Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 153450188

Notes:

According to Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 2, page 442 Thomas Gibbs was born 23 Mar 1636 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. He was the son of Thomas Gibbs, Sr. of Sandwich, MA and an unknown mother who died on or after 1693 ("New England Marriage Prior to 1700," page 300).

NOTE: Some records show Thomas Gibbs, Jr.'s birth year as 1646 but that may be a mistake that was propagated through the Family Data Collection database in Provo, Utah. [Thanks to FAG member Melinda for pointing out the birth year discrepancy.]

On 23 Dec 1674 Thomas Gibbs married Alice Warren (1646-1732) in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Alice's grandfather was Richard Warren, one of the original Mayflower passengers.

According to "Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2" Alice Warren & Thomas Gibbs had the following children together:

1. Bethiah Gibbs (b. 10 Dec 1675; d. before 23 June 1725 (father's will))
2. Abigail Gibbs (b. ?; d. pre 19 Nov 1741 (husband's 2nd marriage)
3 Thomas Gibbs (b. 28 Jan 1679; d. after 9 May 1733 (father's estate)
4. Sarah Gibbs (b. circa 1682; d. 28 Oct 1716)
5. Cornelius Gibbs (b. ?; d. ?)
6. Warren Gibbs (b. circa 1689; d. after 9 May 1733 (father's estate)
7. Ebenezer Gibbs (b. ?; d. "beyond the sea" in June 1725)
8. Jabez Gibbs (b. ?; d. "beyond the sea" in June 1725)

According to "Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 2" Thomas Gibbs died in Sandwich, Massachusetts on 7 Jan 1732.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153450188

Thomas married Alice Warren on 23 Dec 1674 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Alice (daughter of Nathaniel Warren and Sarah Walker) was born on 2 Aug 1656 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Mar 1691/92 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 79412732
• Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
• Group: Mayflower - Richard Warren

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

"FOURTH GENERATION (to Richard Warren, Mayflower passenger): Abigail Gibbs, daughter of Alice Warren Gibbs and her husband, Thomas Gibbs, was born at Sandwich, Mass.; married at Sandwich on Nov. 26, 1697 to Jireh Swift the son of William Swift, Jr., and his wife, Ruth Swift. Jireh was born about 1665 and died at Wareham, Mass., in April 1749. Abigail Gibbs died before November, 1741. (See "William Swyft and Descendants" (1900), pages 3 to 6)." -- credit HART FAMILY HISTORY, Silas Hart, HIS ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS by William Lincoln Hart, Alliance, Ohio 1942.
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Inscription courtesy A. Griffith, http://www.warehamhistory.com/AgawamCemetery/SectionC/SwiftAbigail.htm


Inscription

    Here Lyes Buried
    Mrs Abigail Swift wife of
    Deacn Jirah
    Swift who Dec
    March ye 22d 1740

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79412732

Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of Richard Warren of the Mayflower

Abigail married Deacon Jireh Swift, Sr. on 26 Nov 1697 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Jireh was born about 1665 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Apr 1749 in Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried after 17 Apr 1749 in Agawam Cemetery, Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 6203328
• Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
• Group: Mayflower - Richard Warren

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6203328

Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of Richard Warren of the Mayflower

Buried:
Inscription

    Here lies intered the
    body of Capt. Nathniel Swift
    who died Mar.13. 1790. AE 83
    His children in filial regards to his memory place this stone.

Nathaniel married Abiah Tupper on 14 Sep 1730 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Abiah was born on 1 Nov 1713 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; was christened on 27 Dec 1713 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Apr 1782 in Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut; was buried after 4 Apr 1782 in Warren Center Cemetery Old, Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 6203063
• Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Mayflower - Richard Warren
• Group: Veteran or Patriot of Revolutionary War

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Nathaniel was a Lieutenant in Col. Burrall's Connecticut Regiment during the Revolutionary War.

Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

Colonel Charles Burrall's Regiment was raised on Continental basis to serve in the Northern Department under Gen. Schuyler for the year 1776, its term expiring January 19, 1777. It reinforced the troops besieging Quebec under Arnold and Wooster, and after the retreat from that position in April, '76, was stationed at Ticonderoga and vicinity, where the men suffered severely from small pox.

Two Companies of regiment, Captains Downs' and Stevens', were engaged in the affair at the Cedars, forty miles above Montreal, on May 19, and nearly all made prisoners.

Lieutenants: Nathaniel Swift.
Source: https://www.americanwars.org/ct-american-revolution/colonel-burralls-regiment-1776.htm

Contributor: Cathy Truesdale (47667802)


Inscription

    In Memory of
    Nathaniel Swift, Esquire
    who died Dec 4th 1825
    Aged 76 years

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6203063

Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
Descendant of Richard Warren of the Mayflower

Group:
Revolutionary War Patriot or Soldier.

Nathaniel married Sarah Thomas on 21 Dec 1769 in Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Josiah Thomas, Jr. and Sarah Judd) was born on 20 Nov 1751 in Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut; died on 23 Apr 1835 in Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut; was buried after 23 Apr 1835 in Warren Center Cemetery Old, Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]