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Gibbs was a Representative from Captain Wardes Plantation along with Captain John Warde at the first House of Burgesses meeting in Virginia held in the choir of the Church of Jamestown.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/1stASSLY.html The First Legislative Assembly]</ref>

Gibbs was a Representative from Captain Wardes Plantation along with Captain John Warde at the first House of Burgesses meeting in Virginia held in the choir of the Church of Jamestown.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/1stASSLY.html The First Legislative Assembly]</ref>

Many of the Burgesses were ill and suffered from the heat and humidity. One Burgess, Mr. Shelley, representing Smythes Hundred died on August 1, 1619. The Governor,  

Many of the Burgesses were ill and suffered from the heat and humidity. One Burgess, Mr. Shelley, representing Smythes Hundred died on August 1, 1619. The Governor, Sir [[George Yeardley]] decided to end the meeting after six days.

Sir [[George Yeardley]] decided to end the meeting after six days.

Gibbs survived the 1622 Indian attack and died in 1659 in [[Charles City County, Virginia]] Colony.  

Gibbs survived the 1622 Indian attack and received his lieutenant's commision in 1625<ref>Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Volume 5, page 865, 1915.</ref>.

 

Lt. Gibbs was one of the "gentlemen justices" of Charles City Co. in 1655.<ref>Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Volume 5, page 865, 1915.</ref> He died in 1659 in Charles City County, Virginia Colony.  

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