Category Archives: Holdsworth

What can we learn from the will of Mary Catherine Gibson?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

My last post included a transcription of the will of Mary Catherine Gibson (1781 – 1826), widow of Bowes John Gibson (1744 – 1817). What can we learn from this will about the lives of the Gibson family in the … Continue reading →

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The will of Mary Catherine Gibson, died 1826

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Bowes John Gibson, East India Company broker, ‘gentleman’ of Mile End Old Town, and younger brother of my 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth Holdsworth, nee Gibson, was married twice. He married his second wife, Mary Catherine Bretman, in 1799, and … Continue reading →

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The Gibson family in the memoirs of Charles Edward Horn

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

In my earlier post about George Milsom Gibson and John Thomas Gibson, sons of Bowes John Gibson, who was the brother of my 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth Holdsworth nee Gibson, I wrote about John Thomas’ marriage to Henrietta Elizabeth … Continue reading →

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Edmund Affleck and the Gibsons

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

In her last will and testament, signed and sealed on 30 October 1789, Sarah Gibson, younger sister of my 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth Holdsworth nee Gibson, left the sum of twenty pounds to ‘my godson Edmond Affleck Gibson son … Continue reading →

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Jane Gibson and William Coates in the parish registers

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

Jane Gibson was the older sister of my 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth Holdsworth nee Gibson, and the eldest surviving child of my 6 x great grandparents, John Gibson and Mary Greene. Jane was born at Tower Hill and christened … Continue reading →

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The burial of William Holdsworth in Woodford: September 1827

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

In the last post, I wrote about my discovery of new information about my Londors ancestors in the parish registers for Woodford, Essex. But there are Woodford connections on the other side of my mother’s family, too. Back in the … Continue reading →

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The death of John Gibson?

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

My recent discoveries about the family of my 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth Holdsworth nee Gibson have renewed my efforts to find out more about her father, John Gibson. I believe that if we could locate my 6 x great … Continue reading →

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The sons of Bowes John Gibson, the Horn family, and the East India Company

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

In my first post about my newly-discovered ancestor Bowes John Gibson, brother of my 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth Holdsworth nee Gibson, I noted that he was listed in contemporary trade directories as an auctioneer, in the service of the … Continue reading →

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The children of Bowes John Gibson (1744 – 1817)

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

A few days ago I reported my discovery of a new ancestor – Bowes John Gibson, younger brother of my 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth Holdsworth nee Gibson, and son of my 6 x great grandparents John and Mary Gibson. … Continue reading →

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The significance of the will of Sarah Gibson (d. 1790)

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

My last post included a transcription of the will of Sarah Gibson (1746 – 1790), the unmarried daughter of my 6 x great grandparents Lieutenant John and Mary Gibson. The will repeats some of the information contained in Mary Gibson’s … Continue reading →

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