter Sarah & her heirs forever. Ite. I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary one third part & to my daughter Sarah one third & to my wyfe one third of all my Goods, Chattells, debts & other moveables, both within dores & without, my just debts & legesies beeinge discharged. My will is, that the one third part of those foresd goods & debts shall bee to my wyfe's proper use & dispose as her owne propr estate; And for ye twoe thirds of ye aforesd goods, I give unto my twoe daughters to bee to ym & ye heirs for ever, to bee improved by ye advise of my overseers for ym until they attayne ye foresd age of eighteene years or are maried ; And if Eyther of my sd Daughters depart this lyfe before they bee married or atayne ye age of eighteen years, — then my will is that ye estate given to yt daughter that soe deseaseth shalbee Inioyd by (that) child yt Survives; & if eyther of ym depart this lyfe after they are Married, & have noe Issue, then ye one halfe of ye estate given to yt sd daughter shalbee to her husband & ye other halfe to my survivinge childe. Item. My will further is, that when ye providence of God shall despose of my daughters for marridge, that then they shall consult wth their mother & my overseers herein. Item. My will is to give to my brothers Richard, Jon & Thomas Gibbons, in England, twenty shillings a peece, & to ye Children wch are liveinge at my decease lo Shillings apeece. Item. I give to my sister Hidgcoke £5 wch shee shal inioy while shee lives & dispose of yt to yt Child shee sees most deserveing. I give to the Children of my sister Hidgcocke wch are liveinge at my decease the sum of £15 to be equally divided amongst ym. Item. I give to my bro. Hidgcocke one sute & Coate of weareinge Apparrell. Item. I give his son Jno Hidgcocke one prsell of Swampe, about 9 acres, bought of Robt Bates, lieing at Wethersfield, to him & his heirs forever. Item. I give my Land at Pennywise, nowe in ye Tennoe of Jon Sadler, towards the Mayntenance of a Lattin scoole at Hartford provided ye fence be continued in ye same Line & Way of Common fence angle as yt nowe is ; & for ye prsent, until ye Lease I have made to Jno Sadler bee expired, I give out of ye Rent due from Jno Sadler 50 Shillings yearly. Item. I give to my honord friend Mr. Samuel Stone £5, & to Mr. Huett of Windsor 40 Shillings, & to Mr. Warham, Mr. Newton, Mr. James Fitch, Mr. Russell & Mr. Stoe, 20 Shillings apeece. Item. I give to Mr. Samuel Welles & Mrs Mary Welles £5 apece, & to Mr. John Moudy £3. Item. I give to my man Isaacke Stiles £3 in case my wyfe & Overseers or any twoe of ym thinke hime deserveing ; and to my man Henry One yeare of his time; & alsoe I give to ye Artillery in Hartford 40 Shillings ; & for ye time of payment of these foresd. sumes by legacies I leave yt to ye descreeson of my Overseers, wthin 2, 3 or 4 years. Item. I give to my trusty & beloved friends Mr. Samuel ffitch & Richard Lord the sum of £5 apeece, whom I intreat, appoynt & ordayne to bee Overseers & Supervisors of this my last Will & Testament, intreeatenge them to bee carefull & faythfull in descharge of ye Trust comitted to ym. Lastly I doe appoynt my beeloved wyfe Ursula Gibbons to bee sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament, leaveinge & comittinge the Care & Education of my Children in ye feare of God & all such other ways as may most advantage ym as they are capable of. In Witness hereunto I have sette my Hand. I leave ye Care of my comely cristian burial to my wyfe & Overseers.
Witness: Jasper Gunne, William Gibbons.
Luke X Hitchcock.

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Hitchcock, Luke, Wethersfield. Invt. £452-00-00. Taken 28 November, 1659, by John Russell Sen, John Hubbard, Thomas Welles. Will dated 17 October 1659: I Luke Hitchcock of Wethersfield, being at present in some weakness of body yet of in soundness of mynde & strength of memory, Considering my mortality and knowing it to be my duty to provide for my ffamily and to settle my estate, that I may leave noe occasion of trouble to them when I am gone, and that I may free myselfe before I dye, I doe therefore leave this testimony upon record as my Last will & Testament: First, I doe professe my fayth & hope to be in the free grace alone of God in Jesus Christ, whos I am & to whom I have for ever given up my Selfe both Soule & body, being fully prsuaded of his unchangable Love & good will both in life & death to me. And for my outward estate I dispose of the same as followeth: ffirst, I doe Therefore bequeath & give unto my wife Elizabeth the full power & dispose of all that estate wch God hathe given mee in howses, Lands, Cattells & goods whatsoever, wth in dores & wthout, provided that in Case she marry agayne that then she betake herselfe to the thirds of my Land & houses, and that she give unto my sonne John the house that I now dwell in wth the out houses thereunto belonging, wth the home Lott, and halfe in quantity of that Lott or prcell of Land wch I lately bought of Mr. John Chester, the homeward side; And to my sonne Luke the other halfe of yt, the Lyne betwixt them running soe as to have both of them the benefit of the water; furthermore to my sonne John that peece of Land Lying in mile meadows wch I bought of William Smith, and my foure acres in Beaver meadow. Alsoe, to my sonne Luke that peece of land in the great meadow, my other peece of Land in myle meadow wth passage thereto throw his Brother's Land ; alsoe to give unto my daughter Hannah forty pounds wth her uncle's gift. These portions to be payed to eyther of them at the age of eighteen years or at the deathe of my said wife, wch comes sooner. And my will is that what estate shall be in her hands beyond and above the forsayd portions at the tyme of her marriage that she may devide the same equally amonge my foresayd three children excepting thirds of all my houshold stuff. And further, that Mr John Russell, pastor of or Church, would together wth the church appoint some to see this my will prformed, Heer unto I have subscribed my hand the day & year above written.

LUK HITCHCOKE.

Witness: Thomas Coleman,
Thomas Welles. Test: John Russell, Junior.

Source: Manwaring, Charles William, A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records, Vol. I (Hartford District, 1635-1700), Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995 (originally published 1904).

Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700

HITCHCOCK, Luke (-1659) & Elizabeth [GIBBONS] (-1696), m/2 William WARRINER 1661, m/3 Joseph BALDWIN ca 1676; b 1642; New Haven/Wethersfield, CT
WARRINER, William (-1676) & 1/wf Joanna SEARLE (-1660), 31 Jul 1639; Springfield
WARRINER, William (-1676) & 2/wf Elizabeth (GIBBONS) [HITCHCOCK] (-1696), w Luke, m/3 Joseph BALDWIN 1678); 2 Oct 1661; Springfield/Hadley?/Deerfield
BALDWIN, Joseph (?1610-1684) & 1/wf Hannah/?Mary [?WHITLOCK]; High Wycombe, Suffolk, 10 Nov 1636, b 1640, ca 1637?; Milford, CT/Hadley/Deerfield
BALDWIN, Joseph (?1610-1684) & Isabel ?(WARD) (CATLIN) [NORTHAM] (-1676), w John, w James; aft 27 Feb 1661; Milford, CT/Wethersfield, CT/Hadley/Deerfield
BALDWIN, Joseph (?1610-1684) & 3/wf Elizabeth (GIBBONS) (HITCHCOCK) [WARRINER] (-25 Apr 1696), w William, w Luke; aft 2 Jun 1676, b 17 Sept 1678; Hadley/Deerfield

Source: Torrey, Clarence A., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.

Cutter's New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial

Joseph Baldwin was an early settler of Milford, Connecticut. His house lot was No. 52, on West Farm street, near the present station of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad. His wife Hannah joined the Milford church, June 23, 1644. About 1663 he went with other Milford men to Hadley, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman of Hadley. He died November 2, 1684. His will was dated December 20, 1680. He bequeathed to sons Benjamin, Jonathan, Joseph, and daughters. He married (second) Isabel Northam, who came with her son, John Catlin, as the Widow Catlin from Newark, New Jersey. She died December 8, 1676. He married (third) Elizabeth (Hitchcock) Warriner, widow of William Warriner. Children of Joseph Baldwin: Joseph, baptized June 23, 1644; Benjamin, baptized June 23, 1644; Hannah, baptized June 23, 1644: Mary, married John Catlin : Elizabeth, baptized March, 1645, at Milford ; Martha, married John Hawkes; Jonathan, mentioned below; David, born October 19, 1651; Sarah, born November 6, 1653.

Source: Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914, p. 1770.

The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family

LUKE HITCHCOCK,
Of New Haven and Wethersfield, Conn.

Luke Hitchcock, was born --. He married Elizabeth, sister of William Gibbons of Hartford, Conn. William Gibbons was sent to Hartford in 1636 with twenty men, as agent for George Wyllys, afterwards Gov. of Conn, to prepare a settlement for his employer. He was living in Hartford in 1647, in good esteem. The settlement of his estate shows that he was from Fenny Compton, Warwick Co., Eng. and in his will he left a bequest to his sister Hidgecocke, and to the children of his sister Hidgcock, and to the son John of his sister Hitchcok, and to his brother Hitchcock. The name Hitchcock, is spelt in all the above ways in the same will. He left widow Ursula and only daughter Sarah.

Will of William Gibbons of Hartford, Conn., dated Feb. 26, 1654. Court held March 10, 1654.

William Gibbons of Hartford upon the River of Connecticut, being of sound mind, &c &c —
I give unto my lov: wife Ursilla Gibbons her full thirds of ye profitts rents & revenues of all my houses and lands in Hartford, Wethersfield, & pequett during her natural life except a parcell of swamp bought of Robbert Bates being in Wethersfield & a parcell of land lieing in penewise which is bequeathed by this my will as follows. As allso I give and bequeath unto my wife Ursilla : the whole proffitts and revenues of the foresaid houses & lands, viz ye whole of my houses and lands at Wethersfield both of the east & west side of the river until my dau. Mary Gibbons shall be married or until shee bee of ye age of eighteene year. Allso ye whole of my houses & Lands at Hartford & pequett until my daughter Sarah shall be married or attayne ye afforesaid age of eighteen years. ******** My will is to give to my brothers Richard, John & Thomas Gibbons in England twenty shillings apeace. Item. I give to my sister Hidgecoke five pounds which she shall enjoy while she lives & dispose of it to ye child she sees most deserving.
Item. 1 give to ye children of my sister Hidgecok which are living at my decease ye sum of fifteen pounds to be equally divided amongst them.
Item. I give to my brother Hitchcok one suite and coate of wearinge apparrell.
Item. I give his sonne John Hitchcok one parcell of swamp about nine acres bought of Robt Bates being at Wethersfield to him & his heirs forever.
Item. I give my land at peniwise now in ye hand of John Sadler toward ye mayntenance of a lattine school at Hartford provided that ye fence be continued in ye same line and way of common fencinge as it now is. And for ye present until ye lease I have made to John Sadler be expired, I give out of ye rent due from John Sadler fifty shillings yearly.
I give to my honored friend Mr. Samuel Stone five pounds and to Mr. Huett of Windsor forty shillings and to Mr. Warham, Mr. Newton, Mr. Russell and Mr. Stoe twenty shillings apeace.
Item. I give to my man Jack Stiles three pounds in case my wife and overseers or any two of them think him deserving. And to my man Harry one year of his time & also I give to the artillery of Hartford forty shillings and for the payment of these foresaid sums and legacies I leave it to the discretion of my overseers, within two three or four years.
Item. I give to my trusty and beloved friends Samuel Fitch and Richard Lord the sum of five pounds apeace, whom I entreate appoint & ordain overseers &c ***** of this my last will and testatment intreatinge them to be careful & faithful to discharge of the trust committed to you.
Lastly. I do appoint my beloved wife Ursilla Gibbons to be my sole executrix of this my last will and testament, leaving and committing the care and education of my children in ye fear of God and all such other ways as may most advantage them &c &c

Signed Feb. 26, 1654.
William Gibbons.

Witnesses:
           Jasper Gunn.
           Luke Hitchcock.
                      Property amounted to £1499: 14: 05.

Luke Hitchcock took freeman's oath in New Haven in company with Edward Hitchcock July 1, 1644. The date of his removal to Wethersfield is not known but he was a member of the jury at a court held in Hartford June 5. 1646, and March 2, 1647. As New Haven was not under the government of Conn, at that time he was probably living in Wethersfield in 1646. Luke lived in the center of the village. The house now standing on the place was built by Silas Dean some time before the Revolutionary war. He was by trade a shoemaker; a Capt. at Crown Point in 1645; and selectman at Wethersfield in 1653 and 1656. There are on Wethersfield records fourteen tracts of land recorded as belonging to Luke Hitchcock. The following is a sample of these records. "Land of Luke Hitchcock of Wethersfield, Conn., on Connecticut river, one piece whereon his barn now standeth, containing one and one half acres more or less. The end abuting on rose lane South East & on New Street & Cove."

None of these deeds are dated. Some of it was bought of Will Gibbons of Hartford. One tract is recorded in this way: "Another tract of land which was given to his son John Hitchcock by Will Gibbons containing nine acres." After Luke's death in 1659, this nine acres is recorded in John's name having been given him by his Uncle Gibbons. The following account of Luke was given in Oct., 1801, by his great-grandson Aaron Hitchcock of Suffleld, Conn. "Luke Hitchcock left the land of his nativity about the middle of the 17th century, as near as could be determined. He had received a large tract of land lying in the eastern part of New England and came out with a view of taking possession of the same, when he arrived he found it inhabited by numerous hordes of natives determined to resist all encroachments of the English. In this situation he determined to abandon the enterprise and settled in Wethersfield. He was peculiarly fortunate in cultivating the friendship of the Indians, who in testimony of their attachment to him gave him a deed of the town of Farmington. This deed was a clear and valid title to the land but was so little thought of that it was destroyed by his wife, who used it to cover a pie in the oven." In 1659 Luke signed an engagement to remove to Hadley but died the same year, Nov. 1, 1659. His will which was admitted to Probate Nov. 28, 1659 was as follows:

Oct. 17th, 1659.
I, Luke Hitchcock, being at present though in some weakness of Body yet in soundness of mind & strong of memory considering my mortality and knowing it to be my duty to provide for my own family & settle my estate that I may leave no occasion of trouble to them when I am gone and that I may Free myself before I die I do therefore leave this testimony upon record as my lust will and testament.
First I do profess my faith & hopes to be in the free grace alone of God in Jesus Christ whose I am and to whom I have forever given up myself both soul and body, being fully persuaded of his unchangeable love and good will both in life and death. And then for my outward estate I dispose of the same as follows.

First I do therefore bequeath and give unto my wife Elizabeth the full power and disposal of all that estate which God has given me in houses, lands, cattle and goods whatsoever within doors and without Provided that in case she marry again that she betake herself to the thirds of my lands and houses and that she give unto my son John the house I now dwell in with the outhouses thereunto belonging with the home lot and half in quantity of the lot or pease of land that I lately bought of W. Chester, the homeward pease, and, to my son Luke the other half of that the line betwixt them running so that both may have the benefit of the water, furthermore to my son John that pease of meadow lying in mile meadow that I bought of William Smith and my 4 acres in Benner meadow also to my son Luke that pease of laud in the great meadow with passage through his Brothers lands, also to give unto my daughter. Hanna Forty pounds with her Uncles gift, these portions to be paid to either of them at the age of eighteen years or at the death of my wife, which comes soonest, and my will is what estate is in her hands, beyond and above the foresaid portions at the time of her marriage that she divide the same equaly among my aforesaid three children excepting thirds of all my household stuff and in case of any of my said children dye before they have issue then such lands & houses to remain to the surviving and his heirs and I do desire that Mr John Russell pastor of the church would together with the church appoint some to see this my will performed. Hereunto I have subscribed my hand the day & year above written

Testes         John Russell, Sen.
                   Thomas Coleman,
                   Thomas Wells.
The estate was valued at £461: 13, with debts of £9.

After the death of Luke, his widow Elizabeth married Oct. 2, 1661, William Warriner of Springfield, to which town she removed with her two boys, John and Luke. William Warriner died in 1 676, when she again married Sept. 17, 1678 in Milford, Mass., Joseph Baldwin of Hadley. Again becoming a widow she returned to Springfield where she died April 25, 1696.

HIS CHILDREN WERE :
1. i. John², b. --; m. Sept. 27, 1666, Hannah Chapin.
ii. Hannah, b. 1645; no. Oct. 2, 1661, Chileab Smith of Hadley, Mass. The tombstone now standing in Hadley graveyard says, "Chileab Smith dyed on March ye 7, 1731 ae. 96 year and Hannah his wife dyed on Aug. 31, 1733 ae. 88 year. It is a worthy memorial they lived in mariag stat 70 year."
The children of Hannah (Hitchcock) Smith were:

1. Hannah , b. July 7, 1662; m. March 23, 1681, John Montague.

2. Samuel, b. March 9, 1665.

3. Luke, b. April 16, 1666.
4. Ebenezer, b. July 11, 1668.
5. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 2, 1670; d. Jan., 1670.
6. John, b. Oct. 8, 1671; m. 1691, Martha Golding.
7. Son, b. ; d. 1673.
8. Hester, b. March 31, 1674; m. Oct. 20, 1696, Nathaniel Ingram.
9. Daughter, b. ; d. 1677.
10. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1679; m. Oct. 26, 1698, James Smith.
11. Mary, b. Aug. 16, 1681; m. 1st, Dec. 15, 1697, Preserved Smith; 2d, April 22. 1721, Peter Montague.

12. Chileab, b. ; d. Aug., 1682.
13. Chileab, b. Feb'. 18, 1685. An ancestor of Mary Lyon.
14. Sarah, b. April 26, 1688 ; m. April 13, 1710, Jonathan Morton.

398 iii. Luke, 2d, b. June 5, 1655; m. Feb. 14, 1676, Sarah Dorchester.

DESCENDANTS OF LUKE HITCHCOCK— BRANCH I.
1.

Deacon John² Hitchcock (Luke¹) son of Luke and Elizabeth (Gibbons) Hitchcock, was born ; married Sept. 27, 1666, Hannah Chapin, dau. of Dea. Samuel and Cisly Chapin of the Plantation of Norwottuck. She was born Dec. 2, 1644. There is a record of June, 1655 that John Hitchcock received some land from his Uncle William Gibbons of Hartford, who is called in Hartford records a "London Merchant."...

Source: Hitchcock, Mrs. Edward, The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family, Amherst, MA: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1894, pgs. 203-211.