John Gladding Gibbs

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• Advertised in the Providence Gazette (Providence RI), 13 Feb 1773, as goldsmith and jeweler, says he opened shop at house of Capt. Hopkins a little southward of the Great Bridge. ³

• Teaspoon, c 1780
Private Collection
l: 8½"
wt: 1¾ oz
Engraved "H. Gibbs" beneath the crest of Gibbs of Warwickshire, three broken tilting spears enfiled within a wreath.

• Master to John C. Jenckes about 1787 in Providence RI. ¹

• Obituary printed in the Newport Mercury (Newport RI) on 10 Oct 1797 ³
His business was continued by his widow, Elizabeth in partnership with John Jenkes as JENKES & Co. until 1800.

• Appointed one of committee to design a seal for Rhode Island. Also made a sword presented by State to Silas Talbot for a daring expedition against a British Pigot galley. ³

John married Elizabeth Gardner, daughter of Caleb Gardner and Eleanor Phillips, on 22 May 1774 in Newport RI. (Elizabeth Gardner was born in 1755 in Newport RI, christened in May 1755 in Newport RI and died on 25 Jan 1803 in Providence RI.)