William Gibson, of Onslow County

• Evidence needed to support as son of William Gibson, II, Quaker, who may have died in 1703
• Not the same as William Gibson, of Cumberland County in Pennsylvania.
• Not the husband of Margaret Jane Gibson who married atdifferent and later William Martin Gibson.

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William Gibson

• Born 1705 in Bull and Mouth, England
• Died [date unknown] in Onslow, North Carolina
• [siblings unknown]
• Husband of Margaret Jane (Spurgeon) Gibson — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
• Father of John Andrew Gibson. "Mary Duncan’s first husband is widely said to have been John Gibson. However, a recent evaluation of original records suggests that her first husband was actually Andrew Gibson."

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Disputed origins

Georgene Humphries was the first to make up a William Gibson III over 20 years ago. I had exchanged may emails with Georgene. She had a website, and her ancestral tree can be found at the LDS. In doing so, she moved William Gibson (1717-1771) birth date to about 1705, so she could include her ancestor a John Gibson (1725VA-1776NC), into her tree. This error is constantly copied over and over. -Gary T. Gibson

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gibson-2228

This is not the William Gibson who was born in Stewartstown, Northern Ireland before 1717, and died in Newton Twp., Cumberland Co., PA.

There was a Margaret Jane Spurgeon, who was born in Scotland about 1705, and died in NC in 1749. She married a William Gibson, who was born in Bull and Mouth, England about 1705. - Gary T. Gibson

Son of William II & Jane Thomas Gibson - he immigrated to America in 1723 - he married Margaret Jane Spurgeon - Some have his death place as PA and others as Onslow, NC - no proof of either (Family records have son John Gibson born in Hanover, VA. As they were at least headed south by 1725 when son John was born in VA, don't think PA info is accurate)

William Martin (middle name in question) Gibson (just about nobody had a middle name in 1705)

On the marriage cert for William M. Gibson to Margaret Jane Spurgeon, it shows Martin for the c

Sources

• WikiTree profile Gibson-2228 created through the import of Mears Family Tree as Oct 200.ged on Dec 24, 2011 by David Mears. See Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.
• England Select Birth & Christenings, 1538-1975
• US & Canada Passenger & Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
• US Naturalization Records Indexex
• VA Compiled Census & Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1995
• https://heathcock.org/genealogy/ps02/ps02_452.html