Hi: Found while browsing. Regards Nan 71532.734@compuserve.com =========================================== Found at: http://www.yeoldewoburn.com/Settlers.htm Settlers' Families Extracts from" Heare Lyes Salim New Grant", 1734-1763 by David Wetherbee (1980) He wrote this as a labor of love, and all the research materials are available in public documents. It was a limited edition, and copies were placed in the Library of Congress, New Salem Public Library, Petersham Public Library, Swift River Valley Historical Society. -------- Solomon Gibbs - son of Thomas and Sarah Woolcott Gibbs, b. 1737, d. c. 1810, md. Sarah Fisk, 1757, Greenwich, d. after 1810. Ch.: Solomon, Jr. - b. Sept. 22, 1762, md. Sarah Hinds, 1793. Hannah - b. Apr. 22, 1760. Lucy - b. March 8, 1768. He was of Quabbin and served in many military companies. He was "of New Salem" in Capt. Salah Barnard's company, 1759. He was probably brother of Isaac who was killed in service in 1755. In 175_, Solomon shot a man in Quabbin (Hamp. court records). Constable in Greenwich in 1764, he probably never lived in New Salem. -------