Family:Joseph Gibbs and Mercy Clark (2)

Parents: Matthew Gibbs and Elizabeth Moore Joseph Gibbs b. 7 Oct 1687 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States	Parents: James Clark and Sarah Champney Mercy Clark b. 18 Dec 1690 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d. 28 Feb 1733/34 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]

1 Jul 1712

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Mary Gibbs	23 Apr 1716 Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
2.	Joseph Gibbs	8 Sep 1719 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States	12 May 1774 Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
3.	Clark Gibbs	30 Jan 1721/22 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
4.	Beulah Gibbs	2 Jul 1724 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
5.	Martha Gibbs	14 May 1727 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
6.	Benjamin Gibbs	29 Sep 1732 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911)
p. 290.

GIBBS, Joseph and Mercy Clark of Cambridge, July 1, 1712. In Cambridge.
Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year of 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1914-15)
Vol. 2, p. 161.

GIBBS, Joseph of Framingham, and Mercy Clark, July 1, 1712.
Source:Barry, William. History of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 254 reports the marriage date as 1 Jul 1722, which makes it sounds like Joseph had two wives, based on the birth dates of the children. Clearly the 1722 date is a typo, making Mercy clearly the mother of all his children.