Emily Fitzgerald (née Gibbons)

One of a family group awarded the compensation for Sandfords on Barbados.

The group comprises: Robert K Gibbons (almost certainly Robert Kenrick Gibbons 1797-1880), William B. Gibbons (almost certainly William Barton Gibbons 1802-1872), both Robert Kenrick and William Barton being the sons of Robert Gibbons 1756-1805 and grandsons of Sir John Gibbons 2nd bart.; Emily Fitzgerald, almost certainly née Gibbons, the sister of Robert Gibbons 1756-1805 and aunt of the two preceding men; Martha Taylor, almost certainly Martha Tayler née Gibbons, the sister of Robert Kenrick Gibbons and William Barton Gibbons; Caroline, Mary A and Georgiana Gibbons, probably the infant children of Robert Kenrick Gibbons, although not identified as such in the claim; and Mary Kingolay, presumably a transcription error for Kingslay, Kingsley or Kinglay, who has not been further identified.

Mary Kingolay was Mary Kingsley, identified in TNA T71/549 (1832 Barbados Slave Register), p. 265.
Martha Tayler was spelled Taylor in the 1832 Barbados Slave Register.

1. Marriage of Emily Gibbons, daughter of Sir John Gibbons and Martha Kenrick, to Gerald Fitzgerald 9/11/1820.  Gerald Fitzgerald was Deputy Lieutenant of Queen's County and lived at Coolanowle, County Laois, Ireland.

T71/897 Barbados No. 2814.

1. Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (3 vols., 107th edn., Wilmington, Delaware, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books), 2003) Vol. 2 p. 1541.