1781 - 1859 (78 years)
Set As Default Person
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| 1850 United States Federal Census Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Sugarloaf, Columbia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_769; Page: 204B; Image: . |
| gibbons sarrah Hamline Cemetery, Benton, Columbia, Pennsylvania from findagrave.com |
| Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Collection Name: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 207 Hamline Cemetery, Benton, Columbia, Pennsylvania |
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Name |
Sarah Davis [1] |
Born |
15 Jun 1781 |
Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3] |
Gender |
Female |
Name |
Sarah Gibbons [2] |
Name |
Sarah Unknown |
Name |
Sarah Unknown [4] |
Reference Number |
5958 |
Residence |
1850 |
Sugarloaf, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA [3] |
Residence |
1858 |
Salem, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA [5] |
Died |
8 Aug 1859 |
Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2] |
Buried |
Benton, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2] |
Siblings |
10 Siblings |
| 1. Thomas Davis, b. Abt 1770, Pennsylvania, USA | + | 2. Elizabeth Davis, b. 20 Jan 1772, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 9 Jul 1818 (Age 46 years) ▻ John Woolison, m. 31 Aug 1794 | | 3. Mary Davis, b. Abt 1773, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Bef 1822 (Age ~ 48 years) ▻ George Woolison | + | 4. Nancy Davis, b. Abt 1774, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 5 Sep 1845, Adelphi, Ross County, Ohio, United States of America (Age ~ 71 years) ▻ Daniel Kershner | | 5. Richard Davis, b. Abt 1779, Pennsylvania, USA | + | 6. Sarah Davis, b. 15 Jun 1781, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 8 Aug 1859, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years) ▻ Charles Gibbons, m. 23 Feb 1806 | | 7. Soloman Davis, b. 8 Feb 1782, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 8 Jul 1860, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years) | | 8. John Davis, b. Abt 1783, Pennsylvania, USA | + | 9. Reuben Davis, b. 1784, Pennsylvania , d. 2 Jul 1858, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 74 years) ▻ Catharine Miller | + | 10. Eleanor Davis, b. Abt 1785, Pennsylvania, USA ▻ Daniel Boyer | + | 11. Hannah Davis, b. 1792, Pennsylvania , d. 5 Aug 1854 (Age 62 years) ▻ George Moser | |
Person ID |
I5958 |
FelsingFam |
Last Modified |
16 Feb 2024 |
Father |
Reuben Davis, b. 27 Jul 1736, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America , d. 5 Nov 1820, Brunswick, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 84 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Mother |
Helen Fitzsimmons, b. 1748, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America , d. 15 Jul 1833, Port Clinton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Age 85 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Married |
18 Aug 1769 |
Douglassville, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA [6] |
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Photos |
| davis-fitzsimmons1769 Date:4/16/2020 6:35:30 PM |
Family ID |
F2702 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Charles Gibbons, b. Abt May 1780, New Jersey, USA , d. 22 Mar 1857, Pennsylvania, USA (Age ~ 76 years) |
Married |
23 Feb 1806 [7] |
Children |
+ | 1. Thomas Gibbons, b. 30 Nov 1808, Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 20 Jul 1876, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 67 years) [natural] |
+ | 2. Mary Gibbons, b. 1810, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 7 Jan 1883 (Age 73 years) [natural] |
+ | 3. Reuben Gibbons, b. 22 Jan 1813, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 2 Apr 1893, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years) [natural] |
+ | 4. Hannah Gibbons, b. 5 Nov 1815, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 10 Dec 1865, Tuscola, Michigan, USA (Age 50 years) [natural] |
+ | 5. Samuel Gibbons, b. 23 Apr 1817, Pennsylvania, USA [natural] |
+ | 6. Sarah A Gibbons, b. 1819, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 1870 (Age 51 years) [natural] |
+ | 7. Charles Gibbons, b. 1822, Pennsylvania, USA [natural] |
+ | 8. Isaac Gibbons, b. 16 Mar 1823, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 5 May 1908, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 85 years) [natural] |
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Last Modified |
16 Feb 2024 |
Family ID |
F1734 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 15 Jun 1781 - Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Residence - 1850 - Sugarloaf, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Residence - 1858 - Salem, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Died - 8 Aug 1859 - Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Buried - - Benton, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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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.
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Sources |
- [S702] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Reuben Davis
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=195270390&indiv=try
- [S259] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Charles Gibbons
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=100424292&indiv=try
- [S260] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Sugarloaf, Columbia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_769; Page: 204B; Image: 124.
Record for Charles Gibbons
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=380896&indiv=try
- [S346] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Collection Name: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 207 Hamline Cemetery, Benton, Columbia, Pennsylvania.
Record for Charles Gibbons
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2451&h=4319640&indiv=try
- [S554] War of 1812 land grant application.
In the application it was stated the shortly after her husband died she moved into the Isaiah Cole household in Salem, Luzerne, Coloumbia, Pennsylvania.
- [S346] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
- [S554] War of 1812 land grant application.
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