James Richard Gibson
1837 - 1856 (18 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. James Richard Gibson was born on 26 Jul 1837; was christened on 22 Sep 1837 (son of James Mcneilly Gibson and Sarah Whigham); died on 4 Jul 1856. Notes:
The Delaware Co. Cemetery Listing indicated that James R. died age 19, 7/4/1856 Son of Thomas & Sarah. Errors were mentioned in the list so this source has less credibility without actually visiting the cemetery.
Gilchrist Memorial Presbyterian Church, Kortright, Delaware Co., NYFamily/Spouse: Margaret Stranigan. Margaret and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. James Mcneilly Gibson was born on 10 Jan 1810 in Northern Ireland (son of William Gibson and Isabella); died on 21 Oct 1897 in Delaware Co., NY; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Delhi, Delaware Co., NY. Notes:
James McNeilly Gibson was my grgrandfather's brother and executor of their father,William's, will. I am trying to get someone to see if there is a letter of transfer for the family at Gilchrist Memorial Presbyterian Church.
There were SEVEN brothers and they all came over from N.Ireland. I have information on them from the 1830's on because they all show up in the census. You once told me that you had a reunion book for the James Gibson family. Are there any other McNeilly's listed there? I have been to LDS but N. Ireland is a hard place to find information. I'm guessing that Isabelle, the mother was either a McNeilly or a Craig. A Craig was also an executor of William's will.
Catherine Gibson HavemeierJames married Sarah Whigham on 19 Apr 1834 in Delhi, Delaware Co., NY. Sarah (daughter of James Whigham and Susan McMortland) was born on 5 Apr 1814 in Delaware Co., NY; died on 20 Aug 1897 in Delaware Co., NY; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Delhi, Delaware Co., NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Sarah Whigham was born on 5 Apr 1814 in Delaware Co., NY (daughter of James Whigham and Susan McMortland); died on 20 Aug 1897 in Delaware Co., NY; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Delhi, Delaware Co., NY. Notes:
At the Delaware Co., web site the 1870 census for Kortright shows:
Whigham John 29 WM
Whigham Anna 22 WF
Whigham James 27 WM
Whigham Isabella 26 WF
The 1880 census for Kortright shows:
WHIGHAM Richard WM 63
WHIGHAM Martha P. WF 63
Could these be siblings of Sarah?
The 1900 census for Davenport shows:
Whigham, H.F. July 1842 NY 57 M Boarder Family no. 225
living with the family of John C. and Mary White.
Delaware Co. Cemeteries no longer in use: Coventar Cemetery, Rt #12/across from Turnpike Rd
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nydelawa/h-kcem.html
WHIGHAM, Martha Wilson ? ? Wife of Richard
WHIGHAM, Richard 79y October 19, 1848
At Genforum:
It is possible that your Amelia (1819) is the daughter of Gideon Wickham. Gideon, the son of John Wickham and Thankful Briggs died in Harpersfield I think around 1809. I do not have the information with me now, so apologize for the uncertainty. He did leave a will however.
From: Billy.Stranney@nireland.com (William Stranney)
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:02:58 +0100
Subject: [Scotch-Irish] Whigamstown
To: Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com
A couple of weeks ago someone was enquiring about the townland of "Whigamstown" in Bright, Co Down. Well, I have lived in Bright all my life and I had'nt a clue where it was. I assumed it was an old and obsolete name which would be difficult to find. However, I happened to put a laminated copy of the following map:
Discoverer Series - Strangford Lough 1:50000 Sheet 21 (Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland)
on my "study" wall yesterday. Then I looked at it to see all the familiar names and places. There, right in the middle of this area I thought I knew so well, was the word "Whigamstown". I've never heard my family use the name, but it is there all the same. It can be found in Ordnance Survey Sheet 45 (that's the traditional OS sheets). In Griffiths Valuation of 1863 it had 17 properties listed. The names are; Fitsimons(1 mention), Lavery(1), Starkey(3), Stewart(4), Hynes(1), Lowey(1), Ross(1), Denvir(1), McIlheron(1), Hanna(1), Ennis(2). The
immediate lessor (agent or landlord) for 13 of the 17 properties was Aubrey De Vere Beauclerk. The family names mentioned in the Tithe Applotment of 1833 for this townland are very similar if not exactly the same.
From this map it is possible to see exactly where Whigamstown is. There are other Griffiths evaluation maps with property lot numbers on them which often allow one (if one is prepared to put in the time and effort) to identify the precise location of the properties of individual families. I have done this with my "own" townland and been able to identify all the properties or locations of
families who once lived there in 1833, from the information available. This included the identification of family properties that my family either did not know about or had forgotten.Children:
- Isabella Gibson was born on 8 Nov 1835; died on 26 May 1862.
- 1. James Richard Gibson was born on 26 Jul 1837; was christened on 22 Sep 1837; died on 4 Jul 1856.
- Susan Morland Gibson was born on 16 Dec 1839; died on 26 Sep 1920; was buried in West Kortright Cemetery, Delaware Co., NY.
- William Andrew Gibson was born on 4 Dec 1841; was christened on 10 Jul 1842; and died.
- Mary Elizabeth Gibson was born on 12 Jan 1844; was christened on 21 Apr 1844; died on 5 Jan 1921.
- Sarah Jane Gibson was born on 2 Apr 1846; died on 15 Jan 1921 in Fremont Center, Sullivan Co., NY.
- Dorothy Gibson was born on 1 Apr 1848; died on 28 Aug 1930.
- Joseph Thomas Gibson was born on 24 Jun 1850; died on 24 Feb 1926.
- John W. Gibson was born on 7 Jul 1852; and died.
- Martha Frances Gibson was born on 5 Mar 1854; died on 11 Jul 1897.
- James Richard Gibson was born on 28 Oct 1856; died on 10 Feb 1909.
Generation: 3
4. William Gibson was born in 1773 in Northern Ireland; died on 31 Jan 1851 in Kortright, Delaware Co., NY; was buried in 1851 in Gilchrist Cemetery, Route #33, Delaware Co., NY. Notes:
From Abstract of Session Minutes
Gilchrist Memorial Presbyterian Church
Town of Kortright, Delaware County New York
3 November 1806 - 2 October 1865
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nydelawa/sokortse.html
GIBSON, William 19 May 1836, acknowledged his guilt to a charge of intemperance
and was sentenced to be publicly rebuked; 30 May 1837, was suspended from church
privileges because of intoxication; 21 Sep 1837 he failed to attend a meeting of the
Session as requested; 4 Jun 1838, acknowledged the "Sin of Intoxication" and was
sentenced to be publicly rebuked
(This could have been William Jr.)
It is likely that William Gibson came to the US in 1834 with his son Adam. See notes for James A. Gibson.
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Todd,
Very interesting. Did you find the information on the Whigam/ Whicham's on
the Delaware Co site/ Either in the Biog. Review or Munsell's History I
remember seeing something about the family coming to DelCo from Dutchess
County. I think there were also some buried in Delco that would predate our
Gibsons' arrival, yet Jame's bio says he and his wife came from N. Ireland.
I could be wrong but something sticks in my memory about cemetery records.
Deborah Sweet (her greatgrandfather Wright married my grandfather Gibson's
sister) told me her Wright family came from Newry, Armagh, which is possibly
where the Gibsons originated. It seems as though there were Newry people in
Kortright.
Best regards,
Catherine
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I think I've gotten the Gibsons narrowed down to Moneyslane, Drumgooland Parish, County Down. Someone on line told me that LDS has a microfilm for the Presbyterian Church there. When I have a chance I'll drop in at our local LDS Family History Center. I found my mother's family there very quickly.
8/14/2003, Cousin CatherineWilliam + Isabella. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Isabella and died. Notes:
According to Catherine Havemeier the census indicates that Isabelle went to live with Charles on William's death.
From Abstract of Session Minutes
Gilchrist Memorial Presbyterian Church
Town of Kortright, Delaware County New York
3 November 1806 - 2 October 1865
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nydelawa/sokortse.html
GIBSON, Isabel 26 May 1859, examined and admitted to communionChildren:
- Andrew Gibson and died.
- William Gibson was born in Northern Ireland; died in Kortright, Delaware Co., NY.
- Joseph Gibson was born about 1795; died on 25 Jun 1818; was buried in 1818 in Gilchrist Cemetery, Route #33, Delaware Co., NY.
- 2. James Mcneilly Gibson was born on 10 Jan 1810 in Northern Ireland; died on 21 Oct 1897 in Delaware Co., NY; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Delhi, Delaware Co., NY.
- Adam Gibson was born in 1813 in Northern Ireland; died on 21 Jan 1890 in Kortright, Delaware Co., NY.
- Thomas Gibson was born in 1818 in Northern Ireland; died in Kortright, Delaware Co., NY.
- Charles Gibson was born in 1820 in Northern Ireland; died on 11 May 1882 in Kortright, Delaware Co., NY; was buried in 1882 in Gilchrist Cemetery, Route #33, Delaware Co., NY.
- John Gibson was born on 16 Jul 1821 in Northern Ireland ?; died on 7 Oct 1885 in Meredith, Delaware Co., NY.
6. James Whigham was born in 1785 (son of William Whigham, II and Mary Dickson); died in 1863. James + Susan McMortland. Susan and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Susan McMortland and died. Children:
- Dora Whigham was born in 1813; died in 1900 in Kortright, Delaware Co., NY; was buried in 1900 in Gilchrist Cemetery, Route #33, Delaware Co., NY.
- 3. Sarah Whigham was born on 5 Apr 1814 in Delaware Co., NY; died on 20 Aug 1897 in Delaware Co., NY; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Delhi, Delaware Co., NY.
- James Whigham was born in 1815; and died.
- Richard Whigham was born in 1817; died in 1896.
- William Whigham was born in 1819; and died.
- John Whigham was born in 1821; and died.
Generation: 4
12. William Whigham, II was born in 1754 (son of William Whigham and Widow); died in 1839. William + Mary Dickson. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Mary Dickson and died. Children:
- Richard Whigham was born in 1780; and died.
- William Whigham, III was born in 1782; and died.
- 6. James Whigham was born in 1785; died in 1863.