Peninah Williams

BORN, July 30, 1815 or 1817, Pease Township, Ohio
MARRIED Joseph Gibbons (1811-1906)

March 9, 1836

CHILDREN

Elam, b. 10/23/1838, d 2/3/1923

Eli Williams Gibbons (1840-1922)

Edmund, b. 1842, d. 1/22/1856

Homer and Samuel, twins, died in infancy, 1844

Sarah, died in infancy, 1846

James and Mary, twins, b. 3/19/1847, died 1/20/1848 and 5/7/1848

Joseph B., b. 2/6/1850, m. (1) Rebecca Edgerton, (2) Elma Thomas

Twins, b. 6/26/1852:

Anna, m. George Spencer of Springville, Iowa; d. 1909

Martha, d. 1/18/1901 in Cleveland, Ohio, m. Joshua DeWees or DeWies

Elizabeth, b. 9/11/1854; m. David Winder; d. 10/10/1887

Lavina, b. 8/25/1860, d. 4/30/1923

Edward, b. 4/5/1862; m. Olive Patterson, 4/28/1898; d. 1/2/1944 (froze to death in his home)

2 other unnamed children died at birth; total of 16 children, plus 3 miscarriages, over a span of 24 years!

DIED, January 16 or 22, 1888, Warren Township, Belmont Co., Ohio

NOTES:

One of a pair of sisters who married Gibbons brothers (Mary Williams married James Gibbons). There is also an Elizabeth Williams disowned by the Somerset Monthly Meeting for marrying a Gibbons, 4/25/1842, and Peninah did have a sister named Elizabeth--so there may have been three. Peninah was "condemned" for her marriage, 5/29/1837. There was also a Rachel Gibbons who married a Williams in the same MM records and was disowned for it, 2/28/1842--Peninah's younger brothers John and Richard are candidates for this, and there are five other unknown Gibbons siblings, of whom Rachel could be one.