"ORIGIN: Unknown."
"CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Cambridge church prior to 17 May 1637 implied by freemanship. In the list of Cambridge church members compiled in January 1658/9 are 'John Gibson & Rebecca his wife both members in full communion. Their children: Rebeccah, now joined in full communion with the church in Watertowne, Mary, Martha, John, Samuel,' the last four listed as 'baptized in this church' [CaChR 14].
FREEMAN: 17 May 1637 [MBCR 1:373]."
"BIRTH: About 1601 (deposed in 1688 'aged about 87' [Hutchinson 1:312]).
DEATH: In or after 1688 [Hutchinson 1:312]. (Secondary sources say he died in 1694, but the evidence for this has not been found.)"