The Barnett and Gibbs connections.

John Barnett, born in VA. He was the father of Anne Barnett Johnson Gibbs (born in1740 in Orange County VA, died 1831 in Union County SC.)

I've spoken about Anne Barnett Johnson Gibbs HERE. 
Her husband Col. James Gibbs was the topic of a post Here.

Back to John Barnett, 1704-1750, the father of Anne.  I'm calling him Jr, and his father Sr. 

John Barnett Jr. married Marran Frances Gibbs Barnett,  Nov 13, 1728, who was born either in 1704 or 1708 according to Christ Church Parish records, Middlesex County, VA. She died in 1782 in Orange County, Virginia.

Their only daughter that is currently listed on ancestry is Anne Barnett Johnson Gibbs (1740-1831). I'm going to stop saying Johnson in her name, since she was married to him less than a year. 


Her mother, Marran Frances Gibbs Barnett was the sister of John York Gibbs 1716-1770, who married Susanne Phillipe,
the parents of Col. James Gibbs 1740-1794.  

That Gibbs family (parents John Gibbs Sr. 1680-1775, and Mary Marron Mullin Gibbs 1680-1728) might have consisted of 11 children in all.

So now we've got the sister/brother connection which leads to a couple of first cousins getting married in the next generation.  Col. James Gibbs married Anne Barnett (Johnson) Gibbs; they were cousins. His father was brother to her mother.  I feel no different toward them because of this, and hope that most readers will understand that this happened in the past, and happened rather often in most towns.

Map of current day states who allow cousins to marry.

Anyway, the Col. James and Anne Gibbs family had 7 children, many of whom scattered west or further south from South Carolina where they were born. However, there are still cousins of mine probably in Union County SC, and I wonder if I'll ever meet them!  I'd like to visit the graves of Col. James Gibbs and his wife, which are on private land.

Today's quote:

The way to end passive aggressive behavior on your part or others' is with complete honesty and truth in any situation.