When Abraham Vibert was born in 1584, in Hampshire, England, his father, Charles Vilbert Vibert, was 35 and his mother, Anne Martel, was 34. He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Jeanne Jane Garner. He died on 15 February 1640, in Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 56, and was buried in Southampton St Michael, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
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England established its first colony in North America in 1585 as a way to generate additional wealth. The colony was named Virginia, after the virgin Queen Elizabeth I.
Elizabeth I signed the death warrant for Mary, Queen of Scots, on February 1, 1587, as she was found guilty of plotting to assasinate Elizabeth. Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England on February 8, 1587.
The Honourable East India Company, a British joint-stock company, was established in 1600 for trade in the Indian Ocean region. At its height, the British East India Company had a private army which was twice the size of the British Army, ruled large sections of India, and revenues in the millions.
French and English (of French Huguenot origin): from the ancient Germanic personal name Wigberht, composed of the elements wig ‘battle’ and berht ‘bright’. As a French surname this is a regional variant of Guibert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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