The Rick L McKibben's of Mt. Zion, IL:Information about Joseph McKibben
Joseph McKibben (b. 1710, d. 10/28/1761)
Notes for Joseph McKibben:(The following info is included as a result of reliable reserach, but as to whether this Joseph McKibben was the father of the Joseph McKibben who is listed as his son has not been verified.)
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GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONA: MEMOIRS OF WORCHESTER COUNTY, Vol 1.
The McKibben family of America is of Scotch-Irish origin. The progenitor came to Pennsylvania during the great emigration from 1720 to 1750 from the northern province of Ireland, which gave to Pennsylvania its sturdiest and best stock.
The variations in spelling the name make it somewhat difficult to trace. The family settled in the counties of Down and Antrim in the province of Ulster. Ireland, and are to be found nowhere else in the old country. The name is rare in Scotland, as at present spelled. The family was Presbyterian in religion and intermarried with the other Scotch families in Down and Ulster.
It is possible that a careful research would connect the Pennsylvania progenitor of the McKibbins or McKibbens with the family of Knockhashum, mentioned in the genealogy of the family of James Orr, of Ballyblack, who died in 1627 and whose wife, Janet McClement, died in 1636. The pedigree also mentions the McKibbins of Haw. Descendants of the Orr family of Scotch-Irish came to New Hampshire and Pennsylvania with the early Scotch-Irish settlers.
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Joseph McGibbon is the earliest of our ancestors that we have found.
As white men wended their way westward, red men gave way, not however without resistance.Hense the Indian Wars that had the colonists in terror.
The first three counties established in Pennsylvania were Phildelphia, Bucks, and Chester, receiving their charters in 1685.te fourth was Lancaster County and here we find that Joseph McGibbon was ranted 80 acres of land in Little Briton Township.
Family history stories have three brothers coming to the colonies from Ireland somewhere between 1735 and 1740; Joseph, John, and Thomas.
We have only found Joseph and John. We find that during the American Revolution that Joseph's sons, James and Joseph all were involved - James supporting the Army with foods and supplies and Joseph became a 1st Lt in the Revolutionary Army.
John was very active in the Indian Wars and his sone also were active in the Revolutionary War; Johnin the Rangers in the western part of Pennsylvania
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Alexander Gibson immigrated to America with his brother William and a sister Elizabeth between 1740 and 1749.They owned land in Little Britain Township in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania by 1749. According to a family history written in 1856 by Rev. James Gibson, a descendant, his father, aunt and uncle were the ones who went to America. His aunt married a Mr. McKibben.Although further proof
is needed, it seems likely that this would have been Joseph McKibben.The Gibson family was in Westmorland, England in the late 1500s. They moved to Scotland and then to Ireland about 1616.
Joseph and Elizabeth (Mc Gibbons) owned 80 acres of land in Little Briton Township, Lancaster County, Penn., granted to him on the 26th of February 1746, west of the Octobara River and southwest of Strassburg.It was sold in 1768 to a Samuel Scott; Penn. Warrant Books---228 Survey Book 1, pages 212;213
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[Genealogy.com, LLC; Family Archive #652, Ed. 1, Land Records: Bucks and Lancaster Co., 1682-1825, Date of Import: 3 Jan 2001, Internal Ref. #1.652.1.2193.4]
Individual: Samuel Scott
Date:Feb 10, 1764
Land Record ID: 42985
Occupation:
Description: Grantee
Book-Page: K-110
Property: 180 acres in Little Britain Township.
Remarks: SALE.
Joseph McGibbons of Lurgan Township, Cumberland County, Penn, which was formed from Lancaster County in 1750, left a will written the 10, November 1761 and probated 28, October 1761; giving one-third of his estate, which included land in Lurgan Township, to his wife Elizabeth; one third to his son John; and one third to be divided into four shares for his sons Joseph and William and daughters Elizabeth and Agnes. Son James to receive 15 Shillings.
Agnes also received a horse and saddle and forur cows.Elizabeth also received a horse and saddle and four cows and a featherbed and furniture.This may mean that Agnes was already married and that Elizabeth was not married.
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An Elizabeth Mc Kibben married a John Wylie on 3 February 1766. (from Rev. John Bucher marriage records 1763- 1768) AN WYLIE LIVED NEXT TO SON JAMES IN LURGAN TOWNSHIP
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It is thought that Joseph Mc Gibbons, who was married to Elizabeth, whose name appears on the Lurgen Twp. tax list of 1751 was the parent of James McKibbon.
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TAX LISTS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA SHOW
1751 - Joseph McKibben, Lugran Township
1753 - Widow McKibben
1763 - James McKibben, Lurgan Township (100 acres)
It is believed that a John McKibben of Cross Creek, Washington County, Pennsylvania was a brother or a nephew of Joseph.
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Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834
November 10, 1750 October 28, 1761
McKIBBONS, JOSEPH [McGIBBONS] Wife. Elizabeth McGibbons.
Children: John, Joseph, William, James and Elizabeth.
Ex. John Miller. Lurgan Twp., Cumberland Co.
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In the records of the Big Springs Presbyterian Church, one of the oldest of their records lists a Joseph McKibbin as one of the men who helped establish this church (1786).
Jeremiah MC KIBBIN had a son named Joseph, but this son could not have been the Joseph who helped establish the church (The son named Joseph was born in 1785). It could have been either a brother or perhaps father of Jeremiah.
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More About JOSEPH MC KIBBEN:
Fact 1: FARMER
Fact 2: LANCASTER & LURGAN COUNTIES PENN.
Fact 3: Land Record ID: 429851
Fact 4: Description: Grantee1
Fact 5: Book-Page: K-1101
Fact 6: Property: 180 acres in Little Britain Township.1
Fact 7: Remarks: SALE.1
Notes for ELIZABETH GIBSON:
Elizabeth paid taxes in Letterkenny Township, Cumberland County, Penn. in 1765.
Alexander Gibson immigrated to America with his brother William and a sister Elizabeth between 1740 and 1749.They owned land in Little Britain Township in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania by 1749. According to a family history written in 1856 by Rev. James Gibson, a descendant, his father, aunt and uncle were the ones who went to America.His aunt married a Mr. McKibben.Although further proof
is needed, it seems likely that this would have been Joseph McKibben.The Gibson family was in Westmorland, England in the late 1500s. They moved to Scotland and then to Ireland about 1616.
Children of JOSEPH MC KIBBEN and ELIZABETH GIBSON are:
2. i.JAMES MC KIBBEN, b. Abt. 1731, Tyrone County Ireland; d. 30 January 1786,
Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
3. ii.WILLIAM MC KIBBEN, b. Abt. 1735, Tyrone County Ireland; d. 18 February 1808,
Metal Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
4. iii. JOHN MC KIBBEN, b. Abt. 1740, County Down, Ireland; d. 1814,
Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio
5. iv. JOSEPH MC KIBBEN, b. Abt. 1740,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania/Ireland; d. 1801, Helena, Kentucky
v. AGNES MC KIBBEN, b. Abt. 1744.
Notes for AGNES MC KIBBEN:
First name may be Mary who married a Joseph Lucas about 1785 and had
2 children?
6. vi. ELIZABETH MC KIBBEN, b. Abt. 1750.
More About Joseph McKibben and Elizabeth Gibson:
Marriage: Ireland.
Children of Joseph McKibben and Elizabeth Gibson are:
- James Westley McKibben, b. Abt. 1731, (Tyrone), Ireland, d. 01/30/1786, Lurgan Twnshp (Franklin/Cumberland), PA.
- William McKibben, b. Abt. 1735, (Tyrone) Ireland, d. 02/18/1808, Metal Twnshp, (Franklin), PA.
- John McKibben, b. Abt. 1740, (Down) Ulster, Ireland, d. 1814, Green Twnshp, (Clinton), OH.
- +Joseph McKibben, b. 08/12/1748, Cumberland Co, PA13, d. 10/1801, Flemingsburg/Helena, KY (Fleming).
- Agnes McKibben, b. Abt. 1744, d. date unknown.
- Elizabeth McKibben, b. Abt. 1750, d. date unknown.
- David McKibben?, d. date unknown.