An American Family History

Esther Powers Gibbs was born on May 29, 1741 in Quabbin, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Her parents were Jeremiah Powers and Hannah Fiske.

She married Captain Jesse Gibbs on April 30, 1759. Jesse was born on January 5, 1737/38 in Quabbin. His parents were Thomas Gibbs and Sarah Woolcott. Thomas Gibbs was an early settler of Quabbin.

They appeared in the 1790 census in Greenwich and in the 1800 census in Middlesex, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

Gibbs, Thomas, son of John and wife Anna, b. Sudbury, Apr. 19, 1689; received grant of eighty acres in Brookfield, Aug. 13, 1714, and came to Brookfield with the Rice families, that year. Received grants in all of two hundred and twenty- five acres. He built on the Dane or Chase place; afterward on the Hinckley place; removed to Quabin.

He m. (1) Hannah , d. Dec. 19, 1717; (2) Apr. 13, 1719, Sarah Woolcott. Children,
Abigail, b. Dec. 5, 1717, d. young;
Abraham, b.]an. 16, 1720, m. Dec. 6, 1744, Keziah Atwood;
Hannah, b. Sept. 13, 1722;
Isaac, b. Nov. 22, 1724;
Jacob, b. Apr. 21, 1727;
John, b. May 13, 1729;
David, b. June 9, 1731;
Solomon, b. Sept. 16, 1736;
Jesse, b. Jan. 5, 1738;
Joshua, b. Apr. 18, 1742.