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Rev Henry Gibbs

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Rev Henry Gibbs

Birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
21 Oct 1723 (aged 55)
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Boston births: GIBBS, Henry of Robert & Elizabeth Gibbs born Oct. 8.

Boston marriages: Henry Gibbs & Mercy Greenough were married June 9, 1692.

Watertown deaths: The Revd: Mr Henry Gibbs Pastor of ye Eaft Church in Water town Deceased the 21 of October 1723 in the 56 year of his age. wch began 8th Inftant.

Henry Gibbs, b. Oct. 8, 1668, son of Robert of Boston, graduated at Harvard College in 1685. He was ordained over the church in Watertown in 1697. His wife Mercy, dau. of William Greenough, bore him seven children. (Harris' Epitaphs)

Henry Gibbs, A.M., b. Boston, Oct. 8, 1668, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Sheafe) Gibbs; H.C., 1685, A.B., A.M.; Fellow, H.C., 1700-1707; Ord. Watertown, Oct. 6, 1697; sett. Watertown, 1690-1723; Artillery Election Sermon, 1704; attended witchcraft persecutions; was horrified by them; because of his wisdom there were none in Watertown; d. Watertown, Oct. 21, 1723, a. 56. (F.L. Weiss, The Colonial Clergy and Colonial Churches of New England)
Boston births: GIBBS, Henry of Robert & Elizabeth Gibbs born Oct. 8.

Boston marriages: Henry Gibbs & Mercy Greenough were married June 9, 1692.

Watertown deaths: The Revd: Mr Henry Gibbs Pastor of ye Eaft Church in Water town Deceased the 21 of October 1723 in the 56 year of his age. wch began 8th Inftant.

Henry Gibbs, b. Oct. 8, 1668, son of Robert of Boston, graduated at Harvard College in 1685. He was ordained over the church in Watertown in 1697. His wife Mercy, dau. of William Greenough, bore him seven children. (Harris' Epitaphs)

Henry Gibbs, A.M., b. Boston, Oct. 8, 1668, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Sheafe) Gibbs; H.C., 1685, A.B., A.M.; Fellow, H.C., 1700-1707; Ord. Watertown, Oct. 6, 1697; sett. Watertown, 1690-1723; Artillery Election Sermon, 1704; attended witchcraft persecutions; was horrified by them; because of his wisdom there were none in Watertown; d. Watertown, Oct. 21, 1723, a. 56. (F.L. Weiss, The Colonial Clergy and Colonial Churches of New England)

Inscription

Hic
Depositæ sunt reliquiæ veri
veri venerandi
HENRICI GIBBS. Ecclesiæ Pastoris
vigilantissimi,
Pietate fulgente cruditione non
mediocri gravitate singulari:
spectatissimi,
perita in divinis, prudentia in humanis,
accuratione in concionibus, copia in precibus,
præcellentis:
Qui per ærumnas vitæ doloresque mortis
requiem tandem invenit
die Octobris 21, Anno Dom. MDCCXXIII
Ætatis Suæ LVI.
Hic
Etiam deponitur corpus MERCY GIBBS,
Conjux sua dilectissma,
Quæ expiuravit Dimino 24 Januarii
Anno Dom. MDCCXVI.
Ætatis Suæ XLI.

Re. 1821.



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  • Created by: Bill Boyington
  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29018792/henry-gibbs: accessed ), memorial page for Rev Henry Gibbs (8 Oct 1668–21 Oct 1723), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29018792, citing Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).