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.

Esther and Jesse's children included:
Esther Gibbs Ramsdell (1764, married Sylvanus Ramsdell),
Susan Gibbs (1765, married Ezra Stetson),
Jesse Gibbs, Jr. (1765, married Abigail Lanard),
Olive Gibbs (1769),Benjamin Gibbs (about 1770)
Hannah Gibbs (1779, married Seneca Thomas),
Thomas Gibbs (1773, married Mary Haskins), and
Azuba Gibbs.

Jesse appeared in the 1790 census in Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The household consisted of 4 males over 16, 4 females, and a boy under 16. The next household was Emerson Gibbs and Jeremiah, Aaron, and Nathan Powers were near neighbors.

He was the 1800 census Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The household consisted of a man and a woman over 45, a man between 26, and 44, a woman between 16 and 25, and a boy under 10.

In 1810, Jesse was in Palmer, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The household consisted of a man and a woman over 45, a woman between 26 and 44, and a girl between 10 and 15. The other Gibbs in Palmer were Jesse, Jr. Benjamin, Thomas and Emerson.

Esther died in December, 1822.

He died in April, 1831.

Children of Jeremiah Powers and Hannah Fiske Hannah Powers White Captain Jeremiah Powers, II Eunice Powers Bridges Captain Isaac Powers Aaron Powers Esther Powers Gibbs Elizabeth Powers Davis Griswold Nathan Powers Susannah Powers Hinds Colonel Thomas Powers