Category Archives: Collins

Is this the daughter of John and Elizabeth Collins?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

I’ve been trying to discover what became of my 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth Gibson, after her first marriage to John Collins in 1753 and before her second marriage to Joseph Holdsworth ten years later. Until now, we’ve had no … Continue reading →

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The inheritance of John Collins

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

My 5 x great grandmother, Elizabeth Gibson (1733 – 1809), was married twice. I trace my descent, on my mother’s side of the family, from Elizabeth’s second marriage, in 1763, to South Weald farmer Joseph Holdsworth (1735 – 1795). Her … Continue reading →

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The Gibson family in Mile End Old Town

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

My discovery last week of Bowes John Gibson (1744 – 1817), a previously unknown son of my 6 x great grandparents John and Mary Gibson, has led to the uncovering of a good deal of new information about the Gibson … Continue reading →

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What do we learn from the will of Mary Gibson (1788)?

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

In the last post I reproduced a transcription of the will of my 6 x great grandmother, Mary Gibson nee Greene. The will was signed and sealed on 15 April 1788, and proven almost exactly four years later on 18 … Continue reading →

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The will of Mary Gibson nee Greene (1710 – 1790)

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

In the last post I reported my discovery that my 6 x great grandmother Mary Gibson, widow of Lieutenant John Gibson, though residing in Stepney, owned property in Waltham Abbey, Essex – a finding that solved the mystery of how … Continue reading →

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The Gibson family and the Waltham Abbey connection

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

My discovery that Bowes John Gibson, son of Lieutenant John and Mary Gibson and brother of my 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth, lived in Mile End Old Town, sent me back to Derek Morris’ pioneering study of this London suburb … Continue reading →

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Bowes John Gibson (1744 – 1817), East India Company auctioneer and gentleman of Mile End Old Town

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

As a result of my interest in the names of witnesses at an 18th century wedding, and thanks to the generous help of a genealogical contact via Twitter, I’ve discovered a whole new and fascinating branch to my family tree. … Continue reading →

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What do we learn from the will of Elizabeth Collins?

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

In my last post I reproduced a transcript of the will of Elizabeth Collins, spinster of Epping, who died in 1761 and who I believe was the aunt of the John Collins who married my 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth … Continue reading →

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The will of Elizabeth Collins, spinster of Epping

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

I wrote recently about the likely first marriage of my great-great-great-great-great grandmother, Elizabeth Holdsworth nee Gibson(1733 – 1809), to John Collins, a gentleman of Epping. Drawing on information in the will of Richard Collins, who I believe to have been … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Gibson and John Collins: a secret marriage?

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

I wrote here about the will of Elizabeth Holdsworth, my 5 x great grandmother, who died in 1809, and about the inscriptions on the family tomb in Stepney churchyard where she wished to be buried. I mentioned then that my … Continue reading →

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