Willarcat to selbymary re Thomas IBBS. Isaac Ibbs and some members of his family travelled by barge from Staffordshire to Liverpool to help with the start of the Herculanium Pottery. My connection is through Thomas' daughter Maryellen who married my Great grandfather Michael Stephen O'Brien. I have had contact with the Ibbs family in Jarrow several years ago. My Father aslo had been in touch with them particularly during WW2. I don't know of an Irish connection for the Ibbs family unless it was through my O'Brien Great Grandfather. They originated in County Louth.