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Family History

Our ancestors are most likely Scottish and immigrated to County Down, Ireland in the 1600s. Since the majority of the population of the area came during the Plantation of Ulster, we likely came during this time. There was substantial settlement on officially unplanted lands in south Antrim and north Down, sponsored by the Scottish landowner James Hamilton.

Thomas Gibson. Not too scholarly, but lots of good information to verify. [1]

Another good gibson page [2]

Scottish Nation: [3]

The Brennen Family Chronicles says this:

"The Gibson family seems to have long resided in eastern County Down, Northern Ireland, and, in particular on the Ards Peninsula. Family legend tells of two brothers, Robert and Charles Gibson, from around Loch Lomond in Scotland who came to Ireland as soldiers in Cromwell's Army in 1649. For their services the two brothers were given land in Ballygarvin (Ballybrain) on the Ards peninsula. It is said that an annotation in some document of the local Presbyterian Church recognizes these events. It is also said that the Gibsons, like three other pre-plantation protestant families in County Down, the Logans, the Bissetts and the McKees, organized themselves into protestant 'tribes' along traditional Irish lines, one supposes for their own protection. The Gibsons flourished and proliferated so that, today, it is a very common name in County Down."