Aquilla Gibson

Brief Life History of Aquilla

When Aquilla Gibson was born in 1663, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, William Gibson, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Purchase, was 21. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1674. He died on 4 November 1671, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 8.

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Family Time Line

William Gibson
1634–1702
Sarah Purchase
1642–1671
Aquilla Gibson
1663–1671
Purchase Gibson
1664–1665
Sarah Gibson
1665–1730
Priscilla Gibson
1667–1731
William Gibson
1670–1677
Elisabeth Gibson
1671–1680

Sources (3)

  • Aquila Gibson, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
  • Aquila Gibson, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Aquila Gibson, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Gibb (a pet form of Gilbert) + son, hence ‘son of Gibb’. The name is very common in Ireland, having arrived in that country in the 17th century. It is also occasionally adopted for Ó Gibealláin, see Giblin .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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