Thomas GIBSON

   Another name for Thomas was Thomas GIBSON Portioner.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Biography. Many colonial Gibsons descended through Thomas's son, James Thomas, who was born about 1607. His son Edmund was born in 1633 and married Jane Langhorn.


Edmund's sons, Lord Edmund Gibson b. 1669, was Bishop of London from 1723 to 1748, and son Jonathan, born in 1660, married Mary Catlett in 1710,
and emigrated to Virginia in 1696. Their son, Jonathan Catlett, married Elizabeth Thornton and was the first of five generations of Jonathan Catlett Gibsons.
The descendants of Jonathan and Mary were ancestors to many famous Virginians including Geo. Washington through his mother Mary Ball Washington.
["In July of 1690, William Gibson, a leader of a Clan, was with King William III of England during the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland,
against James 2nd the dethroned King of England. His gallantry in the battle caused King William, known as William of Orange,
to make him a Lord. William of Orange also gave him a castle and grant in Yorkshire, England. He took the name of Lord Dury,
the title his descendants maintain to this day." William "Lord Dury", was the grandson of William b. 1576.]
A Famous descendant of Alexander is Sir Alexander Gibson 1926-1995, conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and founder of the Scottish Opera,
Famous descendants of William are James Gibson-Craig with his son William Gibson-Craig , both having served high positions in the Scottish Parliament.
A descendant of Thomas is Thomas Milner Gibson , 1806-1884, a member of the British Parliament.




[http://www.shohola.com/Gibson/ or http://faculty.ycp.edu/~tgibson/gibson/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Milner_Gibson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lord_High_Treasurers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson_Craig
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Gibson-Craig%2C_1st_Baronet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bishops_of_London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Gibson]

• Biography: Thomas son of John ???. inconsistent (abt 1580 - 1650)

Who was Thomas Gibson, Portioner in Bordland?
He was a TENANT of Sir Archibald Murray of Darnehill, twice mentioned in a Confirmation charter (20th Dec 1621, Reg. Great Seal, No. 248) only in order to clarify parts of the geographical areas legally defined in the charter. Some of the relevant land was resigned by Sir William Hay of Linnplum, master of Yester, with the consent of his wife Anne Murray (no doubt related to Sir Archibald Murray) and the consents also of his mother, Lady Yester, and step-father. Before the Reformation other Gibsons had been tenants, or rather "rentellers" of the bishop of Glasgow, with which the Ecclesiastical "Barony" of Eddleston had been associated in the middle ages before it passed into secular hands. Such rentellers were expected to be well-disposed to the mediaeval church and in return were allowed to lease land with a large element of fixity of tenure.
The Mill at Eddleston does not seem to have been contained in the lands occupied by Thomas Gibson in 1621. In Eddleston parochial registers his heir, also named Thomas is termed Thomas Gibson YOUNGER. At least from the time of Robert, the eldest son of the younger Thomas, the mill had passed into Gibson hands and the family was recognised as having some local political prominence. This is shown by the fact that the same Robert Gibson, milner, (1644-1714) on 22nd March 1678 was recorded as Having "subscribed the bond for the peace") pp. 654 Reg. Privy Soucil Sc 3rd Series v.5) This was on the grounds that he was, if not exactly a heritor, at least a life-renter within the shire of Peebles.
Report on MSS in various Collections vol.v the Mss of Col Mordaunt Hay of Duns Castle Historical MSS Commission = GRH 5/55 v. V in Nat Lib of Scotland:-
1616 Nov. 22 Edinburgh 4/10 of North Schields and lands in Skiprig in the barony of Eddleston and the Sheriffdom of Peebles sold to James Lawsone of Cairnmure and Elizabeth Scott his spouse. A charter was granted on the same date and was confirmd by James Archbishop of Glasgow. Sasine was taken hereon on 12th May 1617; witnesses Thomas Gibson, portioner of Bordland, Patrick Scot there, Mr George Lausone lawful son of the grantee Mt. Haarla bank in Skiprig, Thomas Brown in Harcass, John Swan ther and Thomas Duddingstoun in North Schiell.
[Patrick Gibson a witness to a sasine on 18th February 1547 = what was in a precept and a charter whereby lands in the White Barony of Eddleston were sold toRobert Horsbruk in Horsbruk.]
[Earlier still an Archibald Gibson was a member of a jury in 1515]

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Parents: John Gibson
Parents: Patrick Gibson
Parents: Thomas Gibson m. Kyrk
Parents: Gibson Rentaller

• Note: colonial Gibsons. Many colonial Gibsons descended through Thomas's son, James Thomas, who was b. 1607

[http://faculty.ycp.edu/~tgibson/gibson/]

Thomas married.