John Gibb

- 1720

• Name	John Gibb
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1680	Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Ship captain: 'master and purser of the John of Borrowstounes', though he claimed not to be responsible for the ship's cargo containing religious books regarded as seditious
  Religion	1681	Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland
  	Presbyterian - Covenanter. Leader of the Sweet Singers
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Transported prisoner
  Legal	25 Apr 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Ordered to be transported [sea hazards and pirrits being excepted] to the plantations in America by George Lockhart Merchant in New York in a ship belonging to him for public disorders and irregularities to the Plantations
  Departure	21 Aug 1684	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Seaflower
  Arrival	Aft Sep 1684	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4, 5]
  	Imported by James Johnston
  	The 1689 deed confirms that Gibb arrived in 1684
  Legal	Oct 1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	On list of servants imported by James Johnstone, who must have arrived sometime before October
  Property	16 Feb 1688/89	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [5, 6]
  	Deed by John Gibb to Robert Drummond for 30 acres of headland coming to him. Witnesses: Alexander Hutton, James Edsell
  Property	2 Nov 1692	Loch Arbour, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Confirmation to Robert Drummond, nephew of Gavine Drummond, in right of headland for himself, John Gibb and James Chighton of 90 acres in Locharbor
  Legal	15 Jan 1694/95	Sussex, Delaware, USA   [8]
  	Power of attorney, John Gibb, now of Sussex County annexed to Pensilvania, mariner, to Jonathan Dunham of Woodbridge as general agent
  Residence	15 Jan 1694/95	Sussex, Delaware, USA   [8]
  Legal	Jul 1695	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [9]
  	Defendant in a case at the Court of Chancery brought by John McDaniell relating to a bill for £3 18s as the "value of three acres of wheat and Ry"
  Legal	Jul 1695	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [10]
  	Subject of two claims brought by Samuel Leonard
  Residence	15 Jul 1695	Lewes, Sussex, Delaware, USA
  	One of a number of local residents who agreed to form a watch looking out for French privateers
  	Scharf 'History of Delaware', volume 2 p1235
  Property	Sep 1697	Sussex, Delaware, USA
  	Purchased 400 acres with house and appurtenances on south side of Rehoboth or Loves Creek
  	Records of the Courts of Sussex County, Vol.2, 1677-1710, p1032
  Legal	1702	Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Gibb gave a bond for £38 5s to Abraham op den Graeff, afterward assigned to Joseph Shippen. The record in the Germantown book, includes items of credit: "Cloth 32 yds @ 3s 6d and 36-1/4 Linning @ 4s"
  	Quoted in Pennypacker, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitaker), The Settlement of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the Beginning of German Emigration to North America (W.J. Campbell, 1899), p150<http://archive.org/details/settlementofgerm01penn>
  Residence	Mar 1701/02	Kent, Delaware, USA
  	When the recipent of a letter from Herman op den Graef addressed to "my well beloved and trusty friend John Gibb of the county of Kent, marriner"
  	“The Germantown Road and Its Associations” (The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume V, 1881, No. 3) by Townsend Ward, Page 252.
  Legal	24 Mar 1701/02	Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Appointed attorney by Herman op den Graef (now living in Kent Co.) to sell his lands, houses, orchards, etc in Germantown. He went on to sell 50 acres to Abraham op den Graef
  	“The Germantown Road and Its Associations” (The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume V, 1881, No. 3) by Townsend Ward, Page 252.
  Legal	5 May 1705	Lewes, Sussex, Delaware, USA   [11]
  	County Court agreed to an offer made by John Gibb and Mary his wife to bring up and maintain an orphan, Mary Griffith, provided she remained in their service for 13 and a half years
  Name	John Gib
  Property	3 Nov 1705	Sussex, Delaware, USA
  	Deed of purchase of land from John ffinwick (Fenwick), for £28
  	Deed records of Sussex County, 1693-1886, book C3-C4 1698-1721, folio 521-523
  Origin	Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland
  Death	1720	Sussex, Delaware, USA
  	Based on last known residence
  Person ID	I45077	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	John Gibb
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary (Gibb)
  Family ID	F31819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Ship captain: 'master and purser of the John of Borrowstounes', though he claimed not to be responsible for the ship's cargo containing religious books regarded as seditious - 1680 - Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Covenanter. Leader of the Sweet Singers - 1681 - Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland Legal - Ordered to be transported [sea hazards and pirrits being excepted] to the plantations in America by George Lockhart Merchant in New York in a ship belonging to him for public disorders and irregularities to the Plantations - 25 Apr 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Seaflower - 21 Aug 1684 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - Imported by James Johnston - Aft Sep 1684 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Confirmation to Robert Drummond, nephew of Gavine Drummond, in right of headland for himself, John Gibb and James Chighton of 90 acres in Locharbor - 2 Nov 1692 - Loch Arbour, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Legal - Power of attorney, John Gibb, now of Sussex County annexed to Pensilvania, mariner, to Jonathan Dunham of Woodbridge as general agent - 15 Jan 1694/95 - Sussex, Delaware, USA Residence - 15 Jan 1694/95 - Sussex, Delaware, USA Legal - Defendant in a case at the Court of Chancery brought by John McDaniell relating to a bill for £3 18s as the "value of three acres of wheat and Ry" - Jul 1695 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Subject of two claims brought by Samuel Leonard - Jul 1695 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - One of a number of local residents who agreed to form a watch looking out for French privateers - 15 Jul 1695 - Lewes, Sussex, Delaware, USA Property - Purchased 400 acres with house and appurtenances on south side of Rehoboth or Loves Creek - Sep 1697 - Sussex, Delaware, USA Legal - Gibb gave a bond for £38 5s to Abraham op den Graeff, afterward assigned to Joseph Shippen. The record in the Germantown book, includes items of credit: "Cloth 32 yds @ 3s 6d and 36-1/4 Linning @ 4s" - 1702 - Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Residence - When the recipent of a letter from Herman op den Graef addressed to "my well beloved and trusty friend John Gibb of the county of Kent, marriner" - Mar 1701/02 - Kent, Delaware, USA Legal - Appointed attorney by Herman op den Graef (now living in Kent Co.) to sell his lands, houses, orchards, etc in Germantown. He went on to sell 50 acres to Abraham op den Graef - 24 Mar 1701/02 - Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Legal - County Court agreed to an offer made by John Gibb and Mary his wife to bring up and maintain an orphan, Mary Griffith, provided she remained in their service for 13 and a half years - 5 May 1705 - Lewes, Sussex, Delaware, USA Property - Deed of purchase of land from John ffinwick (Fenwick), for £28 - 3 Nov 1705 - Sussex, Delaware, USA Origin - - Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland Death - 1720 - Sussex, Delaware, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, VI, p570. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, VIII, pp709-710. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), PC12/8 f.192. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p68. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, D(EJ): Folio 138 (SSTSE023). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p172. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p201. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p221. [S3731] Edsall, Preston W., Journal of the Courts of Common Right and Chancery of East New Jersey, 1683-1702, p278. [S3731] Edsall, Preston W., Journal of the Courts of Common Right and Chancery of East New Jersey, 1683-1702, p275. [S3741] Horle, Craig W., Records of the Courts of Sussex County, Delaware, Volume 2: 1677-1710, p1160.