"Richard Gibbs, sheriff of the county before the Revolution, and otherwise prominent in public affairs, lived and died in Bensalem. He was born in Wiltshire, England, in 1723, of a good family, and received a good education. Being a younger son he was destined for a maritime life, which he did not like; and arriving at Philadelphia about 1746, he left his ship. Falling in with Mr. Stevens, a farmer of Bensalem, he accompanied him home in his market wagon, on the promise of a school to teach. While teaching he became acquainted with Lawrence Growden, county clerk, who gave him a clerkship in the office at Trevose, which he held several years. He was afterwards elected sheriff. In 1770 he purchased a farm on the Bristol turnpike, which he called Eddington, after a place of that name in his native county, in England, where Alfred the Great defeated the
Danes. He inherited a handsome estate by the decease of his elder brother. He was a warm friend of the colonies in the Revolutionary struggle, and showed his zeal in many ways, at one time loaning a large sum of money, which Congress was not able to refund. The British troops frequently visited his house, and he was obliged to seek refuge in the upper end of the county while they occupied Philadelphia. He was married at Bristol, in 1753, to Miss Margery Harrison, of New York, and had several children. He resided at Eddington until his death, in 1798. There is a family burying ground on the Eddington farm."
(THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER X, BENSALEM, 1692. from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, W. W. H. Davis, A.M., 1876 and 1905* editions)
Danes. He inherited a handsome estate by the decease of his elder brother. He was a warm friend of the colonies in the Revolutionary struggle, and showed his zeal in many ways, at one time loaning a large sum of money, which Congress was not able to refund. The British troops frequently visited his house, and he was obliged to seek refuge in the upper end of the county while they occupied Philadelphia. He was married at Bristol, in 1753, to Miss Margery Harrison, of New York, and had several children. He resided at Eddington until his death, in 1798. There is a family burying ground on the Eddington farm."
(THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER X, BENSALEM, 1692. from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, W. W. H. Davis, A.M., 1876 and 1905* editions)
"Richard Gibbs, sheriff of the county before the Revolution, and otherwise prominent in public affairs, lived and died in Bensalem. He was born in Wiltshire, England, in 1723, of a good family, and received a good education. Being a younger son he was destined for a maritime life, which he did not like; and arriving at Philadelphia about 1746, he left his ship. Falling in with Mr. Stevens, a farmer of Bensalem, he accompanied him home in his market wagon, on the promise of a school to teach. While teaching he became acquainted with Lawrence Growden, county clerk, who gave him a clerkship in the office at Trevose, which he held several years. He was afterwards elected sheriff. In 1770 he purchased a farm on the Bristol turnpike, which he called Eddington, after a place of that name in his native county, in England, where Alfred the Great defeated the
Danes. He inherited a handsome estate by the decease of his elder brother. He was a warm friend of the colonies in the Revolutionary struggle, and showed his zeal in many ways, at one time loaning a large sum of money, which Congress was not able to refund. The British troops frequently visited his house, and he was obliged to seek refuge in the upper end of the county while they occupied Philadelphia. He was married at Bristol, in 1753, to Miss Margery Harrison, of New York, and had several children. He resided at Eddington until his death, in 1798. There is a family burying ground on the Eddington farm."
(THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER X, BENSALEM, 1692. from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, W. W. H. Davis, A.M., 1876 and 1905* editions)
Danes. He inherited a handsome estate by the decease of his elder brother. He was a warm friend of the colonies in the Revolutionary struggle, and showed his zeal in many ways, at one time loaning a large sum of money, which Congress was not able to refund. The British troops frequently visited his house, and he was obliged to seek refuge in the upper end of the county while they occupied Philadelphia. He was married at Bristol, in 1753, to Miss Margery Harrison, of New York, and had several children. He resided at Eddington until his death, in 1798. There is a family burying ground on the Eddington farm."
(THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER X, BENSALEM, 1692. from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, W. W. H. Davis, A.M., 1876 and 1905* editions)
Inscription
" In memory of / Richard Gibbs Esquire / who died October the 5th 1795. / He was born at Westbury / in Wiltshire, England / on the 22nd of July 1723 / came to this Country in 1746 / settled in Bucks County / where he married in 1753 / Margery Harrison / of the State of New York. / In 1770 he purchased this Farm / And Lived on it the rest of his Life / and by his directions was / Interred here. "
Gravesite Details
Spouse: Margery Harrison, b. Apr. 1, 1724 Westchester Co. NY, d. 1790 pl. unk.
