Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameJane Gibson The Younger
Birthabt 1660, Charles City, Charles County, Province of Virginia
Death1738, Charles City, Charles County, Province of Virginia
FatherMingo Thomas Jackson Gibson (~1617-1710)
MotherJane Gibson the Elder (~1640-1681)
Spouses
Birthabt 1665, Brunswick, Lunenburg County, Province of Virginia
Death1739, York County, Province of Virginia
Notes for Jane Gibson The Younger
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https://nativeamericanroots.wordpress.com/2015/05/...-the-elder-an-indian/
https://lost-creek.org/genealogy/histories/evans-family.php
https://nativeamericanroots.wordpress.com/?s=Gibson
The Native American, free colored, Evans family of Granville County directly descend from Morris Evans and Jane Gibson of Charles City County, VA. The Evans family resettled in and became a core part of Granville County's Native American community in the 1760s immediately following the initial settlement of the founding Chavis, Harris, Hawley, Pettiford, Anderson, Bass, and Goins families. In this blog post I will document the Evans family from their earliest documented origins from a free Indian woman known as Jane Gibson the elder, to their settlement in Granville County. A word of caution: Evans is among the most common surnames dating back to colonial times, therefore not all Evans families are genealogically related. There were a few free colored Evans families originating in Virginia and it is not known if and how they may all be related. The focus of this blog post is about documenting the branch of the Evans family that begins with Morris Evans and his wife Jane Gibson. I do discuss two additional Evans families at the end, that may or may not be related.
Court records seem to indicate that the first Jane Gibson was born ca 1640 and that her daughter, Jane Jr., was born ca 1660. Jane Gibson Jr. was married to Morris Evans, and judging by the ages indicated in these records, it is apparent that this would have been the Morris Evans whose age I estimate as born ca 1665, and who left a will & estate in 1739 York County, Virginia. From these petitions and the estate records for Morris Evans, it appears that he and Jane may have been separated by the time of his death, since there is no mention of Jane, but his 2 sons, Charles & Morris were listed among the heirs, along with Rebecca Hulet, listed as "friend", and her daughter, Elizabeth. Jane Gibson-Evans was called a "widow" in these petitions, but it would not have been unusual for her to have actually been separated or divorced and for it not to have been public knowledge at the time.
Daughter of Jane, The Elder: Jane Gibson, born say 1640, was about eighty years old in 1721 according to a deposition by Robert Wills who was a ten-year-old apprentice to Mr. Carter of Shirley Plantation when he became acquainted with her in Charles City County. "Mr. Carter took her to live with him at Shirley where I then lived to brew a diet drink, he being afflicted with dropsy." Jane died two or three years later according to depositions of 81-year-old Robert Wills on 25 June 1791 and 9 July 1791 in the suit for the freedom of her descendants. Wills deposed that Jane was the mother of "dark mulattoes" Jane and George Gibson and she was the ancestor of other "free mulattoes or blacks...some black, some nearly white and others dark mulattoes:" the free Scott, Bradby, Smith, Redcross, and Morris families of Charles City County, the Bowman family of Henrico County as well as many members of the Evans family who were slaves for life [Lynchburg City Chancery file, 1821-033, LVA]. Jane was the mother of
i. Jane, born say 1662-5, married Morris Evans [Lynchburg Chancery file 1821-033]. ii. George1, born say 1666, died without issue.
http://obsn.org/a-brief-history-of-the-occaneechi-band-of-the-saponi-nation/
The Indian Gibsons - -In 1640 Jane Gibson, an Indian woman was born in Charles City County according to the deposition of Robert Wills, taken in 1790 at his home in Charles City County. Testimony also shows Jane had a brother or a son named George Gibson, she possibly may have had both brother and son, and a daughter Jane Gibson. Jane, the daughter, married to Morris Evans, their daughter and her descendants would become enslaved. Thomas Gibson aka Mingo Jackson sued and won his freedom proving he descended from the Indian Jane Gibson. - - - Questions by the defendant. How old were you when you were first acquainted with the elder Jane Gibson and George her brother? Answer I believe I was ten or eleven years old or thereabouts.
Quest. How old do you suppose they were and how long did they live afterwards?
Answer. Jane Gibson the elder was very old, I apprehend she was eighty years of age, [born about 1640] being past all labour - Mr. Carter my Master took her to live with him at Shirley where I then lived to brew a diet drink, he being afflicted with a dropsy - The old Jane Gibson I suppose might live two or three years. Her daughter Jane widow to an EVANS , lived a considerable number of years after my first acquaintance with her- she bore the name of EVANS as did all her children.
Quest. About what time were you acquainted with Jane and George Gibson the children of Jane, and how old were they when you were first acquainted with them?
Answer. I knew Jane Evans the daughter some time before I knew the old woman, which I believe as I have deposed in my former deposition must be seventy years ago; she was an old woman when I became acquainted with her, she practised midwifery and doctoring in families, but was not above sixty I should suppose: George too was an old person, I believe - Jane was the older.The deposition of John Meriwether Gent. taken this day at his house in the City of Richmond in a suit now depending in the Henrico District Court wherein Thomas Gibson alias Mingo Jackson is plt. and David Ross defendant.This deponent aged sixty nine years being first sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that William Meriwether this deponents late father often told this deponent in his lifetime that he purchased of one LIGHTFOOT in New Kent a mulatto wench named Frank Evans and also her brother named ______ Evans
10th of June 1668 A List of ye Tythables from ye Colledge to Smiths forte taken up by Mr. Thos Warren Tho. Hurle Joh. Shipp Tho Gibson & 1 negro, 04 Geo. Foster & Tho. Williams, 02 Tho. North, 01 John Clemens, 01 Edmond Howell, 01 [Note: Thomas Gibson is a father of Gibson Gibson and therefore husband of Elizabeth Chavis. Edmond Howell is a godfather of Gibson Gibson--See 23 Dec. 1679 & 28 March 1672]
Jane Gibson, born says 1640, was about eighty years old in 1721 according to a deposition by Robert Wills who was a ten-year-old apprentice to Mr. Carter of Shirley Plantation when he became acquainted with her in Charles City County. "Mr. Carter took her to live with him at Shirley where I then lived to brew a diet drink, he being afflicted with dropsy." Jane died two or three years later according to depositions of 81-year-old Robert Wills on 25 June 1791 and 9 July 1791 in the suit for the freedom of her descendants. Wills deposed that Jane was the mother of "dark mulattoes" Jane and George Gibson and she was the ancestor of other "free mulattoes or blacks...some black, some nearly white and others dark mulattoes:" the free Scott, Bradby, Smith, Redcross, and Morris families of Charles City County, the Bowman family of Henrico County as well as many members of the Evans family who were slaves for life [Lynchburg City Chancery file, 1821-033, LVA]. Jane was the mother of i. Jane, born says 1662-5, married Morris Evans [Lynchburg Chancery file 1821-033].
ii. George1, born say 1666, died without issue.
https://nativeamericanroots.wordpress.com/2015/05/...-the-elder-an-indian/
https://lost-creek.org/genealogy/histories/evans-family.php
https://nativeamericanroots.wordpress.com/?s=Gibson
The Native American, free colored, Evans family of Granville County directly descend from Morris Evans and Jane Gibson of Charles City County, VA. The Evans family resettled in and became a core part of Granville County's Native American community in the 1760s immediately following the initial settlement of the founding Chavis, Harris, Hawley, Pettiford, Anderson, Bass, and Goins families. In this blog post I will document the Evans family from their earliest documented origins from a free Indian woman known as Jane Gibson the elder, to their settlement in Granville County. A word of caution: Evans is among the most common surnames dating back to colonial times, therefore not all Evans families are genealogically related. There were a few free colored Evans families originating in Virginia and it is not known if and how they may all be related. The focus of this blog post is about documenting the branch of the Evans family that begins with Morris Evans and his wife Jane Gibson. I do discuss two additional Evans families at the end, that may or may not be related.
Court records seem to indicate that the first Jane Gibson was born ca 1640 and that her daughter, Jane Jr., was born ca 1660. Jane Gibson Jr. was married to Morris Evans, and judging by the ages indicated in these records, it is apparent that this would have been the Morris Evans whose age I estimate as born ca 1665, and who left a will & estate in 1739 York County, Virginia. From these petitions and the estate records for Morris Evans, it appears that he and Jane may have been separated by the time of his death, since there is no mention of Jane, but his 2 sons, Charles & Morris were listed among the heirs, along with Rebecca Hulet, listed as "friend", and her daughter, Elizabeth. Jane Gibson-Evans was called a "widow" in these petitions, but it would not have been unusual for her to have actually been separated or divorced and for it not to have been public knowledge at the time.
Daughter of Jane, The Elder: Jane Gibson, born say 1640, was about eighty years old in 1721 according to a deposition by Robert Wills who was a ten-year-old apprentice to Mr. Carter of Shirley Plantation when he became acquainted with her in Charles City County. "Mr. Carter took her to live with him at Shirley where I then lived to brew a diet drink, he being afflicted with dropsy." Jane died two or three years later according to depositions of 81-year-old Robert Wills on 25 June 1791 and 9 July 1791 in the suit for the freedom of her descendants. Wills deposed that Jane was the mother of "dark mulattoes" Jane and George Gibson and she was the ancestor of other "free mulattoes or blacks...some black, some nearly white and others dark mulattoes:" the free Scott, Bradby, Smith, Redcross, and Morris families of Charles City County, the Bowman family of Henrico County as well as many members of the Evans family who were slaves for life [Lynchburg City Chancery file, 1821-033, LVA]. Jane was the mother of
i. Jane, born say 1662-5, married Morris Evans [Lynchburg Chancery file 1821-033]. ii. George1, born say 1666, died without issue.
http://obsn.org/a-brief-history-of-the-occaneechi-band-of-the-saponi-nation/
The Indian Gibsons - -In 1640 Jane Gibson, an Indian woman was born in Charles City County according to the deposition of Robert Wills, taken in 1790 at his home in Charles City County. Testimony also shows Jane had a brother or a son named George Gibson, she possibly may have had both brother and son, and a daughter Jane Gibson. Jane, the daughter, married to Morris Evans, their daughter and her descendants would become enslaved. Thomas Gibson aka Mingo Jackson sued and won his freedom proving he descended from the Indian Jane Gibson. - - - Questions by the defendant. How old were you when you were first acquainted with the elder Jane Gibson and George her brother? Answer I believe I was ten or eleven years old or thereabouts.
Quest. How old do you suppose they were and how long did they live afterwards?
Answer. Jane Gibson the elder was very old, I apprehend she was eighty years of age, [born about 1640] being past all labour - Mr. Carter my Master took her to live with him at Shirley where I then lived to brew a diet drink, he being afflicted with a dropsy - The old Jane Gibson I suppose might live two or three years. Her daughter Jane widow to an EVANS , lived a considerable number of years after my first acquaintance with her- she bore the name of EVANS as did all her children.
Quest. About what time were you acquainted with Jane and George Gibson the children of Jane, and how old were they when you were first acquainted with them?
Answer. I knew Jane Evans the daughter some time before I knew the old woman, which I believe as I have deposed in my former deposition must be seventy years ago; she was an old woman when I became acquainted with her, she practised midwifery and doctoring in families, but was not above sixty I should suppose: George too was an old person, I believe - Jane was the older.The deposition of John Meriwether Gent. taken this day at his house in the City of Richmond in a suit now depending in the Henrico District Court wherein Thomas Gibson alias Mingo Jackson is plt. and David Ross defendant.This deponent aged sixty nine years being first sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that William Meriwether this deponents late father often told this deponent in his lifetime that he purchased of one LIGHTFOOT in New Kent a mulatto wench named Frank Evans and also her brother named ______ Evans
10th of June 1668 A List of ye Tythables from ye Colledge to Smiths forte taken up by Mr. Thos Warren Tho. Hurle Joh. Shipp Tho Gibson & 1 negro, 04 Geo. Foster & Tho. Williams, 02 Tho. North, 01 John Clemens, 01 Edmond Howell, 01 [Note: Thomas Gibson is a father of Gibson Gibson and therefore husband of Elizabeth Chavis. Edmond Howell is a godfather of Gibson Gibson--See 23 Dec. 1679 & 28 March 1672]
Jane Gibson, born says 1640, was about eighty years old in 1721 according to a deposition by Robert Wills who was a ten-year-old apprentice to Mr. Carter of Shirley Plantation when he became acquainted with her in Charles City County. "Mr. Carter took her to live with him at Shirley where I then lived to brew a diet drink, he being afflicted with dropsy." Jane died two or three years later according to depositions of 81-year-old Robert Wills on 25 June 1791 and 9 July 1791 in the suit for the freedom of her descendants. Wills deposed that Jane was the mother of "dark mulattoes" Jane and George Gibson and she was the ancestor of other "free mulattoes or blacks...some black, some nearly white and others dark mulattoes:" the free Scott, Bradby, Smith, Redcross, and Morris families of Charles City County, the Bowman family of Henrico County as well as many members of the Evans family who were slaves for life [Lynchburg City Chancery file, 1821-033, LVA]. Jane was the mother of i. Jane, born says 1662-5, married Morris Evans [Lynchburg Chancery file 1821-033].
ii. George1, born say 1666, died without issue.