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The Captain Roben Cibson
Memorial Association
OF DOYLESTOWn
PE7\{N,SYLVAN,IA
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
JAMES
STEWART
GIBSON
December
22 Clinton Aue., Montclair, N. 1.
FIRST
JOHN
15, 1936
VICE-PRESIDENT
ARTHUR
GIBSON,
Dear Cousins:
JR.
Un'v. W. Va., Morgantown, W. Va.
SECOND
ELEANOR
VICE-PRESIDENT
GIBSON
VINCENT
(MRS_
F.
D.)
"--:1:030 W_ River ~t., Wilkes Barre, Penna.
THIRO
FLORENCE
VICE-PRESIDENT
RUSK
FOURTH
DORIS
ROSS
s«,
2502 Francis
(MRS.
J.
S.)
St. Joseph, Mo.
I thank you for the man¥ ¥tile-tide
greetings ef la&t season and the numerou
letters during the past year. I only wish
that all might share in this evidence of a
genuine camaraderie developing in our Clan •.
VICE-PRESIDENT
POWELL
SCOTT
(MRS.
C.
W.)
I wi sh each and everyone
of you A Herry
Christmas and Happy New Year .•
6044 1ackson St., Pittsburgh, Penna.
RECORDER
FRANCES
H.
CRAVEN
(MRS.)
108 W. Court St., Doylestown, Penna.
TREASURER
ROBERT
FITZRANDOLPH
GIBSON
190 Sylvan Aue., Leonia, N. J.
CORRESPONDING
GERTRUDE
GIBSON
SECRETARY
TOOMB
(MRS.
W.
R.)
14 M.t, Greenwood Rd., Truclesuille, Penna.
REGISTRAR
HELEN
ANTOINETTE
BROCK
(MIss)
566 Walnut St., Meadville, Penna.
GENEALOGIST
CHARLES
BLYSTONE
JARRETT
2205 Beechwood Aue., Pittsburgh, Penna.
NECROLOGIST
MARY
BELLE
GIBSON
566 Walnut
BROCK
{MRS.
St. Meadville,
ARTHUR
CH
NeE
OR
HENRY
If you have not made your 1936
dollar contribution to the
Penna.
Sesquicentennial,
to do so will
--:~--==-'~----1"~elp
0 ma e 'EnD.
occasion the
grC'Uldsue cess we all wi sh it to be •.
~
GIBSON
701 No. McKean St., Btttler,
WILMOT
H.J
Penna.
HISTORIAN
JOHN
G.
We have been most fortunate in discovering
a new lead in our ancestral historyt by
contacting Dr , David H ..Gibson (The University,
1039 l'Iassachusets Avenue, Cambridge 1 I,~ass.)
who is an acknowledged authority on Gibsonana
both in this country and abroad.
I inclose an
abstract of some data he has already furnished~
He promises to try to bridge the gap between
1607 and 1745 ,and perhaps our own enthusiastic
g:enealogist will join him in this fascinating
work.
GIBSON
Boise, Idaho
Received.
CHAPLAIN
HAROLD
MARIS
SHEPHERD
1030 Maccabees Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
ARCHIVIST
NELLIE
GIBSON
(MISS)
2930 So. Broad St., Trenton, N. 1.
CUSTODIAN
ANNA
M.
OF
MONUMENT
ARMSTRONG
(MISS)
15 W. Court St., Doylestown, Penna.
OFFICIAL
WALLACE
223
JEWELER
A.
WILSON
Chestnut St., Meadville, Penna.
HONORARY
REGENT
JOSEPHINE
MEMBERS
BUCKS
l.
ELY
CO.
D.A.R.
(MRS.
W.
S.)
326 E. State St., Doylestown, Penna.
OWNER
OF
OLD
HOMESTEAD
L. SHADDINGER
Plum steaduille, Penna.
SAMUEL
PLAN TO ATTEND THE
THE SESQUICENTENNIAL
REUNION,
MEMORIAL
DAY,
1938
OF THE DEATH OF CAPT. GIBSON
GIB-SOlT
rJ
C ~ S TRY
From 1715, ~'v"hen~lm. Buchanan of Auchmar , Scotland,
published
his book. "Ancient Scottish
Surnanes,"
until
the
present,
his statenent
that the- u_Gibsons were a sept of the
Buchanan Clan" WfJ:..S generally
bell eve d , It was not until
the ancient
"Records of Glasgow ::Jiocese?l were found in
1847 and trrolslated
fro~ the Latinr that his statenent
Was
proved erroneous.
Gibsons hae intermarried
vdth Buchanans
but were not a Sept of family of that Clan.
Dr. David H.
Gibson) of Harvard, is translating,
for publication,
these
"Reco:.r:-c.sof 11th, 12th and 13th century Scottish-Norman,
Danish and Saxon Families"
at the r eque s t of Sir Francis
G'rant, the present
"Lor d Lyon of Scotland."
I quote from him:~-"'''--~--mQle
"The Gibsons are Soxon in or Lgln , The first
known
a cesto , Ed-ricusr; J!;,eldorman of rkcrc:ta ~ I11arrfed a
dl.:mg!.lter of Et he Lr-ed and his first
wife the Saxon noblewoman,
Aefleda" (Ethe Ired was -the last but one of t he old A..'1gloSaxon Kings of England.)
"Cor butd onua , son of Edricus,
was friend and counselor
of KIng Edwllrd the C<'nfessor, his
first
cousin in the f emaLe line.
1JVhen
VVilliam the Cenqueror
crrived,
Corbutionus,
who had possessed the lands of
Gubo.nnium or Oobnnnt um was dead.
(G\;,bnnniurl or Oobann Lum,
IfLtel.~ .ibbr-ev.Ln t e d G'L,bion -md Gobion, b ooome f LnnLl.y by
Norman=Er cn ch corrupti on 1 Gib so n , Gubf~nniUJ!l
was n plncename now known cs Abergevenny •.)
"Tho threo
sons of Corbutionus
de Gubr.nniuL1or
-::fc'lrvvickshire (whose mnl.e
line fC'.iled in time of EO,w::'..rd
I); Robert of Manor' Gubian,
Bru-st npIc , bSSOX, r.nd Hugh, r.. pr l cst , survived him.
Thoir
Lr.nds :::re listod
in tho Conqueror's
Doomcsdrry Book, in Vvo..rwick,.
Essex, Norfolk an d Suffolk~
Oob cnn.ium, Y1illiffi11of Studley,
"Sir Rober-t of Mahor Gibson" Br.r-st.ap Le , Essex,
mr.r-r-icd Emrnr..deW~,ke, grnnddnughtor
of Hor ewar-d de VVGke
~ l~st
Snxon to hold out :J.g,l.inst \'{illiam the Conqueror..
Sir Robort's
oldest son, Sir Richr:rd of Manor' Gibson •. mr.rried Alice do
!,,---....~~=-~.IIo-ri~i:
of t/lor}Joth,. r. dcs'c'crrdrin't of Prince l\'lr;'Idrea of Scotl::"na;
henco c.Ll, Gibsons :-:re royn.l Scottish
nnd so registered
by
Lord Lyon.
{These records ere found in tho Chr;rtulc,rios
of
Ncwrninstor Abbcy , Morpcth rmd Nor t.humbor Ltn d, }
"Sir 'Ihomns , c. gr nnd s on of Sir Ri ch'''.rd :;no Ali cc de
l<'lcrl~.i, inhe ri tad tho Gibson ost 0.tes , He mnrr-Lo0. 1I~n.rg;'ret
G:-~lbrr;ith, hoiross
of the do Coymn f:unily of Kilbri do,
Scotl[',nd.
A grr.ndaon of this couple, Sir John Gibson,
I11~'.rriodAgnes Doug.Lr.s, gr:-mddr:.ughtcr of Sir Jrimcs of Da.Ikonbh ,
frien:! of Robort Bru co , (3nglish Exchoquer Rocor-ds , c.lso
Ch::rtor Records of Georgo TiT.)'
"Tho second son of this mr;rri,'l.go, Sir Thomns, lTh"rriod
Agnes de Guthrio, gr and dr-ugh'tcr' of Sir Dnvid Li ns ny , Duko of
Hontroso,
in lino of Jr..mos I of Scotl:'..nd.
Thoir first
threo
sons r.r-o most intoresting
to us, vVilli.:,lm, .TrJl10S nnd 'Ihomns,
~----------------------------------------------------------------------~~---pr'.go
2
)'8ir YVilli.:'1l1,unmrr r Lc d , wr:.s Bishop of Liborir.
Coc.djutor to C:'.rdinc:l Bcnt.oun ,
(Ch::-~rtor of Arbr-ont.hv l He
Wf'.S sont
rs Ambn.ssc.dor by King JCIJlOS Vof
Scotln,nd to Rome••
It W'lS from Pop c Clement VIr t.hn t, he recoived the Gibson
Ar:r.lori''(I Bcnr-i ng known r.s the Gibs on CO[,t of Arms: "Gulos
three keys f e s swnys in pr.Lo downwru-d , or ", nnd its motto:
nCoc..lostcs Prmd i, te Po r t nc " (lVInytho gntos of Horivcn bo
opGned to you).
Its c~est is n polic~n in hor piety.
These bo crunc tho Arms r.n d l\Iotto of his brothors,
Sir ,jr'.mcs
«nd Sir Thom:::.sr.Ls o ,
"Sir 'Ihomas mc.rriod Isobol Grc.hcunof Old Montrose,
Scotl'l.nd.
(C(~rdin::.l Bertoun Roco rd s , ) From the elder line
in this r rml Ly Dr. D'1vid H. Gibson, e ut.hor of this history,
is desc~nded; from the younger line,
cnme Lord Durie.
1~--~-:--~----=-----nSi'r
iLcrn-os- mEtl'rie
tlrc h-o-irDss ef
e-n:f!::FOW, Sc otl".nd ,,---_-_
whose fn.mily nCJ!lOW::.S Knox. This couple became c.ncestors to
f'.. Lar go f rm i Ly in Dumb
r.r t onah Lr-o t Glp.sgo'v'l)Ruthcrglen,.
end
Lr-nnrk , Tho oldest son, Sir Mn.urice, succeeded to the cs tnt cs
of his unc Lo , Sir iVillic.:r.l the Bishop..
(Se ottish
exchequer
Records, ~d Ch~rter of Uhiversity
of Gk.sgow of Bishop
Jc.n1(;sBor.ut on , published
by Mc.itlf'.nd Club of Sc ot Lnn d , ) Tho
Ruthorglen Gibsons m~rried Hrrmiltons nnd in 1607 p~t of
t nom Were sent to Armr.gh , Lr c Lend by J[U11c;S VI whore they
received Innd gr",-nts.
'~This occurred ['.t tho time of tho "Irish
Sottlomont"
whon J".mos VI of Sc ct.Lrmd , (Jm.1Gs I of Englnnd), trnnsforrod
IDL.:.ny
f cmi lios from tho Sc ottiS-h Low.Len d Counties of Dumbc.rton,
~umfries an d Renfrew, :::cross the Channc L, to t nko tho Lcrid s
of t.hoe o E:\rls of Lr-o Ir ..nd whoso Rebellion
he h ad just ond ed ,
Their dos ccndrmt s beer-me the "Scotch-Irish"
of history.
A
Princeton
professor
tells
us this tterm wns first
used in
tho Scottish
Universitios
to designc.te tho students
resorting
to thom froM Ulster.
They wero cfl.lled "Scoto-Hybornus."
Rev. Fr-nnc'ls IV~~~Kemic
the notod d l v.i.no, was enrolled
in
Gl "~sgowUniversi t.y es "Fr nnc iscus Hr.Kemius J Scoto-Hyb8nlus. ft
I-~~=~~~-------'-'-"~!l
tb€leisi:v.e RovGlu-tiGn ot 16W", culminp.ting in
tho "Siege of Londonderry" cn d the "B"..t t.Lc of the Boyho," it
wis these r'Seotch-Irish"
wh o sr.v ed the Pr-o to s tnrrt c aus o
rind theroby s nvod tho liberties
of the whole English-spef'.king
r r.cc , H,~ny of their
do s cendnn t a c.uno from Ulster
to Amorion,
~g:\in seeking freedom.
Thousn.nds upo~ thousr:.ncs of thoso
hn r dy pioneers
spref'.d ovur tho vo LLcys ~.~ndr.Lcng the ri vcrs
of this New \furld.
History rocords not only their porsonc.l
piety but elso their
rigid enforcoment of l~w 2nd ordor~
And it is r. :r.l~~tter of rocord thn.t in tho
Rcvo Lutd oncr-y
forcos thoro wore Gibsons from. ovoryono of tho thirteon
colonies".
~. Stowr:.rt Gibson
Decomber 15, 1936