Gibson's In Scotland

[thecelt]

I realize this is an old thread but I am a Gibson who is also doing family research. I am at a dead end with my paper trail with Robert Gibson b.1825 Ireland, although I don't know where. He married a woman named Ann, and emigrated to America (New York) most likely in the late 1840's. Based on surname history I suspect he made it to Ireland by way of Scotland during the plantation period, but I don't know for certain. I have had my DNA tested and belong to the Gibson surname project but I don't have any close DNA matches yet.

[Darklldo]

Originally Posted by Pirate Faery

Good afternoon:

I have 4 locations for the surname of Gibson: Caithness - Dumfries - Midlothian & Fife. They have also been listed as a Sept of the Clan Cameron and the Clan Buchanan. Gibson's first recorded in records abt 1235 (give or take) Bt yet they have their own Coat of Arms which is confusing along with everything else.

My problem is that I can't connect the ancestor that is suspose to have come to the Colonies in or about 1740 - born Scotland - actual location is unknown. I've checked many data bases - web sites - etc and can find No listing of that ancestor - Ziba Gibson, anywhere. He and his wife (Mary Bennett) exist only in written records in the U.S. they had 3 children: Thomas born abt 1735 - Mary Born abt 1738 and Nelson B: abt 1740.

There are two stories of how Ziba & Mary came to the colonies: one very mundane and boring, the second is filled with mystery and danger. The one thing that all the stories have in common is that Ziba had a Grant from the crown for 100 acres of land in Anson County, North Carolina (Now Richmond County) on Hitchcock Creek -- there is no record of the widow (Ziba passed away shortly after their arrival/Charlotte Co. Virgina) claiming the land - the grant is not on the Virginia records, nor the North Carolina records. Nelson eventually ends up with 100 acres of land on Hitcock Creek but I find that on a regular deed not a land grant from the Crown. -- This of course is the Mundane story which is more likely the truth of the matter.

If anyone can lend a hand or point me in a direction to look that I Might be able to find Ziba & Mary (Bennett) Gibson or records of the childrens birth, it would be greatly appreciated

Hello Don't know if this will help you, but I just happened to be wandering through Gibsons in the hope of finding one Henry Gibson when I came across this...

This is quoted from :GIBSON Genealogy in North Carolina

Gibson Family and you will find a Ziba (which I think could be a Jewish name) on about the 5th paragraph down...'



GIBSON FAMILY


EXtract from speech delivered by Col. J. Preston Gibson at a Reunion of
the Gibson Family in 1905.

On the side it says: This is a history of the branch of the Gibson Family
at Gibson,NC and SC.

".....Ziba, and who died in Va soon after arriving in this country. These two
boys, Nelson and Thomas, both enlisted in the Revolutionary War, having
recently fled from Europe, they were fired with a desire for freedom and
bravely fought under Gen. Marion and other patriotic chieftains for
Colonial Independence. In more instances than one are these two Gibson boys
mentioned and complimented for their brazenness and heroism. This same
Thomas Gibson was Mr. Eli" Gibson's grandfather, he and his brother Nelson
both married sisters whose maiden names were William's.

The unmarried daughter of this widow, who came with her mother and two
brothers from Scotland to Va. and later to Richmond County, NC, married old
man " Wild Cat Billy Smith" the Grandfather of Major Wm. E. Smith, and
great grandfather of Mrs. Henry D. Gibson and myself on my mother's side..."


I do hope you can find the full article, as it is too long to post here.
With my thanks to Diane Mason in the hope she doesn't mind me passing this on