Mary
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: between 1682 and 1685.
Place of Death: unknown.
Mary made her will 28 December 1682 and the probate inventory was taken 16 April 1685.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Thomas Gibbons.
Thomas and Mary are named in the baptism records of their children.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Mary Gibbons married William Clemens 10 October 1644 in Coventry, Warwickshire.
Richard Gibbons (buried 6 November 1625 in Southam)
Thomas Gibbons (baptized 24 November 1626 in Southam)
Joan Gibbons (baptized 12 August 1629 in Southam) married ? Sharpe.
John Gibbons (baptized 27 November 1631 in Southam) married Elizabeth.
Robert Gibbons (baptized 19 January 1633/4 in Southam)
Elizabeth Gibbons (baptized 28 May 1637 in Southam)
Richard Gibbons (baptized16 January 1638/9 in Southam - buried 8 March 1638/9 in Southam)
Ferdinando Gibbons (baptized 31 March 1640 in Southam - buried 26 January 1683/4 in Southam) married Elizabeth.
Aylce Gibbons (baptized 23 April 1643 in Southam) probably married Richard Newcomb.
Joseph Gibbons (baptized 16 June 1646 in Southam) married Ann Twicross 17 May 1668 in St Nicholas, Warwick.
Evidence
Mary’s will:
In the Name of God Amen the Eight and Twentyeth day of December In the yeare of or Lord God one thousand six hundred Eighty and two I Mary Gibbins of the Burrough of Warwicke in the County of Warwicke Widdow being aged and Infirme But of sound minde and memory praysed be Almighty God doe make and Ordaine this my p[re]sent Last will and Testament in manner and forme following Impris I give and bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator trusting in the alone merritts of Jesus Christ my saviour to be saued And my body I Com[m]it to the earth to be buryed att the discretion of my Execut.r hereafter named And as for that small Estate wch it hath please God of his goodnesse to Lend me I dispose of as followeth viz./
Imp.ris my minde and will is that all my due debts I owe to any person or p[er]sons whatsoever and my funerall expenses be truely payd by my Execut.r
Itm I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Clemens one shilling to be payd unto her within one yeare next after my desease.
Itm I give and bequeath unto Thomas Clemens Samuell Clemens & William Clemens Abraham Clemens Mary Twycrosse Hannah Silke and Sarah Clemens my Grandchildren Children of my said daughter Mary Clemens one shilling apeice to be payd unto them within Twelue months next after my decease.
Itm I give and bequeath unto Thomas Gibbins my sonne one shilling to be payd unto him within one yeare next after my decease
Itm I give and bequeath unto John Gibbins Abraham Gibbins Josuah Gibbins Caleb Gibbins Sarah Gibbins and Mary Gibbins my Grandchildren Children of my said sonne Thomas Gibbins one shilling a peice to be payd to them within one yeare next after my desease.
Itm I give and Bequeath unto my sonne Joseph Gibbins one shilling to be payd unto him within one yeare next after my decease.
Itm I give and bequeath unto Richard Gibbins Mary Gibbins and Hannah Gibbins Children of my said sonne Joseph Gibbins twelue pence a peice to be payd unto them within one yeare next after my desease./
Itm I give and Bequeath unto Robert Gibbins my sonne the sum[m]e of Three pounds to be payd unto him within twelue months next after my decease.
Itm I give and Bequeath unto Abigaile Gibbins Joseph Gibbins Mary Gibbins Sarah Gibbins Elizabeth Gibbins Dinah Gibbins Beniamin Gibbins and Thomas Gibbins Children of my said sonne Robert Gibbins twelue pence a peice to be pay unto them within one yeare next after my desease.
Itm I give and Bequeath unto Joane Sharpe my daughter twelue pense to be payd unto her within one yeare next after my decease.
Itm I give and Bequeath unto Richard Sharpe Rachell Sharpe Mary Sharpe Zachary Sharpe John Sharpe Thomas Sharpe Sarah Sharpe and Elizabeth Sharpe Children of my said Daughter Joane Sharpe the summe of one shilling a peice to be payd unto them within one yeare next after my deease./
Itm I give and Bequeath unto my sonne Ferdinando Gibbins the sume of one shilling to be payd unto him within one yeare next after my desease.
Itm I give and bequeath unto Dorothy Gibbins daughter of my said sonne Ferdinando one shilling to be given unto her within twelue months after my desease.
Item I give and Bequeath unto my Grandsonne Richard Newcomb sonne of Richard Newcomb of Stratford upon Avon the sum[m]e of six shillings and eight pence to be payd within twelue months after my desease.
Itm I give and Bequeath unto Alice Newcomb my Grandaughter daughter of the said Richard Newcombe one Feather Bed two Feather Bolsters one Flock bed two paire of sheets two Blanketts one trilling[?] being now in the possession of the said Richard Newcomb her father.
Itm I give and Bequeath unto my Grandaughter Elizabeth Newcomb daughter of the said Richard Newcomb my Bedstead I now lye in the Bed Bolsters Curtains Blancketts and all other materialls thereunto belonging One great Chest and all the Linnens and thinges therein one Warming pan three pewter platters and one Safe The peice of new Clothe and Feather Bedtick w.ch are mine & now in the possession of the said Richard Newcomb her father.
Itm I give and Bequeath unto Joseph Gibbins and Thomas Gibbins sonnes of my sonne John Gibbins the sum[m]e of six shillings and eight pence a peice to be payd unto them within twelue months next after my desease.
Itm I give and Bequeath all my wearing Apparrell whatsoeuer unto my Daughters Mary Clemens Joane Sharpe and Elizabeth Gibbins wife of my said sonne John Gibbins to be equally diuided amongst them.
And Lastly as concerneing all and singular other my goods & Chattells whatsoeuer not hereby before Bequeathed I giue and bequeath unto John Gibbins my sonne whom I doe hereby nominate Constitute & appointe sole Execut.r of this my p[re]sent Last will and Testam.t. And I doe hereby revoke annull and make voyd all other wills & Testamts whatsoeuer heretofore made by me In witnesse whereof I haue herunto put my hand & seale the day and yeare first aboue Written./
the marke of Mary M Gibbins [seal]
sealed signed read & published in the p[re]sence of ./
the marke of
John [O] Rose
the marke of Richard [R] Job.
[proved 24 September 1685]
A true and p[er]fect Inventory of all and singuler the goods Chattells Catle Rights and Credits of Mary Gibbins late of Napton upon the hill in the County of Warr Widowe desed taken and apprized the sixteenth day of April Anno dm 1685 by Richard Cleaver and John Hickson
as followeth
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Impris her Wareing apparell and money in her purse 2--0--0
one Chest and all that is in it --1--0--0
one [...od] Bed stead and all that beding which is belonging to it in Warwick --3--0--0
Two [...] Chares one Box one Bench -- 0--5--0
one Brous Pot Two Cetells --0--8--0
one Town Crate fire shouell and towngs and a pare of Belows --0--6--0
one lining wheele ---0--2--0
one Carpet Three quichings ---0--2--6
one furnice Two garners being in her howse in Southam --3--0--0
Item in the hands of Elizabeth Gibbins of Southam widdow daughter in law to the deceased for Rent due and unpaid --14--17--6
Item in the hands of Thomas Gibbins son of the desesed and Thomas Write due for Rent and unpaid ---1--10--0
and any other things unseene or forgoten ---0--8--0
Taken and Apprised by us
Richard Cleaver
John his [WH] marke Hickson
References
Parish registers of Southam. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 11 December 2020.
Will of Mary Gibbins. Proved 1685 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry.