William Gibbs

1790 - 1875  (84 years)

• Patriarch and Matriarch:
  

  NameNotKnown Gybbe   (7 x Great Grandfather) 
  Dorothea Barnetta Hucks
            b. Dec 1760  
            d. 24 Feb 1820  (Age 59 years)  (Mother) 

  Birth	22 May 1790	Madrid
  Baptism	St. Mary's, Exeter
  Other(s)	- The chapel at Keble College, Oxford, was built at his cost, as was also the Church of St. Michael, Exeter, and its vicarage; also St. Michael's, Paddington (for the most part); and the endowments of both of these were his gifts. - Flaxley Church, County of Gloucester; the Vicarage at Exwick, and the Chapel at Cowley, both in Devon, were gifts of his to the Church. He contributed also largely to the restoration of Exeter Cathedral.
  Residence	- Tyntesfield and Charlton in the parish of Wraxall, County of Somerset - 16 Hyde Park Gardens, London - Pytt
  Occupation / Profession	- Partner in the House of Antony Gibbs and Sons with his father and brother. - Patron of the living of Clyst St. George and of the livings of Stowe-Nine- Churches, County of Northampton, and of Exwick, County of Devon. - London merchant
  Occupation / Profession	1842 (51 years old)
  	Head of the House of Antony Gibbs and Sons
  Event	Purchased Pytt in the parish of Clyst St. George from the executors of General Doveton, who had become possessed of the estate after its alienation by George Abraham Gibbs.
  Death	3 Apr 1875	Tyntesfield
  Event	Sep 1875 (85 years old)
  	Will proved.
  Burial	Wraxall
  Origins
  Siblings	4 brothers and 2 sisters
  	> 01. George Henry Gibbs           b. 24 Aug 1785             d. 21 Aug 1842, Venice  (Age 56 years) └─Caroline Crawley           b. 25 Apr 1794, Clyst St. George           d. 13 Feb 1850  (Age 55 years),  m. 7 Jul 1817, Stowe-Nine-Churches     02. Harriett Gibbs           b. 8 Oct 1786             d. 15 Oct 1865  (Age 79 years)   03. George Abraham Gibbs           b. 20 Jan 1788             d. 3 Mar 1789  (Age 1 year) > 04. William Gibbs           b. 22 May 1790, Madrid           d. 3 Apr 1875, Tyntesfield  (Age 84 years) └─Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey           b. 17 Dec 1817             d. 22 Sep 1887  (Age 69 years),  m. 1 Aug 1839, Flaxley     05. Francis Gibbs           b. 7 Jul 1794, Exeter           d. 16 Apr 1795, Exwick  (Age 0 years)   06. Anne Gibbs           b. 29 May 1797, Lower Cleave           d. 6 Oct 1852, Belmont  (Age 55 years)   07. Joseph Gibbs           b. 23 Jul 1801             d. 22 Mar 1864  (Age 62 years)
  Person ID	P7538	Europe
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Antony Gibbs           b. 3 Mar 1756, Exeter           d. 10 Dec 1815 (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Dorothea Barnetta Hucks           b. Dec 1760             d. 24 Feb 1820 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	Littleham, Exmouth, County of Devon
  Family ID	F3697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey           b. 17 Dec 1817             d. 22 Sep 1887 (Age 69 years)  [3]
  Marriage	1 Aug 1839	Flaxley
  Age at Marriage	William was 49 years and 3 months old. Matilda was 21 years and 8 months old. Their age difference is 27 years and 7 months. They were married for 35 years and 8 months.
  Family ID	F3705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 67 - Column 1 (Reliability: 3). [S19] Henry H. Gibbs, FSA, Pedigree of The Family of Gibbs of Clyst St. George, Co. Devon; Aldenham, Co. Hartford; Tyntesfield, Charlton, and Barrow Court, Co. Somerset, Page 16 (Reliability: 3). [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 67 - Column 1 and Page 959 - Column 2 (Reliability: 3).