Silvanus Gibbs m. Sandwich 5 Jul 1730 Bathsheba Pope, d/o Seth Pope and Hannah Bourne, b. 2 Dec 1713, d. aft. 4 Sep 1753.
[This date is probably the date she is appointed guardian of the children, though no date is given for the guardianship. Speculation in the article about whether she m. (2) 1757 Amasa West of Tolland, CT, and it appears land was set off to her in 1787 suggesting she might have still been alive then?]