'Gibson01'
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Families covered: Gibson of Durie, Gibson of Keirhill, Gibson of Pentland, Gibson-Craig of Riccarton, Gibson-Carmichael of Skirling
| Thomas Gibson in Fife (a temp James IV who r. 1488-1513) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | George Gibson of Harlaw | ||||||||||||||
| A. | George Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Cranston | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Gibson (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | George Gibson of Goldingstons (a 1549) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary or Elizabeth Airth | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Gibson (Dean of Restalrig, Senator of the College of Justice) | ||||||||||||||
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| George Gibson of Goldingstons (a 1549) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth or Mary Airth | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie (d 10.06.1644, Lord President of the Court of Session as 'Lord Durie') | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.01.1596) Margaret Craig (dau of Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie (d 06.1656, Lord of Session as 'Lord Durie') | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1625) Cecilia Fotheringhame (d c1657, dau of Thomas Fotheringhame of Powrie) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie (b c1629, d 06.08.1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.06.1651) Marjory Murray (d 10.08.1667, dau of Andrew Murray, 1st Lord Balvaird) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Anne Gibson (d 1720) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Murray of Polmaise & Touchadam (b 1649) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - daughter (d c1662?), daughter (b c1662?) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Gibson of Balhousie then Durie (d 1669) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.03.1663) Elizabeth Aytoun (dau of Sir John Aytoun of that ilk, widow of Craighall) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Alexander Gibson of Durie (dsp 30.01.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Murray (dau of John Murray of Polmaise and Touchadam) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Ann Gibson probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Patullo of Balhouffie (d 1699) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue (dsp) - George, Archibald (d 26.05.1670) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Sir John Gibson of Pentland and Addistone | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jean Hay (dau of Alexander Hay of Kennet) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Alexander Gibson of Pentland (d 1693) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Fleming (dau of Sir James Fleming of Rathobyres) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Gibson of Pentland (d 13.05.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.11.1687) Elizabeth Craig (dau of Lewis Craig of Riccarton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Alexander Gibson of Pentland, 3rd Bart (d 15.04.1774) | ||||||||||||||
| The baronetcy was inherited from his cousin. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Hamilton (dau of James Hamilton of Pencaitland) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Margaret Gibson ("only child") | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Murray of Touchadam and Polmaise | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Gibson in London | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Gibson of Pentland, 4th Bart (d 29.03.1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1775) Henrietta Watson (d 08.03.1830, dau of James Watson of Saughton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Helen Gibson of Pentland (b 12.05.1775) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dewar Masterton (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Barr (dsp, Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. David Anderson (Major General) | |||||||||||||||
| Their son inherited Pentland and assumed the name Gibsone. | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir Robert Gibson of Pentland, 5th Bart (dsp before 1803 in America) | ||||||||||||||
| Described in BLG1952 (Seton of Mounie) as daughter of Sir Alexander Gibson, Bart of Pentland, but probably his sister was ... | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anne Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Seton of Mounie | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Alexander Gibson of Durie (d 01.03.1729) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Foulis (dau of Sir John Foulis of Ravelston) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Gibson of Durie (d 18.01.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Carmichael (d 02.06.1787, dau of Hon. Wiliam Carmichael of Skirling) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Alexander Gibson of Durie (d 13.05.1785) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.10.1770) Margaret Bruce Dundas (d 22.12.1774, dau of Thomas Dundas of Fingask) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir John Gibson, later Gibson-Carmichael of Skirling, 6th Bart (b 24.04.1773, d 05.11.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.10.1799) Janet Hyndford Elliot (d 23.08.1825, dau of Cornelius Elliott of Wolflee) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Eleanor Margaret Gibson-Carmichael (dsp 05.12.1883) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1828) Alexander Begbie (d 18.06.1860) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir Thomas Gibson, later Gibson-Carmichael of Skirling, 7th Bart (b 21.12.1774, d 13.10.1849) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.02.1806) Janet Dundas (d 07.06.1814, dau of Maj. Gen. Thomas Dundas of Fingask) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (08.06.1816) Anne Napier (d 07.12.1862, dau of Francis Napier, 8th Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Margaret Gibson (b 06.10.1771, d unm 08.03.1779) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Gibson (d 05.05.1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Ceclia Balfour (dau of James Balfour of Pilrig) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir James Gibson, later Gibson-Craig, 1st Bart of Riccarton (b 11.10.1765, d 06.03.1850, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.09.1796) Anne Thomson (d 24.05.1837, dau of James Thomson of Edinburgh) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir William Gibson, later Gibson-Craig, 2nd Bart of Riccarton (b 02.08.1797, d 12.03.1878) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1840) Elizabeth Sarah Vivian (d 15.12.1895, dau of John Henry Vivian of Singleton) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | James Thomson Gibson (b 12.03.1799, dsp 18.07.1886) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.11.1841) Jane Grant (d 25.04.1863, dau of Sir John P. Grant) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Mary Cecilia Gibson (d 15.11.1889) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.10.1824) William Kaye (d 04.11.1864) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Anne Gibson (d 08.09.1869) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.04.1828) John Hay Mackenzie of Newhall and Cromartie (d 09.07.1849) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Helen Gibson (d 11.03.1869) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.09.1834) Bigge Andrews | |||||||||||||||
| (f) | Jemima Campbell Gibson (b c1808, d 25.03.1898) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.07.1861) Rev. Henry Fisher | |||||||||||||||
| (g)+ | other issue - Margaret Christian (d 26.07.1871), Cecilia Helen (b c1804, d unm 25.022.1894), Joanna (b c1806, d 27.03.1894) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Gibson in Ceylon | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Sharpe of Madras | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Lewis Gibson of Ceylon (b 20.01.1773, d 26.08.1845, 6th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.12.1806) Caroline Layard (d 04.01.1827, dau of Charles Peter Layard, Dean of Bristol) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Andrew Mitchell Gibson (b 25.06.1784, d 01.02.1852, 9th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.12.1818) Barbara Thomson (d 30.05.1830, dau of Capt. Robert Thomson) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Cecilia Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1807) John Thomson | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue - John of Dantzic (b 21.04.1763, dsp), Alexander of Dantzic (dsp 08.01.1836), Archibald of Edinburgh (dsp), Thomas (d 1803), Henry | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Margaret ('Peggy') Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.01.1768) Alexander Gibson-Wright of Cliftonhall and Kersie (d 08.11.1819) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Elizabeth ('Betty') Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1770) David Hunter of Blackness | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue - John (d 1767), James (d young), Thomas (b 1754, d 1838, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Gibson (d 1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jean Dalzell (dau of Col. Thomas Dalzell, son of Sir John, Bart of Glenae) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Isabel Gibson (d unm c1796) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Archibald Gibson in Dantzic, Baron of Prussia | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Alexander Gibson in Dantzic, Baron of Prussia (b c1729, d 18.10.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Stewart (widow of Thomas Hamilton of Little Preston and Fala) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | 1 son and 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Thomas Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wright, heiress of Cliftonhall | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Alexander Gibson-Wright of Cliftonhall and Kersie (d 08.11.1819) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.01.1768) Margaret Gibson (dau of John Gibson of Durie) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Helen Gibson-Wright | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.04.1786) Sir Alexander Charles Maitland, 2nd Bart (b 21.08.1755, d 07.02.1848) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Anne Gibson-Wright | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1800) Alexander Gibson Hunter of Blackness | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Margaret Gibson-Wright (d unm 16.03.1795) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | James Gibson, Governor of Courtrai (Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (10.02.1738) Elizabeth Gibson (d 07.08.1757, dau of Sir Alexander Gibson of Pentland) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Elizabeth Gibson (d 07.08.1757) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.02.1738) William Murray of Polmaise & Touchadam (b 1679, d 1758) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | George Gibson of Auchmutie (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Sir John Gibson of Portsmouth (b c1637, d 24.10.1717) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Anna Maria Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Dalziel (General) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Francis, James, Susan (b c1678, d unm 10.03.1758) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? (widow of Sir James Fleming) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Elizabeth Thomson (dau of Sir Thomas Thomson, 1st Bart of Duddingston) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Sir Thomas Gibson, 1st Bart of Keirhill (d 1713) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.06.1701) Jean Marjoribanks (d 13.02.1704, dau of Edward Marjoribanks of Hallyards) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Edward Gibson, 2nd Bart of Keirhill (bur 02.06.1727) | ||||||||||||||
| The baronetcy passed to his cousin above. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Maitland (d 19.06.1782, dau of Hon. Alexander Maitland) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Janet Gibson (d 04.01.1776) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Bruce (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| Possibly of this generation but unknown by which marriage was ... | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Anna Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Hay of Herminstone (d 1697) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | George Gibson of Balhouffle (d 08.09.1669) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Margaret Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1665) Andrew Bruce (minister of Carnbee, later of Pittenweem) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | (Margaret) Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Fothringham, 10th of Pourie (d 03.1638) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.1654, sp) William, Master of Gray (bpt 21.07.1621, d 08.1660) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (?) Sir David Auchmuty of that ilk (d 1669) ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Elizabeth Gibson probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Murray of Touchadam & Polmaise (d c1655) | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Jean Gibson probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 15.06.1640) George Preston of Whitehill, Preston and Craigmillar | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Helen Gibson possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Baillie | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Archibald Gibson (cleric) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 22.03.14) : MGC (vol 1, p49+), ''The East Neuk of Fife' by Rev. Walter Wood (2nd edition, 1887, p33+)
(2) For lower section (uploaded 11.04.05) : BP1934 (Gibson-Craig-Carmichael)
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