I have been researching my fiance's "Gibersons" ancestors who came from Whiting. We can go back to his ggg-grandfather Abel Giberson 1815-1890 who was marr. to Jane Aker. We know his parents were John Giberson & Elizabeth Coward marr. 3/19/1797 in Monmouth Co. but have no other info on them. We see several worked/lived & died at Keswick and looking for info pertaining to Raws. Anyone having info from Mary Lyle collection or siblings of Abel who may be James? Original name may be Guisbertson? Anyone know of Giberson Mills or Gibersonville? Please contact me. Thank U

Tom
Genealogy and history are so interesting. I know somewhere Iveringhams are connected. I had been interested in Iveringhams as my own ancestors came from Canada. I am also researching "Cowards" because of a "Texas Coward" connection, so will keep my eyes open. I have a Catherine and Elizabeth Coward but I will look for Emeline Coward. Thank yoy, Genie.

In Ocean County there is a Gibersons Mill near New Egypt. If they are Gibersons in that location it is probable that they go all the way back to a Guisbert Guisbertson from Upper Freehold NJ in the early 1700s. Thgere were some intermarriages between my family & the Gibersons, but they are poorly documented and removed from my immediate line. If you go to the LDS site you can pick out info on Guisbert fairly easily & probably trace him forward to your John Giberson & Elizabeth Coward.

I have looked fro info on the Coward family from the Toms River area and have been unable to locate any on an Emeline Coward born November 9, 1794. If you have any info on her I would appreciate it.

Earliest record on husband's maternal side is of a Guisbert Guisbertson, born about 1710, died 1766 New Jersey. Wife Hannah Parent. His son, William left New Jersey with his family during the Rev. war and settled in New Brunswick. Any info on these families?

Maybe we can help each other. William "Loyalist" born abt. 1733 in Up. Freehold did die in New Brunswick, Canada. He is listed in "Revolutionary Census of NJ by Kenn Stryker-Rodda in Up. Freehold. 1816 York Co. Roll lists William Giberson in Wakefield Parish "Generations", New Brunswick Genealogical Society Vol. 16 pg. 19. Crown Land Grant index lists Wm. Giberson as grantee on 11/09/1787 for property located in the Parish of Pennfield, Charlotte Co. at 115 Johnson Lake, 191 acres, vol. B #132. This information was obtained by Mike Walton of Maine, Guisbert's descendant who I have been in contact with. His mother was Virginia Giberson, daughter of John "Jack" Giberson born Lewiston, ME. Then it goes...Guy Giberson born in Florenceville, NB, Marshall "John" Giberson born in Bristol, NB, Simon Giberson born Kent Parish, NB, John Giberson Sr of Up. Freehold, William Giberson, and Guisbert Guisbertson 1710-1766 died in Allenstown, NJ. I am trying to get past Guisbert Guisbertsen but have no documented info after him. Cornell University also had interesting info. As I am planning a wedding, maybe you could look into this info and contact me. Good luck.

I don't know if this is helpful, but it is surmised that Guisbert or Gilbert Giberson was burired at the Old Yellow Meting House Church just outside of Allentown NJ. My interest in this family stems from the marriage of Hannah Giberson to John Everingham on July 11, 1761. John Everingham died or disappeared by the time that Hannah Giberson Everingham re-married to a Lewis Chapman in Trenton NJ on April 16, 1777. It is assumed that Hannah & John had children, but we have no documentation of them. The closest we come is a Gilbert Everingham from Pennsylvania who fought on the American side in the Revolution. If anyone had documentation on the children of Hannah & John Everingham I would be very appreciative in receiving that info.

The other reason I have an interest in this family is that part of the Giberson family consisted of Patriot ship captains & sailors, out of Tuckerton & Toms River NJ as early as the mid 1700s. It is an assumption of mine that The Everingham family and the Gibersons had a close sailing relationship that continued after the death of John Everingham (who may have been lost at sea). There is actually documentation of a Giberson who was a ship captain buried at the Old Yellow Meeting House somewhere in my files. In fact is assumed that the soldier Gilbert Everingham (who most probably was a grandson of Guisbert Giberson) prospered in the sea trade out of NY due in part to his Giberson connections.

Again, any thoughts or documentation that you might have on Hannah & Johns children would be greatly appreciated.

I have a copy of Salter's History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties New Jersey which has the following in the genealogical record section:
"GIBESON, GUIBERSON -In 1633 John Gibbonson and Daniel Hendrick of Flatbush, LII., sold land to William Whitlock. John Gabeson was juror, 1699. In 1701, John Gysbertson of Middleton, sold 104 acres of land to Peter Gysbertse of Neversink, in the township of Crosswicks in the Jersies, conveyed to his brother Harman of Flatbush, a house, barn, orchard and garden in Flagbush. After the Revolution, among land owners in what is now Ocean county, were Hezekiah Giberson and B. Giberson. About 1820 to 1830 John Guiberson's saw mill, in what is now Ocean county, was on Tice Van Horn's brook".
Am not researching this family...just a little "voluntary lookup". Hope it helps you in some way.

Thank you for forwarding "Salter's History" of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. I can go back to Guisbert Gysbertsen but then just have few names here and there like you do. I do have a deed that mentions Middletown and have Up. Freehold, NJ listed. In "Early Manchester and William Torrey" written by William S. Dewey (1981) it reads that Benjamin Giberson had the property in 1829 on Tice Van Horn's brook which is in Whiting, NJ. Yes, there was a Saw Mill as other Giberson family members spread around were into saw mills and lumber. It was Monmouth Co. prior to 1850 and then became Ocean Co. I do not know what became of Benjamin Giberson. Between that time, a little village sprung up and became known as "Gibersonville." Later it was John Giberson who owned and sold the land in 1897 and was turned into the then and now "America's Keswick" still owned by the family (grandfather) who bought it then. I am marrying my fiance (Giberson) on his Ancestral property. I will post more in a month or two. Thank you.

Have you any indication that there is a connectionn between Gibersons and Van Pelts in Monmouth County NJ? Would be interested in what you know of the New Jersey to New Brunswick move. Email me if you are interested in discussing it with me. Regards, Louanne Van Pelt, lounfritz@juno.com

Hello, what Matthews might you have in you research? I'm working on Matthews from Monmouth and Ocean. Maybe we could talk?

Brett Matthews