Danes. He inherited a handsome estate by the decease of his elder brother. He was a warm friend of the colonies in the Revolutionary struggle, and showed his zeal in many ways, at one time loaning a large sum of money, which Congress was not able to refund. The British troops frequently visited his house, and he was obliged to seek refuge in the upper end of the county while they occupied Philadelphia. He was married at Bristol, in 1753, to Miss Margery Harrison, of New York, and had several children. He resided at Eddington until his death, in 1798. There is a family burying ground on the Eddington farm."
(THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER X, BENSALEM, 1692. from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, W. W. H. Davis, A.M., 1876 and 1905* editions)
Danes. He inherited a handsome estate by the decease of his elder brother. He was a warm friend of the colonies in the Revolutionary struggle, and showed his zeal in many ways, at one time loaning a large sum of money, which Congress was not able to refund. The British troops frequently visited his house, and he was obliged to seek refuge in the upper end of the county while they occupied Philadelphia. He was married at Bristol, in 1753, to Miss Margery Harrison, of New York, and had several children. He resided at Eddington until his death, in 1798. There is a family burying ground on the Eddington farm."
(THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER X, BENSALEM, 1692. from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, W. W. H. Davis, A.M., 1876 and 1905* editions)
Inscription
" In memory of / Richard Gibbs Esquire / who died October the 5th 1795. / He was born at Westbury / in Wiltshire, England / on the 22nd of July 1723 / came to this Country in 1746 / settled in Bucks County / where he married in 1753 / Margery Harrison / of the State of New York. / In 1770 he purchased this Farm / And Lived on it the rest of his Life / and by his directions was / Interred here. "
Gravesite Details
Spouse: Margery Harrison, b. Apr. 1, 1724 Westchester Co. NY, d. 1790 pl. unk.