Lord Thomas GIBSON

  Noted events in his life were:

• Biography. Born at Goldingstones, County Fife , Scotland , he was the second son of Andrew and appointed First Baron by King James IV.
He was a Free Baron under King James IV of Scotland and appointed Clerk of Session of the Parliament of Scotland.


Most of the early Gibson family members were devout until the Protestant Reformation initiated by Martin Luther , John Calvin and in Scotland by John Knox . around 1660

Lord Thomas Gibson is the beginning of the well documented era of Barony , Knighthood , Heraldry, Landed Gentry , Peerage , and other designated nobility .
Many Gibsons served in the early Parliament of Scotland , and after 1707 as Members of the Scottish Parliament , with two descendants, Kenneth Gibson and Robert Gibson serving today (2007).

[http://www.shohola.com/Gibson/ or http://faculty.ycp.edu/~tgibson/gibson/]

• Biography: 2 sons, George and William. The progenitors of the Gibsons of Durie, in Fife , were free barons of that county and Mid Lothian before the fourteenth century. Their immediate ancestor was Thomas Gibson, who lived in the reign of King James the Fourth, and is particularly mentioned, with several other barons of the county of Fife, in a charter by Sir John Moubry, of Barnbougle, knight, in favour of his son, William de Moubry, in 1511. He left two sons, George his heir, and William, successively vicar of Garvock, rector of Inverarity, and dean of Restalrig. By James the Fifth the latter was appointed one of the lords of session, at the institution of the college of justice in 1532, and by that monarch he was frequently employed in embassies to the Pope, who honoured him with the armorial bearing of three keys, as being a churchman, with the motto Caelestes pandite portae, and as a reward for his writings on behalf of the church, he obtained the title of Custos Ecclesiae Scotiae. [Douglas' Baronage, p. 568.] In 1549, Cardinal Bethune conjoined the dean of Restalrig with himself as his suffragan, that he might have the more leisure to attend to the affairs of state. He was to retain the benefices which he already held, and to receive, from the cardinal and his successors, a pension of £200, during his life.

[http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/gibson.htm]

• Note: ancient ancestry. Noah - of the great flood.
Japheth - 2nd son of Noah and brother of Shem
Gomer - son of Japheth.
Gaildhal Glas - (Pronounced Gall Glass) descendant of Gomer, and the father of the ancient Celtic people, who's language is known as Gaelic.
Niul - grandson of Gaildhal Glas, who married the daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh.
Miledh - son of Niul, who married Scota, the daughter of Ramsees II.
Ramsees II was the Pharaoh in Egypt, when Moses led the Israelites to the Promised Land.
The ancient Irish people, who descended from the Celtic king, were called "Scots" in ancient Roman History,
because they were descended from this Egyptian princess named Scota.
Many years later, the Irish would invade the Highlands, and conquered it from the
original inhabitants called "Picts" - this is how it came to be known as "Scotland".
Eremon - son of Miledh. This is the Celtic king, who conquered what is now Ireland from the original inhabitants, called "DeDannans" around 1,000 B.C.
Iral - High King of Ireland, grandson of Eremon.
Tighernmas - High King of Ireland, 7th in descent from Iral.
Eochaid - High King of Ireland.
Ollam Foola - 21st High King of Ireland.
Aod Raud - High King of Ireland.
Ugani Nor - High King of Ireland; father of all the leading families of Ireland, except the province of Munster.
Iaegaire Lorc - High King of Ireland; killed by his brother for the throne.
Labraid Loingsech - High King of Ireland; grandson of Iaegaire Lorc.
Conaire Mor - High King of Ireland ; about the time of Christ.
Crimthann Naid Nair - High King of Ireland.
Eochaid Feidlech - High King of Ireland.
Fiacha - High King of Ireland; 6th in descent from Eochiad Feidlech.
Tuthal Fechtmar - High King of Ireland.
Feidlimid - High King of Ireland.
Conn - High King of Ireland; was a great warrior king, who was known as "Conn of the Hundred Battles".
Conaire - High King of Ireland.
Caori Riada - established the ancient kingdom of Dalrida, encompassing parts of Northern Ireland and Western Scotland.
Carbri - High King of Ireland.
Ficha - High King of Ireland.
Muirdeach Tireach - High King of Ireland; son of Ficha.
Eochaid Muigh Medon - High King of Ireland.
Niall - son of Eochaid Muigh Medon; High King of Ireland .
A great warrior king, who invaded ancient England on many occasions.
The High Kings of Ireland, for over 400 years, were his direct descedents. He died in 404 A.D.
Eogan - (Pronounced: Owen), son of Naill, and King of Tir-Owen.
Muirethaigh - (Pronounced: Murry), King of Tir-Owen.
Muirethaigh - son of Muirethaigh; High King of Ireland.
Downnaill - (Pronounced: Donnal); King of Tir-Owen.
Aedha - (Pronounced: Hay); King of Tir-Owen.
Maile - King of Tir-Owen.
Maile Duin - King of Tir-Owen.
Gergail - King of Tir-Owen.
Concoghair - (Pronounced: Conner); son of Gergail. Established his own kingdon of Keenaught.
Drugain - son of Condoghair, and King of Keenaught.
Cathan - (Pronounced: Kane); son of Drugain. Father of the clan that bares his name, the O'Cahan's.
Cathusaigh O'Cahan - King of Keenaught.
Diermada O'Cahan - King of Keenaught.
Concionaegh O'Cahan - King of Keenaught; son of Diermada O'Cahan.
Auslan O'Cahan - Youngest of King Concionaegh O' Cahan. He fled to Scotland in 1016 A.D.,
because of a price put on his head by the Viking kings in Dublin, for the part he played in slaying many of the Viking royal family.
He rendered his service as a warrior to Malcom II, King of Scotland . He exhibited great bravery and skill in fighting the Danes,
and was given lands on the east shore of Loch Lomond as payment. His descedants were, for a long time, known as MacAuslans.
Many years later the MacAuslans change their surname to Buchanan.
John MacAuslan - 1018 to 1066 son of Auslan O'Cahan; 1st chief of Clan MacAuslan.
Auslan MacAuslan - 1037 to 1066 2nd chief of Clan MacAuslan.
Walter MacAuslan - 1063 to 1111 3rd chief of Clan MacAuslan.
Girald MacAuslan - 1084 to 1113 4th chief of Clan MacAuslan.
Macbeath MacAuslan - 1108 to 1184 5th chief of Clan MacAuslan.
Auslan MacAuslan - 1132 to 1187 6th chief of Clan MacAuslan.
Gilbert MacAuslan - 1155 to 1198 7th chief of Clan MacAuslan; changed surname to Buchanan.

From the second son of this chief, descended the families,
who adopted the surnames of Gib, Gibbs, Gibson, Gilbert and Gilbertson.

Auslan Gib - 1176 to 1247 2nd son of Gilbert

Thomas Gib - 1201 to 1253 4th son of Auslan, named for the apostle Thomas

William Gib - 1223 to 1265 3rd son of Thomas

William Gib(son) - 1248 to 1337 1st son of William

Henry Gibson - 1277 to 1343 4th son of William - Returned to Scotland from Ireland about 1330.

Sir Johun Gibson - 1302 to 1376 2nd son of Henry - Surrendered the Castle of Rothesay in 1334.
(John) A Knight under King Robert I of Scotland.
Beginning of the era of barony , knighthood , heraldry ,peerage ,
and other designated nobility .
The previously listed Gibsons are obviously also of some of nobility.

Sir James Gibson - 1336 to 1393 3rd son of Johun - 3 male children lived past infancy.
A Knight under King Robert II of Scotland.

Lord William Gibson - 1358 to 1448 1st living son of James, 4 male children lived past infancy.
A Baron under King Robert III of Scotland.

Lord Thomas Gibson - 1388 to 1448 2nd son of William, 5 male children lived past infancy,
He was a Baron and significant landholder of record in Dumfries, Scotland
under King James I.

Lord Alex Gibson - 1421 to 1462 4th son of Thomas, 6 male children lived past infancy.
He was a Free Baron of Dumfries, Scotland under King James II.

Lord Andrew Gibson -1442 to 1503 3rd son of Alex, 4 male children lived past infancy.
He was a Free Baron of Dumfries, Scotland under King James III.

Lord Thomas Gibson - 1469 to 1515 2nd son of Andrew, 2 male children lived past infancy,
First Gibson of Durie,
Clerk of Sessions of High Court of Scotland, Free Baron of Goldingstones,
County Fife, Scotland under King James IV .

Accurate records of births during the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries
are usually difficult to obtain and are estimated in some instances.
Some of these dates are from baptismal records and reasonable
as the Scottish Gibson's were a family of nobility and record.
The Gibson family, along with many other descendants of Auslan O'Cahan,
returned to their ancient homeland of Scotland and Northern Ireland in the 14th century.
Their descendants began the great migration to America in the early 1630's.

[http://faculty.ycp.edu/~tgibson/gibson/AncntGib.htm]

• See also. http://www.shohola.com/Gibson/
http://faculty.ycp.edu/~tgibson/gibson/AncntGib.htm
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/gibson.htm

Thomas married Lady Mary. (Lady Mary was born in 1471 and died in 1551.)