Sarah Davis

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• Name: Sarah Gibbons
• Name: Sarah Unknown
• Name: Sarah Unknown
• Reference Number: 5958
• Residence: 1850, Sugarloaf, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1858, Salem, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

BIRTH: 15 Jun 1781 per age on gravestone in Hamline Cemetery. 1850 Census gives born Pennsylvania.

MAIDEN NAME: In a letter written in 1939, Sarah's great granddaughter Mrs. James (Della) W. Good states that her great grandma's maiden name is Davis. Her son Isaac's death certificate lists parents as Charles Gibbons and Catherine Davis.

MARRIAGE: On the land grant application she gave a marriage date of 23 Feb 1806. No location was given.

RESIDENCE: Sugarloaf until husband died, then moved into home of Isaiah Cole in Salem Township, Luzerne County per land grant application. Isaiah Cole b. 1800 is husband of Mary Gibbons b. 1809. It would seem probable that Mary is a previously unknown daughter of Sarah.

DEATH: 8 Aug 1859 from gravestone.

PROBATE: Probate case opened 14 Aug 1877. Samuel Gibbons, (I assume her son) as administrator swears and affirms that she died on 8 Aug 1859. I am guessing that this is related to her son Thomas's probate in 1876. I am suspecting that the status of the160 acres she received in a land grant warrant (due to deceased husband's War of 1812 Service) in 1859 had to be cleared up in order to close Thomas's probate case. The Land Warrant (for land in Larned, Kansas) was sold and assigned to Lizzie Boyd on10 Feb 1880. Letters of administration were filed 14 Aug 1877 Vol 4 Page 499. (Year of record 1877 File No. 44). No apparent will for her or Charles.

I was researching Charles Gibbons online and found 20 documents relating to his widow’s application for a Bounty Land Warrant in regards to his war of 1812 service. These documents can be viewed at https://www.fold3.com/image/1/313139604 This database is free, but you need to register.

Also the probate index page at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9SM-75BW?i=840&wc=9PMK-JWG%3A268497701%2C268527501&cc=1999196 (also a free site, need to register) shows wills on file for Thomas and Isaac (sons of Charles). Although nothing listed for Charles himself. The wills themselves can be looked up on the familysearch.org site by going to the appropriate volume and page number.

Sarah married Charles Gibbons on 23 Feb 1806. Charles was born about May 1780 in New Jersey, USA; died on 22 Mar 1857 in Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 22 Mar 1857 in Benton, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas Gibbons was born on 30 Nov 1808 in Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 20 Jul 1876 in Pennsylvania, USA.
2. Mary Gibbons was born in 1810 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 7 Jan 1883; was buried in Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
3. Reuben Gibbons was born on 22 Jan 1813 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 2 Apr 1893 in Pennsylvania, USA.
4. Hannah Gibbons was born on 5 Nov 1815 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 10 Dec 1865 in Tuscola, Michigan, USA; was buried in Juniata, Tuscola, Michigan, USA.
5. Samuel Gibbons was born on 23 Apr 1817 in Pennsylvania, USA.
6. Sarah A Gibbons was born in 1819 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1870.
7. Charles Gibbons was born in 1822 in Pennsylvania, USA.
8. Isaac Gibbons was born on 16 Mar 1823 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 5 May 1908 in Pennsylvania, USA.

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 9094
• Residence: 1768, Cumru, Berks, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1790, Windsor, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
• Residence: 1800, Windsor, Berks, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1810, Brunswig, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

Reuben married Helen Fitzsimmons on 18 Aug 1769 in Douglassville, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. Helen was born in 1748 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America; died on 15 Jul 1833 in Port Clinton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States of America; was buried in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Eleanora Davis
• Reference Number: 9095
• Birth: Abt 1749

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Married:
St Gabriels Episcopal