Samuel Gibbons

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Gibbons was born on 10 April 1778, in Westwell, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Stephen Gibbons, was 33 and his mother, Ann Balden, was 29.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Gibbons
1745–1819
Ann Balden
1749–1813
Sarah Gibbons
1772–
Hannah Gibbons
1774–1845
Stephen Gibbons
1776–1804
Samuel Gibbons
1778–
Mary Ann Gibbons
1781–
Stephen Gibbons
1784–
Sarah Gibbons
1785–
Ann Gibbons
1785–
Frances Gibbons
1793–

Sources (2)

  • Samuel Gibbins, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Samuel Gibbins, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

World Events (8)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): variant of Gibbon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish (Mayo): in Ireland, the name is frequent and has been Gaelicized as Mac Giobúin. It is also found as a variant of Fitzgibbon .

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

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